Justin Little, June 17, 2012
Quiet Loudly always delivers, so what makes anyone think this would be any different? Good stage presence, great sound, and fans singing word for word is a great recipe for a fiesta! Great set guys! Other than Tony’s nonexistent rat tail I really enjoyed the set.

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Justin Little, June 16, 2012
Next set I caught was Dinosaur Feathers at Spike Hill. I hate to bash any band but there were negatives to this set. So the songs were good. The drummer was really good. The lead singer/guitarist did his thing. During the main part of the song the bass was good but you left me asking myself the question “What the fuck is he doing?” quite a few times. I don’t know if it was to try and give the song a grunge feel or what. But I just didn’t get it. It sounded like at points of the song he was hitting the bass to make some kind of weird ambient sound. I’d say drop the weird unnecessary bass banging/noises or whatever you want to call them and keep it simple. Good set but I must admit there were a few awkward moments. Sorry guys, feel free to invite me to one of your sets and change my mind.

Justin Little, June 16, 2012
I particularly like the lighting in Spike Hill so I made my way back to catch Miniboone’s set. They filled the place up and it seemed like the crowd knew all the lyrics to their songs. Some way, some how they’ve managed to slip by without me hearing of them before. I’m glad I got to see them. Their musicianship was definitely on point. Great set! I’ll have to pick up one of their CDs so I can sing along next time.

Justin Little, June 15, 2012
Dualing boards, dualing drums, and dualing front women? Zambri you get dualing thumbs from me. Spike Hill was packed for their set. At this point in the night all the crowd jitters are gone. What I mean by that is everyone in the crowd has already seen about 3 bands. They’re over that first awkward instances where people tend to start bobbing their heads to the music and peak around to see if anyone is watching or dancing. By now, well during Zambri’s set you can clearly see everyone in the crowd having a blast(and/or buzzed). Great set! I’m sure they opened a lot of eyes tonight. They definitely opened mine. It started out slow and got sexier and sexier. I feel like I need to go wash my sexy laundry. Rumor has it the two front ladies are sisters? That’s Sassy! Allow me a moment to dwell on that. PS: Did I just say that out loud?

Justin Little, June 14, 2012
I was wide awake after GZA’s set so I went back to Spike Hill to catch Miracles Of Modern Science perform. I walked in between songs. I took a look at them and thought, “OK this isn’t going to be for me.” But then they started playing. “Never judge a book by it’s cover. They shocked the hell out of me. They had the crowds attention, they all had smiles on their face, and they tore it up. Got my respect! Great band. Great set! I like when I can’t predict what’s going to happen and they kept me on my toes the entire time.

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Justin Little, June 14, 2012
I was out front of Spike Hill and heard a girl say,”Wow, that was some Radiohead shit!”. I thought to myself,”Let me be the judge of that.” I walked into Spike Hill in between songs. Every women in the bar had their eyes locked on the stage. I was wondering what was going on. The second they started playing it made sense. See for yourself. Note to self: Make hipster babies while listening to Port St. Willow.

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What’s good Wednesday? How about the honor of premiering a brand new video from BK’s Madam Trashy? We’ll take it. So, sit back and enjoy, and after…please delight yourself in an interview with the gentleman of Madam Trashy and Director, Brian Walsh.

Who and what is Madam Trashy?
A three-piece stoner/prog/metal trio featuring Garth MacAleavey on drums, Jacob Luke on guitar and Brian Murphey on bass. We all share vocal duties.

How long has Madam Trashy been around the block?
We’ve been playing together on and off for 10 years, but Madam Trashy has been around about 2 years in it’s present form.

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Steel Phantoms

I know I know, there are so many shows going on a the Northside festival it’s hard to catch all of them. I’ll just say: I caught Free Willy fave Steel Phantoms at Spike Hill for the Ear Farm showcase. And? I absolutely love the energy of these guys. Classically trained musicians, their punky pop tunes sound at times a little like Vampire Weekend got married to Joy Division and had a baby where the drummer could sing. Anyways, they’re playing Sunday night at Music Hall of Williamsburg (WHICH YOU CAN’T GO TO BECAUSE YOU’RE COMING TO OUR SHOWCASE, RIGHT?) or checkout their Myspace for upcoming shows.