Just got the Twitter free stuff from @brianshadfal
By Eric | October 5, 2009 12:00 am
Just got the Twitter free stuff from @brianshadfall, and ready to watch shads and @ffdp rip it up!
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This work day cannot go fast enough, mainly cuz I
By Eric | October 5, 2009 12:00 am
This work day cannot go fast enough, mainly cuz I can’t wait for @FFDP and @ShadowsFallBand (w/ @BrianShadFall) in Syracuse tonight! m/
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At Montage for A Thousand Shades of Cold’s CD rele
By Eric | October 3, 2009 12:00 am
At Montage for A Thousand Shades of Cold’s CD release party!
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10/02/2009 A Thousand Shades Of Cold, Shadows Of The Past (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
By Eric | October 2, 2009 11:59 pm
I rolled into this one kinda late, and only got to see one of the openers before ATSOC. I’ve seen Shadows of the Past a couple times at Montage with various other bands. They’re a decent local metal band, and they’re getting there. The whole reason for this show, however, was that it was a CD release party for ATSOC’s Darkenthedaylight. They ran through everything on that CD, plus a couple from the older self-titled disc. They sounded good, had a lot of enthusiastic fans there for them, and the CD sounds great too, so that was a plus.
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Big new music day: new Alice In Chains, new Breaki
By Eric | September 29, 2009 12:00 am
Big new music day: new Alice In Chains, new Breaking Benjamin, and new @Hatebreed! The last one will be getting me pumped for volleyball!
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Well, so much for Thousand Shades… Ah well, more
By Eric | September 26, 2009 12:00 am
Well, so much for Thousand Shades… Ah well, more Sixpin!
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09/25/2009 Sixpin, The Fated Grey, Five Point, Do Driver (Buffalo, NY @ The Tralf)
By Eric | September 25, 2009 11:59 pm
I trucked down I-90 to see two of my favorite local bands, as A Thousand Shades of Cold were supposed to be on the bill, but apparently canceled at the last minute. This left the Sixpin guys scrambling for openers, and yet they managed to find three! Do Driver and Five Point didn’t really catch my fancy, but thankfully I had Adam and Kristen to talk with. The Fated Grey, however, were much better. A solid alt-rock band that I wouldn’t mind seeing again. Good songs, good singer, band sounded good, enjoyable to watch. We said hi to Andy and got ready to watch Sixpin do their thing, which they did impeccably. It’s always better to go see “local” shows when the bands are GOOD. And Sixpin is. They always sound tight, Andy can sing very very well, and the songs are well crafted. On this night, they ran through most of their “new” catalog, some highlights from the Made to Bleed album, and ended the show with their awesome cover of Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face”, which brought some of the members of the other bands up on stage, plus some of the ladies!
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09/12/2009 Tonic (Verona, NY @ Turning Stone Casino Showroom)
By Eric | September 17, 2009 3:20 pm
Tiff and I made a mini-weekend out of this show, as Tonic is one of the handful of bands we can both enthusiastically agree on. We made sure to remember the BYOB aspect of Turning Stone’s showroom, and had a good time because of it! I was shocked that Tonic was even touring again, but apparently they released a greatest hits album, with plans to have a new studio album out next year. Anyway, the band came out and started right into Open Up Your Eyes, much to the delight of the crowd. The showroom didn’t look sold out, but the folks that did attend were die-hards, singing along with most everything. Take Me As I Am was next, followed by Liar. The latter song surprised me, as their live take on it was a bit more raucous than it sounds on the album! Guitarist Jeff Russo is more than just a competent player, and the improvisation on most of the songs was top-notch and served to make the songs even more interesting than their recorded counterparts. The band went back to the hits with You Wanted More, followed by Sugar, and then our consensus favorite Tonic song, Mountain. They completed the Lemon Parade two-fer with Wicked Soldier, and then played Come Rest Your Head. Tiff remarked that for the most part, they picked the more rockin’ songs out of the catalog, rather than play a bunch of ballads. We were then treated to a new song, also “rockin'”, that I’ll call Not The Same. If that’s the direction the band is taking, I’m down with that! After playing a song no one knew, they followed it up with the one song *everyone* knew, If You Could Only See. They closed up the main set with Queen, Soldier’s Daughter, and a hell of a take on Casual Affair. So as if that wasn’t enough, they came back out for an encore, which started with a nod to Emerson Hart’s solo album. The entire band took on If You’re Gonna Leave, which I thought was pretty cool; the other band members supporting each other’s solo efforts. Next was a song that was on our Buffalo setlist back in ’03 (that didn’t get played that night), a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Go Your Own Way that had the entire place singing, and quite a few dancing. Tonic ended the evening by dedicating the last song to a couple from Buffalo they’d been conversing with online, finishing with Love A Diamond. Overall, I can’t say enough about the show, the crowd, Jeff Russo’s guitar playing, Emerson Hart’s singing, and the venue itself. A great time and a great show!
Setlist:
Open Up Your Eyes
Take Me as I Am
Liar
You Wanted More
Sugar
Mountain
Wicked Soldier
Come Rest Your Head
Not The Same (new song)
If You Could Only See
Queen
Soldier’s Daughter
Casual Affair
Encore:
If You’re Gonna Leave (from Emerson Hart’s solo album)
Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac cover)
Love A Diamond
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A day late, but I did my metal duty and picked up
By Eric | September 17, 2009 12:00 am
A day late, but I did my metal duty and picked up @therealetid ‘s New Junk Aesthetic and @ShadowsFallBand ‘s Retribution, both with DVD’s!
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And the final leg of the journey… Turning Stone
By Eric | September 12, 2009 12:00 am
And the final leg of the journey… Turning Stone to see Tonic tonight!
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