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Dead To Me - The Fest 8: Fail Safe Records Warehouse Aftershow

San Francisco, CA's Dead To Me has been going through some changes leading up to the release of African Elephants, their latest full-length on Fat Wreck (out today!).  Founding member Jack decided to hang it up for a while and focus on family, so the quartet turned trio decided to…

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Against Me! - The Fest 4

Against Me! have become one of the largest local bands to come from Gainesville, FL which is quite the statement as local bands include Hot Water Music, Less Than Jake and none other than Tom Petty.  Starting off in 1997 as a solo act, Tom Gabel fine tuned the lineup…

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Paint It Black

Live at The Fest 6 in 2007.

See Paint It Black's Fest V set from 2006 and download the audio.  Also, don't miss the Fest 6 Apartment show and the infamous Fest 7 U-Haul Show...cops on horses!

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American Steel - The Fest 6

The Bay Area's American Steel originally formed in 1995.  After six years of touring and releases to what at the time they considered little fanfare, the band moved into a different sound and felt the band needed a different name. In 2002, with their new moniker, Communiqué, the band gave…

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None More Black - The Fest 7

None More Black returned on the scene in 2008 to a triumphant return to the Fest.  Afterwards they kicked off the night at the Failsafe Records Warehouse.

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New Mexican Disaster Squad - The Fest 7

Just over an hour after their Fest 7, Official Last Show, NMDS played the Failsafe Records Warehouse, calling it a "Reunion Show"

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A Wilhelm Scream - The Fest 7

See A Wilhelm Scream's set on Halloween 2008 at The FEST 7 in HD and download the audio for Free.

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The Lawrence Arms - The Fest 6

Chicago's The Lawrence Arms return to The Fest 6 with a high-energy, crowd-pleasing set.

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Small Brown Bike - The Fest 6

Small Brown Bike's year of reunion shows came to a climax at The Fest 6 in 2007. 

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Dillinger Four - Fest 7

Dillinger Four and The FEST are like peanut butter and jelly.  D4 even wrote a song about it called "Gainesville" on their long awaited release C I V I L  W A R from last year which they play for the first time in Gainesville at The FEST.  They will…

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Best of 2009 - Paint It Black and North Lincoln

 

For the next couple weeks, we're going to be posting Best Of 2009 lists from some our (and hopefully your) favorite bands. This round comes from Andy Nelson of Paint It Black and Kevin Nunn of North Lincoln

 

Click here to give your Best of 2009 list and be entered to win a whole bunch of awesome releases from this year! On January 1st we'll post the results from everyone's contributions and announce the winner.

 

Andy Nelson

Andy Nelson

Best New Band - Vaccine
Best Live Band - Melt-Banana
Best Album - Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent
Best Album Art/Packaging - Paintbox - Trip, Trance And Travelling
Biggest Break Up Bummer - Clockcleaner
Best Lookin' - Destino Final
Best Venue - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
Best Song - Kurt Vile "Freak Train"
Best Label/Distro - Prank Records
Most Anticipated Album of 2010 - T++

 

 

 

North Lincoln

Kevin Nunn

Best New Band: How Do We Jump This High (ex-Get Bent, Potboiler)
Best Live Band: Bridge and Tunnel
Best Album: Cheap Girls - My Roaring 20's
Best Album Art: Russian Circles - Geneva
Biggest Break Up Bummer: North Lincoln ha!
Best Lookin': Lemuria
Best Venue: Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis, MN
Best Song: (tie) "Charitable Contributions" by Thousandaires and "Hourglass" by Small Brown Bike Best Label/Distro: No Idea Records
Most Anticipated Album of 2010: Grown Ups Full Length

 

 

 

 

 

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