These Are Powers / Black Hearted Diamond Boy @ The Church Of Crystal Light (03-27-09)

Got to this show a little late / so me and my bro missed the first act of the night (aka caves n' cavers). Even though i've heard this bands name on varous bills around richmond i've still just to actually catch one of their sets before (sooner or later I will catch one / tonight was just not the night)

Literally we walked into the venue right as "These Are Powers" were starting their show so sadly we didnt have the best spot for this set. We got stuck in the side conner that is blocked off from the main open area of the place. Also behind us during this set were some dudes that kept poking fun at me and my brohan / making comments like "those guys look like their fucking" while we were dancing (seriously what the fuck is your problem) (*space also made it hard to get decent photo of set / will put up better photo if I find one online*) (better photo was found - it comes from Robert C. Madruga / thanks for being a superior camera man dawg / and thanks for complementing my dance style at the show (aka not saying that I look like i'm fuckin my bro when i dance........) . Anyway aside from those small set back These Are Powers put on a real thumpin' set. This band live show has the prefect balance of dance beats and noise qualities with this sort of tropical tribal thing floating in the background. And the charisma coming from the lead singer of this group really adds to the spark of the live set. Overall a band totally worth checking out if you stumble into the possibility of seeing them live (they seem to stop into richmond every time they tour the east-coast. So I assume next east coast tour will be another opportunity to check them out / seriously it's worth it DAWG)


Next up was "Diamond Black Hearted Boy". I had heard this guys name thrown around since moving to richmond but I really had no idea what his music was about till tonight. The tunes seems to run on this idea of dance music that is not always danceable. It has great thumpin beats that make you want to move your body, but at the same time you have the fly cat yelling into a megaphone about something involving "new world order" (and no, I have no clue what the hell he was talking about) none the less the set was fun and got a free cd from him after the show (put it on during the ride back home / it's sounds fairly fly / shit like this is why I love the richmond music scene hardcore)

Night was a succues / oddly kind of a short night for this venue / but still both acts i caught where mad tight / so there is really no good reason to complain now is there.

April showz

For the past month or two ive been kind of slacking on writing review on shows and keeping this place well informed. I got lazy (my bad). Starting now this blog is gonna get back to what it was about, me ramblin' in typical andy fashion about music that i dig hardcore. And i see no better time to start that shit back up than with my list of shows in april to check out.


(04-01) Sewn Leather / DJ Dog Dick / Narwhalz / Google Earth @ The Church Of Crystal Light
Night jam-packed full of great unground fucker(e). Haven't seen Sewn Leather Or Google Earth before but i've heard great things about both groups. Have caught Narhwlaz & DJ Dog DIck However, and both artists are mad tight insane. Night should be thumpin' / night should be cheap / come one come all / FUCK YEAH


(04-03) Girl Talk / Head Molt @ The Norva
IM SO PUMPED FOR THIS SHOW. Girl Talk is tight and all but the real glory of this show is the fact that Head Molt is opening this show. SERIOUSLY HOW THE FUCK DID THIS HAPPEN??? so pumped to see this chaos go down4fuck


(04-05) Dan Deacon / Future Islands / Teeth Mountain @ The Little Theatre
Caught Dan Deacon last summer up in D.C. and it was a total blast. So it seems like a no brainer to catch him live when he stops into VA with a 15 person band. Also both Future Island & Teeth Mountain are playing, which is basically icying on the cake.


(04-15) Ratatat / Tussle / Black Pus @ The National
First off i find it mad crazy that a band like Ratatat would be stopping into richmond, but I wont complain. But that isn't the end of what makes this show so exciting. BLACK PUS IS OPENING THIS SHOW / THE MOTHA FUCKIN DRUMMER OF LIGHTNING BOLT IN RVA. Like seriously how the fuck did this come to be????? / should be a great night for dancing and fucking shit up *DONT MISS THIS ONE DAWGZ*


(04-16) Nobunny / Rock n Roll Adventure Kids / Big Bobby & The Nightcaps @ The Outback Lodge ((c_VIllz shOw)))
To quote the glorious of the internet "Nobunny is a tucson-based, bunny-faced act specializing in 60s-style garage rock and pop." If that description doesn't get you excited please check the link above / seriously if you don't like this shit then something is wrong with you


(04-24) Realcide @ The Church Of Crystal Light
Trashy Speedcore Noise shit at The Church Of Crystal Light (what a big shock) / Should be a good night of punk rebel runoff / opening acts should be announced soon / I assume tight shit from this venue / I just have no names at the moment

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ANDY OUT

Lemonade / Hearts Of Darknesses / Narwhalz @ The Triple (03-09-09)

((((SHOW REVIEW)))

Attendance
Pooooooor

Set$$
Good


nachos 4 birthday cake = allSTYLE

PHOTOS OF SHOW
PHOTO OF BATHROOM
WORDS are BORNING


Hearts Of Darknesses


LeMonaDE


Narwhalz



FIN