Fiddle While You Burn

Todd P. Party @ Silent Barn






the Death Set

The Death Set is pretty much guaranteed to steal the show with their mega-amped electro-punk – every time I’ve seen them the crowd just completely spazzes out along with the band. The tiny basement was so hot and sweaty that I had to keep cleaning the steam and beer off my camera. Amazing Fun.










Team Robespierre

Before the inevitable destruction of the stage itself, Team Robespierre rolled to another victory with their shout along party-punk. The crowd was especially fired up for their set, screaming, dancing and crowd surfing along.








Juiceboxxx

Juiceboxx set the bar pretty high for the evening at Todd P's Silent Barn jam with an explosive set of shout-along Electro-Hop that sent the crowd into a frenzy. It must have been way over 100 degrees in the room - in October!

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the Head Set

NYC’s Head Set was one of the first bands I posted about and FWYB and they’re still rolling, sounding better than ever. The house was packed with curios festival goers and they didn't disappoint. Still a band to watch.








Voxtrot

I like to start off these multi-day, mutli-venue festivals with a sure thing so I don't lose momentum, and a free show by Voxtrot in an intimate venue like Fontana’s is about as close to a sure thing as you can get. This band’s been hyped a lot over the past couple of years but the fact remains, they're excellent performers with unusually strong songwriting. Hopefully even bigger things are ahead for these guys.

Labels: CMJ, Death Set, Head Set, Juiceboxx, Team Robespierre, Voxtrot

Posted by Nev Brown for FWYB at 10/17/2007 12:33:00 PM | Comments

I've been lucky enough to catch the Head Set playing a bunch of times in the city over the past few years. The band's got an immediate, radio-friendly sound that definitely reaches out and grabs you without being overly poppy. Singer /guitarist Jordan B. has some great pipes - a loungey croon somewhere in the Casablancas-Morrison range and the band writes solid songs filled with catchy hooks. They’re especially strong live & tonight they were in full Rock mode rolling through a tight set filled high-energy tunes & catchy hooks. For the finale, they closed with one of their best songs "Enemies" a tune that sounds destined for the radio and judging by the shrieks & hoots of approval from the crowd the Head Set might just make it there.

Labels: Head Set

Posted by Nev Brown for FWYB at 4/18/2006 03:57:00 PM | Comments

Labels: Head Set, Sin-e

Posted by Nev Brown for FWYB at 1/25/2005 02:06:00 AM | Comments