Snake Oil 1/22/17 Cafe 9

 Snake Oil is a post rock quartet who played some original songs for this manic Monday. Male drummer and bassist, female guitarist and Asian female keys were the group. The bio led me to believe that this group has shapeshifted from an instrumental outfit ( like Tortoise or Sea and Cake), to a more vocal oriented affair. You could still hear the strains of the instrumental backdrop with the ladies singing over top. One tune had a Yoko-esque intro before entering an instrumental The End type feel. Prog was also touched upon as the closer was a three part song cycle.

Funky Dawgz 1/8/18 Cafe 9

CT based Nawlins-style brass band FD play anytime, anywhere. I have seen them at Bar, Gathering of the Vibes, Arch St Tavern, and even an impromptu session outside of a Trombone Shorty show. The lineup is fluid, and seems to evolve a la Preservation Hall. On this evening, two trombones, two saxes, trumpet, sousaphone, drums, and percussion ( that's right 8 players!) squoze themselves onto the tiny c-9 stage. Song selection was pretty standard: Don't Stop Till You Get Enough, Sweet Dreams ( are made of this), We Got The Fire, and a call-and-response stomper that I'll call Hay-O, Oh. Coming off of a bomb cyclone and a week of single digit temperatures, get out of the cold and bop to FD weaving through the crowd for a rousing rendition of When The Saints Go Marching In, it will warm you.