I have never had the pleasure of seeing Columbus' own New Bomb Turks. Now that I have, I have sore knees, a couple back bruises, a used hat, and a scratched glasses lens! And a great concert experience!
VENUE: The Ace of Cups is a bar/live music venue on High Street North of the Ohio State University campus. You are up close and personal with the band with a smallish room, low stage, and now "backstage" area -- the band walks right past you to get to the stage. Nice. And the bar has a nice beer selection.
OPENER: Chapel Hill's Spider Bags are a four piece punk band who put on a good lively opening performance. Enjoyable.
HEADLINER: The New Bomb Turks took the stage and turned it up. Lead singer sprints around the stage, stage dives into the audience (his belt scratched my glasses when he was crowd surfing), steals people's hats (he grabbed my CBJ hat, put it on, feigned some naughtier bit with it, then tossed it back to me), revs up the crowd, lets audience members sign into the microphone, and generally led the fun. Jim Weber kept the jams cranked up with his guitar playing. Sam Brown and Matt Reber anchor the tunes with their drumming and bass playing. The audience sang along, sang into Eric's microphone, and slam dance down front (sore knees, back bruises). Quite the lively performance and living up to their live reputation!
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars! Thanks to guy next to me for letting me take a picture of the set list he snagged!
Chapel Hill, NC's Spider Bags
Jim Weber and Eric Davidson of New Bomb Turks
Sam Brown, Eric Davidson, and Matt Reber of New Bomb Turks
Jim Weber of New Bomb Turks and Hilliard Davidson High School faculty!
New Bomb Turks
New Bomb Turks
Set list for the New Bomb Turks
Eric Davidson of New Bomb Turks
Ace of Cups sign advertising New Bomb Turks show.
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