Wow, I thought this blog was dead. Guess not. Okay then. Hey nobody (and Katherine)! Wow, I have been to hell and back (and England and back) in the last year and a half. Obviously I saw lots and lots of shows, so I can't realistically remember them all. What were some memorable ones, you ask? Well, there was the time we went and saw Lemuria and Hard Girls play together in Santa Cruz AND San Francisco last summer; on consecutive days, too. That was cool because I was way into Hard Girls at the time, especially the song Quinceneara. Now, I've been getting more into Lemuria recently; that's okay though, since I saw them at the Don Giovanni Records showcase last weekend (Interesting side note: last time I saw them [in San Francisco at Bottom of the Hill] I requested Bee Spit, and they played it this time. My doing?). We have also seen Algernon Cadwallader play several times in the last 15 months (once in the Bay Area even, over last Winter Break). They are now the band I have seen the most live. Or is it Lemuria? I'm not too sure...
Alright, enough incoherent ramblings. To the point! Our most recent show was Aye Nako at SUNY Purchase. Now, apparently, this band has been around for a couple years. However, I (and from what I can tell, a lot of people) didn't take any notice until recently, when they were joined by drummer Angie. Angie is the former guitarist/vocalist from the now defunct but perennially awesome Little Lungs. Little Lungs played at the first show I saw in New York way back in 2008, and I have been following them since then. As bummed as I am that they are no longer together, Aye Nako is equally rad, if not more so. I have been listeneing to the new Aye Nako demo since it came out last month, and am so into it it hurts.
So me and Katherine are p
lum shitfaced on cider and wine and London Pride by the time we get to the venue/the Stood/whatever. Drunk motherfucker that I am, I go over to Angie and ask her about the show, referring to her by her first name. She didn't say anything about me knowing her name, but it was definitely kind of awkward. Finally, after the first band finished (some twinkly band from Connecticut), it was time for them to play, so me and Katherine went into the room where the bands played. Turns out, it was just us, like two other people, and Aye Nako. So we just kinda stood there, drunkenly talking about how much we liked their band while they were setting up right in front of us. Maybe I should start looking up to more famous musicians; this would never happen at a Sting concert.Anyway, they played their set and it was awesome. About ten more people came in when they started playing, so it wasn't as awkward as it could have been. We still were way more into it than anyone else though. After the show, we actually had a conversation with Angie. We told her how much we liked Little Lungs, and she gave us free vinyl and shirts. She was going to give us free Aye Nako tapes too, but I insisted on paying. I look at it this way- if they can make a living off of music instead of having real jobs, they have more time to write music I enjoy. Also, I've downloaded a lot of their stuff for free, so I felt kind of guilty. We told her our names, and we talked about the other times we had seen her bands. Aye Nako is playing a buttload of shows in and around New York in the next few months, so I'm sure we'll have a chance to see if she remembers us.
