Lovebugs Ride High at the Viper

Next up at the Viper Room is Swiss quintet Lovebugs, who have routinely enjoyed No.1 records in their native land over the course of a 15-year career. Their latest effort, The Highest Heights, was helmed by Irish super-producer Richard Rainey...who had spent the previous year working with a band from his native land on their new album, an effort called No Line on the Horizon from a group you just may have heard of: U2. The pairing was apparently apt, as Lovebugs' chiming guitars and emotion-drenched lyrics compare quite favorably with a certain group from Ireland. Their enervating, energetic live show has drawn an exceedingly positive response from the packed Viper Room denizens, who are clearly enjoying Lovebugs' lilting lyricism and rock-solid rhythms, inspiring a crowd of phone-waving fans in the 21st century equivalent of the venerable Bic lighter display during concerts of yore. We'll go for a ride with these Lovebugs any time!