mercredi 5 Oct 2011, 2h12m

Tue 4 Oct – Frank Turner, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Into It Over It
This was an incredible show. Into It Over It (one guy with an acoustic guitar) got things started with some high speed folk-punk. He had great songs with great stories inbetween. Andrew Jackson Jihad (a duo with stand-up double bass & acoustic guitar) brought the funny and the poignant with a heap of social commentary. Both openers have new albums that were released last month (Sept. 2011). I picked up copies of each. Frank Turner and his 5 piece touring band from England started strong and never let up. FT is one of the only punk musicians I know of that can cover Queen ("Somebody to Love") and Tom Petty ("American Girl") and get away with it with his credibility intact. The room was silent as he performed a chilling rendition of his acapella song "English Curse," but the crowd roared when the song was over. They loved him and sang along with songs both new and old. He backed up his self-reported love of Texas by showing us the tattoo on his left bicep (an outline in the shape of Texas). He finished his encore with my favorite tune "Photosynthesis." He managed to get the whole room to sing the chorus over and over ("I won't sit down and I won't shut up and most of all I won't grow up"). The perfect ending to an amazing night.