JENNGRANTSHOTGUNANDJAYBIRDFEIST

photos by bryanna

HOLY SHIT

so this weekend was awesome as hell. besides getting to see some friends i hadnt seen in awhile, i saw many great bands.

saturday night we went to see hivemind and state of the art (www.myspace.com/sotaband). unfortunatly we had to endure like 5 hivemind songs. i guess they weren't that bad, but it just not my thing. every song sounded the same, though they covered some daft punk which was sorta cool. state of the art (consisting of one half of count spatula) was very good. much better than i expected. it wasnt too jammy (which i was fearing haha). i didnt really like their cover of money by pink floyd, but then again i dont care for that song in the first place. i wish they had played some of their older songs, they have a different feel and i sorta like them better, but oh well. it suprises me that they arent more popular. they should be filling places (especially 2 dollar shows) but i guess people are stupid.

sunday night was the night of nights (nightnightnightnight). jordan met up with us in line, sans ticket. so he went to get one from a scalper and the guy only gave him the receipt, however ended up giving him the actual ticket. then to add to jordans luck when we got closer to the front someone was giving away a ticket hahaha anyways on to the show...... we got up to the very front because people are stupid. first up was jenn grant (www.jenngrant.com), bryanna's new favorite singer, i thought she was ok. i prefer her cd to her live set. next up was shotgun and jaybird (www.shotgunandjaybird.com) they fucking ruled. they could almost be mistaken for pavement. they were also beyond hilarious inbetween songs. julie doiron was playing bass with them. you can download their first album on their site, which you should do now. i think they are one of my new favorite bands. it was such a pleasant suprise. then came the queen herself, feist. i wasn't expecting her to be so good for some reason, but she blew me away. her voice was so powerful. i don't know how long she played but it was the perfect length. i had no clue she had super mad guitar skillz. she played a few new songs, which were very good and i'm excited to hear the next album (which she records sooon she said). i can't remember the name of the song, but everyone came out at the end and sang "did i, did i" back up along with the crowd, and it was awesome. sorta like at the end of sarah slean shows when she plays wake up (which is a fucking amazing song) and everyone sings along. bryanna and nadia took lots of pictures so i'll post them whenever i get them. i will also start posting more music when i get my computer back.