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I’ve been waiting for this record since the first time I listened to Chicago Bowls a year or so ago.

I loved the hell out of those 4 songs, I’m a little less in love with these 10. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still super stoked about the album and have been playing it constantly since I bought it last week (which you should also do), but the slow songs just aren’t hitting me right at the moment. I have only had the album for 5 days, though, so we’ll see.

A joke side project band with a pot/basketball themed album and song titles. The release is called “Chicago Bowls,” and the song titles are “Scottie Spliffen,” “Luc Bongley,” “Michael Jordank” and “Tony Kukush.”

Despite (or because of, I’m not really sure) the weed puns, I’m pretty into these 5 songs. I’m sure the Freaks and Geeks samples are helping push this into awesome status.

You can get it for free at either the band’s Bandcamp page or at their blog. 

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. 

Saturday, 12:30 am at the Florida Theater of Gainesville

I got into Against Me! late in the game, sometime post “Searching…” but pre “New Wave.” And because of this, I’ve never actually seen the band live. Fest seems like my best opportunity to maybe hear some of the songs I actually like. 

Just like Friday, 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 night. Gather your friends and 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, 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.