As with every Local H show, a hard-rock earnestness is guaranteed. The Metro free show proved no different.

Travis shifted between the spark-fueled rock on their sophomore effort and the simmering pop songs on their latest.

If this isn’t music for overcoming broken times and bitter moments, than I don’t know what is.

The Faint are a rock band, first and foremost, and it’s obvious they love playing their music in front of a crowd.

Despite a few technical glitches, The Faint held the crowd in their hand.

This was a concert that had a real sense of honesty and purity of intent about it, the way it should always be.