The Lacking Permanence

Crowded House brings us some of that uniquely shaped New Zealand sonic architecture.

Only a few bands sound large enough to warrant their use of all-caps, and BIG SPECIAL is one of them.

It doesn’t get more mid-century Goth than The Raveonettes picking up on the Velvet Underground’s “Venus In Furs”. Besides that, the tenor of the night tended to lean towards the acoustic, with a handful of sets exploring the pluckier side of things.

Like light glinting off a distant wave, La Luz bring you a realm of possibilities.

If you don’t like what Being Dead is playing at the moment, just wait five seconds.

We’re starting out with new music from Beatsteaks, who are taking on the Fun Boy Three’s “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)” for our opener. Tonight’s show featured both Molecular Steve and Delicate Steve, both of whom have new albums out, so I expect another couple of Steve-heavy shows in the future.

Beak> welcome you into their world of strangely organic robots.

Leyla McCalla’s music opens up a portal into a universe of previously impossible musical geometries.

The Jesus Lizard are back, like a delicious headache you thought was gone but is now raging.