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Less Than Jake
Also Playing: The Casualties and The Swellers
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Dennis Ho
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Fri Nov 27
7 pm,
Less Than Jake, The Casualties, and The Swellers at Gothic TheatreGothic Theatre 3263 S Broadway, Denver/Boulder, CO
Less Than Jake’s breakthrough album, 1996’s Losing Streak, was well received by fans of speedy, hyperactive ska-punk, thanks in large part to non-stop grassroots touring. The band has stayed atop the pack since, not venturing too far outside its poppy formula but penning catchy songs nonetheless. In 2006, In With The Out Crowd found the band still jogging on a musical treadmill, and dissatisfaction with its major-label backer’s demands for a radio-friendly sound led LTJ to returned to its roots on last year’s self-released studio disc GNV FLA, which doubles as a love letter to the Florida ska scene. Tourmates The Casualties are rockers of a different breed, angling for the grittier street-punk sound of early ’80s-era bands such as The Exploited and GBH.
Less Than Jake’s breakthrough album, 1996’s Losing Streak, was well received by fans of speedy, hyperactive ska-punk, thanks in large part to non-stop grassroots touring. The band has stayed atop the pack since, not venturing too far outside its poppy formula but penning catchy songs nonetheless. In 2006, In With The Out Crowd found the band still jogging on a musical treadmill, and dissatisfaction with its major-label backer’s demands for a radio-friendly sound led LTJ to returned to its roots on last year’s self-released studio disc GNV FLA, which doubles as a love letter to the Florida ska scene. Tourmates The Casualties are rockers of a different breed, angling for the grittier street-punk sound of early ’80s-era bands such as The Exploited and GBH.
Updated 11/18/2009
