The Marked Men at The Black Cat
I've said it before and I'll say it again, middle-aged punk bands are the best. If your band sticks with it for that long then you must be doing something right. And given that The Marked Men have a MySpace page I am pretty sure they qualify.
It isn't just The Marked Men's website which reminds me of the 00's (The "naughts"? The "zip-os"?) They have that emphasize-the-rhythm quality which was really popular in that era. Taken to the extreme you get something like Pennywise but The Marked Men don't go that far. Instead they stick to playing punk rock with some actual rock content. Music which is actually catchy not just energetic. I suppose you could even call them pop-punk but if so they're just a little tiny bit pop, not enough to stop their fans from headbanging. Trust me I know because some of them were banging their heads into my back.
The Marken Men's Website, Music (yep, MySpace, really)
Posted: 4/12/2017 at 8:00pm Tags: Black Cat Damaged City Fest 2017 Downstairs The Marked Men
Dirty And His Fists at The Black Cat
Rad new Garagepunk band alert! If you love crunchy, high energy, rough-around-the-edges rock 'n roll then check out Dirty And His Fists. If you can find them. They're so new they have no Internet presence at all except for a demo on Bandcamp for $999.99. All I know about them is that they're from "California" which is about as helpful as saying they're from "Europe" or "Asia".
So what do they sound like? Well, the last time I shot a Damaged City Fest there was this band who kind of reminded me of The Points. Well, Dirty And His Fists remind me even more of The Points so there.
Dirty And His Fists's Websit... never mind, Music (the cheap version).
Posted: 4/10/2017 at 9:00pm Tags: Black Cat Damaged City Fest 2017 Dirty And His Fists Downstairs
Screaming Females at Black Cat
Sreaming Females' Website, Music.
Posted: 11/8/2014 at 9:00pm Tags: Black Cat Downstairs Screaming Females
Nude Beach at Black Cat
One of the nice things about seeing a band you've seen before is that you notice things you missed the first time. For example Nude Beach's lead singer looks a lot like Spike Spiegel of Cowboy Bebop. As a photographer I notice things like that. As for their music, I really liked it. I enjoyed their music and analyzed their appearance. So much better than doing the reverse. Anyway despite adding a guitarist their basic sound hasn't changed so see previous review or just check out...
Posted: 11/5/2014 at 10:51pm Tags: Black Cat Downstairs Nude Beach
