Do These Bands Fux Live?

If someone asks you to see KG&TWL at Forest Hills stadium in exchange for a cat sit, you say yes. May have been in the nose bleeds, but man were there some "Lizard Brains" there easily ably to distinguish from one world music power ballad to the next, 3.5/5.

Ya, I go to the Mercury Lounge a lot. Sue me. Anyway, this is one of those weird reverse concerts where the band I thought was headlining (The Shacks) was opening and the band I thought was second opener (Brainstory), was second opener, but they were opening for some other band. This is why I always try and get to shows early cause you cant risk it. Anyway The Shacks played a chill 3.5 and Brainstory played a slightly less chill 4. If you stayed for Surprise Chef, I hope it was good.

Kiltro on a Wednesday. They had two drummers, but apparently needed two acoustic guitarists as well. The singer/guitar player (not featured because he was off to the side fiddling with the computer so much) switched between playing the lead notes and riff notes with pre-recorded backing guitar. Cant say I particularly enjoyed the computer generated noise. 3/5.

Got stuck in 1.5 hour traffic to travel 70 miles and see this glamorous group away from the city. SO played a spell-binding 80 minutes for a 4/5 appearance. Blood Cultures was a decent band to sip a Jaegerbomb to, 3.25/5. Lets put Hamden on the map!

There are rooftop concerts, and then there are rooftop concerts. Surprisingly not sold out, I think my photo best covers the general feel of Gallo's 4.5/5 performance.

Retaining its title as "hard club to get to the front of" Yucky Duster still managed to reach the back of the crowd with some upside down power punk on a Sunday.

Crossed the Williamsburg Bridge on a Bianchi, but it was worth every pedal (sort of). 3.5/5, senior discount applied.

Just made it to catch most of RC's set. 3.5/5 (would have been 4 if I got there on time), but holy hell it was hard to believe they were opening.

Accidentally ended up at a metal show in the NYC suburbs on a Friday night. Just went with it for a 3.5/5 experience, but left when the banger-fu started to get out of hand.

had to be there. 4/5