See No Evil, Hear No Evil -- More than Music Fest In Pictures
Captions by Tim Anderl, Photos by Anne Anderl

Page99 -- These guys are like their own mosh pit. There are seven of them onstage at once. When he wasn't trading vocal lines with the other singer, this guy was climbing the PA. I thought he was going to jump off ontop of my wife.
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Cancer Conspiracy -- Fueled By Ramen's CC is
an instrumental band, in the vein of Mogwai (sort of) who are pretty great at what they do.
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Burnt By The Sun -- Anyone who has heard these guys
on record can imagine what they were like on stage.
They are a heavy (and buff) hardcore band.
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The Black Keys -- Keep an eye out for these guys! They were definitely one of my top two favorites for the day on Saturday. They played blues music that sounds a little like Hendrix fronting the White Stripes. The drummer uses a marching band bass drum for his kick, which is pretty interesting. I heard this from a pretty reliable source: "At an after hours party, the drummer from the Black Keys made some drumming crack at Gabe (The Locust) and spouted out some sarcastic sentiments.... and, well, since sarcasm doesn't really go over well when drunk, the fun began. Joey ashed his cigarette into his beer bottle then proceeded to shake it into his face.. Pat (Black Keys) took both of them into a headlock and the threesome ended up biting and punching at each other while.. blood spraying everywhere.... falling into a pile of garbage.... egos were hurt and skin was eaten, but other than that everything is cool.
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The French Kicks -- Very poppy, british-invasion sounding pop music. The drummer/singer was pretty entertaining to watch as he bobbed and bounced his way through their set.
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The Dropscience --These guys are one of the newest Happy Couples Never Last bands. Wow. Strong stage presence, great songs. I'm not sure how to describe their sound aside from
pretty mathy, and creative. Strong rhythm section, great guitarists, a little keyboard. Woo haa.
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Glass Candy and the Shattered Theater -- I was pretty disappointed by these guys. I have heard the hype, been spinning their songs for months, and was pretty stoked to see them. Unfortunately, the stage was a little too big for their sound and though the vocalist wailed, the drummer/guitar player couldn't fill out the sound. I wish I had seen them in a smaller club first.
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Bratmobile -- Remember them? The girls in the crowd wen't wild for this band, and rightly so. The highlight of their set for me was the action off stage though. Some drunk and unruly dude was being dragged out of the venue during Bratmobile's set because he was screaming sexist bullshit at the band. The cops were called, the dude was taken away, however there were obviously some questions by the police as to what the alcohol policies were, etc. There was some talk about the show being shut down early, but things worked out. There was no alcohol on Sunday and it kept things much, much mellower.
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Shellac -- These guys are old....but they are still pretty spectacular. They played the hits, including "Dog and Pony Show" and really sounded pretty incredible. Steve Albini took questions from the crowd, berated some kid for his crazy colored hair, and did that weird arm waving claw thing (pictured) a lot. Their dry humour/sarcasm on-stage was definitely as distinct as their music.
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Xiu Xiu -- Wow, these guys are great. Kind of reminded me of XTC and David Byrne. Keyboards, gongs, accordian, guitar, violin?, a bunch of other crazy instruments = a sound that filled up the room. I can't wait to see these guys again.
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Pilot To Gunner -- My friend said, "These guys would have been huge five years ago," and I think he was on-point. They basically sound like a cross between Hey Mercedes and Cadillac Blindside. Not bad, and very different from anyone else that played all weekend.
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Kill Me Tommorow -- I was pretty impressed by these guys, though I'm not sure how to describe them. I got a kind of dark feeling from their music. Very rhythm driven.
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The Lack -- This was definitely the strongest I've seen these guys. The Lack is dark and noisy industrial rock. Two live drum kits, bass, guitars, samplers, keyboards, computer junk and a sound that is captivating.
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Party of Helicopters are my favorite band so I am a little biased, but I still think they were awesome. They played several songs from Space and How Sweet It Was..., one from Abracadaver, one from Mt. Forever, and two new ones. Their new ones don't seem as strong as their older stuff, but maybe I just need time to warm up to them. Jamie Stillman, dressed in all white and a black belt, is the Pete Townsend of D.I. Y. Joe Dennis may very well be Freddy Mercury reincarnate....Another great performance.
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