I don't know if there's much to pique interest this year, or if there ever was! But I post about this every year because it's my main event/vacation of the year and I always have a blast.


Insubordination Fest 2011

August 11-13, The Ottobar, Baltimore MD

Lineup

Army Coach
Be My Doppelganger
Beatnik Termites
Chixdiggit
Connie Dungs, The
Copyrights, The
Danny Vapid and the Cheats
Dead Mechanical
Dear Landlord
Direct Hit
Dopamines, The
Emily's Army
Fatal Flaw
Firecrackers, The
House Boat
Iron Chic
Jetty Boys, The
Karmellas Game
Kepi Ghoulie (Electric)
Kurt Baker
Marshmallows, The
Max Levine Ensemble
Mikey Erg
Mixtapes, The
Murderburgers, The
New Creases
Potatomen, The
Quarantines, The
Sun Puddles
Young Hasselhoffs

Where the fuck do all these bands come from???

i just discovered the latest dear landlord album and have been really enjoying it.

I'd be way more interested if this was in multiple venues and more spread out.

The Potatomen? Weren't they an old Lookout band?

I've heard of ONE of these bands...can you guess which one?

Some of these bands are playing reunion sets (Connie Dungs, Young Hasselhoffs, Potatomen) so they come from the 1990s. Potatomen are not only a Lookout band, they are Larry Livermore's (of Lookout Records fame) band.

Some of these bands are new, no real releases yet (Army Coach, Marshmallows, Sun Puddles) but are made from people in other bands (albeit that you would only know if you went to Insub previously).

Emily's Army partially came from Billie Joe Armstrong's sperm.

Kurt Baker is the guy from the Leftovers gone solo.

Everyone else is from New Jersey.



Cool. new Copyrights album (which I think is still 3/4ths of Dear Landlord) out this summer!



Yikes, why? I assume you mean spread out geographically? LIke the Fest is in Gainsville? This is a time when everyone gets together and hang out and listen to great music all together. That's hard to do when everyone is split into different venues.



The headliner, Chixdiggit?

I say I'm gonna pop in every year, maybe this is the year I finally do it. Also, I went to high school with the lead singer of The Firecrackers. Its kinda funny that she's fronting a pop punk band.

Looks like fun. I've known a couple people who used to travel out for those. I'd not be that interested to go that far to see it, but if I were nearby, I'd definitely be interested in checking it out.

I like Dead Mechanical. Traffic Street seems to put out the kind of pop-punk I like. And by that I mean stuff that sounds at least a little like Jawbreaker.

Yeah DM is one of my fav bands. Sam just moved to Florida so Traffic Street was on hiatus for a long while but things should be up and running again soon.

Yeah, I meant spread out like Fest in GNV. I get sick of being in the same venue for more than 4 bands. Too much concrete, not enough sun.

yeah I can see the advantages. Ottobar is a pretty decent size, though. Main floor, balcony, bar in the back, merch on the side, and then the upstairs bar/room to just chill out in if needed. and of course the alley and the parking lot. the show is part pop punk, part high school reunion - i would hate to attend and not run into my friends from California or the UK due to being not being on the same block at the same time on the same day.

Too bad its not in a great neighborhood...though fairly safe. Also, its was pretty great when Reptilian Records was next door.

Leaving tomorrow for this! If you want a taste of most of these bands in one handy-dandy podcast, Jim Jersey Beat does one every year:

http://jerseybeatpodcast.blogspot.com/2 ... ation.html

wow, chixdiggit is still playing?

A lot of bands are reuniting, especially in this fest-happy era.

ok, so this was awesome. such a fun time. pretty much EVERY band was good, though these were my favorites:

Army Coach
Gooningtons
Copyrights, The (got the new album, it slays)
Dead Mechanical
Dopamines, The
House Boat
Mikey Erg
Mixtapes, The
Potatomen, The
Young Hasselhoffs (for being their first show in 10 years they were awesome!)

Chixdiggit were also really good - when they played a song. They spent about 3 minutes between EACH song bantering and joking, thus cutting the quantity of songs played by a good deal. Still, what they DID play was great.

There's a running joke about Mikey Erg being in every band (this year no exception). Kepi Ghoulie ended his set by covering MOTO's "Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance To The Radio" and they extended it (but still rocked the fuck out of it) and Mikey came on stage and played guitar, then bass, then drums for the song. It was crazy, instrument-switching, rock'n'roll madness.

Mixtapes


Mikey Erg (I'm the one whose doing the pointy finger thing that overlaps the white poster)

That guitar player chick does NOT know how to rehab an ankle sprain.

huh, never imagined anyone outside of chicago covering m.o.t.o.

The Potatomen


Emily's Army


The Copyrights


Chixdiggit w/ Mikey

Is Mikey Erg's solo stuff just him & a guitar? The youtube stuff I saw were all Ergs acoustic covers, but I think they were pretty old.

yes, just him and his guitar. he only has one single out, and played both songs from that. the rest were ergs songs, and did one from Psyched To Die, and a couple covers.

I'd like to see more Psyched To Die stuff.

Most likely isn't gonna happen. But I urge you and everyone to check out Night Birds. Featuring former members of Psyched To Die, The Ergs, and Hunchback. New album comes out very very soon.

I saw them last year in GNV. Good stuff, energetic frontman.