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[ATTENDED: September 6, 2025] Wax Jaw 

There are lots of young bands that I’m excited to watch get bigger.  Wax Jaw has been a favorite of mine for awhile, but I’ve only seen them twice.

I found out about this Bolero Block Party through their social media account, even though they weren’t originally  supposed to open (according to the Tshirt I bought), but they’re the reason I went to the show (the fact that The Get Up Kids wee headlining was a major plus!)

When I saw the last night, it was at a tiny club for the release of their debut EP.  The crowd was all there for them and they were wild.

For this show, they went on at 5:00.  But, the entire afternoon it had been raining massively.  It even said it was supposed to rain for the entire day.  I assumed the show would be washed out–I certainly wasn’t going to go stand for 4 hours in the rain.

I felt bad for the brewery because this was their first time doing this and they had a lot of things in place–vendors, food trucks and even a skateboard ramp (see map below.)  Sadly the skateboard ramp went unused) it had gotten too wet, but the vendors were cool and the food was great.

And then, miraculously, it stopped raining at 3:15, which gave me just enough time to get ready and head over to Carlstadt.  Luckily there was nothing going on at Met Life Stadium, because the brewery is right around the corner and game or concert traffic would have killed me.

But I arrived early, and was delighted to walk around and look at the vendors.  I bought some shirts from Jetty and had delicious BBQ from Rhythm and Ribz.

And then Wax Jaw came on.  A few people had heard of them but I’d say most people hadn’t.  And yet by the end of their set, there were people dancing, so that’s cool.

This set was very different from the previous show because they played mostly new songs (of the upcoming album).  I was a little surprised they didn’t play some of their earlier bangers (they did play Attitude which is always fun, but I really liked the new songs–a little more complex but still rocking.

It was a fun set, and I’m really glad I arrived on time.  I spoke to George after the set and I said I was bummed for him that the weather kept people away, but he said they were happy to have new people hear them.

I felt a little bad that the other two bands didn’t mention them when they thanked people there.  But I think Wax Jaw will be fine.

♥ It Takes Guts (2025)
§ single (2025)
€ single (2024)
* Between the Teeth EP (2023)
other songs unreleased