Your new favorite bands, and mine

So within the last week I caught two great concerts - Flogging Molly and Super Furry Animals. However, the best thing about these shows was discovering some excellent bands were opening, as I never would have discovered them otherwise. So I decided to share the wealth...


Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band is a stomping three-piece band (the Rev on guitar, his wife Breezy on washboard, and his brother on drums and pickle bucket) that played the rawest, strongest blues I've ever heard live.
Jeffrey Lewis is a quirky, witty singer-songwriter-comic artist. Anyone who can open a set with a weird little song about ramen noodles is fine by me.
The Mighty Stef is Stefan Murphy out of Dublin and his band, who play vaguely nautical rock with a lot of stomp and heart.