We saw Incubus, perhaps California's finest, at Cardiff International Arena last night. Support came from Hundred Reasons who had apparently only had one song to soundcheck, and it showed.

Incubus must have played for 2 hours or more. We had tracks from all their albums, from SCIENCE through to A Crow Left of the Murder. They even covered Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun. While I knew they were a great band, I hadn't realised quite how talented they are. One of the highlights for me was a ten minute drum session with Ben Kenney (Bass) playing snare and symbols, Brandon Boyd (Vocals) playing three djembes, and Jose Pasillas holding it all together on drums.

For the encore Kenney enters the stage and for five minutes entertains us with bass solos (great harmonics), before being joined by the rest of the band for their finale. This included a breakdown in the middle of 'Certain Shade of Green' in which Chris Kilmore (DJ) scratches over the top of some Led Zeppelin.

All in all a great night.