[DID NOT ATTEND: November 17, 2021] Meet Me @ the Altar / Young Culture / Daisy Grenade
I used to listen to the NPR All Songs Considered podcast religiously. It was where I heard all about new bands and new releases. And then sometime at the end of last year I was just done with it. I think a lot of it is because I really liked the dynamic between Bob and Robin and how they tried to outdo each other with better music. Plus, they had a very similar taste to mine.
During the pandemic, the two split up and created new shows. And now Robin is with the youth and they talk almost exclusively about bands I don’t care about–a lot more R&B and rap. And Bob has drifted a little more into his own thing, which is a little more delicate. So while I’m sure they still talk about music I like, I just got tired of hearing about stuff I didn’t like.
One of the last new bands they introduced me to was Meet Me @ The Altar. I wasn’t planning on getting their music, but I thought they’d be fun to see live–youthful energetic modern punk is a lot of fun to see live. So when they announced their show I snatched up a ticket pretty quickly. I didn’t realize that it was the same night as The Beths. Obviously, there was no contest–I was going to see The Beths. But i didn’t sell my ticket just in case The Beths had to postpone or something. But they didn’t and now I won’t ever being seeing any of these three bands. (more…)
