Noise Pop: Scissors for Lefty Cut Up the Rest

It's the third night to the Noise Pop festival in SF -- Tonight, I chose to go to the French Kicks (ugh) w/ The Magic Bullets, The Oohlas, and Scissors for Lefty at Slim's.

First... during the show, we had a 4.2 earthquake that lasted for a good 5-6 seconds and multiple aftershocks. CRAZY - but the show must go on.

Second... The band to see tonight was Scissors for Lefty.

I originally came to check out Ultragrrrl's The Oohlas. They started off with "Octopus" which was full of zest and definitely livened up the crowd. Unfortunately, they had no regard for what was happening in the audience. Most of us were completely bored. The sound mixer totally fucked up because Ollie's voice was completely drowned out by the wall of electric guitars.... and when the vocals actually came through, it was just bad.

Even the infectious Small Parts was ruined. But to The Oohlas credit, the very charismatic, Ollie and the band were very comfortable on stage and did not look nervous at all. (Ahhh.. you can't go wrong with a compliment sandwich).

But the show stealer was Scissors for Lefty, who came out onto the stage with such vigor and energy that brought the house down. They were so surprised to see such a turnout (although most of them were probably uninformed teens waiting for The French Kicks to play). They started it off with "Lay Down Your Weapons" and brought on their own dancer... in full costume!

Other notable songs were "Ghetto Ways" and the very erotic "Private Hotcha," which had Bryan Garza (lead singer) feeling himself up, unzipping his fly, and walking out through the crowd. The crowd was dancing, bouncing up and down, and going absolutely nuts when the band took off their shirts for a costume change.

Scissors for Lefty is definitely a band worth checking out (MP3 below).

And then there were the French Kicks:
... nothing to report here. I left early because they were and have always been a SNOOZEFEST. It really does suck when your opening act shows you up, huh?

Was anyone else there? What did you think?

This sunday, Midlake. Maybe? Noise Pop Gods.. please have mercy!

DOWNLOAD: Lay Down Your Weapons - Scissors for Lefty (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ghetto Ways - Scissors for Lefty (MP3)
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