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Rx Bandits / Catbite (Asbury Lanes, Asbury Park, NJ, July 18, 2026 // Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA, July 19, 2026) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: July 18 & 19, 2026] Rx Bandits / Catbite

Two years ago Rx Bandits played a show at Asbury Lanes and the following night at Union Transfer.  I was not familiar with Rx Bandits when they announced this show.  Indeed the only reason I was interested in at all was because Zeta was announced as the opener.

So I went to the Asbury Lanes show and really enjoyed them a lot.  I liked the music and I found the band members charming and entertaining.  There were people at the show ho were major diehard fans, and I felt a bit like poser, but I enjoyed myself.

I did seriously consider going to these shows, too.  The Asbury Lanes one didn’t work because I had been to two shows in a row before this one.  But I did think I might make the Union Transfer show (it would have been interesting to see them on a much bigger stage).  But as tends to happen, things got hectic and I wound up never buying a ticket.  So I stayed home.

Maybe in three years they’ll tour the Mandala album as well.

I saw Catbite open for Fishbone in April and really enjoyed their old school ska.  The venue I saw them in was really small and it would have been fun to see that in a larger, hometown venue.  But they’re not going anywhere and I’m sure I’ll be able to see them again.

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Fishbone / Planta Industrial (Brooklyn Bowl, Philadelphia, PA, April 24, 2026) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: April 24, 2026] Fishbone / Planta Industrial

I heard about this Fishbone tour and I was really excited to go.  I had two choices, Garwood or Philly.  I don’t love he Garwood venue, it’s a little weird, but it’s impossible to beat it for proximity.

And, honestly, Garwood is so small compared to Brooklyn Bowl, that I was practically on the stage.  They may have had more fun at Brooklyn Bowl because they would have had more room to move around, but I think they liked the intimacy of Garwood.  I know I did.

We had Catbite open the show and they were a lot of fun.  I didn’t know Planta Industrial.  They are two Dominican artists (Saso and akathedarknight) from the Bronx.  They have a punk attitude (and sound) with lyrics sung (and rapped) largely in Spanish.  I’d like to see them in the future–I’ll bet their live show is a ton of fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2024 Brooklyn Bowl 2022 The Foundry 2019 Union Transfer
Violin Akai € Intro / Pathos, Pathos ∇ Marigolds Ø
Chiba Funk € Manchester ∇ F Delano Ø
Late Night Comic € Bright Whites ∇ Hey Big Star $
It All Began With a Burst ∇ It All Began With a Burst ∇ Say Yeah $
Can’t Let Go, Juno $ Wonder Woman, Wonder Me ∇ Carry on Phenomenon ∠
Marigolds Ø Atticus, in the Desert ∇ Honeybody $
Colorful State € I Am the Antichrist to You ∇ Honeybody Remix $
solo improv Beat the Bright Out of Me ∇ Can’t Let Go, Juno $
I Am the Antichrist to You (solo) ∇ This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads cover) Theme From Jerome (Forgotten Words) Ø
Summer of ’42 (solo) Ø Q&A ∠ I Am the Antichrist to You (solo) ∇
Violin Tsunami Ø Penny Rabbit and Summer Bear Ø This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads cover) (solo)
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads cover) (solo) Marigolds Ø Violin/Banjo improv
Escape from Knossos € I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) (Meat Loaf cover) Bright Whites ∇
Icarus IV € The Ballad of Mr. Steak ∠ Q&A ∠
Hahaha Pt. 2 ∠ Honeybody (began with studio arrangement which bled into performing in the style of the Mattsoro remix) $ Penny Rabbit and Summer Bear Ø
Lilliputian Chop € encore Angeline Ø
The Ballad of Mr. Steak ∠ Violin Tsunami Ø Violin Tsunami Ø
Philosophize in It! Chemicalize with It! ∠ Philosophize in It! Chemicalize with It! ∠ Ode to My Next Life $
Honeybody $ Philosophize in It! Chemicalize with It! ∠
encore Atticus, in the Desert ∇
Penny Rabbit and Summer Bear (acoustic, in crowd) Ø (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life (Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes cover)
Manchester (acoustic, in crowd) ∇ The Ballad of Mr. Steak ∠
Ooh La La (Rod Stewart cover) (acoustic, in crowd) It All Began With a Burst ∇
encore
Annie, Heart Thief of the Sea (acoustic, in crowd) Ø
Manchester (acoustic, in crowd) ∇
Summer of ’42 (acoustic, in crowd) Ø

 

 

 

2016 Union Transfer 2015 TLA (opening for Guster) 2014 New Brunswick (opening for Rod y Gab)
Stranger Things Theme [recordong] violin improv violin improv
Statues in a Gallery $ Atticus, in the Desert ∇     It All Began With a Burst ∇
Hey Big Star $ Bright Whites ∇ Bittersweet Genesis for Him AND Her ∠
m’lover $ Bittersweet Genesis for Him AND Her ∠ Atticus, in the Desert ∇ 
Atticus, in the Desert (featuring extended banjo percussion solo) ∇     The Ballad of Mr. Steak ∠ Bright Whites ∇
Bright Whites (with improv interlude featuring flute solo) ∇ Q&A ∠ Philosophize in It! Chemicalize with It! ∠
Carry on Phenomenon ∠ Philosophize in It! Chemicalize with It! ∠ Manchester ∇
Who’d You Kill $ Manchester ∇
Can’t Let Go, Juno $
Say Yeah $
Ode to My Next Life $
I Am the Antichrist to You ∇ (solo)
The Ballad of Mr. Steak (featuring Mr. Steak) ∠
Philosophize in It! Chemicalize with It! ∠
It All Began With a Burst (with “Don’t vote for Trump” vocal loop) ∇
encore
Honeybody $
Q&A ∠
Manchester ∇
€ Kantos (2024)
Ø Omoiyari (2019)
$ Sonderlust (2016)
∠ Lighght (2014)
∇ 151a (2012)

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Catbite (Crossroads, Garwood, NJ, April 23, 2026) [FISHBONE]

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[ATTENDED: April 23, 2026] Catbite

I have known about Catbite for a while–WXPN plays them a lot.  They’re part of, I guess, a fourth wave of ska bands.  Although they might be the only one at the moment.

I was a big fan of the third wave of ska, so this is a welcome comeback.  While Catbite is a bit more No Doubt than Mighty Mighty Bosstones, they do embrace everything about ska (except the clothes).

I never wanted to see them as a headliner, but I had always hoped they’d open for someone.  And what better band to open for than Fishbone?

Catbite took the stage and jumped right into some bouncy ska with Not Ur Baby.  It was fun being up front with a band dancing around on stage–there wasn’t much dancing on the floor, though which kind of stunk.  I was intrigued that their drummer Chris Pires was facing the wall.  This was because Fishbone is huge and that was the best way to fit everyone.  How strange it must be to not be facing the rest of the band.

I didn’t realize they had 3 albums out, but they played a song from their debut–which was a little more ska.  I also realized that they didn’t have horns.  I don’t know if they normally do. I didn’t really miss them, but ska is definitely horn-friendly. (more…)

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ANTIFEST: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes / Anti-Flag / The Black Tones / Surfbort / Catbite (Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ, October 15, 2022) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: October 15, 2022] ANTIFEST

On the same night that Philly was hosting Philly Music Fest featuring Mannequin Pussy, New Jersey was hosting ANTI-FEST.

This was a tour featuring Anti-Flag who were amazing live and who I would definitely see again.

Also headlining was Me First and the Gimme Gimmes–a band I knew nothing about but didn’t like, based on their name.  Then I learned that they are a cover band doing punk covers of classic rock songs and I thought their name was actually pretty perfect and now I want to see them live too.

The Black Tones is the only band on the bill I hadn’t heard of.  According to one blurb they infuse the spirit of punk rock in their modernized version of blues rock, in a really cool and subversive way. And all of that, of course, wouldn’t matter if they weren’t a killer live band. (more…)

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