One Night Band The Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, MA (9/24/11)
Someone told me about this whole One Night Band thing and I decided to attend, purely based on the event's sweet guitar-pick-condom logo. I arrived in Central Square on a sultry September Saturday night to find a hot, sweaty, crowded Middle Down. I know I say this about like, every show, but really, it was like a Noise Board reunion in here, which is always fun. Plus, eight one-night-bands performed and I don't remember a single one sucking too badly! My favorite bands of the night included Motorboat (Wayne Whittaker, Dave Jarvis, Leesa Coyne, Meff, Rodrigo van Stoli) and Wagon Battle (Mary Flatley, TJ Horn, Chrissy Vaccaro, John Brookhouse, and Daniel McNair), who are not only a one-night-band, but also the inventors of a one-night-genre: "pioneercore." After all eight of the one-night-bands have performed their 3 one-night-songs and 1 cover each, all of the participants get onstage to perform a cover of "Cum on Feel the Noize," which is so bad that it's good. All in all, the whole night is really fun in a warm squishy scene-building kind of way, and it is absolutely a testament to all the impressive talent we have in Boston. I hope Boston Band Crush continues to put on this event, because it was a really great time and even raised some money for a good cause. Plus it got out in time for my friends and I to head around the corner to Heroes afterwards for some new wave dancing madness! yay!
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