The Filibusters Use Summer to Break onto the Seattle Punk Scene, Bring Energy on Stage

The Filibusters are a local Seattle punk band that focuses its music on political and social themes. Formed in February 2009, Dan (guitar and vocals), James (bass and vocals), and Dustin (drums and vocals) have had a fairly busy summer, averaging about three shows a month for the past few months, in addition to jam and recording sessions.

Check out The Filibusters on their MySpace and Facebook pages. After their show at The Dubliner in Fremont on Friday, August 28, they’ll be taking a short break (about a month), doing some traveling, and spending time with their families. When they come back, they’ll be in the studio prepping from a full-length album and booking more shows.

I’ve been to a few of their shows and they’ve got some serious energy. They’re not some “organized chaos” band when they play; you can totally see the effort they put forth. It’s all just straight-up rhythmic, which is a nice break away from how some other bands just play to act wild or freestyle their instrumentals. When they play, all of their sounds are easy to tell apart from the music. When some bands play, sometimes you can’t hear the bass because the drums are too loud or sometimes you can’t hear the drums because the vocals are too loud. Not with this band.

If you’re free, join me at The Dubliner on Friday, August 28. Oh, and bring earplugs. Wuss. :P

Here’s a video from their first live show back in May 2009. Sorry for the low quality; I streamed it from my phone in a loud, crowded, dark room.