I just got back to the hotel after the Noise Pop concert at the Great American Music Hall tonight. Wow, that's certainly quite the venue. Old theatre with two floors and a classic stage. The opening act was an all-instrumental group called The Advantage that played rocking guitar interpretations of such gaming classics as Megaman and Contra. Totally incredible and their burned album was moving for only five bucks. It will be the soundtrack for our drive down the coast to Monterey tomorrow.

Pedro the Lion headlined the show and their performance was fantastic. I was a little disapointed that they didn't play "Magazine" but what can you do. David Bazan's political encore solo about the current American political situation made a powerful and perfect end to the night. If you haven't heard Pedro the Lion yet, check out the first session of Acts of Volition Radio and then go out and buy an album.