Saturday, June 09, 2007

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Andrew's Bar turns 1
Category: Music

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Andrew's Bar in ypsi had one helluva killer bash for their 1st birthday. I was asked to run sound for the show, which had 4 DJ's in the newly opened backyard, a bunch of free food, and 5, yes count 'em, 5 bands!!!

            The Minor Planets have a cool indie pop sound with 2 guitars and keys backed by 2 men and a woman on the mics. Kind of a fiesty and infectious bouncy sound that was an appropriate way to open the show. The Minor Planets are a fun band to see.

            Bear Mountain Picnic came 2nd. They have a Sonic Youth meets Dinosaur Jr thing going on with their music. Antsy guitars and angst ridden twin vocals make for a slacker drop-out on uppers kind of thing going on with the music. One of the band members gave me a demo which i keep spinning in the car non-stop. The first track reminds me of that old  Cheap Trick song where he says "Mommy's alright...Daddy's alright...they just seem a little wierd"

            Tone & Niche jumped up on stage next. As always, T&N delivered a tight knit set immaculately executed. Everyone in the house was jumping as the band delivered "Rust", "Broken Heated Army" and "What I would've done for You" as well as a new song fro their recent studio sessions.

            Mahoney hit the stage with a fury as the bar filled to capacity. They played their asses off and the audience seemed to know every last song. Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" drove the people into a frenzy. Even when the PA system cut out periodically, it was almost irrelevant since everyone in the bar was singing along at the top of their lungs. It's kind of creepy that this song has embedded itself into so many people's brains so deeply in a way that Neil himself would be jealous of. Then "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi proved to be the high point of the nite. Drummer Chris stepped out from behind the set to take vocals on the song's intro. "...I'm sorry.... it's just so emotional!" he paused and choked back the tears before they blew out our eardrums with the rocking part of the song.

            The 77's came out and closed the show with a high energy set of  their sludgy Detroit swamp blues interpretation of what Rock n Roll is all about. They slipped in a new song and a cover or two and basically just delivered a true dirty 77's style set to finish off a perfect ypsi party nite.