So before I let a series of whiskey shots and a pallet's worth of lasers carry me off into face-melting electro-rock danceland, I tried to informally poll a few members of the audience to find out where they had heard of the band. But where were the ticket buyers coming from? Who were they, if none of my indie-rock cohorts seemed to be going to the show? How did these people find out about Ghostland? I kinda wanted to find out. And how much their audience had grown - two sold out shows at the Cannery Ballroom just a few months apart is nothing to laugh at in this town. And I knew that they've been playing festivals for a few years now, but I didn't realize just how epic their live show had become. I initially set out to attend the show because I had never managed to see Ghostland live (aside from catching a few songs at ACL a few years back) despite the fact that I've been aware of them for about five years. But that's what happened with Ghostland Observatory, and Friday night's Cannery show was packed from wall to wall with a wide variety of concert-goers, the likes of which don't usually fall under the "usual suspects" category around town. It's kind of startling when a band you thought was vaguely unheard-of sells out a rather large Nashville venue twice in a row.
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