As promised, here's another full Paranoid Social Club show. This was live at the State Theater, from November 30, 2002. Download it now: ParanoidSocialClub-11-30-2002.zip

There is a copy of this show on archive.org, but it is .flac format, which is a high quality, lossless file. It is also significantly larger file size. Options are always good, though, so grab your mp3s or your flacs, and enjoy the show!

As you can see with the archive page, this was taped and created by Aaron Parker. All credit goes to him and I'm going to take this opportunity to thank him for all the work he's shared with us. It is much appreciated!

The order of the set is as follows:

1. Bully
2. Evolution
3. Last Cigarette
4. Fucking With My Head
5. In My Headphones
6. Theme Song
7. Combustible
8. She Gets Me High
9. The Big Picture
10. Soul Demolition
11. Ricochet
12. Save Me
13. Wasted

Labels: Audio, Links, Paranoid Social Club

It was confirmed on the Rocklikewar.com forum that the performance posted yesterday was in fact their live debut, which took place June 5th, 2002, at the State Theater in Portland.

If you listen to the end of Rustic's "Last Show" you can hear Dave telling the crowd to "Come see the 2 Skinny J's June 5, 2 Skinny J's. Hope that helps.

Labels: Links, Paranoid Social Club

I'm going through my stash of Rustic-related files and have uncovered a few things to upload in the next few days. The first of which I've sorted out, is what appears to be the debut of Paranoid Social Club. I'm not sure where I got it, to be honest, so I'm trying to piece together the details.

Before we get into that, here's your link so you can get that download started now! ParanoidSocialClub-FirstShow.zip

Originally, it was a single mp3 file, PSC_live_jun5.mp3 which obviously leads us to believe that the date of the show was June 5th, 2002. Listening to the recording, they state it is their first performance, and also we learn that they are opening for 2 Skinnee J's. That's what we'll go with, but if you have any knowledge as to the date, the venue, and so forth; or can confirm this as correct, by all means please do so!

While I've split it into separate tracks, all credit goes to the original taper. The order of the set is as follows:

1. Save Me
2. Can't Buy Me Love
3. In My Headphones
4. Theme Song
5. Soul Demolition
6. She Gets Me High
7. Everybody Run (Ricochet)
8. Last Cigarette
9. Evolution
10. Rocksinger
11. The Big Picture
12. Wasted

Labels: Audio, Paranoid Social Club

Several tour dates have been discovered for Rustic Overtones, as well as Paranoid Social Club, Lettuce, and Soulive.

Rustic Overtones w/ Lettuce
Friday 2/29/2008
Sullivan Hall, NYC, NY (tickets)

Rustic Overtones w/ Lettuce
Saturday 3/1/2008
Sullivan Hall, NYC, NY (tickets)

Rustic Overtones
Thursday 3/27/2008
The 8x10, Baltimore, MD (the8x10.com)

Paranoid Social Club w/ Planeside
Friday 2/1/2008
MJ's Tavern, Brunswick, ME (via MJ's myspace)

Paranoid Social Club w/ Rude Boy Riot & Forgetful Jones
Friday 2/8/2008
Harper's ferry, Allston, MA (harpersferryboston.com)

Paranoid Social Club w/ Sidecar Radio
Friday, 2/22/2008
Brickhouse, Dover, NH (doverbrickhouse.com)

Soulive
Friday, 3/7/2008
Sundance at Mt. Snow, West Dover, VT (soulive myspace)

Soulive
Saturday, 3/8/2008
The Asylum, Portland, ME (soulive myspace)

There's also a hint of some West Coast dates coming this Spring. As always, the latest rumblings and grumblings can be found on the Rocklikewar.com Message Board.

Labels: Lettuce, Links, Paranoid Social Club, Rustic Overtones

As promised, the New Year's Eve Bash was recorded. The quality isn't the best, unfortunately, due to input levels, but it's better than nothing, and there's some great moments in each set that are worth checking out, absolutely. The setlist is up (yes, finally) with notes from the message board by Darek.

Here's links to the recordings, I sliced up the three sets posted on the board into tracks, and zipped them by set: As Fast As, Paranoid Social Club, Rustic Overtones

Capping things off in a big way, here's a boatload of Youtube links. A huge thanks to Kane for capping them!! Nice work!!

As Fast As
Open Letter To The Damned
Gretchen My Captain (embedded above)
This Is Real Part 1
This Is Real Part 2

Paranoid Social Club
Theme Song
Rhythm Is (With Spencer)
Fuckin With My Head

Rustic Overtones
The Letter & Hardest Way Possible
C'Mon
Sector Z

Labels: As Fast As, Audio, Paranoid Social Club, Rustic Overtones, Setlists, Video

Three sets of pictures are now online from last night's New Year's Eve Bash at Northern Lights, presented by WEQX. I sorted them into separate galleries for each band, instead of one gigantic one.

As Fast As kicked things off, followed by Paranoid Social Club. Everyone took the stage to countdown to midnight, and then Rustic Overtones began their set. The entire show was recorded, but it might not have come out that well. Check back for that in the coming days.

Labels: As Fast As, Links, Paranoid Social Club, Pictures, Rustic Overtones, WEQX

Thursday night, the Rustic Overtones played the Mercury Lounge, in New York City. Tonight and tomorrow they're at The Stone Church, in New Market, New Hampshire. And last Friday they were at the Ultra Lounge, in Orono, Maine. All in all a busy week.

I have added the setlist from the Mercury Lounge, but we are looking for reports from the 30th, and if you are attending a show, let us know how it went. We will credit you for anything you can contribute - a setlist/review, pictures, and so forth. This is a fan site, so we need your help! Just be sure to leave us a comment, send us an email, or shoot me (jeffd) a private message on the Rock Like War forum with anything you can share, because I'm not going to put things up without your permission.

As mentioned in a previous post, Oxygen is in the WEQX rotation. Today, during the Top 5 at 5, they announced the New Years Eve bash, confirming that it is indeed a triple-header, with not only Rustic, but As Fast As, and Paranoid Social Club.

A lot of board members have said they will be traveling, and with their popularity in EQXland factored in, I expect a solid turnout. Be advised to reserve yourself some tickets, else you could be turned away. Also, if you're buying online, I recommend using musictoday instead of ticketmaster, as the service charge is a bit less.

Labels: As Fast As, Links, Paranoid Social Club, Rustic Overtones, Setlists, WEQX

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hopefully by now you're over your tryptophan (myth busted!) or otherwise induced holiday hangover, because there is lots of news and rumors swirling about the Rustic Overtones.

First piece of business is that they are releasing a DVD expected to be out in the Spring. They are also re-issuing Long Division in time for the "Holidays." This was confirmed via a teaser for the DVD featured on their MySpace page. I have embedded the second trailer below.



They have also signed some sort of record deal, of which the specifics aren't yet clear. That said, forum member araungzeb reported talk from Spence and Dave that both Long Division and Light At The End will be reissued, featuring bonus tracks, as part of this deal.

While you're checking out the DVD teasers on their page, have a look at the tour dates as they have several shows coming up around New England. One to keep your eye on is the New Year's Eve show. According to Northern Lights' calendar, it is shaping up to be one for the ages, featuring not only the Rustic Overtones, but Paranoid Social Club and As Fast As!! Unbelievable!!

Finally, as promised, I've found the time to get Darek's shots up in a gallery from the Higher Ground show earlier in the month. Use the site navigation for full on gallery goodness.

Labels: As Fast As, Links, Paranoid Social Club, Pictures, Rustic Overtones, Video