Last Sunday, I attended two shows
at Amityville Music Hall
The
First Show
The
first band of this show was The Avoiders. The Avoiders are a Punk band from Long Island . I walked into their set after their first
song and saw people moshing for them. There were only three people but it like
they were having a great time in the pit. The crowd was maybe twenty people but
the Avoiders were really good. They had that 1980’s Hardcore Punk sound. The
band members looked like them came from that era. Overall they had a good set
and had a really good sound.
The
next band In The Whale blew me away. This band is from Denver , Colorado
The
Legendary Punk Rock band D.O.A. was up next and they played a killer set.
D.O.A. is from Canada and
probably the best band ever from Canada . D.O.A. played about twenty
songs. They had a little bit of a crowd reaction which I thought was weird but
then again there goes Long Island again for
not going crazy for bands. The night before they played NYC and that was probably
a better show. Overall D.O.A. was great especially since they’ve been a band
for over thirty years and all nice guys especially Joey Shithead the vocalist.
You’re missing out if you haven’t seen this band because they are Punk rock
legends and probably the biggest Punk band from Canada .
The
Second Show
The
opening band for the second show was Casanova. Casanova is a local Long Island rock band that has a female vocalist. Their
style of music is a cross between Weezer, Turnover, and My Bloody Valentine.
Their set was only four songs but each song besides their cover of “Moshi
Moshi” by Brand New sounded like the bands I mention before. The music takes on
a 90’s approach but strays from a generic sound. Casanova was the most
impressive band of the night until Lee Corey Oswald took the stage and this was
my fifth time seeing them. Each time I see them they get tighter and tighter as
band. Check them out if you ever get the chance you don’t want to miss out.
The
next band was actually a solo performance called Figure Eight. Figure Eight is
actually a band from Long Island it’s just the
lead singer was there playing solo. The material was okay. Acoustic acts are
okay but I felt I heard the same song over and over again. Maybe if the band
played instead of the acoustic solo set I probably would have enjoyed it.
Hopefully the next time I’m going to a show I see them with a full band.
Petal
Head was up next. Petal head is a Long Island
shoegaze band. They were nice and loud. The probably I had wasn’t the fact you
couldn’t here the vocals it was more the fact every song sounded the same. It
felt like I was watching Nothing performing “Bent Nail” which is my favorite
song but after two songs it kind of got repetitive. Overall they were okay and
it’s cool seeing a band from Long Island that
is shoegaze not Pop-Punk or Emo.
Up
next was Lee Corey Oswald. This was my second time seeing this Portland , Oregon
The
last band of the day was up which was Soda Bomb. This was my fourth time seeing
this Long Island Rock band. Soda Bomb brings a geeky Weezer sound with some
Grunge and modern Punk. Soda Bomb is a great live band. This time around the
fans didn’t really seem to be really for them compare to the last time I saw
them. Soda Bomb put on a great set and I always love seeing this band ever
since I saw them at Spring Mixtape opening up for Title Fight. Soda Bomb is
probably one of the band local bands right now on Long
Island . You’re messing up big time if you haven’t seen them yet.
Soda Bomb- 9/10
Lee Corey Oswald- 10/10
Petal Head- 7.5/10
Figure Eight- 5/10
Casanova- 10/10
Show 2- 8.5/10
D.O.A.- 9/10
In The Whale- 10/10
The Avoiders- 8.5/10
Show 1- 8/10
AMH- 9/10
Overall Day- 9/10
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