Went out for a lovely dinner with friends at the Walnut. They had a so-so altbeer and a very nice red. The food was excellent as usual. Then we wandered over to trilogy for a show. We got over there around 9:30, and the opening act had "just started". They played until a bit after 10. They were pretty good. It was one guy with a gitar, and later he asked some friends from shanti groove to join him. The banjo player was amazingly good. The other guy was mixed down so far I couldn't hear him.

After the opening act we waited for the headliners to go on. They played a really weird mix of music between bands: punk, ac/dc, and old bluegrass. Which wouldn't have been too bad, but it was REALLY REALLY REALLY LOUD. Painfully loud.

The headliners, Split Lip Rayfield went on around 10:45. They were pretty cool. Kinda like speed bluegrass. However, they were also REALLY REALLY REALLY LOUD. In addition the venue was packed. It was so packed the guy next to me kept elbowing me. I'm not sure what the capacity of that place is, but it was very much at it. Around 11:30 we had had enough and fled. The band was good, pity they weren't in a nicer place, or one with less people/better sound people. When we left there was a pile of people waiting in the alley to come into the bar.