Buzz Night: It Was Still Fun...

i thought it was going to be another letdown of sorts... since i've been having some really cool Buzz Gigs for like 3 consecutive times already, i was starting to be a bit cynical with this one...

everything started out late... Random Knobs was way too early but did not have most of their gear with them... so we started at around 10:30pm with The Knobs dishing out 4 songs... they did well but their sound was a bit tiring... i think Joel should try to play around more with his effects pedals... The Satellites came in second... i was expecting something more from them but i guess they have yet to discover the right influences for their type of music... hopefully these Buzz Night stints would in some way help them figure things out... Soft Pillow Kisses followed next... we did well i think but we sure had so many fuck ups specially in the first three songs we played with me doing the major one with "Try To Smile" wherein i totally forgot the chords... Carnival Park came next... it the first time i got to really watch them in this current incarnation... Still up there with the best of them... Connie, their singer has a very lovely voice which fits well with their brand of Indie Pop... it really works well when Christian and Connie sing together... and the keyboards, it kinda glues them all together... i was a bit at a lost during Phantom Sizemore's set... i didn't have any idea as to what they really sound like... although the during the last two songs, the multi-layered guitar attack was starting to sink in... Their cover of a Revolver song was quite nice inspite of their looseness... Slumbook was the last band... they were quite entertaining... it's their first gig and they did fucked up so many times to our amusement but they sure have lots of promise... and they have the making of a really good Indie Pop band if they would just only give it a little more effort... they have simple songs but the way the drummer pounds thru each song makes them quite unique and the vocals, very twee... i just hope that, like Your Imaginary Friends, they improve fast and make a name for themselves in this quite confusing indie scene of ours...