Time for a review. Something that I've been putting off for a while. Also something that my dear friend Diane has been pestering me about longer than the name of a Red Sparowes song title. Which brings me to the actual show itself.
The first band, goes by the name of The Holloys. This is a band who I was very unaware of. Never heard a song from them or anything. As an introduction, the lead vocalist/bassist was nice enough to explain the meaning of the name Holloys. I'll be honest to say, I did not pay attention to what he was saying, mainly because he went on. All I know was that it had to do something with the Earth. On to the actual music itself. Holloys is actually a pretty damn good band. They're the only band that played that night with a vocalist. Holloys are an experimental band that incorporates jazz into the music the way the Mars Volta does (coincidentally, one of their drummers, yes ONE of two drummers is Jon Theodore, former drummer of the Mars Volta. He played on their albums Francis the Mute and Deloused in Comatorium.) Overall, The Holloys are a pretty good experimental/jazz band. Having two drummers just thicken their rhythm and the guitarist can just flat out play in such an interesting jazz style.
Second comes my favorite instrumental post-metal band in all of this world. I had the privilege to see Russian Circles bring their mighty sound to southern California with fill-in bassist Brian Cook (current These Arms Are Snakes, ex-Botch bassist). He is filling in on the tour and recorded the bass parts on Russian Circles' upcoming album, "Station". Russian Circles opened with their new song, Harper Lewis. What stands out about that song is the VERY strong bass line in the beginning and throughout the whole song. They played another new song, which was quite short. I didn't know the name of it, nor do I think anyone else did as well besides the band of course. Then third, they played the epic song, Carpe. That song is just amazing live. Carpe is just one of those rare songs that has different sounding parts to it, but they just blend them so perfectly. They then played 2 new other songs, which titles are currently unknown. Then their closer was my personal favorite, Death Rides A Horse. That song is just so dynamic with the looping of the guitarist's (Mike) finger tapping in the beginning. It then goes into a crescendo, which then leads to a climax......or so you think. You think its the end due to the continuous hitting of the snare, then BAM they just explode with intense guitar and bass riffs and hard pounding of the drums. What a way to end their set.
The headliner was next. There's really only one word to describe Red Sparowes: loud. They have three guitarists that flood the stage. Each guitarist uses intense reverb to their guitars so its just this crazy wall of sound that crush your eardrums. I'm going to be honest with you again, I didn't really know of their song titles. The only one I knew was Alone and Unaware (the title goes on, but I can't think of it from the top of my head). That song was amazing. Simply stated, Red Sparowes is just intense and loud live. Three guitarists+reverb+a pedal steel guitar=deaf ears, blown minds, lively crowd, and wet pants.
Good times.
One quick note to point out, their were quite a few notable musicians in attendance:
Aaron Turner (Isis)
Danny Carey (Tool)
Cedric Bixler (The Mars Volta).
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a lot of description and repetition here! which shows you enjoyed every minute of it :)
yeah that song on your video had really reallyy strong bass lines.
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