Wielding a giant wooden stick, Hause looked like Gandalf if he shaved and started shopping at Crash Bang Boom. Hause is a punk rock wizard for sure, the wooden stick becoming a wand with which our bodies and spirits were stirred as the five-piece band hammered through all 13 tracks from Keep Your Heart, peppe
Maybe it was relief that I was approaching a completely football unrelated event after witnessing my city drown in a sea of Peyton jerseys and Bud Light -or maybe it was the fact that this was my first time seeing The Loved Ones.
July 26, 2008
While it seemed weird to see a depraved, spastic night band like the Whore Moans just an hour before at the King Cobra on a late summer afternoon, it seemed like a perfect time for Philadelphia's the Loved Ones, with their big late period punk rock beats and classic power-pop hooks.
The Loved Ones appeal to a soft spot inside me–the same spot that finds Broadway Calls irresistible and could listen to Alkaline Trio on a daily basis.
