Where to begin with these guys? They are extremely nice guys I'm not gonna lie. Like I mentioned in my review for Tyler Hilton, we got to The Stone Pony hours before the show started (even hours before the line started to enlarge) and we watched all the bands unload their instruments. Again I was surprised to see all these band members walking around, relaxing before the show. I think I was the only one who recognized them or perhaps the other girls around me were dumbstruck as I was which prevented us to go and talk to them (at first). Usually they have the members hiding in a truck or something before the shows begin. Not these boys though, they walked passed us to go to the beach and back. We even took pictures with them and had a lengthy conversation with them.
I was literally on the floor taking pictures because I couldn't believe it. Nick (vocalist and guitarist) and Landon (bassist) strolled down to the beach where apparently they joined the others playing a little football in the sand. Nick did announce during the show that he did not participate and that he just watched. To be honest, I think he did right! I mean it was hot as hell that day. Anyway back to what I was saying, these guys showed that they really care for their fans. They didn't have body guards or anything of that sort. They were simply relaxing among their fans like normal people.
See that guy in brown and black behind the family? That's Nick coming back from the broadwalk. At this point we were still terrified to ask for a picture so I was just shooting my camera away from a far. As he was getting closer, I don't know where we gathered the courage to even run after him to ask for a picture. Being the sweetheart that he is, he kindly accepted and even made some small talk. AMAZING right?! No? Well I thought it was and I still do! He was later joined by his other band members to continue unloading the vans.
The guys then stayed around talking to their fans while the other bands continued to do their sound checks. As you can see Landon even had his shoes off. I could totally tell they were having a blast even before the show began. Little by little everyone in line started going up to them. By this time it was like an hour before the doors opened. Inside The Stone Pony at this point you could clearly hear familiar songs starting to be played as the bands practiced. How exciting?! My heart was pounding so hard, I'll even admit I had to go to the restroom but I couldn't leave or I'd lose my spot in line. Couldn't my sister or best friend hold my place you ask? Well I asked the same thing and they just laughed so I had to stay there.
When the doors opened we quickly grabbed our spots. We had to wait an hour before the show began, meanwhile The Stone Pony played some music. Which by the way I was not familiar with but I've made it a summer goal to listen to as many new (to me) artists as possible. Anyway back to the show review, The New Politics, AM Taxi and Tyler Hilton played awesome sets and got the crowd ready for The Spill Canvas. For those of you have heard The Spill Canvas before would agree that their sound/style has changed. I for one was a big fan before, now I'm digging their music even more! Some people describe their style in the past as emo-ish. Now it's more pop/rock. What's your preference? Do you miss the old Spill Canvas or are you loving their new music?
When the boys stepped out on to that stage, the crowd went wild! Joe (drummer), Landon (bassist), Dan (guitarist and vocals) and Nick (vocals and guitarist) have a strong chemistry playing together. Since they were the main performance of the night, their setlist was a lot longer. My camera battery was going to die so I only took videos of my favorite songs. I will try to remember (with the help of my best friend) all the songs that they played. They weren't lip-singing like some other artists or using auto-tune. They were genuinely amazing, each one of them was dripping in sweat, I mean drenched after each song. 
The only downside of the night or of the day rather was that The Spill Canvas started experiencing technical difficulties right in the middle of their setlist. They were told to entertain us by talking to us. While they started telling us about their day, we learned that Dan played WOW (World of Warcraft). After years of refusing to play, I want to start playing because Dan does. They tried to tell jokes but you could see that see were totally not prepared for that. Although we never knew what the technical difficulties were, it certainly didn't bring great news. The boys were told to leave the stage for what seemed forever. I believe it was about 15mins or so. They had to cut their setlist short after that. I am almost positive that my favorite song would've been played had this not occurred. Nevertheless, they resumed re-energized and started rockin' more songs. 
Setlist for the NightHush hush
Gateway drug
Our song
Lullaby
All hail the heart breaker
Natalie marie and 1cc
Self conclusion
Staplegunned
Lust a prima vista
All over you
The Tide
Reckless abandonment
Bleed everyone’s doing it
One thing is for sure
Parallels and Money
Battles
It is probable that they played more songs, I just don't recall them. Polygraph, Right Now and Dust Storm were probably among those. They invited Tyler Hilton at one point to join them while performing Our Song. He brought a more acoustic feel to it and was the backup for the vocals (Nick). Great song by the way, watch the music video it's pretty creative! The last two songs All Over You and All Hail the Heartbreaker really got the crowd excited. Both are older song and EVERYONE knew their lyrics. Even though I knew the lyrics, hearing everyone in the room singing All Hail the Heartbreaker was heartfelt and gave me goosebumps. This connection among the crowd showed that we've all been in a similar situation. Thanks to The Spill Canvas for giving us such amazing music! They're going to be in Jersey again in July, I will most definitely try to be there. :D On a scale from 1 to 10, I give their performance a 10!
P.S Below is the video I took of one of my favorite songs All Hail the Heartbreaker. Enjoy and be sure to visit The Spill Canvas's websites for updates!
http://www.thespillcanvas.com
http://www.facebook.com/thespillcanvas
http://www.myspace.com/tsc
http://www.twitter.com/thespillcanvas
http://www.youtube.com/spillcanvasboys
Stay tuned for my next e-blog. Ideas/ recommendations about what to talk about are more than welcome and your comments are greatly appreciated!
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