four year strong: hm.. Have I seen this band before? They look familiar, but I'm sure I saw them out of context and didn't like them then (Cambridge WYCA or hudson roller kingdom?). I ran in to a packed house, them on the stage, and matt (bury you dead) standing up on the crowd.. It sort of feels like I'm chaperoning a highschool dance. The lack of cars outside is probably due to parental drop-offs. anyhow. These guys were poppy but with a hardcore edge, but pretty entertaining. All high-energy. The crowd was on their feet and dancing in a major way. During the breakdowns, they moshed, during the rock, they danced in place, and during the rest of the time, bodies flew off the stage like it was a Sept 11th and this was NYC. (Hm.. Is it too soon? Ok, I'll use that one again later.) amazing that a band like this has 200-300 kids screaming their lyrics back at them like they were SRE or something. even songs that the crowd didn't know sent kids up in the air, crowd surfing. And the oddest thing were the number of people who turned and left the minute FYS finished. people dig on this band hardm huh?
post by the_reverend at Dec 28,2006 9:21pm edited Dec 29,2006 1:56am
one of the guys from vanna talked to me and I guess their new CD is out in april and it's harder.
wax on radio: this is like the only band that I know my station has CDs from. It's like pearl jam (in that bob dylan way) meets.. um.. something emo... with lots of arty/70's instruments tossed into the mix. they were ok. Some of the stuff sounded like it could be close to brighteyes sounding on CD.
It sort of feels like I'm chaperoning a highschool dance.
I'll have to second that. But what else can you expect - it is, after all an all ages event / venue. Good thing there was such a turnout. My friend is the one who runs those shows and he was nervous there might not be enough of a crowd due to another show tonight... Glassjaw I think.
the_reverend said:
I feel like a pussy... but good show!
Yeah, I'll agree to that too... about myself that is. I was (moderately) surprised to see you there. The venue itself could benefit from a little publicity. People need to pay attention to Grand Unified Presents as they will be booking more metal shows @QVCC over the next couple months.
it almost looks like there was some fun goin on there.
post by jim_is_signed_up_for_an_account at Dec 29,2006 1:40am
look at that guy with the pins in his hat, i bet this is his midlife crisis.
post by ZenErik at Dec 29,2006 1:59am edited Dec 29,2006 2:10am
jim_is_signed_up_for_an_account said:
look at that guy with the pins in his hat, i bet this is his midlife crisis.
And there's me in the middle with the Pelican shirt.
There were so many girls there that had to be 12, but whatever. First time seeing The Dear Hunter. I was disappointed, but they were still pretty decent. I wanted to see the fucking horns used live. And the keyboardist wasn't playing some of the fast passages.
Four Year Strong was certainly interesting. It was like Fall Out Boy meets Hellogoodbye, and a ton of moshing. Some huge guy grazed my head when he decided it'd be a great idea to throw out a big kick to the air.
Anyway Aaron, seems you missed the first band, Francine... And Her Ruby Slippers. They had a bit of hipster Portugal. The Man sound.
I can't say I enjoyed Therefore I Am too much besides the At The Drive-In cover.
I'm going to listen to WOR when I get home. I posted that review while they were still playingtheir set. Some of the cresendos they had were cool, very different. Lot of air in between nows that add to it which were lost in the echoy din of this place. Their drummer spazzes out and reminds me if bugs & rats drummer (though he doesn't hit as hard).
therefore i am: I think this is the first time seeing them with the new guitar player. Not as many people as the FYS set, but it was pretty much as crazy in the pit. Some times the singer would hit an off key, but other than that (and the mic for the keyboard messing up), it was a perfect set. I want to go see them at the ICC tomorrow now. They did a at the drive-in cover and I nearly got trampled by the only 2 other to people who knew the song. I'm not an at the drive-in fan, but that doesn't mean I don't know their music. Is the screen on their mac messed up? Looks like therefore there are giant bubbles on the lcd.
The Deer Hunter, the: I think they sound have been butted up with wax of radio some how. They were the cursive to WOR's brighteyes. the singer reminded me of time (cursive) when I saw tim's other band (mayday?) I didn't see the top of the keyboards, but it didn't look like a vintage synth, but had the vintage synth sound. Synths like that should weight 100lbs.
post by CZ doesn't know his password at Dec 29,2006 3:41am
I went to this show at the living room, it was crazy.
it was my first time seeing TIA and they where really good, played the same cover as well..
the reason i went was for the dear hunter one of my top favorite bands right now the dude with the pins in his hat is the singers dad he was at the show last night too...
rev the singer use to be the singer/3rd guitar player in the receiving end of sirens as well. the top synth is just a m-audio controller thingy they use with reason, and the bottom one is a korg something or other
yea TIA is an emo band i cant get enough of. not sure why. i wanted to catch em in providence a couple days ago but i had no one to go with cus my friends are too metal. lol. so this instead of glassjaw rev?
High school buddies. He's from here. And I was told that one of the 4YS guys was in a band with Matt but left to do 4YS, or maybe it was the other way around... I dunno.
