Antarctic, your new favorite local band
11/26/07 • Posted in: Music, Reviews, Springfield by Joey Marchy 6 Comments »
All photos from Saturday’s show
The sentiment expressed in my headline is totally subjective to taste and musical preference. I’m no music expert, but I know what I like. I guess what I am trying to say is hey, there’s this local band called Antarctic and they fucking rock. I don’t normally throw expletives like that around on Monday morning, but they are really good.
Who is Antarctic? They are all instrumental. They four guys. They are lots of pedals. They put the bass player in the front. They don’t have a synth. They are a local Jacksonville band. I saw them Saturday night at Inertia along with Iron Eyes Cody, The Vultures and Dark Castle.
I heard about them a few weeks ago and that they were pretty good, so I was excited to see them, but nothing prepared me for what I heard and saw. It was an amazing musical explosion. Antarctic played their set in conjunction with another band, Dark Castle. They would play a song then throw it across the room for Dark Castle to play a song. I really wish they hadn’t. Not to take anything away from Dark Castle, but it broke to flow that Antarctic had going on.
I think had the same dumb look on my face as about 20 other people when Antarctic finished their first song. “Did we just hear that? Was Antarctic really that good?” The answer is a resounding yes. Don’t take my word for it. You can check them out in Jacksonville on December 14th (8pm) at Misdemeanor Manor w/ Alligator and The Sky Went Black. Then on February 20th (8pm) at TSI w/ Edie Sedgwick and Joe Lally. Also, I hear you can buy the Antarctic EP at Inertia for $5, but that’s just what I hear.
The Vultures
Iron Eyes Cody
Dark Castle
Totally blown away! I can’t wait to see them again.
I feel silly agreeing with Travis, bc we almost always agree on music. oops. Best local band I’ve seen in Jax.
WHAT. you guys suck.
That is funny. A guy whose name is limp bizkit tells another band they suck. You both suck. Every last one of those stupid, dirty looking, pimply faced, stupid sounding boy rock bands that all dress like fucking try hards suck. go take a bath for god’s sake!
This blog used to be cool, now it’s all about a bunch of crappy artists/musicians that bore the shit out of me because they think they are so different. What ever happened to the blog about downtown jacksonville, springfield, lavilla, brooklyn, the southbank and san marco?
Jason,
Sorry you’re not feeling the blog anymore. I have shifted focus from an urban development blog to more of an urban culture blog. I feel like the emerging art, music, retail and cultural scene in the city are just as important as the continued development of the urban core.
However the cultural segment of this city receives little, if no coverage. In my opinion it’s a lot more interesting right now too. If you’re looking for more development slanted news please check out metrojacksonville.com and tonyallegretti.com.
Since you haven’t been liking the blog anymore, it’s a good bet you’re going to hate the street art feature I’m running tomorrow. I’m sad to see it when people “leave” the blog, but you’re alway welcome back dude! I also want to clear up a misconception you mention in your comment. You said “What ever happened to the blog about downtown jacksonville, springfield, lavilla, brooklyn, the southbank and san marco?”. I have to say this blog is as much about these areas as it’s ever been.
antarctic! wow……i got freezer burnt in amazement. my face was froze with astonishment. its unbelievable that these kids actually rock when they really are a bunch of lame asses. keep following the polar express to hell.
the big ranchero livess???