Titus Andronicus at Black Cat
At this point I don't remember which came first, Titus Andronicus the band or Titus Andronicus the play. They've been around forever and clearly there is no stopping them. So please just enjoy these photos, painstonkingly captured by me from my vantage point in the pit (and then later at stage far left when the pit wore me out).
Posted: 5/17/2014 at 12:58pm Tags: Black Cat Titus Andronicus
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete at Tropicalia
Their name is a mouthful. Their music, an earful. This slogan, just awful. The band is rather good though.
Lorelle and The Obsolete are apparently the actual stage names of the two guitarists who form the core of the band. They play plenty of slower, shoegazey psych but their best stuff are the more rockin' tracks like What's Holding You? I'm glad they mix it up like that. Some psych bands seem to be trying to force a low-energy mood on their audience. Y'all are musicians, not hypnotists folks!
Posted: 5/15/2014 at 11:00am Tags: Lorelle Meets The Obsolete Tropicalia
Chain and the Gang at Comet Ping Pong
Chain and the Gang played a release show for the Semaphore version of their new album Minumum Rock 'n' Roll at Comet Ping Pong. Here is my remix.
Posted: 4/28/2014 at 7:00pm Tags: Chain and the Gang Comet Ping Pong
Audacity at Comet Ping Pong
See, here's the thing. This particular show was on 4/20 and so were the bands. Audacity definitely rocked, but I think were a wee bit more mellow on stage than usual aside from the drummer who tried to murder his snare drum at the end. I get the feeling he was on a slightly different kick. Don't worry dude, your instruments are not conspiring against you.
Posted: 4/28/2014 at 1:00pm Tags: Audacity Comet Ping Pong
Acid Mothers Temple at DC9
Not to be confused with Motley Crue, Acid Mothers Temple are one incarnation of a collective of some sort which play under ten different band names and released 40+ albums in 20 years and honestly I can't even figure it out. They play heavy psych, very heavy psych, the kind which should come with a therapeutic index printed on each album. "If your mind is blown for more than four hours for fuck's sake press pause." That sort of thing. Very cool.
Posted: 4/26/2014 at 7:56pm Tags: Acid Mothers Temple DC9
