The Builders & The Butchers and Damion Suomi and The Minor Prophets

Last night was...well, we can say 'interesting'. I got to FLUXX at 3 pm to set up merch before they had a private party, but the FedEx shipment never arrived. I wandered downtown, got some work done at my friend Matt's house, had some drinks at Syrah, had an amazing dinner with Jesse at Croce's, went back to FLUXX and still had no merch. I was hoping this meant I'd be cut early to get to West Coast Tavern but didn't actually get cut till 11, so I made the most of the night at FLUXX, selling merch for Health. It was insanely packed, and since I have a private little treehouse corner of FLUXX when we have a merch setup, I was joined my Pyles, Tim Mays, Gary, Porter, John, and my friend Devin, who reminded me that I had videos that I never posted from the night The Builders and the Butchers and Damion Suomi and the Minor Prophets played at the Casbah on April 26. Mainly he wanted my patio vids, so I finally got to it. I love singalongs. Of course the video is super dark, but you get the idea.

Tonight: The Builders & The Butchers, Damion Suomi & The Minor Prophets, Jesse LaMonaca & The Dime Novels

I am sooo looking forward to tonight's show at the Casbah. I've been a fan of The Builders and the Butchers since the first time I saw them play the Casbah in 2008. Their shows have always been some of the most fun shows to attend with all the handclaps and singalongs and such. The last time they came through (in February), they were joined by Damion Suomi (sue-me) and the Minor Prophets and those guys really blew me away. Tonight both are back and Jesse LaMonaca and the Dime Novels are opening, which I had nothing to do with (yeah right). Ed Kornhauser, who plays keys for Jesse, is taking off on a world adventure and tonight will be his final performance, so come out early and plan on staying late. Here's the other thing I wrote about the show. Below is a video playlist of all three bands (click the right or left arrows to navigate). The show is $12 at the door.