Okay, this is LONG overdue– about two weeks overdue at least– so sorry about that to the cool cats and bands over at Queer Control Records. So here it is, the short of it is that the show was out-fucking-standing. Rather than talk about it– and my three hour/four bus trip to get to the show (or the getting stranded in Olympia at 2 in the morning)– I’ll just show you some pictures! I took a shitload of shots, but sadly I chose the wrong film and only managed to save a few. Here’s the best!
It’s dark, it’s cold, and my friends and I are following a couple of punks on bikes through a warehouse district trying to find this hole-in-the-wall place where two of my favorite bands are playing. It’s the last night of the Defiance, Ohio and This Bike Is A Pipebomb westcoast tour and I am TOTALLY stoked. Having missed the show the night before (which my friends tell me was the best they’d seen yet) I was a bit nervous that we’d never find the show. See, earlier in the day it turns out the place the show was originally going to happen shut down and they had to scramble for another venue. After about fifteen minutes or so of driving around, asking mechanics that spoke only Spanish for directions, and following kids on bikes we wind up outside of a small brick building with a few vans and a fist full of punks standing outside.
I cannot believe I’ve never posted this video before. It came out on their CD discography, and it spread to the internets. Their live shows (well, the one I caught) are insane and .. yeah, just watch this.
I’m back from SXSW! It was an awesome week with a ton of great music. Highlights of the week were Limbeck, MC Lars, The Faint, Valiant Thor with Wayne Kramer, Bloc Party, Cold War Kids, and Kings Of Leon.
Some VERY reveling pictures have surfaced on PitchforkMedia.com of the lead singer from Of Montreal performing in ALL of his glory at The Art Bar in Las Vegas. Comments, thoughts?
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