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Project Nowhere Review: The Armed, October 3, Nineteen Seventy Eight

Posted on
6 Oct 2025
by
Paul

As the sweaty masses exited Nineteen Seventy Eight on Friday following The Armed‘s headlining set on the second night of Project Nowhere, I overheard one concertgoer say that this was the best show he’s seen all year. And though I’m not sure I could commit to making such a bold statement myself, I can certainly admit that this was a definite contender. Simply put, the energy at this show was insane. 

“It’s a little … It’s real fuckin’ hot,” said vocalist Tony Wolski early on in their set, adding, “We’re not a talk-between-songs kinda band but tonight we’re a talk-between-songs kinda band.” 

And yeah, with the crowd packed into the venue, things were getting a little sauna-like, so it’s entirely understandable that the band wasn’t going full throttle all night. They did still go pretty hard though, and it made for a fantastic show, with the band’s other vocalist Cara Drolshagen going particularly hard throughout the whole show. Seriously – it seemed like she was crowd surfing while simultaneously singing for about half the set.

Touring behind their latest album The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed, the Detroit-based collective put on an absolutely thrilling performance that really encapsulated their anything-goes approach and brought to mind the same kind of adventurousness that brought about albums like Refused’s The Shape of Punk to Come. The crowd was loving it and despite some sound issues (I believe they blew out a bass amp), The Armed seemed to be relishing the opportunity to not only play before a hyped-up crowd, but also to play a show in a decidedly non-corporate venue like Nineteen Seventy Eight, where their stage was a literal halfpipe.  

“Fuck Live Nation, fuck all that shit,” exclaimed Wolski before adding, “50% less bass but 100% more good times.”

Good times indeed. 

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