Done and Done

All the fretting and butterflies in the stomach paid off last night. We had over 200 people come check out Bicycle Thieves and Cartel, both of whom put on great shows.

Bicycle Thieves, who I was not that familiar with going into the event, were just great. Really tight and upbeat pop songs played ragtag steez. The crowd loved them. More than one person compared them to Better Than Ezra ( I was leaning more towards a rockier Fountains of Wayne) and I think that's definitely in the ballpark. And yes, that comparison is a good thing. Ever see Better Than Ezra live? I did, and they rocked. Surprisingly so in fact. But I digress...Bicycle Thieves, information leafblower approved and endorsed!

Cartel was spot on as well. They didn't fuck around when they took the stage. They played Fleets first and never let up. I was running around, tending to 200 things at once so I didn't get to see as much of their set as I would have liked, but everyone was really into it. They are at Iota on Sunday. I'll be there, will you?

My pics are here, more over at flickr.

Big shout out to Catherine, who helped me put this little shindig together and was never afraid to email me and stay on me until everything got done. Nice job.

I hope everyone that came had fun and got some free CD's and posters. We had plenty.

I made some mix CD's for the before and in between bands downtime, here is a (large - 32 megs) MP3 download of what I played during the set change. Tracklist:

Idlewild - The Nothing I know
REM - Letter Never Sent
Futureheads - Meantime
Afghan Whigs - Going To Town
Bloc Party - Little Thoughts
Beta Band - Assessment
Stone Roses - Elephant Stone

I made a longer mix for the start of the night, I'll post it next week.

Again, thanks to everyone that came out last night!

I have the day off, enjoy your long weekend everyone.