The wonderful Yvonne Penzakov went to the Blender theater to check out Almack’s favorites Jukebox the Ghost and the Wombats. Here’s her report:

Last time I was in London The Wombats’ A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation made its way into the Tower of Pisa precariously balanced in my arms at Zavvi. Since then I’ve been pogoing around my bedroom to it quite frequently, so I was super excited to get the chance to witness them live and pogo along in real time.
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I didn’t always hate going to shows early to catch the opening band. I didn’t always think that there might be something on TV way more exciting than seeing whomever was playing live in the support slot of whatever band I was seeing. No, I wasn’t always like that until I started seeing shows in the emo/punk circut and got bored by their same-ness. They were all simmilarly awful.

I need to get out of that funk and belief. In the past two weeks I’ve seen shows with opening bands that I’ve fallen instantly in love with. First was Cheif opening for Duke Spirit (omgomgomgomg I love the duke spirit album Neptune is my soundtrack!!!!!!), and lastnight was The Republic Tigers opening for Jukebox the Ghost.
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