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See the Photos! Movements, Tigers Jaw, Spiritual Cramp, and Paerish at RMA

by Steve Brazill

When and where you see a band matters, at times a lot, and Sunday night at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium proved it yet again….

The most obvious example, for me, was seeing GWAR outside in the mid afternoon sun at Warped Tour years ago, vs seeing them years later at night. A great band can carry a show during a daytime set, but when you add production, like lights, smoke, and the energy of a nighttime show something changes.

Movements

The first time I saw Movements was back in 2022 at Fivepoint Amp. The were the second band of five bands that day: Magnolia Park, Movements, The Ghost Inside, The Used, and A Day To Remember, and in that second spot they were great, but I don’t think I knew how great until this past Sunday. They brought their RUCKUS! Tour to the Riverside Municipal Auditorium Sunday for a sold out show, along with Tigers Jaw, Spiritual Cramp, and Paerish, and they were all fantastic.

When I did my review and photos of that 2022 show I said that Movements “fit right into this lineup of veteran bands”, and they did, but their set was during the late afternoon, and now I know that a daytime set just doesn’t do these guys justice. Put them in the top spot of a tour, add lights and (too much) smoke, and they rise to the occasion.

In case you didn’t see that first review, Rancho Santa Margarita’s Movements has been around since 2015, and is fronted by the energetic Patrick Miranda on vocals. I’m sure it was the same back in 2022, but for some reason I really noticed this time how much he’s off the ground. It would be easier to measure the few times he landed.

At the show Sunday I was much aware of their influences, bands like My Chemical Romance, Underoath, The Devil Wears Prada and Good Charlotte for example, but in so many ways they felt different this time around. I hate the phrase “more mature” when it comes to bands, but that’s what keeps coming to mind. It’s like they found their path, and headlining fits them well.

Bass guitar and rhythm guitarist Austin Cressey, along with Ira George on lead guitar take the band through every hit, and the crowd this band draws knows every word.

Drummers have always been my favorite subject to photograph, and drummer Spencer York is a treat to watch and capture. Movements played a 15 song set that reinforced for me that a good band is always good, but when they’re given the tools to present a vision on stage, they can move beyond good to great, and Movements is fantastic live.

Movements Setlist

Lead Pipe
You’re One of Us Now
Fail You
Killing Time
Cherry Thrill
Full Circle
Colorblind
Skin to Skin
I Hope You Choke!
Deep Red
A.M.P.
Heaven Sent
Tightrope
Kept
Daylily

Tigers Jaw

I wasn’t sure what to expect from Scranton, Pennsylvania’s Tigers Jaw. This band has been around since 2005, and to say that they’ve seen some personal changes would be like saying that Lucy from the show Fallout has had a few issues on the surface. Tigers Jaw is a five member band that’s had four former members, and has had 11 former touring musicians, for a total count of 20!

The band’s current lineup is vocalist and guitarist Ben Walsh (above), keyboardist/vocalist Brianna Collins (Below), drummer Teddy Roberts, bassist Colin Gorman, and guitarist Mark Lebiecki. Having not seen them before I was pleasantly surprised. Fantastic sound, and a great show. The placement on this tour lineup would normally make prefect sense for me, except I had just seen the band before them, Spiritual Cramp – more on that in a sec.

I definitely need to see this band again sometime. Super fun set.

Tigers Jaw Setlist

I Won’t Care How You Remember Me
June
Hum
Reckless
Cat’s Cradle
Jet Alone
The Sun
Plane vs Tank vs Submarine
I Saw Water
Never Wanted To
Guardian
Anniversary

Spiritual Cramp

I mention Spiritual Cramp above, because they were a highlight of the night for me. I tell music photographers all the time, don’t just show up for the headliner. Opening acts are always the real hungry ones. They want to be the next big thing, to be a headliner, or at least the good ones do. Spiritual Cramp proved me right.

Funny thing is I didn’t know the band I saw was Spiritual Cramp until after the show. The list of band set times that security gave me said that Webbed Wing was the second band, which had me wondering about the logo banner hung behind them. I kept thinking “how does an ‘SC’ logo make sense here?”, and the answer is they were not Webbed Wing. I haven’t been able to find out why it wasn’t the band that was on the sheet, but damn, I am so glad I got to see Spiritual Cramp.

This band is fantastic live, just fantastic. These guys should go somewhere, trust me. Formed in San Francisco back in 2016-2017, Spiritual Cramp is a punk rock band that incorporates new wave, classic punk, reggae, and alternative rock, and you just don’t want their set to ever end.

This is one of those bands where I have had trouble finding details on them. For example, Wikipedia lists five band members, but there were six at the show, and an article on Alternate Press lists six, but it’s a different group all together except for vocalist Michael Bingham. I am not entirely sure I have the right members even listed here, so please, correct me if needed.

Rounding out the band, I think, you have guitarists Stewart Kuhlo and Jacob Breeze, and they are rock solid musicians, and bassist Mike Fenton, and Blaine Patrick on drums hold the band together perfectly. And then you have Max Wickham on tambourine, and assorted other stuff.

The bottom line is this… go see them, buy their stuff, and enjoy it.

Paerish

Paerish is a French alternative rock band, and this again, a perfect fit for this tour. Formed back in 2013, they have three studio albums under their belt, and I think this was their first U.S. tour. The band includes Mathias Court on guitar and vocals, Frédéric Wah on guitar, Martin Dupraz handling the bass, and Loic Fouquet is back on drums. Solid sounding act, with a ton of promise in the American market I think.