It's been said that the mark of a truly great band is the ability to deliver the same caliber performance in front of virtually nobody as you would for a crowd of thousands. Gared O'Donnell from Planes Mistaken for Stars didn't just subscribe to this notion, he lived it. Emily Francis, who managed Planes for years, once told me that even if there was only a handful of kids in the audience, O'Donnell would give it his all regardless to keep from letting those kids down. Last night at the Marquis
LION SIZEDNOMINATED IN POST-PUNK3:00-3:45 P.M., SUTRAPersonnel: Josh Bergstrand; Shane Trost; Number Three Discography: Lion Sized EP (2006)Download or stream "One Thousand Pounds" after the jump.
Brian Landis FolkinsIdeal Fathers opened the day at Sutra.See more photos from Sutra at westword.com/slideshow.Ideal Fathers, 12 p.m.Ideal Fathers kicked off the Sutra stage with a high-charged set of post-punk that included some keyed up takes on songs from its new brand new EP, A Complete Waste of Time Travel. Frenetic frontman Jesse Hunsaker screamed and wailed over drummer Mike Perfetti's hi-hat fueled beats and guitarist Adam Rojo's trebly and biting riffs; it was like Fuguzi's Ian MacKaye
