On Sunday, March 14, Bry and I headed out to LION in Flushing for the Picket Fence Cartel Tour. All we knew was that the doors opened at 6, and tickets were $12 at the door. After driving past the venue and making a very SHARP turn into the parking lot, we walked through the club's (???) big red front door. Here is a look into what we saw:
The Venue: LION is a brand-new venue (club?) in Flushing. It's a fairly small space, with a stage at one end of the room, merch to the side, and a ticket table JUST inside the door. We were skeptical at first, but soon fell in love with the intimacy of this venue. It couldn't hold more than 100 people comfortably, and there were probably only 50-70 there last night. We were front and center (literally, I was resting my foot on the stage) for the first two bands, but ended up moved around a bit after the moshing began.
Definition Plexus: This local band shocked me- in a good way. We said hi to the guys before the show, and found out that they lived about 10 minutes down the road. I'm not sure if you're aware of this, dear reader, but Flushing, Michigan, isn't exactly known for its happenin' music scene. I figured a few high school kids would get up on stage and try to scream for 15 minutes while the crowd mostly ignored them.
I was wrong. Terribly wrong. DefPlex had a sound similar to The Almost. The lead singer knew how to scream without sounding like a complete idiot, but he could also sing. Their songs mixed strong vocals with incredibly crisp music, and I could understand almost every word, even though I had never heard their music before. Definitely a local band that I'll keep my eye on.
I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: Wavorly & Flatfoot56.
Part 3 should be up on Wednesday: Project 86
Aaaand... hopefully some pictures and video by Thursday.
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