aww nice.... I saw these live 27th Feb this year. supported by Anti Flag. amazing concert.
i sent a friend a review..
Flobots - Socially Conscious White Man Hip-Hop ...but they weren't actually that bad. with a myriad of gimmicks. the black guy rapper demonstrating a certain prowess in Robot Dancing, and a massive I R A Q held by the same black guy while the white guy rapped in a rhythmic and fervent way, if a little uninteligeble. though i did make out 'It's Really All Quagmire'. and virtuoso violin solos spread throughout the undeniably good songs. 7/10
Anti Flag - take to stage and immediately launch into 'Fuck Police Brutality' they were awesome in all its definions. playing a lot of Blood and Empire songs and a rather fantastic cover of The Clash. during the Smartest Bomb the crowd barriers protecting the sound desk were felled during a circle pit and caused a hilarious catastrophe as all the sound engineers and on site security franticly tryed to rebuild the barriers while rampant punk rockers jump, run, and fight less than a metre a way.
i can only describe this as Pure Punk Rock and struggle to imagine a better band. 10/10
setlist -
Fuck Police Brutality
...I'd Tell You But
War Sucks, Let's Party
Underground Network
The Press Corpse
Turncoat
Good & Ready
The Smartest Bomb
1 Trillion Dollars
I Fought The Law (The Clash cover)
Modern Rome Burning
This Is The End
Cities Burn
Rise Against - They storm on stage along to the most impressive (blinding) Light production i have seen and a massive flag hung as a backdrop with 'RISE' written across. this was dropped after 2 or 3 songs in place of three gasmasked men in salute. the songs they played were incredible (playing a lot of 'Sufferer... songs and a few good ol' hardcore songs). the 2 song acoustic performance was great, Hooray for Punk Rock Acoustic Balladry! not too many new songs but Re-Education and Collapse were played excelently, and State of Union and Dead Ringer seeing McIlrath screaming like a posessed banshee and Drones and Ready to Fall were just purely staggering.10/10
setlist -
Drones
Give It All
State Of The Union
Ready To Fall
Injection
Re-Education (Through Labour)
Chamber The Cartridge
Dead Ringer
Behind Closed Doors
Life Less Frightening
Like The Angel
Collapse (Post-Amerika)
Heaven Knows
Long Forgotten Sons
The Good Left Undone
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Hero Of War
Swing Life Away
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Audience of One
Prayer Of The Refugee
i sent a friend a review..
Flobots - Socially Conscious White Man Hip-Hop ...but they weren't actually that bad. with a myriad of gimmicks. the black guy rapper demonstrating a certain prowess in Robot Dancing, and a massive I R A Q held by the same black guy while the white guy rapped in a rhythmic and fervent way, if a little uninteligeble. though i did make out 'It's Really All Quagmire'. and virtuoso violin solos spread throughout the undeniably good songs. 7/10
Anti Flag - take to stage and immediately launch into 'Fuck Police Brutality' they were awesome in all its definions. playing a lot of Blood and Empire songs and a rather fantastic cover of The Clash. during the Smartest Bomb the crowd barriers protecting the sound desk were felled during a circle pit and caused a hilarious catastrophe as all the sound engineers and on site security franticly tryed to rebuild the barriers while rampant punk rockers jump, run, and fight less than a metre a way.
i can only describe this as Pure Punk Rock and struggle to imagine a better band. 10/10
setlist -
Fuck Police Brutality
...I'd Tell You But
War Sucks, Let's Party
Underground Network
The Press Corpse
Turncoat
Good & Ready
The Smartest Bomb
1 Trillion Dollars
I Fought The Law (The Clash cover)
Modern Rome Burning
This Is The End
Cities Burn
Rise Against - They storm on stage along to the most impressive (blinding) Light production i have seen and a massive flag hung as a backdrop with 'RISE' written across. this was dropped after 2 or 3 songs in place of three gasmasked men in salute. the songs they played were incredible (playing a lot of 'Sufferer... songs and a few good ol' hardcore songs). the 2 song acoustic performance was great, Hooray for Punk Rock Acoustic Balladry! not too many new songs but Re-Education and Collapse were played excelently, and State of Union and Dead Ringer seeing McIlrath screaming like a posessed banshee and Drones and Ready to Fall were just purely staggering.10/10
setlist -
Drones
Give It All
State Of The Union
Ready To Fall
Injection
Re-Education (Through Labour)
Chamber The Cartridge
Dead Ringer
Behind Closed Doors
Life Less Frightening
Like The Angel
Collapse (Post-Amerika)
Heaven Knows
Long Forgotten Sons
The Good Left Undone
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Hero Of War
Swing Life Away
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Audience of One
Prayer Of The Refugee
It is to make wonderful Natalgia in the furture 
