October 8, 2005 - with Mando Diao, The Appreciation Post and Aloud
The Luxury are only playing their third show (although it's the first time I've seen them), but they have the advantage of a tremendously strong base on which to build: they include members of The Halogens and Baby Strange, and they play some of the best of The Halogens catalogue along with new songs. This means sprawling, stirring Brit-pop epics—I keep using the word "majestic" when describing these songs, but that's because it's the right word—and Jason Dunn's excellent lead vocals. The Luxury builds on this base with uniformly great playing, good harmony vocals, and really stellar lead guitar, flashy and rocking where rock and flash are appropriate, but always within the context of these beautiful songs. (steve g)