as i mentioned before, last night i saw Chalk and Ari Ari at Crush downtown. after a bit of delay, the show started.

Ari Ari were first. i didn't know much about them, except that jim (from chalk) said they were cool. their instrumentation was guitar/keys/drums, with a girl on vocals. i didn't get to speak to any of them afterwards, so if you want names, i'll leave that research up to you.

their set was sweet. it sounded much like the mp3 on the friction website: serious rocking out, with some nice keys in the mix, providing both bass end and fleshing out the upper registers. good times all around, and a good match for a Chalk show.

Chalk were Chalk.

more serious rocking out, with loads of dirty syths and loud bass guitar, with Dave's awesome vocals and Greg's cool-ass drumming.

not a well-written review, but definitely a positive one. ;)

(and i need to go easy on the blur in those pics...)