What a way to start off the new year! I have not been going out to shows for the past few weeks due to the plague I caught on New Years, so when leaving the house to head to Popecene to see Gemini Club - there was already a great buzz in the air! It was going to be a great night!
Last time I saw Gemini Club it was June 2012 and I was not living in the bay area yet. I was in San Francisco with Capital Cities who were headlining Popscene that night, and standing outside the club, I over heard front man Tom Gavin talking mad shit on Los Angeles (my home), so I called him out & we became fast friends! I then hung with effects/sample master Gordon Bramli where he told me stories of being hit by a car or a bus or something of that nature, a hospital visit and a fresh wound all bandaged up that kept opening up when he would hit the drums! It's interesting....the things people talk about standing outside clubs! And how brilliant is this industry of music we work and live in....we all have friends who know each other, so on and so on. So last night I was extra excited to see my new Chicagoan pals who I had not seen since the summer, and to maybe do a little dancing!
Popscene was sold out! By the time Gemini Club took the stage, the room was so packed I could not even make my way up front to take pictures - so I stole the ones below from Showbeams.com - thanks guys! The set was amazing of course - there were a few bumps at the start with some sound issues, but once they got into stride they were unstoppable! "Cassini Mission" was sick - the video above is this song live from the June 2012 Popscene show), and "Show My Hands" OMG I am totally obsessed! Gemini Club's Here We Sit EP that came out last year is amazing and was well represented at this show, you should pick yourself up a copy HERE!
Gemini Club will be on tour in select cities through March, and then will be hitting SXSW in Austin, TX......and we're all going to do pickle back shots!
