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Seattlest saw three accomplished bands perform at the Paradox last Friday. Even though we were a little out of it from the usual double-shifts at the multiple day jobs, we can still testify that all the usual stuff you've read about the Silversun Pickups, Crystal Skulls and Helio Sequence remains true as of this writing - except all that stuff you've heard about Brian Aubert sounding like Billy Corgan is not actually true; his voice was more original than that and, let's just say, better. The Crystal Skulls earned the Spoon/Smiths/Stereolab comparisions enjoyed previously and Helio Sequence sounded exactly like their label describes them: "...buoyed by swift pop undercurrents, with this collision of electric and organic elements." It was all very accomplished and good, but we weren't feeling it somehow. more ›