Thursday, October 20th
Melissa Ferrick w/ Vandaveer
Brick by Brick
1130 Buenos Ave.
San Diego, CA
8:00 PM / All Ages / Tickets: $15
September / October Tour Dates:
9/15 – Arlington, VA – IOTA Club & Cafe *
9/16 – Baltimore, MD – The Metro Gallery *
9/17 – Staunton, VA – The Mockingbird Cafe *
9/18 – Takoma Park, MD – Tree House Concerts *
9/21 – Annapolis, MD – Ram’s Head #
9/23 – Roanoke, VA – Kirk Ave. Music Hall
9/24 – Cincinnati, OH – MidPointMusicFest (MOTR Pub)
9/25 – Chicago, IL – TBA
9/27 – Toledo, OH – Ottawa Tavern *
9/28 – Columbus, OH – TBA
9/29 – Dayton, OH – Southpark Tavern *
9/30 – Canton, OH – The Auricle *
10/1 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Brillobox *
10/2 – Morgantown, WV – Mountain Stage @ WVU Creative Arts Center %
10/14 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall %
10/15 – Lexington, KY – Natasha’s
10/17 – Berkeley, CA – Freight and Salvage+
10/19 – Los Angeles, CA – Hotel Cafe+
10/20 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick+
10/21 – Fresno, CA – Fulton 55
10/22 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom+
10/23 – Flagstaff, AZ – Coconino Center for the Arts+
10/25 – Albuquerque, NM – Low Spirits+
10/27 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Bar-BQ+
10/28 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s+
10/29 – Dallas, TX – Poor David’s Pub+
* w/ Sean Rowe
# w/ Tristan Prettyman
% w/ Ben Sollee
+ w/ Melissa Ferrick
I feel so privileged to get to listen to all the music (from all over the world) that I do. Right now I’m listening to a new single from Finland’s Dead End Story. They are a reasonably aggressive punk band with quite a bit of hardcore influence.
I don’t want to be the guy that throws labels around. Honestly, there are just too many of them, but since I’m a jerk, I’ll throw one more in the mix. Montreal’s Society’s Ills is (and you can quote me on this) “post-punk-core/hardcore/semi-melodic”
Armed For A Crisis are a melodic hardcore band from Nottingham U.K. They have quite an interesting approach to the heavier side of things. Technical, while yet letting the music breathe with layered and building juxtaposing tones.
So, I’m listening to Norwegian Pop-punk. Um, yeah, you read that right. Sugar Louise is a newer band from Norway. They’ve been around since 2009 and deliver a catchy, bono hating variety of happy poppy punk.
Hell f-ing yeah! Dublin, Ireland band 20 Bulls Each rips it up on A Glorious and Bloody Revolution with a fusion of hardcore, punk and metal. The band has been channeling these influences for nearly a decade. All that time and work has culminated in this brand new release.
I don’t generally review singles, but ok, here’s a go at it. Freak Show by The Smears. This all female punk / rock and roll trio hearkens back to the RIOTGRRL sounds of the 90’s ala L7, 7 Year Bitch and Bratmobile. The difference being that The Smears are from Nottingham (you know, like the sheriff)