Purling Hiss (Philadelphia, Drag City), Feral Ohms, Andy Human & the Reptoids
Hemlock Tavern San Francisco, CA
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Purling Hiss (Philadelphia, Drag City), Feral Ohms, Andy Human & the Reptoids
PURLING HISS (Philly, Drag City) Purling Hiss' Mike Polizze has put in much time in the fried Philly blooze overdrive of the group Birds of Maya, but in his own vehicle he's expanded his grotty guitar wailing into the further cosmos, still shredding speakers aplenty. With releases out on Drag City, Richie, Woodsist Records, and a previous LP on Permanent, Purling Hiss became a full-fledged touring unit in 2010, revealing themselves to not only be purveyors of Rallizes Denudes/Vermonster-style guitar jams, but to have a serious 90's grunge/pop ethic not too far removed from bits of Bleach-era Nirvana. Lots of ooh-oohs to coincide with the growls, severe hooks to get lodged in your cranium.
http://purlinghiss.bandcamp.com
FERAL OHMS Feral Ohms was formed in 2011 by three Bay Area underground rock vets. Loud, super-fuzzed, just over the border of psychedelia into a darker, harsher jungle. Doses of concrete basement West Coast 80s punk, 70s hairy bare-chested wall of amps festival rock, 90s Screaming Japanese underground and various other forms of scuzz, primitive, biker and outcast rock and roll mutations abound.
https://soundcloud.com/feral-ohms
ANDY HUMAN & THE REPTOIDS Paranoia, discontent, a complete inability to relate to almost everybody, everywhere all of these themes run through Andy Human's Freeze LP. But all of the anarchy, uncertainty, and breakup aftertaste is stuck in-between jangling, up-beat, high energy punk, with a shimmering glam gloss that's almost euphoric at times. It's punk in the pop- ish style of The Ramones, sounding like a throwback to a time Human seems to better understand, with more substance between the sugared hooks. Freeze focuses on a central theme of displacement, and a struggle against it, but whether Human emerges unscathed or any better for the time spent below remains to be seen.
http://andyhuman.bandcamp.com
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Hemlock Tavern (View)
1131 Polk St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States