Thursday night was a good night for rock n roll. F Nice Records brought three great bands who definitely wail. Colbourne started the night off. I found these guys interesting because they played as if they wanted to play metal. During a couple of songs, the lead singer would throw in a hard metal type scream. It worked out well though. That aside, Colbourne played a solid set.


American Stranger took the stage next and kicked it off with a cover of Tom Petty's "American Girl". From there it was mish mash of original songs and covers. The original songs remind of the bands from my parents generation. American Stranger should have been opening for the Who or Crosby, Stills & Nash. They jammed out cover songs from the Beatles, Sublime, Kings of Leon, and the Doors. The Doors portion of the show was actually a 15 minute mega medley. It almost made you want to go out and get heroin and write poetry.

Jaxon Boom finished everything and everybody off. For the fifty minutes they played, it was non-stop dancing, sweating, jumping around, and thrashing. This band puts on one heck of a show. A mixture of punk, indie, and church choir styles really blew me away. Having a heavy arsenal from each member of the band, Jaxon Boom hit you from every angle. You never know where the next awesome solo is going to come from. Then when you settle your head, they hit you again. Don't be surprised if you see Jaxon Boom on the Warped Tour or something like that. These guys are going to blow up.