When I heard The Fishwives were back together for the summer, a wave of jubilation soared over me. The holy quaternity came together to work on new material and were ready to strut their stuff for a major music venue: The Underdogs Showcase Indie Music Festival, presented by HotboxXx. Slated to go on at May 16 at 11PM, me and my friends hit up the old 506 streetcar and head down to see our favourite band. Well, it turned out that things didn't go as well as planned. The show was running late and The Fishwives were now to go on at midnight! I remember thinking to myself, "Well, at least these $20 tickets will be worth it now, seeing as I get to see three bands before the Fishwives hit the stage". How more wrong could I be! Gus Knuckle was ending their setlist, and the song that they played wasn't that bad. The words were audible, guitar riffs were pretty inventive and they had an "interesting" drummer. "Made by a Virus" was the next band to perform. If you love thrashing power chords, loud repetitive bass and screaming non-stop that is the thrash genre, this band was for you. I did, however, like the drummer's bass drum gallops, and was the bright star in that band, but I'm still standing there waiting for the Fishwives all night. Malicious Muse was the next band to play, however my wits were at an end. I actually liked the band's variety in their songs, even though they leaned heavy on metal power chords. Each song sounded different, something hard to come by in metal, but they were like 2 minutes each. This made it seem like we were waiting forever.
Then it happened....
The clock struck midnight, the scene got all quiet, the band geared up and.....
....you'll have to read about it next week. Come back and hear everything about the Fishwives' setlist at the Opera House, including never-before-released lyrics. You can finally understand what Brandon's moaning about in the band's longest song at 3:52, Sunspots & Singalfires. Until then; lots of love, peace and happiness, rock and roll.
~DG
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