Shows I Should Review

Neil Young & Wilco

Four Year Strong & Last Lights 

New Found Glory 

Rx Bandits 

Rise Against

Maps and Atlases & Nurses 

12.27.08 Four Year Strong & Set Your Goals

I have been really bad about posting here, but I will give an update with all of the concerts that I attended this fall hopefully very soon. Anyways, tonight I went to the Worcester Palladium for the first time and saw a bunch of bands. 

First was Lions Lions, they played a very "warped" hardcore along the lines of Circa Survive or Chiodos. They were OK, but they are still a very young band with a lot of room to grow into something. 

Next was Energy, they played with Set Your Goals at the ICC in May but unfortunately we missed there set. Their show was exactly what I expected, very much in vein of old AFI with lots and lots of woahs. It was nice to finally see them, but they didn't really meet my expectations this first time. I really enjoyed there record, but the live performance was somewhat lackluster. I soon realized that this was the fault of the venue, sold out show, very bad acoustics. 

Next was A Loss For Words, local band who I am very surprised that I have never seen before. I met the singer Matt a few weeks ago at the We Are The Union show and he was surprisingly very nice and we had a good talk about pop punk, hardcore and shows in Massachusetts. I never understood what people liked about A Loss For Words when they had their first few CDs released, a little too poppy for my liking at the time. But I think they have grown into something much bigger than that. Their songs are extremely catchy and they put on a great live show, I'm proud to say that they come from a few towns over. 

Every Avenue showed up with only an acoustic guitar in hand, but came with a whole list of excuses and complaints in tow, I was going to give them a chance but this really turned me off. We moved up to the balcony to see what the view was like up there. 

We snagged some sweet seats and I watched the rest of the show from there. Set Your Goals were definitely the highlight of the show for me, I hadn't seen them since this summer and although they played pretty much the same set they reminded me of how good they really are. They promised a record coming soon, they are going in the studio in February. I thought, if the rest is as good as "The Fallen" this is going to be a damn good record. 

Four Year Strong definitely showed some home town pride and plenty of egging on... WHAT THE FUCKS UP WORCESTER ITS GOOD TO BE HOME, I WANNA SEE THIS PLACE OPEN UP! There set was good, they played some older songs but their sound was really bad and made it irritating at times. Being the fourth time seeing them this year It was cool to see them in their hometown, but I don't plan on seeing them again till they put out a new record. 

Really fun show, but all in all the Palladium was not that great of a place, reminding me of an extremely run down Lupo's. Can't wait for the new Set Your Goals record.

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10.12.08 The Slackers

Crazy
I Still Love You
Eviction
Yer Still Blue
Keep Him Away
Have the Time
Don't You Want a Man?
And I Wonder
Cupid
Tin Tin Deo
Two Face
Walking On
You Were Always on My Mind (Willie Nelson cover)
Leave Me
Feed My Girl (Boss Harmony version)
What Went Wrong
Every Day is Sunday
Pedophilia
I Shall Be Released
Sarah
ENCORE:
You Don't Know I
She Wants to Be Alone

Warped 08

Evergreen Terrace
Bring Me The Horizon
Against Me!
Set Your Goals
All That Remains
Every Time I Die
All Time Low
Say Anything
Schwayze
Forever The Sickest Kids
Protest The Hero
Street Dogs
The Aggrolites
Four Year Strong
Katy Perry

Instrument

3743BMTS
People > Bodies, Heads
Balance

440490NM

non-stop action and reaction
interaction in faction
a gathering of sorts
ideas brought to the table
of a blue lit room
the blue is what we strive for
the main goal is to stir emotions
of any minds willing to listen
a feeling like no other
caught in a groove
locked in
there is no pulling out
as long as this ride is running
you are being pulled along with it
minds in harmony with each other
as they share a similar experience
what will come next?
no one is really sure of this
even those who decide don't know
a collective of sorts
fills a room and waits patiently
to have some sort of interaction
with other mids
all is dark as an explosion occurs
souls are fusing together
minds are bonding all as one
expression
feeling
style
benevolence
interacting and reacting with each other
cues are taken
yet no words are spoken
all are one at this point
as the tension is built
and released like clockwork
timing is on
and there is no stopping this collective
...
machine if you will
until the sun comes up
when we prepare ourselves
for what's ahead