All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing.
Saturday, 1pm at Loosey’s.
I’m not really that into this band, but it's 1 pm and it's an acoustic set, so screw it. Let's go see the band putting out the best Against Me records today.
All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing.
Friday, 11:30 at the DoubleDown.
I go back and forth with Coliseum. I go from barely remembering they exist to not being able to stop playing their records. Specifically, their newest full-length, House With a Curse.
If Hot Water Music are playing all the old good stuff, I’d probably skip these guys, but I don’t think that will be the case.
All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing.
Friday, 1 am at the Laboratory.
Last year 8 people watched these dudes, and now they’re closing out a venue. It's not “The Venue,” but still, nice move.
There is a “mystery band” playing at the same time as CTO at another venue, so there is a chance that, depending on how that mystery is, I’d miss at least part of these guys' set. But the times are 20 minutes off, so maybe I wouldn’t have to miss much.
If CTO mentions a “Sleep EP” that is “being recorded soon,” yell “WHEN?” at them. Less talk, more recording.
Unless you’re cooler than me and know about some secret warehouse, hotel set, or house party show by some band, this is probably the musical end of your Friday night. Go eat some Five-Star.
All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing.
Saturday, 3:10 at Seconds.
My wife loves her some Paul Baribeau. So last year, when she couldn’t make it down with me to Fest, I asked Paul to make a sad face for a picture, and I sent it to her. She was pretty psyched, not “I saw her play live" psyched, but psyched nonetheless.
All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing.
Friday, 12:10 at 1982.
Initially, Spaynard was on my list as sort of a filler band. Someone whom I’ve heard but didn’t have any strong opinions about, either, and were playing during a dead spot in “my schedule.” But the more I listen to this, the more I think they are a band that should be made a point to see.
All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing.
Friday, 11:25 at The Florida Theater of Gainesville.
Amongst my friends, there are two camps when it comes to HWM. One believes that the No Idea years were the best and anything beyond Forever and Counting is terrible. The other believes the opposite, that the Epitaph years were great.
I’m firmly among the first group. Firmly. I haven’t seen HWM live in years because of this, but I’d check them out in hopes of hearing some of the old gold. There are at least 4 post-post No Idea albums, though, so who knows if I’d actually get to hear anything I wanted. But Hot Water Music at Fest seems like a no-brainer.
I’m pretty sure I’d leave this show after 15 minutes and try to rush to the Coliseum. A band I actively care about.