As promised, albeit somewhat belatedly, my recap of the What Doth Life Rumble at the Main Street Museum in White River Junction, VT. This wonderful event took place on the first weekend in September 2024. For the sake of readableness and brevity I will limit myself to ten words about each band. This will also force me to boil down each performance to its essence. Here we go…

DAY ONE

Joly West- Metal as fuck! An energetic festival opener. Buy them lunch!

Gagger- Successful disregard of musical chops. Fun to talk too.

Ali T- Lived up to the hype. Plays a cool looking guitar.

Derek and The Demons- Unabashedly classic rock. Lyrics about cracks in the Cosmic Egg.

The Y Lie- It's an honor to be friends with these guys. 

Time Life Magazines- To groove or mock the groove, that is the question.

McAsh- Rock steady. Period.

Bunnies- My new favorite band. Is this even legal?

Magic User- Words fail me… Sex-O-Phonic Punk-no?

Chodus- Three guys, one capo, and a fuckton of cynicism.

The Pilgrims- Archeologists mining the soul of a beautiful disaster.

DAY TWO

Blair Mountain- I remember glorious harmonies.

Tinkerbullet- Guitar goddess. 

ELoco- If ever there was a band I wanted to hug.

Faux In Love- Sounded fresh and relevant.

Coffin Flop- Like if Sonic Youth went metal.

Dylan Patrick Ward and The Lovable Losers- They don't have bands like this in Iowa. Vermont rules!

Phrogs- A tortured genius and his co-conspirators.

Kiah Morris- I felt this in my blood and bones.

Carton- Like if Coffin Flop went alternative.

Western Terrestrials- Make the suits a thing guys! Western swing space twang.

Megan Jean- An angry siren accompanied by dude throat singing. I stayed.

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I saw every set by every band. I also saw a former bandmate who didn't talk to me either.