The accolades have been coming fast and furious on Facebook this morning about last night's COC reunion at the Pour House. The band was killer, old friends were reunited, and despite a few sore necks and throbbing heads, everyone had an awesome time. As advertised, the band played songs from "Animosity" and "Technocracy" with a few new songs in between. The band has recorded a new 7-inch, "Your Tomorrow (Parts 1 and 2)" which will be out soon on Southern Lord.
Reed and Mike's side project Righteous Fool opened up. I hope they don't end up on the back burner now that COC has reunited.
With a cameo by the hardest-working sound man in America, Jac Cain.
Also opening were Savannah's Black Tusk, who blew me away when I saw them open for Pentagram, and whose "Taste the Sin" album is one of my favorites of the year so far. They'll be back in town on Aug. 31 opening for Fu Manchu at Volume 11.
But other than COC I was probably most looking forward to openers U.S. Christmas. Imagine my displeasure when I arrived at the Pour House at 9:30 to find that they were just about finished with their set. WTF? I checked the venue's Web site beforehand, and saw that doors were at 8:30 and the show at 9:30. Apparently that meant music started at 9. I think a lot of people missed them which is really too bad because I liked what I heard. As far as the Pour House goes, I have to give thanks to Chris Malarky who, unsolicited, sold my extra ticket for me so I could rush inside and catch what I could of U.S. Christmas. They'll be back in Raleigh during Hopscotch.
