Concert Review: Sheer Mag And Nothing Soundtrack Das Days Block Party
Das Days Block Party, brought to you by Adidas, took over Terminal 5, and became my skate park/ concert hall away from home, i.e. House of Vans. At Terminal 5, it was fascinating to watch a bunch of skaters try to land tricks while bands like Nothing, Beach Fossils, and Sheer Mag played.
It might have been just me, but I got extremely invested into whether the skaters achieved their goals. Placing them in the center of where the audience stood, you never escaped this feeling of being at a sports event. Yet, you cannot ignore good music, which is why the bands became a soundtrack maneuvering and manipulating the growing tension within people; would the “skater” they were pulling for actually skate over that garbage can he has been trying to do so for over 30 minutes. Yes, it got “intense” with cheers and claps and SHEER MAG!
SIDE NOTE OF COMPLETE BIAS: I love Sheer Mag. Their sound is like Beth Ditto and The Alabama Shakes traveled back in time to a John Waters film and form a punk rock group. There is something subtly flashy to their style that is so effortless you question how someone could be a casual rebel. Punk’s ethos seems exhausting, Christina Halladay’s rasped, soulful vocals make you feel like moshing and bashing through life is just another Tuesday, which to a lot of people it is! Hence, why I set up the sport’s ambiance of Das Days Block Party; while skaters tried and failed, friends recounted their week, and beer was plentiful, the group became the perfect music for how life makes you fall but pushes you to get up and keep skating.
It may seem corny, but music really does get you by. It is why people make playlists for the gym, turn on certain songs when their sad, or make mixtapes for parties that command certain genres or tempos. Music has an effect on how you move, not just dance, and Nothing’s performance added to my theory. Their music represents the riotous chord that rings in your mind when life feels like a blob of chaos, and you think you have fallen down more than you have stood up. Again, this played to the Das Days’ atmosphere, and having their songs such as, “Zero Day”, play was like adding an IV Bag of pure adrenaline to the night’s efforts. All in all, they and Sheer Mag were kismet in playing up an event that felt made for the outcasts, the artists, and, of course, the skaters. For More Information On Sheer Mag And Nothing Click Here.
