CMJ 2007 Day Three | 1990s | Bowery Ballroom

Not sure why I've seen Glasgow's 1990s three times this year. Their debut, Cookies, is loaded with champagne-and-coke big riff rock songs but it's not the stuff that normally compels me to repeat viewings. But they have been fun every time I've seen them, and the crowd was definitely into their party-it-up vibe, especially three girls who were singled out by official show videographers to be the sole audience members seen. (They also got interviewed downstairs after the show by MTV weenie John Norris). Singer John McKeown still seems generally chuffed that people are there enjoying themselves but it's drummer Michael McGaughrin -- whose kit is still wisely positioned at the front of the stage -- who makes them so much fun to see, even after three shows.