Syndicate19

Friday, the 20th was the band’s first time performing at Slim’s Tex Mex in Rochester. It’s a cool place with really great Mexican food, a friendly staff and a modest stage on the second floor. Various groups of people came in spurts. There was an early, mostly middle-aged crowd that was cheering throughout the first set.

The crowd was a bit more mixed for the second set, and they also seemed to be enjoying the band, judging from all of the nodding heads. The small groups of people that stayed for the third set formed their own dance circles, particularly around some of the support poles in the room. However, new fan, Zach, stayed front and center throughout the entire night, getting into every song. Some of the biggest crowd-pleasing covers for the evening included Everclear, Green Day and Nine Inch Nails. The band can’t wait to rock out there again.

Syndicate19 also had lively night at the Green Room in Sanford on Saturday. The place filled up fast and stayed that way all night. There were stray dancers throughout the evening, but the dance floor was bouncin’ for the third set. The only problem they had all night was that the circuit that the lights and video were on kept blowing a fuse. They should be able to work that out before they play there again on June 13th.

Both shows were streaming live this weekend, but they were finally able to make a major improvement with the sound quality at the Green Room. Check it out at www.ustream.tv/channel/syndicate19 

Upcoming shows:

Friday, March 27th at Jimmy the Greeks in OOB

Saturday, April 4th at Post Road Tavern in Wells

Friday, April 24th at Referees in Old Orchard Beach

-Bridgett Owen Chase

“Don’t cry because it’s over.  Smile because it happened.”  ~Theodor Seuss Geisel