Thankfully caught the entire set from sludge punk veterans collaborating in the guise of E. A recent glowing review in Wire of E's recent release on Thrill Jockey piqued my interest. Thalia Zedek on guitar was part of Live Skull in the 80s and Come in the 90s. Jason Sanford from the band Neptune played guitar, vocals and "devices". Gavin McCarthy reminded me of Oneida's Kidd Millions on drums. Zedek played churning shoe-gazey guitar histrionics with some inaudible lyrics, while McCarthy backed with a motorik presence. Sanford was an amazing part of the bass-less power trio. His "guitar" was hand-crafted from welded 4-gauge wire. Frets, pickups, strings, tuning pegs, the whole thing was a wire sculpture that made it almost invisible on stage. Invisible but definitely not inaudible, Sanford's command of pedals and effects applied color to Zedek's pulse. I chatted with Sanford about his equipment and got some awful photos of the invisible guitar.
Mothers was an indie quartet consisting of guitar, bass, drums, and front woman on rhythm guitar and vocals. The singer sounded like Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval crossed with the Velvet's Mo Tucker. Decent original songwriting and capable delivery was overshadowed by the monster presence of the opening act.
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