Go!Zilla - Rockin' hard on weirdo guitars? Check. Italian? Check. Acidic jams? Check. I hadn't heard Go!Zilla before tonight but they really fit with the vibe of a Burger show. The crowd was still sparse, but everyone who was there seemed to be digging the band. Turns out they're from Italy, which made it even more cool. I love it when folks schelp all the way over here just to rock our little worlds. I managed to get a record, so look out for them on BBBB in the near future. If you can't wait, here's their Bandcamp.
LA Witch - I'd seen LA Witch once before and they're only getting better. Guitarist/singer Sade Sanchez show some serious mettle when in the middle of a song her guitar cut out and she, mid-song, ripped her lead out of the pedal board and plugged straight into her amp and kept rockin'. LA Witch bring a heavy, dark, and at times swampy vibe. Like if CCR were fewer people and had been through some serious shit. They are also Bandcampable.
Jessie Jones - Awesome Surprise of the Night! I didn't know anything about Jesse Jones goign into this. They projected anime on a big screen and had a little tube TV playing some strange amimations and movie clips throughout the performance. They were a four piece with two on keys/synths/mixers/pedals, a singer who also did some keys, and a drummer holding it all together. Songs were dreamy, jazzy... really unexpected. They seemed to be having some technical difficulties at points, but their energy was such that the crowd never lost interest. Here's a music video they made. Here's their Bandcamp.
Levitation Room - Singer Julian Porte let us know he was feeling crudballs from some nasty flu stuffs as Levitation Room took the stage. The band and crowd synergized in a big way and Porte's affect lifted visibly through the first three songs. By the fourth song you wouldn't know anything was wrong. The band brought heady psych-rock to a hungry audience. Bandcampage for your listening pleasure.
It was about here that I found out that Thee Commons would not be playing tonight. I was pretty bummed. They're awesome. Luckily it was Veteran KUCI DJ Rue from Positive Vibrations who broke the news as we tried to figure out the schedule. She was there to see Andre Nickatina.
Dead Meadow - In the early-mid-nineties bands like Sleep, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains donated biological materials which were then used to feed a young mycelium which lay dormant through dry seasons waiting for moist, fertile musical climate to bear its fruit. A heavy rain fell over a period of days and Dead Meadow sprung from the ground bringing us heavy, droning riffs from places beyond human influence. A giant, cycloptic, swamp monster joined us and rocked with the band. They can be heard here: http://www.deadmeadow.com/
Andre Nickatina - I'm a big fan of the random hip hop acts that make it on to Burger bills. I first heard Dre back when I was delivering pizzas. Most of my coworkers were hyped on his music and my friend Phillip played me some of his tunes when he gave me a ride home from work. It didn't really resonate with me at the time, but I guess a little seed was planted. Mr. Nickatina got the crowd hyphy on shared love of yayo, weed, Mac Dre (RIP), thick-bootied wimmin, and fiduciary stability.
The Garden - Highlight of the night for me. I've seen The Garden about a half dozen times over the past few years and have been excited to see them get bigger and bigger. Their synthesis of art-punk and electronic music is undeniably powerful. They had me hooked from the beginning and played a solid mix of classics as well as tracks from the new album 'haha'. The highlight of the night was probably the unexpected encore. They show had already run very late, but the crowd whooped and hollered until the band took the stage again and did 'I Am A Woman' and "We Be Grindin'".
During The Garden's set someone picked up a pair of glasses and I held 'em high, but no one claimed 'em then. I slipped 'em in my pocket and forgot about 'em. When we were shuffling out I saw a Garden fan who'd been calling for 'I Am A Woman' and asked if she was happy with the encore. She said she was lookin' for her glasses and wouldn't you know, they were the ones I'd picked up earlier. She was happy they weren't trashed. Good way to end the night.
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