i heart local bands.

I have just recently getting back into the local scene around these hear parts of the suburban part of the great city I live in. I feel like I missed out on a good chunk of music while listening to big name bands for a really long time. With all the Cobra Starship albums that keep coming out and Plane White T's keep making albums I find myself lost in major label bands and I miss all the good local stuff.

It wasn't until about May when I went to a Boys Like Girls show in Valpo when A Kidnap In Color opened for them. I learned that they were from the suburbs here and I was totally into their stuff. I got super excited to get back into the local scene. Slowly but surely, I started going to shows again. Getting use to the underage crowds again and getting the feel of the music. I've gained like 15 pounds of new music just in like the last month alone, but going out and seeing them makes me feel like I'm making up for all the time I spent with those big name guys.

Here I am a 21 year old, who use to preach about going to local shows and supporting local bands when I was like 16, and I feel like a hypocrite for falling under the spell of big name bands and labels and not getting out to more local bands. So now I am.

I love going out to local shows. And I love how awesome the guys are. They are all so sincere and cool to be around. They love their fans and they play off the energy that the kids bring to the shows. (and when i say kids... i do mean kids. the majority of the people coming out to shows are still in high school.)

That's one thing I'm gonna need to get use to again. Mobs of teenage girls hanging out everywhere. I feel like I am almost the only person in the place that can legally buy alcohol, besides the dudes in the bands and the parents that hang around waiting for their children. And the girls in outrageous outfits, not fit for a rock show... because mini skirts and high heels just don't cut it for a show like this. Please take your hoochieness elsewhere. thanks. ell.ohh.ell.

I'm looking forward to this month in general.

I just went to a show this past friday with some of my favorite locals, A Kidnap In Color and You, Me and Everyone We Know (technically they're from DC) plus, Made Avail, Love Me Electric, The Fastest Kids in Town and The Frantic. This show was so tight and well... it was amazing. I can't even describe how amazing it was, indescribable, that what it was.

There's a few more shows coming up I'm really excited for and I can not wait.

I don't know why I am so excited about being back in the local scene, but I am. It's like being away from the place you loved so much as a child and returning and finding out nothing has changed.

It's beautiful.