Movieland | | photo by Audrey Alexandrescu
I’ll always be amazed how many people can fit into the Artbank. By 9:30 p.m. the place was packed like rats in an attic, this time to support Hermetic’s new LP, Civilized City. Movieland started things slowly, easing into a candy-coated pop rock set that only got better as the night progressed. Once the cobwebs were shook off and confidence restored to the quartet, the band made good use of shared vocal duties and fun, carefree two-minute tracks. While most of their songs were sweet on the tongue, bitter closer “He Cares More If You Forget About Me” left the best taste in my mouth.
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Ty Segall
with White Fence, Nü Sensae, and Sex Church.
May 4 @ The Waldorf.
Real Live Review by Dylan Beatch
Sex Church opened the sold out Ty Segall show at the Waldorf on Friday, May 4, and played a loose and somewhat detached bunch of songs for the small excited crowd. They threw down a more experimental than usual set of neo-psych garage rock and spent the majority of the time stretching tracks with solid progressive breakdowns. The band closed with “Mistaken,” which had a steady build and noisy breakdown, and indistinguishable shouted, repetitive lyrics over a thrashing grimy guitar riff that almost pushed past its limits. It tied the set together with a heavy memorable finish.
Vancouver-bred three-piece Nü Sensae with Daniel Pitout on his locomotive drum set, Andrea Lukic on bass and vocals and Brody McKnight crushing his guitar strings, took the stage and revved up the growing audience with some heavy percussion and thunderous distortion. Lukic led the trio through rugged tracks “Whispering Rule” and “Curdle Ale Cream” on the strength of her demon scream. If you haven’t yet heard these guys live yet, you should. And practice your elbow throw; you’ll need it.
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