{"id":1639,"date":"2018-05-24T15:52:59","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T20:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2019-12-17T20:21:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T01:21:49","slug":"photos-review-pouzza-festival-saturday-0519","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2018\/05\/24\/photos-review-pouzza-festival-saturday-0519\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS + REVIEW: Pouzza Festival: Saturday 05\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Anti-Queens
Anti-Queens \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Montreal last weekend, punk fans young and old from all over Canada flocked to the Quartier Des Spectacles for the 8th annual Pouzza Fest, a hardcore music festival taking place in one weekend every May. Headliners this year included Anti-Flag, Face to Face, and Reel Big Fish, who closed out Saturday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Among smaller, local acts were two stand-out all-women bands, Toronto\u2019s the Anti-Queens and Laval\u2019s Bad Skin. The former is a head-banging, fishnet-wearing hardcore punk band who played Foufounes \u00c9lectriques Saturday afternoon to an eager crowd whose investment in the act only increased as the band\u2019s talent became more and more evident. Down the street at Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Saint-Catherine, Bad Skin, one of the francophone acts of the festival, played to a full house. They were eager to get the crowd riled up, using interactive lyrics and even jumping into the crowd and starting a mosh pit themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Anti-Queens
Anti-Queens \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Anti-Queens
Anti-Queens \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Anti-Queens
Anti-Queens \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Anti-Queens
Anti-Queens \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bad
Bad Skin \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bad
Bad Skin \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bad
Bad Skin \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Orange County ska-punk band Reel Big Fish played through the rainy Saturday night to a wild crowd of moshing, crowd-surfing, drunken Canadian punks. Known for their comedic live act, the band played not only their own hits\u2013 including \u201cBeer,\u201d \u201cEverything Sucks,\u201d and their ska cover of a-ha\u2019s \u201cTake On Me\u201d\u2013but introduced their most famous song, \u201cSell Out,\u201d by playing numerous classic \u201890s songs, including the Mighty Mighty Bosstones\u2019 \u201cThe Impression That I Get,\u201d Lit\u2019s \u201cMy Own Worst Enemy,\u201d and Nirvana\u2019s \u201cSmells Like Teen Spirit,\u201d intentionally crediting the wrong band for each song. Never letting a joke go, singer-guitarist Aaron Barrett interrupted \u201cBeer,\u201d the last song of the set, <\/span>to play an entire verse and chorus from \u201cSelf-Esteem\u201d by the Offspring<\/span><\/a>. To a new audience member, these constant jokes and fake-outs may seem overdone, but regular concert-goers know to expect a blend of humor and random covers among the band\u2019s usual dynamic ska-punk set. At a mere 10:30, Reel Big Fish wrapped up, so the crowds flocked to various indoor venues around the neighborhood for more intimate\u2013but no less energetic\u2013gigs by smaller bands, eager to keep the party going late into the night.<\/span><\/p>\n

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-Zoe Salvucci<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\"Bhatt
Bhatt \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Nightmares
Nightmares for a Week \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Reel
Reel Big Fish \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Reel
Reel Big Fish \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Reel
Reel Big Fish \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Reel
Reel Big Fish \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Reel
Reel Big Fish \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Reel
Reel Big Fish \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Reel
Reel Big Fish \/ Photo by Zoe Salvucci<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Montreal last weekend, punk fans young and old from all over Canada flocked to the Quartier Des Spectacles for the 8th annual Pouzza Fest, a hardcore music festival taking place in one weekend every May. Headliners this year included Anti-Flag, Face to Face, and Reel Big Fish, who closed out Saturday night.   Among […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13221,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1525,1530],"tags":[26,327,152,145,295,405,404,31,25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1639"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1670,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639\/revisions\/1670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}