Caught the last couple tunes from Instant Treeline a high energy garage-punk outfit. Strong vocals, everybody sang, had kind of a Tom Verlaine Television feel.
Chris Kasper was a singer-songwriter from Philly. He was joined onstage by a young woman who played fiddle, mandolin, percussion, and backup vocals. Chris on guitar, acoustic and electric, had a swampy drawl and used distance to the mic to great effect. At one point, Chris gushed praise on his female band mate. The woman sounded like Nicolette Larson and was able to shade the original tunes to lend a gypsy or country or swampy feel. I have lauded this band configuration in the past, whether it be the Spanish tinged tunes of David Wax Museum or the gypsy freakouts of local hippies Fuzz and Carrie. Very welcome cover of the Grateful Dead's "Mr. Charlie", and Tom Petty's "You Don't Know How It Feels".
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