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It turns out that last week­end was not a fluke. I have been reformed in my opin­ion of Dos Kole­gas as a venue because even this week, with a buzzing crowd and rock­ing music, I was not dis­ap­pointed. The only thing that would have been nice was a lit­tle help behind the bar, but Doufu keeps him­self on his toes and never skips a beat. The mood of this gig, though, was entirely dif­fer­ent to Lonely China Day last week, and much closer to what I expect of a night at Dos Kolegas.

Unfor­tu­nately, I missed SUBS. Why they were up first when they were one of the longest-running bands there, I’m not sure, but they played and all I heard about them was that they were noisy and a bit bor­ing. Then again, I was talk­ing to new arrivals so I’m not sure I got the most mea­sured opin­ion. I’ll have to check them out at some point, but what I did get in return was an unex­pected fifth act on this already jam-packed bill.

The first band I saw was 24 Hours. Wait, strike that. The first band that was play­ing with 24 Hours. Read more