All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Friday, 1 am at the Laboratory.

Last year 8 people watched these dudes, and now they’re closing out a venue. It's not “The Venue,” but still, nice move.

There is a “mystery band” playing at the same time as CTO at another venue, so there is a chance that, depending on how that mystery is, I’d miss at least part of these guys' set. But the times are 20 minutes off, so maybe I wouldn’t have to miss much.

If CTO mentions a “Sleep EP” that is “being recorded soon,” yell “WHEN?” at them. Less talk, more recording.

Unless you’re cooler than me and know about some secret warehouse, hotel set, or house party show by some band, this is probably the musical end of your Friday night. Go eat some Five-Star.

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Friday, 12:10 at 1982.

Initially, Spaynard was on my list as sort of a filler band. Someone whom I’ve heard but didn’t have any strong opinions about, either, and were playing during a dead spot in “my schedule.” But the more I listen to this, the more I think they are a band that should be made a point to see.

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Friday, 11:30 at the DoubleDown.

I go back and forth with Coliseum. I go from barely remembering they exist to not being able to stop playing their records. Specifically, their newest full-length, House With a Curse. 

If Hot Water Music are playing all the old good stuff, I’d probably skip these guys, but I don’t think that will be the case.

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Friday, 10:40 at Double Down.

Mystery bands revealed. 

Missing this is fucking killing me. All conflicts are rendered nonexistent if STT is playing. You see them.  

I really hope if are goinng/went to Fest, you didn’t fuck this up.

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Friday, 11:25 at The Florida Theater of Gainesville.

Amongst my friends, there are two camps when it comes to HWM. One believes that the No Idea years were the best and anything beyond Forever and Counting is terrible. The other believes the opposite, that the Epitaph years were great.

I’m firmly among the first group. Firmly. I haven’t seen HWM live in years because of this, but I’d check them out in hopes of hearing some of the old gold. There are at least 4 post-post No Idea albums, though, so who knows if I’d actually get to hear anything I wanted. But Hot Water Music at Fest seems like a no-brainer.

I’m pretty sure I’d leave this show after 15 minutes and try to rush to the Coliseum. A band I actively care about.

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Friday, 10:30 at The Laboratory.

If Fest or No Idea records have a sound, this is the less shouty version of that.

These guys are playing at the same time as Shores, who, as I mentioned, I would also like to see. But as I haven’t seen Campaign before, they win. But if their set is anything like the smaller bands I was excited about last year (Captain We’re Sinking and the Anchor), their set will suck, and I’ll end up back at the shores show.

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Friday, 8:45 at The Florida Theater of Gainesville.

This is posted out of order because Lifetime, a band everyone loves, but I couldn’t give a shit about, had to drop off Fest due to babies. But still wanting to play, members of Lifetime remembered they had this other band that the kids are into, and now Kid Dynamite is playing.

There are no other bands that even come close to how badly I want to see this band. Sorry, Great Explainer and Touche Amore, you lose.

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Friday, 10:30 at the Atlantic.

My introduction to Shores last year: driving from Michigan to Gainesville with the band and then seeing them play 3 times in four days.

There is a pretty good chance that, despite liking these guys quite a bit, I’d skip them or at least miss part of their set so I could see Campaign, a band I’ve never seen. 

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Friday, 10 at 8 Seconds.

With Touché Amore playing at 9:50 and these guys playing at 10, a choice has to be made. Skip Banner Pilot? Skip Touché Amore? Or try to see parts of both sets and hope there isn’t a line.

By the time Fest rolls around, Banner Pilot should have a new album out. If it's even ½ as good as Collapser, I’m going to be stoked.

Touché Amoré - Pathfinder

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainsville Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Friday, 9:50 at Double Down.

I thought I saw these guys a year ago and didn’t really care, turns out I didn’t actually see them.  Which I guess is good, otherwise I’d be bummed about how stupid I was. Get in on this band before they blow up even more.

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Friday, 9:40 at The Laboratory.

At first, I really loved this band’s demo, but over time, it just seemed like every song had a 2-minute intro, and I don’t have the patience for that nonsense. Then I heard the ep that came out after that, and wrote it off completely. The demo was better. But after listening to it again (and doing so less intensely), I like it. It's not a masterpiece, but it's good and I think they'd be fun to see live.

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Friday, 7:50 at The Atlantic.

Last year I ended up running (let's be honest, chubby guy fast walking) from the No Idea house to 8 Seconds to try to see this band. I missed the 1st half of their set, but what I did see was great.

I love this band (whoever the hell is in it now) and would gladly run (chubby guy fast walk) to see them again.