surprising local concert action tonight: gang gang dance played at the bug jar (aka the hipster bar). $10, hellza yes, i'm there. shout-out to the prof who said "hey, you'll never guess who's coming to the bug jar?" so, crap, what a good show. i haven't seen a band with such good sense of rhythmic interplay since TNT-era tortoise. of course you had to dance. you had to. unless your hip felt weird from falling asleep on the couch (speaking from experience), in which case you stood there and tried to do a one-legged swaying gyration. you could tell this was a band from the same scene as !!!—both are the same kind of chaotic-mishmash-party. i think they played for about 90 minutes, but there were only about 7 or 8 "songs". there were only about four breaks in music, including the encore. (also wonderful to see a band come out and do an encore because the crowd wanted them to, not as a foregone conclusion.) i recognised about 5 or 6 tracks, but they expand and alter them so much live. much more chaotic and glorious. almost seems like getting into them via the live set would be a letdown. the albums are just more restrained and composed, i suppose. as i write this, i'm wondering why i don't love this band more. the music is perfectly geared towards me: 20% peter gabriel's birdy soundtrack
20% my bloody valentine
15% afropop
10% cocteau twins
10% can
10% dub
5% tangerine dream
5% ninety-era 808 state
5% bailé funk i'll have to make it up to myself.