[DID NOT ATTEND: September 25, 2025] Teen Mortgage / The OBGMs
I get excited whenever a band I’ve heard of plays Crossroads. Which is somewhat ironic as I’ve only been there once. But it’s a nice venue and it’s fairly close and I think it would be a great opportunity. And then something always seems to come up.
I had seen The OBGMs open for Oxymorrons in 2023 and they were great. Great music, funny frontman and an overall great performance. I definitely want to see them again. How cool that they were going to Garwood.
Then I found out that Teen Mortgage was the headliner. I’d never heard of them.
Teen Mortgage is an American punk rock duo from Washington, D.C.. The group consists of guitarist/vocalist James Guile and drummer Ed Barkauskas. So they’re like Japandroids, except their music is faster and nastier. I listened to a couple of live tracks and it’s all kind of samey. Guile’s voice is old school punk without a lot of variation. They would have been fine as the opener, but I didn’t want to see them as a headliner.
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