This bill seems too good to be true, it is like a mini festival and I am very tempted! Look at the lineup: OFF!, Wavves, Ty Segall (who may be the surprise guest on the flyer), The Strange Boys, White Fence, King Tuff, Fidlar, Audacity, Lovely Bad Things, Dirt Dress, Pangea, Cosmonauts, The Tyde, Feeding People, Tomorrows Tulips, The Abigails!
Two stages are announced, with DJs and even an outdoor BBQ, and for this modest price, could you honestly ask for more?
(Rock/Pop)Keith Morris, one of the pioneers of the Los Angeles hardcore punk scene as lead singer with the first lineup of Black Flag and founder of the Circle Jerks, returns to his roots in fast, loud, confrontational music with the group Off! Off!'s story began when Keith Morris and guitarist Greg Hetson began mapping out plans to make a new Circle Jerks album, and Dimitri Coats of the Burning Brides was brought in to produce the sessions. Neither Morris nor Coats were happy with the material that had been proposed for the album, and the two began writing a fresh batch of songs. Hetson didn't see eye to eye with Coats as producer, so Morris and Coats decided to use their songs for a project of their own, and formed Off! as a vehicle for their material. With Morris on vocals on Coats on guitar, the new group's lineup became complete when Steven McDonald (of Redd Kross) agreed to play bass and Mario Rubalcaba (ex-Hot Snakes and Rocket from the Crypt) signed on as drummer. Off! made their live debut at the 2010 South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, TX, and received enthusiastic reviews for their urgent, energetic songs, which more than one reporter compared to early Black Flag. The band made their recording debut in 2010 with the four 7" vinyl box set, First Four EPs, which also saw a CD release in early 2011 on Vice. ~ Mark Deming, RoviCLOSE XCLOSE XOff!WavvesSure, I have already seen most of these bands, but this is why I know it is a fantastic line-up, with OFF! and its old-school-Black-Flag-revival hardcore sound, Wavves and its distorted-surfing-messy-weedy melodies, Ty Segall and its sunny-garage-punkish-reverbing rock, The Strange Boys and their new-twist-to the Beatles-and-Dylan retro tunes, Fidlar and their fun-surfing-beer-fueled punk rock.
I think I see a theme when I look at all these bands, a sort of 60s revival imbued by distorted-surf guitars and a punk attitude, the same would apply to Audacity, Pangea, The Tyde, Tomorrows Tulips and King Tuff that I have also seen.
This is happening on March 24th at the Observatory, formerly known as the Galaxy Theatre, a place where I have never been; a very good way to start springtime!
