From Quiet Arms rock the Granada and The Floozies get crunk at the Bottleneck

Thursday night the streets were alive downtown, with great shows up and down Mass. street. The Granada was hosting a CD release party while the Bottleneck celebrated the Homecoming of a local band that's just about to launch a new tour. Fans for both bands came out to show their support and partied like it was already the weekend.

From Quiet Arms followed close behind the last of their three openers, playing a fantastic set of songs off their new CD. The band's additional instruments filled out the sound, giving the band's stage presence a huge boost in strength. Between the three guitarists, two keyboards, bass, drums and vocals, the band blasted their audience with powerful, climactic songs. Unfortunately the crowd wasn't what it should have been, the Granada was about half full. But, to their credit, the fans were raging it hard, screaming and hollering between every song, cheering the hearts out. From Quiet Arms enjoyed a strong following of loyal fans.
"This was a great show, we had fun." Bassist Josh Adkins said.
The band may have had technical difficulties with an instrument, but it was completely covered by the brilliant work of the other musicians, producing a sound quality that was even better than any performance this reviewer has seen before.
"It was everything from the last four years of our lives, and it was awesome to have a good turnout," Vocalist Stephen Cabrera said, "It was a really good time. I'm happy it happened."

As if From Quiet Arms' show weren't enough to complete a Thursday night, The Floozies were still on at the Bottleneck when the show was over. A crowd of Floozies fans packed the Bottleneck, with beautiful girls crowding the stage, pulling a couple of lucky guys including yours truly up with them. Matt and Mark Hill played on until the bar was closing, finishing the night with brilliant, funky, jazzy jams. The next month will see The Floozies all over the midwest, but you will have one opportunity to catch them around here soon, when they play at the STS9 Afterparty this Sunday night.