3OH!3 and Cobra Starship

​We live in an age of ludicrous genre titles. “Crunkcore” may be one of the worst offenders; but, for 3OH!3, there’s no better title for their hard-charging white-boy party music. For a show packed with hundreds of conspicuously sober, Hot-Topic adorned teenage kids, last night’s show at the Uptown — called the Too Fast For Love Tour, with Cobra Starship — was one hell of a party. Best known for their radio hit “Don’t Trust Me,” the Denver duo has perfected its formula: 3OH!3 has plucked all of the most catchy parts of radio rock and fused them into one guaranteed hit. Each song is a head-bopping hip-hop verse, pop-punk sing-a-long vocals and a rock riff chorus. 

3OH!3’s set kicked off with two stuffed bobcats on each side of the stage, decked out with green lazer eyes. With a flash of white light, rumbling bass and speaker-busting synth, 3OH!3 laid into their set with raucous intensity. Awkward dance moves and hair buns (yes, Nathaniel Motte sported a bun for a majority of the set, letting his locks loose hair-metal style in the last few songs) didn’t make a difference. The band’s ironic machismo is underpinned with their laughable (and almost brilliant) lyrics: Tell your boyfriend / if he says he’s got beef / that I’m a vegetarian / and I ain’t fucking scared of him.