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Friday, November 11, 2005

Buried treasure, indeed

Posted by on November 11 at 14:00 PM

When it comes to our musical tastes, Maerz and I tend to either passionately agree (particularly on hard-edged bands like …Trail of Dead, the Hot Snakes or QOTSA) or respectfully-but-emphatically disagree (such as her appreciation for out there noise mongers like Wolf Eyes or Jennifer Gentle and my less-than-cool obsession with mainstream successes like Green Day and Garbage). Last night was a shining example of her and I being in perfect, blissful agreement. After months of her championing the Thin Lizzy-inspired spectacle that is Diamond Nights, I finally witnessed it for myself. I missed openers Vacation because I was at the High Dive being charmed by the early Van Halen-meets-Nirvana racket of England’s Thieves
but I made it over to the Croc in time to catch Diamond’s glorious hybrid of cavity-inducing hooks and merciless classic rock aggression. Why there were less than 100 people in attendance is a complete mystery to me—anyone in this town who still gets a thrill out of listening to “Jailbreak” or Bon Scott-era AC/DC should have been front and center.