I was sort of on the fence about this show, given how lousy the sound was at Slabtown last time we went, but ended up going. I missed the first band, but the Brilliant Channel were profoundly boring. There was maybe one song that actually had a chorus.

Phil Wilson took the stage quickly and played what might have been a good set had I been able to hear anything. Slabtown’s sound is awful and, since both vocals and all the backing tracks were going through it, everything just sounded muddy and thin. He had the Brilliant Channel come on to play backup for “In the Rain” which was significantly better than listening to Phil’s ipod running through a crap PA. It’s going to take a pretty impressive act to convince me to go to Slabtown again.