...For an August tour of the west coast, the Octopus Project chose fellow Austin dwellers Diagonals to accompany them, and after a handful of dates apart the two bands were reunited for the Octo..'s Warehouse Live show and one in Fort Worth the night before. The five-piece Diagonals were quick to win the crowd over with their brand of reverb-drenched, organ-heavy garage-rock, inspiring dancing and even a small mosh pit. According to frontman Steve Garcia -- who remarked that the historic mosh was "pretty sweet" -- this was a first at a Diagonals show. And the more the crowd warmed up to the band, the more the band seemed to come alive, playing their songs about supermodels and overweight elementary school girls in space with increasing fervor, especially left-handed drummer Todd Larson. I can now only hope they follow the example of their tourmates and stop by more often.