Never miss a Sunday afternoon show. The phrase has been known to be uttered. Caught the last couple tunes from Boston’s HTH. Rowdy crew with a lot of bodies on stage. Fiddle, guitar, guitar/ vocals, trumpet/ synth, bass, and drums made a lot of sound. Their call and response shouty attack swerved toward Dropkick Murphy territory, in a good way. Having released several albums since 2007, Spin calls them “criminally under-appreciated”, and I can see why. Powerful front man held the crowd and their recent single Get Free was sweet. Don’t know much about Eyelids, but the Portland OR best kept secret graced the stage at the 9. With a band pedigree that includes work with Guided By Voices, Decemberists, Elliot Smith, Stephen Malkmus, Camper Van Beethoven, Damien Jurado, and a recent release produced by Peter Buck, my interest was piqued. Started with a warmup rendition of CVB’s Eye of Fatima before launching into a pleasant set of Beatle-y jangle pop. Singer Moen was the better vocalist. These guys have been on stages for decades and tried to come off as The Wrecking Crew of Indie rock. The music was good and they pulled heavily from recent release, A Colossal Waste of Light. Nice afternoon of tunes, an interesting example of the opening band eclipsing the performance of the headliner.
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