By
Jake Weller
Wednesday,
April 25th
Tristan
Shone, the maniacal genius behind San Diego’s Author & Punisher, is bringing his one-man band of insane
faceless robots to roost at The Comet Tavern Wednesday night. As a mechanical engineer, he has skillfully
created a menagerie of industrial sound machines to do his bidding while he
sits behind the curtain, vocalizing and puppestrating this psychotic orchestra.
It is definitely a feast for the mind, body, and ears. And yet, as exciting as it is to have A&P
in town, the big story of the night will be Golgothan Sunrise (feat. the lumberjack section of the mighty
Lesbian) reuniting and spreading their laborious and beautiful doom rug over
the hardwood floors to cozily swaddle the tallboy-swilling, red-eyed audience in
heady lushness. Supporting bands [A] Story of Rats and Taurus are both very noteworthy in and
of themselves (and will likely be praised greatly in a future column), even if somewhat
overshadowed by the bands sandwiching their sets. An all-around amazing evening of heavy tunage
is in store.
Thursday,
April 26th
It
always seems a little masturbatory to promote shows featuring Good To Die Records bands on the very
same blog started and run by label-owner Nik Christofferson, but who could look
at the lineup for this showcase and not want to rub one out? It’s Sandrider,
Dog Shredder, Brokaw, and Monogamy
Party, for fuck’s sake. Anyone that
has somehow missed out on the local buzz for any of these bands is either not
into the rock and roll music these days (and obviously not reading this site),
or is suffering in a hospital, hooked up to some sort breathing apparatus,
surrounded by family and friends who are trying in vain to tell them about
these bands. It is quite a predicament for
the new venue, Barboza (underneath Neumos!), to have to look forward to utter demolition
via soundquake on its very first day of operation. Poor, poor Barboza.
***UPDATE: It looks like even
the idea of rocking this hard has
struck fear into the heart of Barboza, and they are unable to prepare
themselves to handle it in time. This
incredible show has moved to The Highline Bar, which has the proper shielding
and structural support to take such a beating.***
Saturday,
April 28th
Level
25 Dark Paladin Riffmistress, Thérèse Lanz, and her trusty, stick-wielding,
slay-happy sidekick, Stefani MacKichan, comprise the two halves of the
dragonborn behemoth, Mares of Thrace. Hardened by an existence spent at the wintry
northern rim of the World, they thrive on culling the meek and unaware
metalheads of less rugged climes and spellbinding them with such mesmerizing
doom wizardry that there’s nary a die in all the land with enough sides to make
a successful saving throw. Consider this
a warning—for they are making their way South, preparing to descend upon
Seattle Saturday night. As if their mere
ultrasonic presence wasn’t enough of a menacing threat to the lowly mortals
inhabiting this region, they come armed with their most advanced weapon yet, The Pilgrimage (Sonic Unyon Records). The Highline Bar, sitting aloft that shining
Castle on the hill, will be the last bastion and only sanctuary remaining once
the fires have been set. Into The Storm, Ninth Moon Black, and Crawlin’ will be lowering a cone of
loudness over the bar to safely barricade those within, and will proudly serve
as your steadfast metal militia throughout the night.
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