You may have seen that we described Friday night's Noise Pop headliner Jason Collett as "rainy Sunday afternoon music." Ironic, then, that on the actual rainy Sunday afternoon, we went to see a straight-up bar band at the Bottom of the Hill, the Trainwreck Riders.

The Trainwreck Riders were described to us as a country-punk type of outfit, but we didn't really hear much of the country in their raucous set -- it was instead loud drums and complicated guitar rhythms; our favorite! They tore through a number of songs (the lyrics of which we were totally unable to make out), to the bobbing heads of young, dark-haired fans.

It was flannel shirt day at the club, apparently, and the rain gave the Bottom of the Hill an unfortunate mildewy odor, but a good time was had by all. And how sweet are these guys? They dedicated one of their songs to the drummer and guitarist's mother, who was standing in the back of the club wearing a sensible sweater, for being really nice about them rehearsing all the time. It sort of reminded us of this week's Onion article, "Raccoons Force Garage Band Into Attic."

We are very sorry we missed the gypsy-folk band Gavin Newsome, who are actually the band formerly known as Full Moon Partisans and are taking votes for a new band name. (Why is it that "Gavin Newsome" is an excellent band name, but "Matt Gonzaleze" or "Michela Alioto-Piere" are not?) If you're looking for a new name, might we suggest..... CSI Plumpjack?