Friday, February 5th - 2 different four band shows
MOOSE is a band that I have had the chance of playing with a couple of times and they really blew me away the first time I saw them. They swing back and forth from heavy to melodic, beautiful, and ambient, and build right back up into thoughtful riffage. If you are into heavy music that is played by nice not-so-tough ordinary guys rather than todays standard of gym shorts, sleeveless shirts, and “getting low”, you may not find the price of FREE unfair to come and catch these dudes’ set. The guys are from the southern Mississippi area.
JUPITER DEATH BRIGADE is all four members of Touchless Automatic with the addition of a sassy front man. The style is nowhere in the same ball park, with all of the proggy this and thats of their former band stripped away in exchange for obvious Jesus Lizard influence. The dual burly man background vocals adds complimentary body to the Iggy Pop like yapping coming from the singer. Cool dudes too, and from Morgan City, so you know that they definitely have a justifiable reason to be antsy and frustrated.
SURVIVE THE MUSICAL are an intelligent and entertaining brand of modern day post-hardcore, incorporating unique time signatures and varying dynamics throughout the set, displaying a great deal of controlled chaos and maturity not commonly seen in today’s hardcore realm. The first couple of times I saw them, I was privileged enough to catch a MEAN Iron Maiden cover, me not being the biggest Maiden fan, I can’t say I recall the song, but they definitely did it justice, one guitar deep and all. These dudes are from Lake Charles.
WILDFIRES is my band. I don’t run this blog to toot my own horn, but we are basically a “modern” take on very many of the raw, innovative, and genre cross-breeding heavy bands of the past 20 or so years. A lot of bands pride themselves on supposedly blending different moods, dynamics, influences, and genres, but I feel that we do an exceptional job at this, of course in a heavy context, ranging from punk elements, to sludge, delay pedal-ridden ambience, etc. I like to call it rock.
Seriously, this show is FREE, and it showcases some of the more intelligent and unique punk-spirited music of the current south. Do yourself the favor.
Blast Rag (female fronted heavy ass punk about cute things like writing hot checks and whatnot. ex-devil and the sea, chainsaw sex vikings, etc from Lafayette)
The Blessed (thrashy, deathy, shreddy, nothing to whistle dixie about metal from lafayette)
Black Feratu (james of the good captain fame’s new joint. raw ass punk’n’roll made by coonass rockers for coonass rockers. also: members of mystic fix, cheater pipe, etc. these dudes are from all over. really nice marshall bass rig as well =D)
…haven’t heard of the other band. but now you know.
(by: Max Binet)
