Gaslight Anthem

Awesome fist pumper rock and roll.  Rolling Stone always talks about how these dudes are the new Springsteen.  I think that’s going a little far, but they are great at making straight-forward, driving, punk-ish rock.  Kind of melodic too.  Anyway, I have been listening to them for a while, their newer album (Unwritten) has one of my favorite songs from last year on it – ‘45’

Turn that thing up and imagine yelling that hook/chorus at top volume with 8,000 of your new best friends – I think their show is going to be great.  Woooaaaaaaoooooooohhhhhh, turn the record over!!!  I plan on throwing Pearly into the air to crowd surf her way to the front like the dudes in this video.  Do they still make Doc Martens?  I need to get some just for this show.  Their first album kicked off with this single:

, which is also well done.  Their excellent album also includes two fun covers – Nirvana’s Sliver and Tom Petty’s You Got Lucky.  Anyone else used to sing You Got Lucky in the halls with their nerd high school band mates?  No?  Weird.  Thought that was pretty universal.