Pittsburgh Reunions
Pittsburgh was full of reunions and new aquaintences. We played at Garfield Artworks- a wonderful artspace and showspace with some great local bands. The booker, Manny, who Eli and Louisa had met years ago, worked really hard to set up a fabulous bill (and managed to get a bunch of people out to the show despite the raging radical danceparty happening next door), which included Isha and Zetta (members of which had baked cinnamon buns for L&E back in the day), Smells Like Gina, and Great Ants.
Isha and Zetta (sorry, we were charging the camera battery, so no pics) were really inspiring. Towards the beginning of their set they said something about knowing that a lot of their songs were kind of cute and funny, but were about things that actually meant a lot to them. That was really clear in their music, and their genuineness and talking politics between songs was refreshing. They also played beautiful music together.
Smells like Gina (battery still charging...) were also like cold lemonade on a hot day (and it really was very very hot on that stage), taking us back to some riot grrl roots and giving us awesome energy and vocal unison, and also showing us how Pittsburgh makes room for young people's music in the scene.
Finally, Great Ants were incredibly powerful and tight (battery charged!), and set the energy bar high.
We took the stage pumped. The Shondes and Manny had a Shabbos song sing-off with each other in the monitors, and after he prompted, "Nu? Nu?" we were ready to begin. We had a blast despite the humidity threatening to destroy Eli's violin (such is the plight of the punk rock violinist), and the crowd was great. We sweated profusely and sang our hearts out- how could we not after seeing how Pittsburgh rocks? Thank you all for your excitement and inspiration!
After running into and catching up with an old friend Ian, Louisa, and Eli knew from NYC, the reunions were complete, and we headed off into the night... well, at least to Washington, PA where we'd managed to score a free hotel room. What a mechaya!
Isha and Zetta (sorry, we were charging the camera battery, so no pics) were really inspiring. Towards the beginning of their set they said something about knowing that a lot of their songs were kind of cute and funny, but were about things that actually meant a lot to them. That was really clear in their music, and their genuineness and talking politics between songs was refreshing. They also played beautiful music together.
Smells like Gina (battery still charging...) were also like cold lemonade on a hot day (and it really was very very hot on that stage), taking us back to some riot grrl roots and giving us awesome energy and vocal unison, and also showing us how Pittsburgh makes room for young people's music in the scene.
Finally, Great Ants were incredibly powerful and tight (battery charged!), and set the energy bar high.
We took the stage pumped. The Shondes and Manny had a Shabbos song sing-off with each other in the monitors, and after he prompted, "Nu? Nu?" we were ready to begin. We had a blast despite the humidity threatening to destroy Eli's violin (such is the plight of the punk rock violinist), and the crowd was great. We sweated profusely and sang our hearts out- how could we not after seeing how Pittsburgh rocks? Thank you all for your excitement and inspiration!
After running into and catching up with an old friend Ian, Louisa, and Eli knew from NYC, the reunions were complete, and we headed off into the night... well, at least to Washington, PA where we'd managed to score a free hotel room. What a mechaya!
posted by The Shondes at 3:00 PM
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