Spur of the moment shows

I randomly found myself at two shows this week which turned out to great. The first was on Wednesday, A place to bury strangers at the Larimer Lounge. They are a noise rock trio out of Brooklyn very reminiscent of Psychocandy era Jesus and Marychain. It was a solid sonic assault with masterfully used feedback and drummer so quick and crisp he sounded like a drum machine. I actually wasn't all that impressed by them until the end when they launched into an amazing jam which made it all come together. Their opening act got me far more excited. It was a space rock band out of the UK called Sian alice group. They were fronted by two beautiful girls and had a guitar wizard sitting down with a pile of pedals in the back making amazing sounds. The songs were long and spacious building to beautiful crescendos with the lead singers sweet voice wordlessly crooning through. They switched up instruments often, sometimes mid song and left me thoroughly impressed. If this lineup is coming through your town I highly recommend checking it out. The other show was Ben Kweller at the Bluebird on Friday. He is another of the these alt-country/indy-folk musicians that seem to be getting some good play these days. He put on a great performance with amazing crowd interaction, talking with the audience between songs and encouraging sing-a-longs during them. His newer songs sounded almost trucker-country while the older ones were more poppy and punk-folky. It was a good week for live music for me and I will definitely be picking up some new albums. There are plenty more great shows this month I just wish I could catch them all.