The Falcon, The Copyrights, Sam Russo, Mikey Erg @ The Ken Club, San Diego

The Falcon has been around, sort of, for more than a decade. This part-time side project super-group features Brendan Kelly and Neil Hennessy of The Lawrence Arms, Dan Andriano of Alkaline Trio, and Dave Haus of The Loved Ones. In all that time, they had never been to the West Coast of the USA. That changed this summer, on a tour promoting their brand new album, “Gather Up The Chaps,” released via Red Scare Industries. The Chicago band (all but Haus hail from the Chicagoland area) brought along fellow Illinoisans The Copyrights, plus solo acts Sam Russo (UK) and Mikey Erg (New Jersey), and the assembled musicians proceeded to tear apart San Diego’s Kensington Club on a steamy Friday night.