my own worst enemy

The title of this entry referring to a band, not a truism about my life (in this case, at least). A totally rockin' band in boston that played the new england pop fest this weekend. Ok, full disclosure, i do know the members of this band, and have seen their progression for a while: but these days their live show absolutely knocks it out of the box, and you should go see them and somehow get them to travel down to new york more often so we don't all have to zip up to boston to see them. Really good power pop songs with great hooks, driving into a punk energy as the set moves forward, fronted by a great couple of songwriter/guitarist/singers, described last night by one of the other musicians as 'an indie rock geek and joan jett in a prom dress.' I don't know how much sue looks like joan jett, but she is undoubtedly as hot as a match, and the whole band was on fire last night. Go to their page: myspace.com.mowe

Also most excellent last night was the silver lining, a neo psychedelic group with another rock-n-roll couple up front. Mamas and papas meet the monkees meet the fifth dimension meets the who. Seriously. And they make it work really well. Anna, their front woman with a big presence and a bigger voice, was under the weather last night but still brought it, and matt, who writes most of the songs, was on point.

This new england popfest is a very cool thing, in its third year. Long live rock.