Anti-Monday: demasiado, Prize Country, Loom

I completely intended to go to the Belly Up for Cary Brothers last night. I did. My car was pinging and I decided to stay home and try and get back on a normal person's sleep schedule, so instead, I stayed in and missed the show. boo.

I did, however, go to the Anti-Monday League show at the Casbah and wanted to post some pics.

When I got there on Monday, I just missed Ricksha. It had been a couple weeks since I ventured to the Casbah, so there was some catching up with friends and whatnot before Loom took the stage.

I'd call there music rhytmic hardcore. Heavy drums and guitar and bass, but with the beautiful layer of a violin adding to their sound. They're from Salt Lake City and I thouroughly enjoyed their set. The three guys up front alternated in vocals, and while the one looked like he had some sort of korg or something, I think it was really just a bunch of knobs and controls to handle their various lighting effects, which made snapping a photo at just the right moment, even just a point and shoot with flash, a little bit of a challenge.









I liked the band so much, I headed to check out their merch. They had American Apparel shirts for $15, always a plus because I know exactly how the shirts will fit, and for $20 included the shirt, all the CDs, some pins and stickers. Deal. The funny thing is that my shirt has been hanging at my kitchen table the last couple days and there's some scent on in or something that my cat LOVES, because he keeps pulling the shirt to the floor, wrestling it, and kinda humping it, despite the fact that he's fixed.

Prize Country was second and were more standard hardcore variety. Aggressive and driving music that reminded me of the bands I was into in high school. They were from Portland. I was fascinated by one of the guys tattoos. I think it has to be one of the coolest ones I've seen lately; a lot of it was Japanese inspired with gisha girls and then some zombies, and then some geisha zombies, but the one I liked was a cherry blossom the scrolls from his waist to his neck with a bird (raven?) perched on it.



I also noticed the tattoo on this guy's neck. It says "Booba" which he told me was his nickname for his wife, but with a cat named Boo, I made sure to capture it, too.





Both bands were super cool and hung around in the patio all night, chatting and hanging out with everyone.

Local boys demasiado finished up the night. When I think about them, I always know I like seeing them, but then I hear them again and get blown away. Where does that voice come from? Then there's all the running around and hiding and just stage antics that you cannot look away.











Suffice it to say, it was a great night and I'm glad I didn't miss it. There was an after party near my house. In this case, the rest of the night was NFB, but it involved looking for a lost dog, more drinks at my house, walking my dog at 4 am, hitting the taco shop, and other random shit that meant I didn't get to sleep until after 7 am. I have got to stop acting like I'm still in college.

I'm off to the zoo with my sister and my niece today, going with my mom to the INXS show at Harrah's tomorrow (yeah, you know you watched Rock Star: INXS!!), hopefully getting some Crowded House tickets for Friday, then Saturday will be the Southern Comfort Music Experience. Awesome.