Last Minute Shows

 Local music scenes rule, and as such I try to promote concerts and events as often as I can. But there were some shows that I didn’t even know about until approximately five seconds ago, so I’m gonna hype it up as much as possible within the given deadlines.

First of all, we have Obelisk, Cassovita, and some other third band playing at W21 at 7 PM tonight, so there’s like 2 hours to get ready for that shit. There’s not even a flyer for me to share with you beautiful people, so you can already tell this gig is going to be a little hectic. However, as Chris Krovatin so eloquently stated, cartoonish crisis is the pinnacle of Metal art. Anyway, the first two bands are from Santa Fe, and they can best be described as “Pretty Metal.” Obelisk is groovy, ambient, and a little bit sludge-y. It’s like post-metal with growlish vocals. Cassovita is a former Death-Metal band that dropped the “Death” part, along with half the members. Now it is an Instru-Metal duo with trippy, atmospheric melodies. I forgot the other band’s name, but the concert coordinater assures me that they rock. Not only has she booked them for years, but she’s a musician herself (Check out her band, Drought), so I generally trust her judgement.

Tomorrow we have These Charming Cobras, Venus Bogardus, Torn Between Worlds, Lo On High, and Soul To Rest, as well as Cassovita and Obelisk again. These Charming Cobras aren’t really Metal so much as Punk, but they’ve earned a reputation for bringing a kick ass performance. Torn Between Worlds is old-school Death-Metal, and they’re epic as fuck. Soul To Rest is also pretty amazing, and for some reason they remind me of Whitechapel. I don’t know much about the other bands, but it’s only $7 so what’s the worst that can happen? This show isn’t at Warehouse 21 but at Sol (37 Fire Place, mapquest it), so that means there’s an open bar for those with I.D.