The Rentals

sharpen your knife. not one gay parade song. this time they did play a wide variety of stuff from different albums...just nothing off gay parade. they also played a few cover songs such as prince.  it was cool, but not as good as i hoped

well, no gay parade.  however, kevin barnes came out wearing a wedding dress.  did he do that in st louis too?

oh did they play the slut song?

come on people  - more posts.  dont tell me your just "listening" to music.  You have to go out and "FEEL" it "EXPERIENCE" it.  I have an excuse, I'm old(er) have a career and cant go out 2x a week for concerts like I use to during college, or even grad school.  What's your excuses? 

PLEASE - I'll admit i'm kind of a loser and living vicariously through you guys, I need more info on what you "young hep cats" (OK i'm not that old) are going out to see nowadays.

a friend convinced me to go see los abandoned again, they're playing at SxSW according to my Echo/Spaceland E-memo update.  But I only went cause this cool Japanese band was playing.
POLYSICS - anyone heard of em?
I always loved fun Japanese Indie/powerpop bands - remember Shonen Knife?
anyways Polysics rocked and did this hot synthy version of the Knacks "MY SHARONA"

I've seen a few other bands at local clubs/bars but nothing major (or worth mentioning).
I wanna see STEREOLAB - I think they're playing on the 18 here in L.A.
I doubt i'm going to Coachella just to see LADYTRON.
Dinosaur JR. is playing next month at the TROUBADOR! - if it doesnt sell out or become an "industry only" event i'm there.

So OK guys keep going out - its the best way to see/hear all the music and mojo you'll rip off when you start your own bands!

Mates of State - i've always wanted to see them - I hear they're just an organ/drum combo and have a real powerful dynamic between them onstage.  I expect a full report. . . .
Dressy Bessy  - what can i say, you're very lucky.  When i saw them here i caught myself thinking "I wish this was a local band i would see them every time they played" are they from Denver?  I would recommend catching Los Abandoned at SxSW while your down there but you seem to have your plate full. 
last but not least - let me know how The Subways were.

definitely. the only band I've heard of from the friday show is Metric, but I'll have fun sitting through the show I know.
I hope they don't sell out, I've been able to get into other sxsw shows before without a badge, bracelet or whatever they
hand out to people attending.
I thought dressy bessy came from the north west, but honestly I think all girl indie bands come from the northwest.
And god, mates of state? they were just great. I just loaned out my two cds of them to a coworker, but yea,
organ and drum combo, the girl had two yamahas and a korg, and the guy played the drums. Quite honestly I only
had "my solo project" from and they didn't play that many songs from that but everything they played was awesome.
I was dancing even, and I'm not a dancing guy at shows. I'm more a swayer and nod yer head kinda guy.

When I talked to Cherri, she claimed to not know Justin!

I saw reggie & the full effect last night, my ears are still ringing