Finch

Those looking to kick-start the Warped Tour a day early (or those who prefer to avoid the heat and the Avril Nation altogether) may want to get to the Bottleneck Sunday night for an all-ages fest starring Finch. The California quintet hasn’t released an album since 2002’s What It Is to Burn, but that doesn’t mean the band has been sitting on its ass. Last summer Finch skipped the festival circuit — including a prominent invitation from Warped — to continue touring on the strength of Burn‘s ongoing popularity. The group also promised to go and write some new songs, but the results have yet to materialize. Like Groundhog Day writ large, the group is doing the exact same thing this summer — skipping Warped to tour on its own, all the while ignoring those pleas for a new record.