Originally Posted by Derrick Espadas
Okay...fed...hyrdrated and ready to go.
Fish With Guns was a last minute addition, and with a name like that I was excited (plus a happy tummy). It was my own fault for getting excited. The bassless screamo band sounded like every other band of their genre. Looked like every other band of their genre. Moved like every other band of their genre. Maybe we can all go hang out at the mall after the show, eh?
69 sins was up next and played a standard radio friendly hardcore sound. It was nice. Then Sleep City took the stage with their combination of sonic mush instrumentation, bouncy beatsk, and weak vocals. They very much reminded me of a band you would see in the background of a house party scene of a teenager movie. You know you're suppose to think that they're cool, but you're just glad that you'll never remember them.
Like Jupiter is a 3-piece poppy alt band much in the style of Blink 182. One Bullet Away is yet another screamo band, but one that actually provides interesting vocals. They have a very "noise band" feel to them, as which with many noise bands requires a second listening...good job guys.
Onadi is can best be described as Korn with female vocals. Congratualtions on the upgrade in drummer. The singer, Celeste, has an amazing voice that anyone would be jealous of.
And then the winner of The Most Annoying Rockstar Fucks of The Day Award goes to.......I'm The Lion. The started of their set with a cheezy, pretentious speech that at best sounded like "blah blah blah, I'm so clever, blah blah blah." They proceeded into their hardcoreness that had some interesting changes and good beats. Their singing was good and definitely a better choice than their yelling and screaming. So, basically they were disqualified (not that any of the judges scored them very high anyway) because unlike the other bands that had time limits to perform these youngsters felt that they could ignore the clock and 9 repeated assertions to get off the stage to allow the other bands to play. Good job rockstars!!!
Dither was up next. At this point I was definitely sick of the yelling and screaming. However, for some reason the tone of Dither rose above my hatred. Sometimes, it's just about tone. The final band of the evening was The Last Home Jones of which I gave a perfect score to. This 8 piece ensemble completely changed the atmosphere with the welcome sounds of horns, jazz and R & B. They performed with soul and heart and played with an ease that played kindly on my ears. It was different and engaging...take notes bands...take notes.
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