The Freelance Whales are awesome. The concert itself was probably awesome, however, I wouldn't know because I never actually saw the band. I could hear the band, sort of, but I could not see them. The Basement, where the concert was held, is literally a basement. The basement in my home is nearly as big as the venue. If the band were a little-known act, and the audience small, it would probably be an enjoyable experience. However, The Basement, sold out to full capacity, probably as stated by the fire marshall, and it was so crowded that we couldn't see the Freelance Whales. We ended-up watching it on the closed-circuit TV at the bar. The stage is set-up in a stupid manner so that maybe 75 people, maybe, can actually stand near it. Everyone else has to stand around the outer perimeters of the stage and if it's crowded, and you're short, you may as well forget about actually seeing anything. Plus, the way the sound system is set-up, it directs the sound into the crowd standing directly in front of the stage and it's completely absorbed. It's the only concert I've ever been to where I couldn't hear the music or audio. It was truly a miserable experience and I will never, ever, go back to The Basement again. I had been looking forward to this concert for a long, long time and it was hugely disappointing. From what I could see on the TV, and hear from my perch at the bar, it was a great show for those that could see the band. The rest of us, and there were A LOT of us, sort of hung around until the end, drinking overpriced sub-par Budweiser products for lack of anything better to do. I love the Freelance Whales and will try to see them some other time to finally experience them in concert. Just for the record, we arrived two and a half hours before the concert started and still couldn't get a decent spot to watch, if that tells you anything.