(sorry for bad picture-taking...I don't have a great sense of timing)
We got the trip started a bit late, but made it to NYC in plenty of time to find out that not only had Northsix booked SPIRITUALIZED within the past week (and, by virtue of their giantness, therefore bumped Kayo Dot/Time of Orchids/Behold...the Arctopus to the tiny downstairs), but they expected everyone downstairs to be done by 10:30, so Spiritualized could have their silence.
So they wanted Kayo Dot to play at 8pm, even though all the flyering had been for 9pm, and even then they were worried about fitting all 5 (yeah, two more had been added) bands in before the time.
I don't know the ins and outs, but as it worked out, Kayo Dot got the 9pm slot. Kickass.
We hung around outside until 9 rolled around, spitting at the Spiritualized fancy-dancy tour bus. Creepily, THE SPARE MIA arrived. There's more of a story to it, but it's not mine to tell.
Although Greg might forget his backup guitar, somebody remembered the backup Mia, I guess.
They opened with:
The place was tiny and thus got pretty full pretty quickly. In this picture you can see THE SPARE VINCENT GALLO drinking a beer. He was pretty nice and is in a band called STAY FUCKED.
Guitarist (former bassist) Nick Kyte TRANCES THE FUCK OUT when he plays.
Greg, Ryan, and Forbes. Check out Greg's METAL FACE:
The sound was actually not bad, despite the place! You could definitely pick out the individual parts of even the distorted The Antique. Partway through it went into WALL OF SOUND effect which was awesome. FOUR GUITARS!!!
We got the trip started a bit late, but made it to NYC in plenty of time to find out that not only had Northsix booked SPIRITUALIZED within the past week (and, by virtue of their giantness, therefore bumped Kayo Dot/Time of Orchids/Behold...the Arctopus to the tiny downstairs), but they expected everyone downstairs to be done by 10:30, so Spiritualized could have their silence.
So they wanted Kayo Dot to play at 8pm, even though all the flyering had been for 9pm, and even then they were worried about fitting all 5 (yeah, two more had been added) bands in before the time.
I don't know the ins and outs, but as it worked out, Kayo Dot got the 9pm slot. Kickass.
We hung around outside until 9 rolled around, spitting at the Spiritualized fancy-dancy tour bus. Creepily, THE SPARE MIA arrived. There's more of a story to it, but it's not mine to tell.
Although Greg might forget his backup guitar, somebody remembered the backup Mia, I guess.
They opened with:
The place was tiny and thus got pretty full pretty quickly. In this picture you can see THE SPARE VINCENT GALLO drinking a beer. He was pretty nice and is in a band called STAY FUCKED.
Guitarist (former bassist) Nick Kyte TRANCES THE FUCK OUT when he plays.
Greg, Ryan, and Forbes. Check out Greg's METAL FACE:
The sound was actually not bad, despite the place! You could definitely pick out the individual parts of even the distorted The Antique. Partway through it went into WALL OF SOUND effect which was awesome. FOUR GUITARS!!!
