For as much hype as I made for this weekend, it totally lived up. And yeah, I know this was almost two weeks ago, but I’ve been busy (I got engaged!). So deal with it. I’m not going to review too much, except to say this about all of the bands that I saw.
Since I’m not reviewing, you can read these reviews:
Hot Water Music, Thursday, Paint it Black
Monotonix are insane. Nothing strikingly original or unique, but an amazing live show. I’ve never seen a drummer crowd surf before…with his kit.
Matt and Kim aren’t that amazing, but their smiles are. Every time I see them its so inspiring to see how happy they are on stage.
I hadn’t seen Dillinger Four in a few years, but they were a lot of fun. Paddy is one of those front men who manages to be pretty funny without getting to annoying.
Circle Jerks were fun too, but there was definitly an old-ness factor to them. Sitting backstage next to Greg Hetson and Keith Morris was kind of intimidating.
Hot Water Music were great. We cabbed it up from the Circle Jerks show to catch them in their second song.
After HWM, we went back downtown to catch Monotonix again (their shtick is impressive but grows old) and then Crystal Antlers who are going to be huge.
Salsa And Chips 