Andy Gapin

Last night, I went to a mustache party that was pretty cool, but the more important part of this party was that it was also a show with some really great bands playing. The name of the place is The Updog, which, if you ask me, is great name for a venue. You have to figure that at least once a night, someone is going to have to ask “What’s updog?” Anyway, the opener was a band called Sugar Glyder from North Carolina. These guys were absolutely incredible and just inspired me to actually pay for MP3s for the first time ever. Off the top of my head, the quickest description that I can come up with is something like Placebo meets Laguardia, but I think I’m missing a third element there. I’ll have to think about this more.

The third band was a band called Risk Relay from New Brunswick. I actually didn’t know they were still a band. I don’t think I’ve heard them since they played the ZEN House years ago. They were great back then, but they were even better than I remember last night. They sound a bit like the Hot Snakes. And one other band that should be mentioned is my friend’s band, Terminal Reynaldo. Totally awesome band. It was actually my first time seeing them, but they have a great sound.

Anyway, on to last week’s top bands according to last.fm. As you can see, last week was a big Lawrence Arms week. Sometimes I just can’t get enough of that band.

• The Replacements – 109
• The Lawrence Arms – 103
• The Jealous Sound – 45
• Cheap Girls – 31
• Murder By Death – 20
• Sundownder – 19
• The Steinways – 16
• Thorns Of Life – 14
• The Promise Ring – 14
• The Paper Chase – 14
• Feist – 13
• Morrissey – 12
• Asobi Seksu – 12
• Lucero – 12
• Ted Leo And The Pharmacists – 11
• The Falcon – 11
• Matt & Kim – 11
• President – 10
• Coconut Records – 10
• Radiohead – 10
• William Elliott Witmore – 10
• Pravada – 10
• Whiskey & Co – 10
• Idlewild – 8
• Rivethead – 8