Summer Jam 5 review, Part I: Blind Man’s Colour, Shunda K, Mogul Street Reserve, and Alexander & the Grapes

Mogul Street Reserve pictured at right; all photos by Phil Bardi.

Despite being bone-weary and mentally exhausted, I slagged my tired ass down to Ybor City and made it to Summer Jam 5 just before sunset to enjoy the mini-fest's variety of musical offerings, which featured a huge roster of quality local acts as well as the few necessary nationals (The Honorary Title, Cory Branan, Carter Hulsey) to round things out.

We cruised into Crowbar just in time to see Blind Man's Colour (pictured after the jump), a new experimental outfit made up of some young and green but super skilled musicians who are so hot that Kanye West gave the little known St. Petersburg outfit some love to with a "Some Dope Shit for My Apartment" post on his blog this past January, and Grizzly Bear's Edward Droste followed suit with a tweet about the band around the same time. BMC was also featured recently on NPR's on All Things Considered for a "Music from the Sublime to the Old Time" artist spotlight a few weeks ago, so it appears like they're on the upswing.

This article appears in Aug 26 – Sep 1, 2009.