A band Eric didn’t mention that I was stoked to see were the Obits, the latest band fronted by the spiny guitars and reedy yowl of Rick Froberg, formerly of Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes. The Obits feel a lot looser than Froberg’s other bands, almost surfy in their grooves and form but still punchy and sharply present in the vein of his past bands. Also in the band is Sohrab Habibian of Edsel who helps supply said surf-punch guitar riffage. Overall I found the band sounding more Hot Snakes-y than I thought they would based upon live recordings I’d heard months ago that had more of a ‘Stones-ish shuffle and swagger.

Also getting short shrift in Eric’s recap, were Canadian Sub Pop ex-pats Constantines. My favorite Constantines songs sound like the death rattle of urban industry on a borrowed Motown and Fugazi beat. Somehow the beautiful summer weather transformed the disappointed sting of those songs into something much warmer and blended them seamlessly with the sort of campfire romanticism of their recent albums.

There are also hundreds of great pictures of yesterday’s action over at the SubPop20 Flickr page. Other than that, I agree that Pissed Jeans ruled.