Last night the garage voice played at a location called The Chainbreaker Bike Collective. I refer to it as a “location” because it was the most unique venue I’ve been to.
When we first arrived, Tommy and I got out to find out where we could unload. The place looked like a sparse building with a couple storefronts and galleries. In the back there were a few work garages. Next to one of the garage doors was strewn various limbs of bicycle parts, and above the door formed by bent metal were the letters CBC. This was the place. Oh my.
Once the owners arrived, they opened the doors to what appeared to be a small, cluttered bike shop. No stage, no sound system. I was not optimistic about this.
There was a gathering people in the alley by the time the first band started, Keyboard (just one guy who sang and played a keyboard which was balanced on top of a garbage can).
Next up was Garage Voice, then Mathematicians, a band from upstate New York who dressed up like nerds.
GV played a top notch set – one of the best on this tour. Tommy picked up a screwdriver and used it as a slide for their first song, Amour (tommy lost his slide earlier on in the tour). The dynamics in the bike garage were excellent and many people enjoyed the show.
Read GV’s experience of the show at blog.garagevoice.com.
