Cool and Unusual played Southpaw on Sunday, the Slope’s groovy indie rock club
on Fifth Avenue. It was a first for all the teen bands that played. A real rock club. Woo. A great sound system. Woo hoo. A big place with
room to dance. Woo hoo hoo.

No one danced. The kids hung out near the stage and moved along to the music, screamed, yelled, hooted, and cheered after songs.

Cool and Unusual played one of their best sets ever. Their patter was pretty great: "Chinese New Year’s resolution: That we won’t suck." Sadly, they are
taking a one month hiatus. Luckily February is a short month. As
the bass player’s mother, I am sorry that they won’t be playing for a
few weeks because the improvement has been so consistent, and they are
getting so tight, so good. But they have their reasons. I for one will miss hearing their original songs like "Snow Song," "Retrospect," "2L,"Cheerful Infinity," "The Test," as well as their Arcade Fire medley.

But nobody listens to mom. They will, hopefully, be back in the swing of things in March.

Mod Rocket, an all-girls punk band from Manhattan was incredible, too. It’s hard to believe they are just 15-years-olds. The lead singer can really sing and all the others are amazing musician,  too. I just found their list of their influences on their web site:

Bowie, The Stooges, Velvet Underground, MC5, Joy Division, Nine Inch Nails, Ramones, T Rex, Sonic Youth, Siouxsie, Jesus and Mary Chain, Pigface, Suicide, Big Black, Skinny Puppy, Bjork, Nirvana, Cream, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, Smashing Pumpkins, The Jam, The Clash, Black Sabbath, The Cure, Television, The Smiths, Legendary Pink Dots, The Swans, Teenage Jesus And The Jerks, Lydia Lunch, The Who, The Damned,Gang Of Four, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Fugazi, Depeche Mode, Bob Dylan, Thin Lizzy, PJ Harvey, The Cars, White Stripes, Talking Heads, New Order, Adam Ant, KMFDM, Bauhaus, Sisters Of Mercy, Alien Sex Fiend, Rozz Williams, Christian Death, Alice Cooper, The Byrds, The Doors, Big Star, Janes Addiction, Butthole Surfers, Stones, Mudhoney, Melvins, Manson, Interpol, Velvet Acid Christ, Throbbing Gristle, Slint, Slayer, The Cramps, The Beatles, Misfits, Neil Young, Zeppelin, Sleater Kinney, Pavement, Malkmus, Iggy Pop, Echo And The Bunnymen, Bikini Kill, Jefferson Airplane, Kraftwerk, Fantomas, Tomhawk, Lords Of The New Church, AC/DC, KISS, Pink Floyd, Killing Joke, Tool, A Perfect Circle, EinstÃ