This is not a clever month for me. But I did find two new venues, both of them bars with neat little venues hidden inside, and both hosting bands that either shouldn’t be in a venue that small or soon won’t be in a venue that small so get in while you still can.
Bands like Anti-Formula from Denver, who bring that old skool raw energy you’d find on the OG Tony Hawk games. I don’t think they know just how good they are or great they can be, which is so god damn adorable. It’s like watching Suicidal Tendencies but they apologise after each song even though the whole point of the genre is to make mistakes.
A word of advice from Uncle Fuck You(r social media): stop giving a shit. One of the best parts of the show was at the end when they walked off stage.
Kidding. It was at the end when they asked the sound dude if they could play one more song and then realised they didn’t actually know how to play it but played it anyways because they already said they would.
How fucking punk.
Or bands like Stratejacket. One thing I’ve criticised Stratejacket on before is their lack of grittiness. Well, they’re much grittier in person, so that’s good. They’re gritty yet well rehearsed. They know what they want and they have the balls to go get it which is evident with their on stage charisma.
Does Uncle Fuck You(r social media) have any advice for them? Nothing new, just roll around in the mud before recording a song or playing a show.
Does Uncle Fuck You have any advice for you audience folk? Yes. There’s a ton of bands out there, both local and touring, that are about to pop like someone who’s just taken a bottle of laxatives. Get in at the ground floor while you can. Stratejacket (and Anti-Formula) won’t be playing the bar scene for long. How cool would it be to be able to say, “I saw them back when they had to play for their beer”?
Going forward, I propose we implement a rule where, if you hear live music in a dive bar, you have to go in for at least one song. Go in, tag it with a FYSM sticker, and find yourself a new Spotify station. I’ll even hire strippers for you just so you can have some titties.
Should I remind you of this via the mailing list? Because that’s where future headliners are found and I don’t want all you lovely assholes to miss out.
Speaking of lovely assholes, I have merch!
