The Grind : An Extreme Review
I will fully admit to being pretty uneducated in the ways of extreme sports. This past Sunday was my first experience with an event boasting supposedly intense action. While I was expecting something of X-Games proportions, it was more like a party in a parking lot with a couple pools (wakeboarding) and a few plywood skate ramps.
Definitely disappointing on the sporting side of things, but thankfully I was there for the music, which did not fail to deliver. San Antonio’s Girl in a Coma rocked a solid set, including a fantastic cover of We Belong Together by Richie Valens. This was my fourth time seeing Girl in a Coma, and I have yet to be disappointed. Being professionals, they didn’t falter when the entire stage lost power 15 mins early and rebounded with a punk version of Radiohead’s Creep. Overall impression: lead singer Nina Diaz has an incredible voice and never misses a step. Go see this band now.
Girl in a Coma was followed by Fair to Midland, who I was pretty underwhelmed by. Nothing really caught my ear about the band other than the guttural screaming that the lead singer alternated with forays into the upper echelons of his vocal range. He was also pretty adept at flailing around the stage periodically, which invariably ended with a dramatic fall to the floor. I guess their performance was pretty extreme.
Luckily, Eve 6 saved the day. Their set was chock full of all the old classics from their self-titled debut album in 1998 and the sophomore followup, Horrorscope. They did slip a new one in, called Little Tiny Everything which leaves me curious about new material that is currently in the works.
Eve 6 definitely brought their A-game to The Grind and held up well for a band whose debut album came out a decade ago.
Images: Ana Wolken
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