March 6th, Blender Theater
New York, NY
Move over Chiodos (I'll get back to you over Warped), but for now, my new guilty obsession is Alesana.
They're on an insanely long tour and I want another fix after seeing them at the Blender Theater. Especially since their set seemed to have been cut short b/c the venue people didn't think enough to start earlier in order to accomodate five bands.
We started with I Set My Friends on Fire, which it turns out there's really only two of them - but a drummer travels along for the tour. I sort of developed a headache, but was enjoying myself surprisingly. The singer's ranting and screaming was drving me mad...but there was something catchy about it.
They had a bunch of technical problems and the audience were quite mean to them, but they continued on - good for them!
Fear Before (the march of flames) took the stage and had four fake trees along with them. They've difinately become way more quirky and 'interesting' than last I saw them 4 years ago.
The music has become something involving more ambient/progressive elements and it was quite a treat to listen to. Also to weird you out, was someone dressed as a gorilla/ape walking around the stage. Something else impressive - their singer manged to get almost half the mic in his mouth.
Vocally, I wasn't impressed. But the whole package is pretty entertaining and it's a shame they don't tour around here more often.
I hate to be mean, but Drop Dead Gorgeous was horrible. It's just the same blah blah hardcore screaming and heavy guitars that's just - shut up and bring on the other bands. The crowd really liked them, but it gave me time to nap and clear out my text message inbox.
Alesana is just that band that you're afraid to admit you like, but you have every album on your ipod and totally can sing every word to when the girly sounding one (and girly looking one) sings.
They all herded up on stage and began to play. Lead singer/screaming ranted and raved all over the stage and then their girly singer started doing the most amazing moves. He stops playing, grabs the mic with one hand, then with the other - does the emo Mariah Carey hand flutters. Oh! I LOVES IT!
Their set raced by and everything sounded great. The music is insanely catchy, though on the hard side at times. I love "Seduction" and freaked out along with the rest of the crowd when "Congratulations, I Hate You" started.
They came back for the encore, but then I'm pretty sure they were ushered off stage and apologized (haha, encore was "Apology") for having to go and then the lights went on. Sucked.
But an enjoyable show overall - loved it
Monday, March 16, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Saints and Sinners Tour
Show Review
Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
If you had looked foward to another Saints and Sinners down in Asbury Park around this past Halloween, then you unpleasantly surprised with a "See You in '09" line on the website. Promoters took the line-up package, condensed it to four bands and traveled the county.
It was a little upsetting, but they did provide a pretty ecletic mix of bands and one act is a favorite of mine, so I definately had to be in attendance.
First up - Brokencyde. My sister was stoked and said they are hilarious live. I took a listen on the myspace and was amused, but knew I would only be able to listen to 2 or 3 songs before getting a headache.
We were late, so that's about how many we saw. The guys primarily stayed hidden in the light show they had set-up on stage, but the kids on the floor didn't care as all they wanted to do was dance.
It really felt as though they stole beats from Lil' Jon and were just kicking and screaming with vocals over it. Fun for the first song, annoying for any other ones.
Haste the Day was excellent. They're your typical metal/metalcore band, but who know how to get it done right.
At first, I wasn't too into them and just wanted to see Senses Fail, but the more you listened, the more their talent shone through. Especially when they played tracks off their new album, Dreamer.
I was surprised when the lead singer took a moment to thank God and talked about Jesus for a second and said fans should come over and chat with the band later. Cool.
Finally! It was Senses Fail time. I had been listening to the new album a lot lately and was very excited to see them again since their Fall Headlining tour. But things didn't feel right...
The floor was barely moving. The lead singer was either tipsy or took note of the bland crowd and wasn't as intense as last time I saw them. And again, drunk Jersey trash girls make me sick.
The music was on point. Between Heath, Garrett and Jason Black (Hot Water Music, now joins them live), everything has been sounding just amazing live. But as I said, their singer wasn't as electric as back on the headlining tour and I felt bad when his new love of telling jokes/funny stories really hit a sour note with the crowd.
They played the majority of the new album and a few from the previous albums, but had to overlook the EP as for some reason, THEY were not the headliners of the tour. Whoever did that, was wrong.
So the headliners of the night were Hollywood Undead. I haven't seen them before and have mixed feelings about them. It is a guilty pleasure and the music is catchy, heavy and contain those hip hop elements. However, I get very ultra-feminist when I have to hear guy refer to women as bitches for only so long.
There are six members and there was also an additional drummer on the stage. I will give it to them that the music sounds just as it does on the album, even better maybe, and the energy and crowd response is great for them. The one guy even took a tween boy on his shoulders for the first (or was it second?) song and carried him around on stage.
"Undead" and "California" are favorites of mine so that was cool they played them in the beginning, but it sucked you had to wait till the end for "No. 5," well that's not really a shocker.
Saints and Sinners turned out to be a great tour package. Great bands, with one interesting and unique first act, but the suckiest audience ever.
Was it like that for the majority of the stops? The Hollywood Undead kids took over the population, which is cool, but makes it less entertaining during the metal & post-hardcore acts.
Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
If you had looked foward to another Saints and Sinners down in Asbury Park around this past Halloween, then you unpleasantly surprised with a "See You in '09" line on the website. Promoters took the line-up package, condensed it to four bands and traveled the county.
It was a little upsetting, but they did provide a pretty ecletic mix of bands and one act is a favorite of mine, so I definately had to be in attendance.
First up - Brokencyde. My sister was stoked and said they are hilarious live. I took a listen on the myspace and was amused, but knew I would only be able to listen to 2 or 3 songs before getting a headache.
We were late, so that's about how many we saw. The guys primarily stayed hidden in the light show they had set-up on stage, but the kids on the floor didn't care as all they wanted to do was dance.
It really felt as though they stole beats from Lil' Jon and were just kicking and screaming with vocals over it. Fun for the first song, annoying for any other ones.
Haste the Day was excellent. They're your typical metal/metalcore band, but who know how to get it done right.
At first, I wasn't too into them and just wanted to see Senses Fail, but the more you listened, the more their talent shone through. Especially when they played tracks off their new album, Dreamer.
I was surprised when the lead singer took a moment to thank God and talked about Jesus for a second and said fans should come over and chat with the band later. Cool.
Finally! It was Senses Fail time. I had been listening to the new album a lot lately and was very excited to see them again since their Fall Headlining tour. But things didn't feel right...
The floor was barely moving. The lead singer was either tipsy or took note of the bland crowd and wasn't as intense as last time I saw them. And again, drunk Jersey trash girls make me sick.
The music was on point. Between Heath, Garrett and Jason Black (Hot Water Music, now joins them live), everything has been sounding just amazing live. But as I said, their singer wasn't as electric as back on the headlining tour and I felt bad when his new love of telling jokes/funny stories really hit a sour note with the crowd.
They played the majority of the new album and a few from the previous albums, but had to overlook the EP as for some reason, THEY were not the headliners of the tour. Whoever did that, was wrong.
So the headliners of the night were Hollywood Undead. I haven't seen them before and have mixed feelings about them. It is a guilty pleasure and the music is catchy, heavy and contain those hip hop elements. However, I get very ultra-feminist when I have to hear guy refer to women as bitches for only so long.
There are six members and there was also an additional drummer on the stage. I will give it to them that the music sounds just as it does on the album, even better maybe, and the energy and crowd response is great for them. The one guy even took a tween boy on his shoulders for the first (or was it second?) song and carried him around on stage.
"Undead" and "California" are favorites of mine so that was cool they played them in the beginning, but it sucked you had to wait till the end for "No. 5," well that's not really a shocker.
Saints and Sinners turned out to be a great tour package. Great bands, with one interesting and unique first act, but the suckiest audience ever.
Was it like that for the majority of the stops? The Hollywood Undead kids took over the population, which is cool, but makes it less entertaining during the metal & post-hardcore acts.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Thought
Reflecting upon the saints and sinners tour i went to last night...
Girls at shows piss me off. I'm not a hardcore chick who fears the pit, i'm not the emo girl who stands in one place with her boyfriend behind her the whole night, i'm not the hot topic chubby girl who stands up front just to take pictures, but I am a fan and someone who appreciates the music.
even when i go to a show that i'm not a fan of the bands, i stand in the back, not trying to get in anyone's way and not be disruptive.
however, girls that go to shows b/c on some level they want to screw a band member or b/c they think it's cool to listen to this music can suck it.
last night there were jersey trash kind of girls, drunk drunk drunk...on the floor and in the bar and just ick. they were dancing and bumping into everyone around them - we're not talking moshing. whatever, the guys nearby were either drunk or knew them.
but still, i expected that shit from hollywood undead fans, not senses fail fans. girls like that bother me b/c they are surface fans - they can groove with the music and think it's cool they like a band on the "hardcore" tip, but don't get it.
all the chicks for hollywood undead were jailbait and just screamed b/c it's cool to like guys who degraded women in their lyrics and repeatedly ask 'who wants to get down?' with them.
Girls at shows piss me off. I'm not a hardcore chick who fears the pit, i'm not the emo girl who stands in one place with her boyfriend behind her the whole night, i'm not the hot topic chubby girl who stands up front just to take pictures, but I am a fan and someone who appreciates the music.
even when i go to a show that i'm not a fan of the bands, i stand in the back, not trying to get in anyone's way and not be disruptive.
however, girls that go to shows b/c on some level they want to screw a band member or b/c they think it's cool to listen to this music can suck it.
last night there were jersey trash kind of girls, drunk drunk drunk...on the floor and in the bar and just ick. they were dancing and bumping into everyone around them - we're not talking moshing. whatever, the guys nearby were either drunk or knew them.
but still, i expected that shit from hollywood undead fans, not senses fail fans. girls like that bother me b/c they are surface fans - they can groove with the music and think it's cool they like a band on the "hardcore" tip, but don't get it.
all the chicks for hollywood undead were jailbait and just screamed b/c it's cool to like guys who degraded women in their lyrics and repeatedly ask 'who wants to get down?' with them.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Flogging Molly's 5th Green 17 Tour
February 15th, 2009
Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
Two hours AFTER doors there was a line halfway down a long avenue outside Hammerstein Ballroom here in NYC. Bottles of every kind of beer also lined the pavement further than the line of people.
For what? To get in to see Flogging Molly on their first stop of the Green 17 Tour. But even two hours after doors was a bit weird to see all these people not yet inside, drinking the venue's beer.
Why the backup? They weren't letting people on the floor anymore - Floor's Filled!
My theory - they weren't looking at tickets and let everyone just go on the floor. Bad ticket people!
So my friend and I, a bit confused, headed to the 2nd balcony and took a seat. MY GOD the floor really was PACKED! While nothing beats the floor, on some level we were happy we were high above.
It was a cool experience because watching exactly what happens down below is fun, eye opening and thrilling.
Dub Trio and The Aggrolites opened the show. We missed Dub Trio, but caught the other act. They're dub, right - ska, punk reggae. Good music, but not what we were in the mood for.
On to the main act...
Flogging Molly was AMAZING. This was the right way to start a tour. They played a bunch of new songs, but I was most excited for those I've already heard live.
With a bird's eye view of the place, it was fun to see the kids running around on the floor and happy, drunken fans doing a jig off in the stairwells.
A typical set list, HOWEVER..."Black Friday Rule"...not to be found.
Maybe they'll include it on warped tour.
Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
Two hours AFTER doors there was a line halfway down a long avenue outside Hammerstein Ballroom here in NYC. Bottles of every kind of beer also lined the pavement further than the line of people.
For what? To get in to see Flogging Molly on their first stop of the Green 17 Tour. But even two hours after doors was a bit weird to see all these people not yet inside, drinking the venue's beer.
Why the backup? They weren't letting people on the floor anymore - Floor's Filled!
My theory - they weren't looking at tickets and let everyone just go on the floor. Bad ticket people!
So my friend and I, a bit confused, headed to the 2nd balcony and took a seat. MY GOD the floor really was PACKED! While nothing beats the floor, on some level we were happy we were high above.
It was a cool experience because watching exactly what happens down below is fun, eye opening and thrilling.
Dub Trio and The Aggrolites opened the show. We missed Dub Trio, but caught the other act. They're dub, right - ska, punk reggae. Good music, but not what we were in the mood for.
On to the main act...
Flogging Molly was AMAZING. This was the right way to start a tour. They played a bunch of new songs, but I was most excited for those I've already heard live.
With a bird's eye view of the place, it was fun to see the kids running around on the floor and happy, drunken fans doing a jig off in the stairwells.
A typical set list, HOWEVER..."Black Friday Rule"...not to be found.
Maybe they'll include it on warped tour.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Back in the Swing....
I'm back in the swing of listing clothing items regularly and I'm able to have the time to go back to writing. So happy.
Getting ready for an interview that'll probably be next week and after that one, there'll be another one!
Check out new items on my Etsy!
Getting ready for an interview that'll probably be next week and after that one, there'll be another one!
Check out new items on my Etsy!
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Tour I am PISSED I have to miss
WHY are the two tours the AKAs are partaking on not coming to the tri-state area?
I'm insanely mad and the closest date on either of them is in Pittsburg - that's 6 hours from me.
I'm so ready to drive to Ohio or Canada to see the first tour -
Foxy Shazam and Dr Manhattan....First off, Foxy Shazam was AMAZING when we saw them last with Senses Fail. As for Dr Manhattan, I've heard good things about their live show and they were really cool dudes when (funny enough) chatting with them backstage at Warped waiting to interview Mike Ski (singer for The AKAs).
THEN and this is what eats at my soul -
They go on tour with Dillinger Four and THE BOUNCING SOULS!
GRWARA!!
Just a rant. So screw you all who get to go see them on any of these stops.
I'm insanely mad and the closest date on either of them is in Pittsburg - that's 6 hours from me.
I'm so ready to drive to Ohio or Canada to see the first tour -
Foxy Shazam and Dr Manhattan....First off, Foxy Shazam was AMAZING when we saw them last with Senses Fail. As for Dr Manhattan, I've heard good things about their live show and they were really cool dudes when (funny enough) chatting with them backstage at Warped waiting to interview Mike Ski (singer for The AKAs).
THEN and this is what eats at my soul -
They go on tour with Dillinger Four and THE BOUNCING SOULS!
GRWARA!!
Just a rant. So screw you all who get to go see them on any of these stops.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Countdown to a Nervous Breakdown!
haha....it's just about now two weeks till the Fashion Show I'm doing.
I'm researching music for it. I think I'm going with The New Orleans BINGO! Show for the opening part, then I hope there'll be a DJ and i can have both Christina's "Candyman" and then Judy Garland's "Get Happy."
But then again, I'm realizing that I only have like 15 looks, sooooo.....but then again if the runway is longer and I can get the models to have fun with it all, we may need two songs (cut out the end of Candyman)
I wanted to post a video blog, but I'm sick and sound like I'm about to fall asleep...so maybe Sunday. I'll need to take a break from everything
I'm researching music for it. I think I'm going with The New Orleans BINGO! Show for the opening part, then I hope there'll be a DJ and i can have both Christina's "Candyman" and then Judy Garland's "Get Happy."
But then again, I'm realizing that I only have like 15 looks, sooooo.....but then again if the runway is longer and I can get the models to have fun with it all, we may need two songs (cut out the end of Candyman)
I wanted to post a video blog, but I'm sick and sound like I'm about to fall asleep...so maybe Sunday. I'll need to take a break from everything
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