just got back from sydney after having one of the most epic weeks ever...reviews of the bands i saw this week:
FRIDAY:
H2O: insanely awesome. so cool to finally see them. If I have a criticism its that they played too many from their newest album and not enough from their best album (only 2 from FTTW). 8/10
SATURDAY (Soundwave):
Ataris/MXPX- Wasn't worth getting there so early for. MXPX songs were better than ataris. 5/10
Millencolin- fun stuff, danced and sang to an album that defines an era. sign of things to come for monday night.... 8/10
Bullet for my Valentine- Despite the fact that the start was plagued by sound issues, they were f**king awesome. totally rocked the f**k out. played most of my fave songs besides 4 words. 9/10
Blessthefall- bit of a filler band for me tbh. They were alright at times, the singer jumped off the top of stacked speakers into the crowd, that was pretty rad and despite being one of those poppy girly hardcore bands, they didnt act overly faggy like some of those bands do. 6/10
Slash- Had no plans at all to see him, but was tired and he was on main stage so i checked it out and it wasn't bad at all for what it was. played a few GnR songs. Not really my thing tho. 5/10
H2O- Same setlist as friday but seemed to be more energy and the crowd was so into it, i screamed my lungs out to this. loved every second of it. 9/10
Mad Caddies- Only got to see the last 3 songs since they half clashed with H2O and their stage was ages away from H2O's. Pretty fun from what I saw, again a sign of things to come for Monday. 6/10
Coheed & Cambria- umm went ok I guess, sat there watching them waiting for Less Than Jake. Played overtime and made LTJ's set shorter. lame. 4/10
Less Than Jake- Had so much fun, played faster than how it is on the cd so it was fast paced dancing and singing, all awesome songs too. 9.5/10
Anberlin- Awesome stuff. Wasn't as good as last time i saw them, but that would be pretty hard to do since their last show was the best show I had ever been to. I was worried they would play all new songs but they kept it to a minimum and the new songs they did play were the ones i liked. seemed to have so much energy, great stage presence as always. 9/10
MONDAY:
Mad Caddies- What a fun band. rocked out I had a good dance, good times all around. 8/10
Pennywise- First time I have seen them with Zoli Teglas (who i think is the best singer in punk/hardcore). Even tho Pennywise is my favourite band, It's sad to see Zoli use his incredible voice on Pennywise. The show was a little too preachy for my liking. Nice choice of setlist, a little different which is good since the other 9 times I have seen them have had very similar setlists. 8.5/10
Millencolin- omfg. this was off the chain. The crowd was so awesome. everyone in the place knew every word to every song and they showed it. every song was accompanied by a huge singalong from the crowd that sounded like an fa cup final. was so f**king cool to be a part of. Millencolin were awesome as well. rocked out, played 2 encores and played for a good 1 and a half hours which is very long for a punk band. Also played f**king Story of my life at the end. That and I watched it from the side of the stage was pretty damn cool. 10/10
after the show, I went back and met Rusty Pistachio, Todd Morse, Adam Blake, Nikola Sarcevic & Erik Ohlsson. super awesome.
WEDNESDAY:
H2O: I was pretty sick so I only turned up to watch H2O and left after they finished. They were so good tho, really pumped up the crowd and toby put the mic to my mouth during What Happened. f**king so cool. 9/10
