DJ Meow Mix, the host of Raw Rawk airing Friday's 12:00pm-3:00pm, recently attended a Blundertown presents show featuring Mean Jeans, Audacity, Long Knife and Tumult at the Unit B Skatepark in Santa Ana. Her show review and photos are below. For more from Lesley visit http://rawrawk.tumblr.com/.
I had the privilege of seeing Mean Jeans at one of my favorite venues right now in the OC area. Unit B Studio is primarily an indoor skate park, but at night it becomes a place where underground bands can come and play in a cozy setting. Located in Santa Ana just down the street from the Observatory, it is a new venue on the rise. Check their schedule often because they book bands all the time! My favorite part about it is the entertainment it provides in between sets: you can walk upstairs to watch the skaters either eat it or pull off some crazy moves in the bowls. They also have the merch tables set up in a bowl which is a pretty unique sight.
I can’t finish this review without mentioning Audacity – one of the opening bands that put on a hell of a show themselves. Seeing them is not as much of a novel experience since they are from Fullerton and play tons of shows around the area. Nevertheless, it’s always a treat to watch them live because they kill it every time. You could tell which songs the small crowd liked best because they would start bouncing around together, such a feel-good atmosphere. One guy from the crowd even got to guest sing in one of the songs!
I had the privilege of seeing Mean Jeans at one of my favorite venues right now in the OC area. Unit B Studio is primarily an indoor skate park, but at night it becomes a place where underground bands can come and play in a cozy setting. Located in Santa Ana just down the street from the Observatory, it is a new venue on the rise. Check their schedule often because they book bands all the time! My favorite part about it is the entertainment it provides in between sets: you can walk upstairs to watch the skaters either eat it or pull off some crazy moves in the bowls. They also have the merch tables set up in a bowl which is a pretty unique sight.
Anyway, enough about the venue. The main attraction of the
night was Mean Jeans! They don’t come down to Southern California all that
often since they are from Portland. It was extra special for me because I’ve
been wanting to see them for the past 4 years or so. I’m a big fan of their
first album and luckily they played a lot of songs from it: Case Race, Slime
Time, Party Animal, Born on a Saturday Night, and on and on. I always knew what
songs were coming up next because their giant set list was on the ground, and
because they would shout the title before every song. In summary of their
style, they are basically a Ramones reincarnation band that sings about
partying a bit more. Needless to say it was a blast.
I can’t finish this review without mentioning Audacity – one of the opening bands that put on a hell of a show themselves. Seeing them is not as much of a novel experience since they are from Fullerton and play tons of shows around the area. Nevertheless, it’s always a treat to watch them live because they kill it every time. You could tell which songs the small crowd liked best because they would start bouncing around together, such a feel-good atmosphere. One guy from the crowd even got to guest sing in one of the songs!
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