You could view Austin-based Black Angels in a couple of ways: as a groove-heavy version of college rock that collectively bought a copy of VU's White Light/White Heat at Urban Outfitters, or as a generous merchant of the murky depths of a much more frightening and toxic pool we'll refer to very loosely here as neo-psych. A marriage of those two perspectives is probably more on the money: here you've got a band that simultaneously shines a light on the monoliths of yesterdays psych heroes while still appealing to the masses. And there is absolutely no harm in that. The Black Angels are smart enough (and tasteful enough) to understand their place in this lineage, as privileged torch-bearers holding your hand as they lead you into the emptiness. I see tomorrow night's show at the 9:30 Club as a sort of recruitment campaign. The Black Angels cordially invite you, with open arms, to finally let go of your dance-pop records and never look back. It's tough, I know... but the grass is always greener, or in this case, scorched and more the color of raw umber.
The Black Angels are killing it in a few weeks with the 4th annual Psych Fest in Austin. These guys are pulling together some great sounds as they curate and taste-make the best three day line-up we've seen at a music festival in years: Lumerians, Beach Fossils, Crystal Stilts, No Joy, Fresh and Onlys, Crocodiles, Bass Drum of Fucking Death. Shitting yourself yet?
Now for the main event: we've got one ticket to the show tomorrow night that we're giving away for free - or, as Dorothy Moskowitz sang in 1968: "the price of one admission is your mind." Just say something, anything, in this here comments section, and the ticket is potentially yours, if we like the way you say "please." Or, hell, if you like rules, then answer this one, smartass: who really shot JFK? You out the assassin, and we'll either send you to a show or put one to the back of your head. Fair is fair.
(We probably shouldn't have to say it, but leave us some way to get in touch with you in your post if you want to be able to claim the ticket: facebook link, twitter account, whatever floats your 21st century ego.)
WINNERS CHOSEN BY NOON TOMORROW, or really whenever I can wake up and peel my face off the lime and tequila-stained cutting board on my coffee table.
And you'd be a fool to miss out on opener Suuns, especially if you missed Clinic last year (watch/agree below).
The Black Angels are killing it in a few weeks with the 4th annual Psych Fest in Austin. These guys are pulling together some great sounds as they curate and taste-make the best three day line-up we've seen at a music festival in years: Lumerians, Beach Fossils, Crystal Stilts, No Joy, Fresh and Onlys, Crocodiles, Bass Drum of Fucking Death. Shitting yourself yet?
Now for the main event: we've got one ticket to the show tomorrow night that we're giving away for free - or, as Dorothy Moskowitz sang in 1968: "the price of one admission is your mind." Just say something, anything, in this here comments section, and the ticket is potentially yours, if we like the way you say "please." Or, hell, if you like rules, then answer this one, smartass: who really shot JFK? You out the assassin, and we'll either send you to a show or put one to the back of your head. Fair is fair.
(We probably shouldn't have to say it, but leave us some way to get in touch with you in your post if you want to be able to claim the ticket: facebook link, twitter account, whatever floats your 21st century ego.)
WINNERS CHOSEN BY NOON TOMORROW, or really whenever I can wake up and peel my face off the lime and tequila-stained cutting board on my coffee table.
And you'd be a fool to miss out on opener Suuns, especially if you missed Clinic last year (watch/agree below).