Led by the electric orange-colored tresses of Hayley Williams, Franklin, TN punkers Paramore got a sun-drenched Saturday (Aug. 25) off to a hot start. Sharp rock bits from Young Knives and Pigeon Detectives kept the momentum going while fellow troublemakers the View only sustained Reading's potent rock'n'roll mix. Leave it to UNKLE to cool things off … er, slightly.

"Last time we were here there were six people," said Honorary Title bassist Aaron Kamstra. But at the Mercury Lounge last night (June 21), however, the modest guys of the Honorary Title managed to draw in a sold-out crowd. As twenty-somethings slowly filtered in -- including one Kelly Osbourne -- openers Bear Hands punched out riveting, devil-may-care rock between swigs of Jim Beam.

Perhaps so excited to take the stage for the first time in six months, the Academy Is... had virtually every member of the sold-out crowd -- which was primarily comprised of under-21s and the parents they dragged with them -- transfixed in a cyclical motion of singing, fist-pumping, and pogo-ing.

Valencia, Boys Like Girls, and Envy on the Coast made a stop at Starlight Ballroom, playing to a sold-out crowd that started lining up as early as 8 A.M. Weeks earlier, this stop of the bands' Northeast tour -- on which each of the pop-punk prodigies will headline their hometowns -- was moved to a larger venue. Many in attendance were there to see Philly's own Valencia.