Rolling Stone magazine gave "You Are Here," Thenewno2's album debut album, three out of five stars. In their explaination they use the phrase "borrow from the Beatles" but also "a subtle mix of gentle vocals and electronics, with layered beats, throbbing bass and occasional wailing guitar." I was excited to see a spawn of Beatle based on that factor alone, but also thought Thenewno2's music was good when I listened to it online. There was a slight electronic touch to an otherwise fundamental rock sound, giving it an indie rock flair.

The first thing I noticed when I got to Thenewno2 show was that I didn't even remember what George Harrison looked like in order to compare him with his son. Dhani Harrison (named after two notes in the Indian scale), is a medium height, skinny guy with long brown hair that looked kinda greasy and wavy. There were five members of TheNewNo2 and they all looked like normal dudes and spoke with charming British accents, thanking San Diego for being so "lovely" and the Casbah for their air conditioning system.

Their live show was very good. The band members  were jumping around on stage and infecting the audience with their contagious energy. It was remarkable how different this band sounded live compared with what I'd listened to online. The quality that I took to mean "indie" was completely lost live and replaced with a classic rock/psycadelic quality. This is where I think the Rolling Stone article comes in. It definitely seemed like more of a Beatle's offspring band live than recorded. Maybe the crowd had something to do with this: the majority of people there were fans from George Harrison's generation, helping  prolong Harrison's legacy through his son's music. The sampling of military sounding voices at the end of songs, mixed with some twangy 70's guitar, supported the classic rock feel as well. It was a solid concert and rather enjoyable, but I wonder how much success Thenewno2 would have if it weren't for the name recognition.