Small Black/Washed Out - The Warehouse

Saturday night was the hiiiiighly anticipated Small Black and Washed Out show @ The Spaghetti Warehouse in Hartford hosted by Hartford Party Starters Union. I had a fucking blast, whereas our friends over @ Yeah Develop thought the show was lame. Maybe it was the fact I was hanging out with friends for the first time in a while...just dancin with them was fun enough. However I will agree that the turn out was lackluster, and the way things were run at The Warehouse was not very favorable (charging $7 to under 21, when not advertised). There was the 1 lonely bartender, and a manager that helped when he felt like it...things got messy waiting 5+ just to get a beer. However the music, the music was bumpin.


First I want to comment on the space that is The Warehouse. Very cool place to have a show. There was tons of room and the lighting was perfect. Picture Plane surprised me, I figured he would just be a DJ playing his Macbook, but he was very into his music and his beats were really headnodd inducing.

Small Black took stage around midnight and are a legit band. Juan Pieczanski is the fucking man, and really can play bass. 'It's a chillwave meltdown' muffled lead singer Josh Kolenik after the bands most well known song Despicible Dogs. Small Black also joined Washed Out about halfway through his set. It really helped add the punch that was needed to make Washed Out a good live act. Washed Out closed the set with one of the best songs of '09 Feel It All Around. All in all, it was a good time. Talking with Small Black and Ernest Greene after the show, they are very nice guys and were happy to be in Hartford. Can't wait to make it to another party.