The venue filled quickly for an early concert – the doors opened at 5:30pm. The Alkaline Trio’s fans were not phased by the matinee status and showed up to the sold out show ready to go hard; 6 inch Mohawks, backwards white hats, tattoos and blazers converging in their Alkaline Trio fanship.

Matt Skiba and Dan Andriano traded vocals throughout the set as they ripped through tracks from their seven LPs. Skiba was an exceptional frontman in non-genre-subscribing attire. He came out with his tattoo sleeves contrasted by a Ralph Lauren polo shirt, cool kid glasses, and a poorboy hat. He shed his hat and glasses within the first two tracks as his inner rock-star seemed conflicted with his accessible looks. Older fans looking for Skiba’s signature shirt and tie live performance dress-code could find solace in his classic eyeliner.

The band played a great high energy set showing ample love to their older tracks as well as a few newer tracks from This Addiction. The crowd gave the band much love in different forms – mosh pits, index fingers in the air, and singalongs. The Trio reciprocated with sweat, wine consumption, banter and great renditions of This Addiction, Crawl, Sadie, Mr. Chainsaw and Radio.