Friday night I went with my friend Laura to see Chalk at Crush.

Spencer (and I think Lesniak) was spinning cds before and between acts. It was a nice mix of po-type stuff, even extending to the Carpenters. Nothing like one might expect from hearing his Burning Star Core stuff.

I chatted with Lou from Hogscraper, who's friends with Laura. He's a cool dude, and is way knowledgeable on music. I also chatted with Jim (of Chalk) about DJ Empirical possibly guesting with his solo Prantershifter set on 03/07, when he opens up for Trevor Dunn. (I'm excited for that show, as there are loads of cool experimental acts playing that night, both in the Ballroom and the Parlour of the SGH.)

The first band was The Cathedrals, Cincinnati's version of the cookie-cutter emo-hipster stuff that's oh-so-popular these days. At times they sounded like a cross between U2 and the Rapture, and often basslines seemed directly lifted from U2 songs. Feh. The kids seemed to like it, though.

After some more dj-ing, Chalk played their set. As usual, they were loud and heavy, and even though they had a bit of an off set (a keyboard was finicky, causing them to cut it short), it was still awesome. Other bands take note: technical difficulties don't have to ruin your set.

The last set of the evening was a dj set from Joshua Treble. He played a dance set, with some rather noisy and weird tracks thrown in to keep everyone on their toes. I mean, he played Hawnay Troof, for chrissakes! Awesome.