[Photos] The City Veins @ Fort Reno

Made my first trip out to For Reno last night to see The City Veins for the first time since I invited them to open up for Robbers on High Street. Rain had threatened us all day but it actually turned out to be a lovely night and Aaron, Charles and Spencer played a great set, throwing in a Nirvana cover to boot.

Early on a few people in our group pointed out two very recognizable faces belonging to Ian Mackaye and the one and only Theodore Francis Leo hanging out on the fringes of the crowd.

Even though I said otherwise at the time, I ended up going to say hi to Ted before we left. I figured the chance might not come around again for a while. He's just as gracious and polite as you would expect. We chatted briefly about the Pearl Jam tour, he said it was a lot of fun and he and the band were treated very well. I also asked him about the new songs he played during those shows and he said some tracking had been done on a few songs but there was still a bunch of work to be done as far as his next record. I put in a vote for my favorite record producer and then quickly said my goodbyes. He was chatting with Ian (who was there with baby in tow) so I didn't want to take up too much of his time.

All in all a pretty good night!

[mp3] The City Veins | Boy Makes Good

The City Veins are at the Black Cat next Tuesday with City Riots and The Dig.