If you haven’t heard by now the crew at Ogden will be ripping at Bamboozle in a tent for the two day event and hopefully making it rain with Ogden. I have been to the Bamboozle once before and it’s a pretty insane time and full of unexpected surprises. For example they tend to put bands on the lineup list who are fake and aren’t really a band at all but rather a pretty popular band among fans in disguise. So randomly when they announce this unknown band on the mainstage, usually a big name comes out and the crowd just goes nuts. As far as Saturday goes I am not too amped on any bands that I want to see,which may be good because I’ll find some new music, but I would like to check out Saves The Day considering they are a pretty legit band from Princeton, NJ.
As for Sunday however, this is my day to really check out some awesome music from some pretty up and coming bands that I really do enjoy on the regular. Foxy Shazam I witnessed at my first Bamboozle and I couldn’t believe how intense their live show was, the lead singer during the last song climbed up to the top of the stage post and locked his feet in so he was upside down 15 feet in the air singing the last song. Spin has them in their top 10 bands to watch this year and their sound can be compared to Meatloaf or The Darkness on Acid. Good Old War is a band I have enjoyed for some time as well since they are fairly local being out of the same town of Philly as Circa Survive and even play as Anthony Green’s band for his solo songs. They have their own album was well and it’s really really really ridiculously goodlooking and if you like folk rock it’s definately worth checking out. Mute Math has some pretty awesome songs and I am interested to hear them live since I do enjoy a decent amount of their first album and hope they have a pretty cool live show since their music is kind of experimental. Red Bank’s own Parlor Mob is playing too and they are just piss and vinegar rock n roll shoved in your face and I’ve missed them the past two times at the Stone Pony like an idiot and have only heard great things about their live show so that will be nice to see as well. This band may sound fake but they are one member of Brand New’s side project called Sainthood Reps and they play in Hoboken a lot actually since they are from the New York area. They only have a handful of songs but every song I have heard is really solid and I really hope they an EP or something I can pick up at the show.
My mind, body and soul will be worn down at this point but I am sure Minus The Bear will be playing later in the day on Sunday so I’ll have to keep my energy composed for them. I have only seen them once but it’s unbelievable how a band so technical in how they play their music can sound so good live. I recently got an advanced listen of their new album OMNI and litterally might not be able to stop listening to it for a good two weeks, it’s hands down probably going to be the best album of the year for me and that’s saying something since I am so up in arms about Circa Survive’s new album. The band will probably blow up mainstream now which is fine and take down MGMT who is a mildly good version of them in my opinion. Not that either of them sound like each other even though MTB has been around for almost 5 years before them but Minus The Bear I feel is just a better more technical band. If you like MGMT who I am also interesting in seeing Sunday, then I suggest picking up Minus The Bear’s last album Planet of Ice or scrapping up any singles you can from OMNI because they are the shit.
Check out this new Minus The Bear jam below:
