Rock Your Shoes Off

[migrated from myspace blog]

No, I don't mean socks. Maybe it's because it was sponsored by a shoe company, but I've never seen so many shoes being thrown around, which means there were a lot of people leaving barefoot. Wait. Back up.

What? Vans Warped Tour
When? Yesterday
Where? Cincinnati Riverbend
Why? Because of the musical goodness
Who?

Straylight Run - never heard them before. Really cool, unique sound.
Underoath - never seen so many girls dropped on their heads from crowd surfing
MxPx - chick magnets, magnified plaid
Funeral for a Friend- acoustic set at the myspace tent, where there were people actually at 4 kiosks checking their myspace pages
Tiger Army- California punkabilly with upright bass
Coheed and Cambria - metal-tinged progressive rock
Bad Religion - only caught 2 songs of classic punk
The Fabulous Rudies - fairly decent ska band we saw by accident
Meg and Dia - sisters on lead guitar and vocals. Good harmonies, surprisingly heavy.
Hot Rod Circuit - emo- and pop punk-influenced rock with pedal steel guitar
Circa Survive - yes, he sounds like a girl, but the lush guitars make up for it
Amber Pacific - quality pop-punk
Paramore - only saw one song. Kind of what Avril wishes she was.