Rise Against, with Thrice, Alkaline Trio, and the Gaslight Anthem
November 14, 2008
Uptown Theater
Better than: Getting all dressed up for some hipster party.
By CRYSTAL K. WIEBE
Thank the masses that Barack Obama won the presidential race. If he hadn’t, the Uptown Theater might have been a scarier place to be last Friday night, with disgruntled punk fans exorcising their political frustrations on the crowd. As it was, I still almost got hit in the face twice with a shoe while proletariat p
Anberlin brought the hair, Eagles of Death Metal brought the guitar, Jack's Mannequin brought the vocals, Airborne Toxic Event brought the set that was too early in the evening for me to see, and the Gaslight Anthem -- they brought the songs.
Jack's Mannequin. Photos by Scott Spychalski
I spent about 50 bucks at the Midland Theatre last night at 96.5 FM's the Buzz Ganked Christmas Show, but I feel like a rich man because now, right now, friends, I am listening to sweet marbled-aquamarine slab
PHOTOS & REVIEW BY SCOTT SPYCHALSKI
Warning. This review is written by a non-professional writer. I apologize in advance. But I am, however, a professional photographer, who brings you images from the battle zone known as the pit, and the pit was brutal for Incubus, with many crowd surfers, police taking action and a few fists thrown from men and women. I thought Incubus was a chill band?
Scott Spychalski8,500-plus? Looks about right. Click for slide show
Sunday night was the end of a beautif
