Thu 11 Jun – Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Ballyhoo!

a few things on this show:
the guys in ballyhoo are just a wee bit too old to be forgiven for the sound they are trying for. so bad. wish i would've gotten there later to avoid hearing this band.

LTJ were great as always. i think i've seen them at bogarts at least 8 times. plenty of hello rockview and losing streak, which is always welcome, as those are their best records. they opened with "look what happened" and ended with back to back "history of a boring…

destruction by definition

just saw suicide machines playing blocks away from my house. played the destruction by definition record front to back, plus a few battle hymns tracks. i got to open Jay's beer with my opener on my keys, and got to sing a few lines of Too Much into the mic with him. such a great time, and i feel invigorated having seen such a staple of my growing up into that scene.

today marks 5 years that i've been scrobbling… so , in honor of that, i'll be playing my bread and butter, the clash and more punk rock, huzzah's all around!

Thu 26 May – Face to Face, Strung Out

darlings- socal band of young guys obviously influenced by strung out… not bad, but, not fantastic, either…

blitzkid- west virginia group of guys obviously influenced by misfits… was pleasantly surprised, quite melodic and very fast…

strung out- hadnt seen them since probably late middle/early high school… they were pretty good, very energetic, and can still turn out metally melodic hardcore… only issue was jason cruz's vocals werent turned up loud enough, and he could barely be heard the whole show…

face to face- a-fucking-mazing!… seamless transition from record to live on…

Tue 3 May – Young Widows, My Disco

a local band hawks played to start- its kinda like if mastodon were covering coalesce songs, and not doing it justice…

my disco an austrailian trio got kinda boring pretty quick… just long jammy noodling from the guitarist that just keeps going, i did like the bassist's basslines he was playing, though…

young widows put on a pretty good live show… i was a little unhappy with the fact that they seemed to be playing more stoner rock/jammy themed stuff and not more of the post-hardcore vibe i wouldve liked, but, i…

Thu 24 Mar – An Horse, Sealions

a the color- i think thats what they were called anyway… really, really bad… like some kind of hipster stoner rock, with a horrible, no personality lead singer…

sealions- my first time hearing them… really good… reminded me of an updated version of new wave/post-punk…

an horse- never fail to put on a great show… they played most of rearrange beds, and are only a few shows in playing new material of an album due next month… pretty small crowd, but, it was late on a school night, so most the kids were…

45, 000 tracks in the books…
such an amazing song, so intense, one of my all time favorites…understanding in a car crash

Fri 25 Feb – Full Collapse Tour

what a fucking magical fantastic night…

a skylit drive- mediocore hot topic keyboardy emocore fake metal bullshit that kids too young to know any better eat up… yawn…

animals as leaders- interesting… all instrumental proggy, mathy, techy metal type tunes from guys with guitars with a shitload of strings on them, with a backdrop screen of in time effects going while playing, entertaining and pretty good…

thursday- i could go on a long rant about how fantastic this was, but, i'll sum it up… i was hoping that full collapse would be played…

sweet, its my 300th loved track… good remix, too…its no good

Thu 17 Feb – Glassjaw, Tidal Arms, These People

went with a friend of mine and a couple of his buddies, got there late and missed 1st band, then saw about 3 or 4 songs of i think these people… odd fit for the bill, very jam band-y, almost like a phish trying to cover mars volta or something…

i guess nostalgia aint what it used to be as they say, because glassjaw arent nearly the same force from years ago… it was alright, crowd as always at their shows are very active, but, it just seems like glassjaw now…