5/19/08 Dark Ages/INVASION/Death and Flowers

The Dark Ages/Invasion/Death and Flowers show at the Haunted Kitchen last night was a spectacular time. The show was cut a little short because BFMC had to cancel. Dark Ages' sound is becoming more and more efficiently chaotic every time I see them. Their new record is out and they are currently enjoying their status as the best punk/hardcore band in the city. After their 20 minute set the dudes began breaking down their stuff to make way for Barcelona's INVASION. I'm glad the only hype I heard about this band was from George Magers 30 seconds before they started - "this band's tight, son, f'realz." Someone had the amazingly great idea to put an insane amount of delay and reverb on the singer's mic. It sounded fantastic over the blistering d-beat which the four piece band pounded out. These dudes were very energetic and very good. There was a lot of excitement from the crowd as well, demanding 2 encores. The second one didn't happen, but at least we tried. I must confess that I spent my time talking to people upstairs during Death and Flowers but I can say they did not sound anything like I expected them to sound. Upstairs, Brett Ray declared his love/hate for Madonna (she is the BANE of his existence). That was pretty funny. All in all, it was a great night - despite the voyeurism and vomit I was exposed to later.