And to think I was planning on not doing anything this weekend. Then I stumble onto this. Randomly. I saw a copy of a Clones of the Queen EP at a local shop. I won't say where...it's mine! Sounds like a good line up. Pink Mist rocks my socks off. Vdara Death Ray sounds cool. Are they cool? Erika Elona will be a nice listen. #getintoit
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I made it to the last half of the second night of No Suck Fest 2012. My first one. I was hoping to catch Mistermeaner's set, but turns out, parking is damn hard to find. But I guess if only you don't know where to look. I've never been to Anna's before. So I didn't know where to look. I must have circled the block about ten times before deciding to park in one of the residential streets on front of someone's house. I don't like parking on front of people's houses. I know I don't like it. I live in Kalihi (not the valley) and the farther uphill you travel, parking becomes scarce. And not everyone has a garage. Anyway, I find parking and about 9:40. I cruise until heading in at about 9:52. Witch Baby (check out their Facebook HERE) begin their set shortly afterwards. Some sweet 90's alternative with a nice pop-rock flare and a bit of attitude in the vocals on a couple select tunes. Nice jams which I could easily get into. I'd like to see them play again sometime. Pimpbot played next. Always a good time when those guys play. They kept it groovy and energetic throughout their set. They played a new song too (two?). It seemed all too quick though. I wish they played Meet You at the Bar. But they did play Roll with the Punches. I absolutely love that song. And I also need to hear CK live again soon. Pimpbot ended their set with Ragga Muffin. The night got even better when The Quintessentials played next. It was the first time I've ever seen them play considering how long I've been listening to The Catalogs and Crawling Chaos. They played songs from their newest album, Realm of the Great Old Ones, including The Devils Henchmen. Good album too. Quite a bit of songs from Viva Los Muertos (The Catalogs). I need to hear Specimen 32 live. I think they have a show coming up this week too. I didn't stay long after that. I stuck around for Toys that Kill's first song and dug out. I was planning on coming out for the third day at...I think it was at Manifest this time. Never been there either. I wanted to check out Night Birds too and pick up the new TTK LP. But couldn't make it to that one either. Oh well. I was just bummed I missed Mistermeaner. Good time though. Enjoyed the $6 tallboy PBR. Here's to next year!
Anyone going to this? I know I want to. Some pretty awesome bands that are playing and lots more I want to see and have yet to see. Looks like Toys that Kill will be playing three sets? I'll be that creep taking pictures on the side. Or just cruising. Looks like it will be a swell time? I'll see...  Faithless Saints have a new CD out called, State Dependent Learning, which can be picked up only at their shows for now. They're on tour right now with Secnd Best. I don't know what songs are on the CD. It's been about three or so years since Sweet Sacrilege, but I'm sure they've been hard a work fine tuning and perfecting these new songs. The Sweet Sacrilege EP is so good. I'm glad new tunes will be out. The new album will be available online after their tour.  Tour Looks like tour started all ready. It should be a blast. A stop in Las Vegas? Nice. I think they are playing the Double Down there. Can someone pick me up a copy? Secnd Best are pretty dope too. Check those dudes out too. I saw Faithless Saints once. It was at the Red Room in Portland (if I remember correctly, on 82nd?), right near my old job, and the headquarters of CD Baby...yeah, unless there were other offices too. And it was my first time at that bar. You could still smoke inside...and there was no sound guy (a dude I knew from La Grande took over sound duties afterwards, really cool...is he still there?). Secnd Best played last. I forget what the name of the opening band. Good night. I wish I took pictures. 
Friday, July 13.
Is anyone going to this? I think there are about nine bands playing. Early show? Probably. Check out more details HERE. Looking forward to all the local bands playing. Never thought I'd be attending a show at Brians though. The last time I went there it was only for pool, BYOB nights, and watching other people play Marvel Vs. Capcom (2?).
I haven't gone to the beach once since I've been back home. That's almost five months of no sand, ocean, and the hot-hot sun (not much of that really, it's been raining a lot lately). But I've been able to catch a couple shows and hear some new bands (new to me anyway) in the local scene. Lots of good stuff so far. Came across this band from a flyer I saw. Siblings, some straight-up pissed-off hardcore from Honolulu, HI. Very fast, aggressive punk and hardcore. Love the lone bass parts of the songs, and later following up with some pretty heavy three chord guitar chops. I haven't seen them yet, but will have to soon. I just missed a show this past Sunday with some other cool local bands. But they do have a couple coming up that I will definitely try to make.  Check out some tunes on their Bandcamp HERE. There's a few releases with the most recent one being, The Book of Siblings. It's even up for free download. Check it out and then go see them live. I also want to go to this, if I can make it...  Check out Siblings on Facebook HERE. I might have to go. Ice Cube is on the cover. Support local music!
Wish I could go to this next Saturday. What an excellent lineup of punk-pop and rock. I've never heard any tunes from The Shake Up or From Here To LA until just a little bit ago. But would love to see Science Fiction Theatre and Indian School sometime.
Indian School will officially be releasing their new 6 song EP, The Cruelest Kind, on March 5. But you can actually pick it up through Walnut Tree Records right now. I got my copy a little bit ago and love everything about it. Science Fiction Theater will be releasing their second album sometime this year. Possibly in May? Check out the song Taking Flight streaming on their Bandcamp right now. I was lucky enough to pick up their Holiday EP, Songs for Cold Weather, before it was taken down. It came with the track they produced a while back that was played on another radio show/podcast with I think Chris Hardwick and guest, Kevin Smith. Nice batch of songs though. Looking forward to hearing some more new tunes from these guys. And of course, Rufio. Maybe they'll stop by the islands again sometime? Who knows. Would love to hear all of Anybody Out There live. Yes, I would like that a lot. Hawaiian hardcore band, Mistermeaner, will be playing this Saturday, October 8 in Honolulu, Hi. Check here for details.  Honolulu, Hawaii The show is special, one which fellow local band, Ira Hayes, will be uniting to play, along side the The Forgotten from California. Also playing are 13th Legion and Never Enough from the Big Island. But I'm curious too, I'm trying to think where the showroom part is at Brian's. I know where the games are and the pool tables...but where is the showroom? Anyway, should be an awesome show! Mistermeaner - 39 Dead
Say Revenge!, are a four-piece punk band from San Antonio, Texas. They will be releasing their debut album, Rough Night, Sugar?, on Friday, September 30.  Two tracks (Everybody Likes Zombies and Ex's and Oh's) from the new album are currently streaming on their reverbnation. A music video was also produced for the track, Everybody Likes Zombies. That song definitely has a bit of a horror-punk vibe to it while Ex's and Oh's is some straight up punk-pop and shout-along's. The other songs (Just Go, Over It) on their page are from an older demo.  Should be an excellent show. Also playing are Silent Minority, Lotus Tribe, The Great 85, The Phantomatics, Given a Chance, and Sans Faith. Check here for more details about the show. Within These Walls will be happening on Saturday, September 24 in Mesa, Arizona. I'm not going to be able to make it to the fest, and with the lineup that's set to play, I definitely wish I was going. I always say this (and majority of the time it's true), but there's always next time. I'll definitely have to try to make it next year. I'm not too familiar with a lot of the bands on the lineup, but from the bands that I do know, I all ready know that this is going to be a sick show. Very sick show.  Mesa, Arizona! The Beautiful Ones are playing third, according to the schedule. Being locals of the city of Mesa, these guys play straight-up hardcore, with a definite old school approach. I believe they made a stop here in Las Vegas earlier in the year. Didn't make it to that show, but I know they'll tear it up this Saturday. The Beautiful Ones - Old News, Same Blues Dangers will be playing a slot at this event as well. Now Dangers are a really tight band, very aggressive and brutal hardcore. I'd go to the show and make it a priority to see them play and then decide whether or not to stick around for the other acts. But then again, I would more than likely stick around to check out the other bands (Stretch Arm Strong and H20 are playing!). They are pretty damn awesome. Dangers - I'll Clap When I'm Impressed Just like Dangers, I've only heard Gaza through recordings. They play a mixture of grind and hardcore. It sounds experimental at times with the two genre's. I first heard Gaza on this label sampler titled, The Color of Sound Breathing. The label, Exigent Records (I'm not sure if they're active or not), released a bunch of records by some cool bands like Prize Country, Loom, Glacial and Lost in the Fire. Gaza are scheduled to play sometime after Deafheaven, who played here in Las Vegas recently. That show was one of those, I-showed-up-really-early-what-do-I-do-until-the-show-starts, kind of show. I felt pretty awkward when I walked in. I ordered a beer and played some video poker.
I remember three bands playing that night. Two of those bands were local, one being Lester Freamon, the other I have no idea, and the third, Deafheaven. Lester Freamon played a cool set, some chaotic experimental punk and hardcore . But when Deafheaven played their set, it was like a doom metal symphony of just loud guitars and drums. And their set was really loud. The singer screamed at the top of his lungs along side some mid-tempo metal riffs. And some parts of their music can be soft and clean, but only for a moment. Then the chaos would ensue. And their music is very epic - I wouldn't be surprised if their 30 minute set at Within These Walls consisted of only four songs. But I think what makes Within These Walls something to attend to this year would be for the headliners. I can't vouch for their live shows, I've never seen them play before, but man those guys are dope. H20's, Thicker Than Water, is a pretty tight album, and the only one I have of theirs. And Stretch Arm Strong's Rituals of Life is just as awesome, but I first heard them on the Songs from Penalty Box Vol.2 compilation. I heard, Second Chances, and then I was hooked. Like I said, it's going to be a sick show. |
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