Streetlight Manifesto, Suburban Legends, Westbound Train, The Stitch Up- Manhattan Grand Ballroom 11/10 (NYC)

Tonight i went to see Streetlight Manifesto and Suburban Legends in NYC at the Manhattan Grand Ballroom (formerly known as Hammerstien) and I got exactly what I paid for, an amazing show that i can dance to. I got to the venue at around 7 after some mishaps with my ticket, and waited in the coat check for quite a bit of time but things seemed well being as I didn't go alone. Unfortunantly, as soon as i entered into the main venue stage, I picked up a rank smell of marijuana. Then apparently people weren't being stopped from smoking anything (let alone pot) on the floor. Not only that, later I learned that the bartenders were willing to pass out drinks to people(minors) if they got a little extra cash, not exactly my favorite of the many venues i've attended.

The night kicked off with a band I hadn't really heard of, The Stitch Up, but as I've noticed based on other shows I've gone to, usually the very first opener doesnt really catch the audience so they indeed had a tough crowd (apparently it was their 1000th show). Personally, the music I heard wasn't exactly what i had expected but music is music.

The night went on and as most of us were expecting The Stitch Up to simply be followed by Suburban Legends we were treated with more reggae tones of Westbound Train who came on stage with an all black attire and music that could help the hungriest of dancers. WT came and went just in time for the first of 2 bands that I had intended to see.
Suburban Legends came on stage with a roar from the very engertic (and some high) parts of the crowd. They had a pretty fun set, new stuff and old classics of course (unfortunantly no Don Juan or Last Dance I was pretty disappointed) but i wasn't as into the music as i usually am, and i determined that because i have seen them 5 times that i've noticed the music a lot more. The band writes amazing music and when they preform they have usually come through with quite the preformance, but tonight they didn't play as well as usual. The songs were slower, and with what seemed to be less feeling but as i said, the music they make is amazing but they've had better shows (i still love them!).

On a quick side note, i just think that if you go to a ska show, that you should skank, because its not supposed to be a mosh pit, take it from the guy that got nailed above the eye.

Finally the one band that most or all of the attendants came for, Streetlight Manifesto, and man did they put on one hell of a show! As usual, they blew the crowd away and insane with some classics, and new songs off their most recent album Somewhere In the Between and of course, they played the one and only Point/Counterpoint with a side of Keasbey Nights which made the crowd go wild. They came back for an encore after their set, but at that point it seemed that all the attendees were worn out from all the dancing they did.
It was quite a show, but unfortunantly I had absolutely no way of getting photos of the bands themselves so i took a different approach and took photos of the skank pit in action which i got a couple good ones.

~Possible Future~
After talking to Vince and Brian W. I was told that the future shows that they are gonna be playing aren't known as of yet, but apparently they are going to try and head to Iraq to entertain the troops. Who knows?!
One last note, if you see Suburan Legends live, hit the merch booth and invest in a tee or in fact an amazing new hoodie they have on sale (not online yet, sorry!) Oh! and this :D