andydurutti wrote:http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/live-dc/mega-shoegaze-extravaganza/
nice review of the DC gig
Yes, it is. The guy who wrote that is one of the DJs on my station,
Air Atlantic Underground Radio.
Sound issues aside on Friday night, I really enjoyed all of the bands. All have their own signature sounds yet work very well together. A full night of very good music. Andy, not sure if you are aware of this but the show sold out sometime during your set and afterwards they were turning people away all night. The word on the street is all good regarding each band. Great for the Gaze scene in DC; however, the down side is that it will only bring in more of those annoying scenester faux hipster chatters. I got stuck standing next to the specfic girls everyones been bitching about around here.
Wait! 
What the hell is going on in my life!? Every time I write to someone about some band and my station is playing, that very band starts playing on the air. Yes, Luxa just started airing. This is getting very freaky for me and it's way beyond coincidence. Kind of cool though.
Anyway, back to my regularly scheduled post: As good as Friday's show was, buggy sound aside, Saturday's show in Baltimore was even better. First off, I'm blown away with how The Metro has compensated for all that glass space and greatly improved their sound. It still has your average smallish venue sound but nothing like it was before. I've been converted and very happily so. All the bands not only sounded better but you could visually see they were so much happier with things while they were on stage. Have to also take a moment to note that Screen Vinyl Image was the best I've ever seen them. I overheard someone else saying the same thing. Everything just seemed to gel that night.
At the end of the evening after almost everyone left the place and I too had taken a step towards the door, I saw something that gave me a clue to stick around a bit and it paid off. Don't know if this was planned or if it was just a totally impromptu move but Jake from SVI, Andy from Luxa, Ulrich and most of the guys from Auburn Lull got up on stage and had a nice little one song jam session. Quite a nice surprise and treat. Did you guys plan this and did you do this for any of the other shows? Either way, thank you. I really enjoyed both nights.
