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At the last minute, an email from The Stranger alerted me to a Sky Cries Mary gig at Georgetown Records for Record Store Day. SCM, for you out-of-towners, is a big, old psychedelic rock band that formed in Seattle in '88.
The crowd comprised a lot of old, decrepit-looking people. In other words, they were my age, the demographic for SCM fans. There was even one dude in a Trilby who looked as if he might have worn it the first time they were popular. There was free beer, and standing room only.
Sadly, Anisa Romero has left Sky Cries Mary, and I miss her voice. There was a new woman singing, but they didn't bring her mic up enough. Front man Roderick Wolgamott has always needed to Lou Reed his way through vocals. The good news is that songs themselves still sound like Sky Cries Mary, with many nods to their psychedelic previous work, but often with more of a straight-ahead '80s rawk sound, so fair play to them for doing something new (to them). I have their new album, Thieves & Sirens, on a hand made CD and I'm listening to it again now. But if I didn't have a history with SCM, would I start listening to them now because of this material? Wayell, maybe.
Oh by the way, Georgetown Records is vinyl only, which is most annoying for someone like me with no turntable. Damn hipsters. I'd forgotten, though, that it's attached to Fantagraphics books. What It Is by Lynda Barry looked nice, but I didn't feel like schlepping a big hardback for the rest of the night. Segue to...
I went to the Merc for the Front 242 night, but nobody I knew showed up and I didn't feel like crashing anyone else's night. (Yeah, I do that sometimes. In that respect I'm so not Seattle.) Not that much booze, a slice at Sizzle Pie, home at a reasonable hour, and now I'm all perky.
The crowd comprised a lot of old, decrepit-looking people. In other words, they were my age, the demographic for SCM fans. There was even one dude in a Trilby who looked as if he might have worn it the first time they were popular. There was free beer, and standing room only.
Sadly, Anisa Romero has left Sky Cries Mary, and I miss her voice. There was a new woman singing, but they didn't bring her mic up enough. Front man Roderick Wolgamott has always needed to Lou Reed his way through vocals. The good news is that songs themselves still sound like Sky Cries Mary, with many nods to their psychedelic previous work, but often with more of a straight-ahead '80s rawk sound, so fair play to them for doing something new (to them). I have their new album, Thieves & Sirens, on a hand made CD and I'm listening to it again now. But if I didn't have a history with SCM, would I start listening to them now because of this material? Wayell, maybe.
Oh by the way, Georgetown Records is vinyl only, which is most annoying for someone like me with no turntable. Damn hipsters. I'd forgotten, though, that it's attached to Fantagraphics books. What It Is by Lynda Barry looked nice, but I didn't feel like schlepping a big hardback for the rest of the night. Segue to...
I went to the Merc for the Front 242 night, but nobody I knew showed up and I didn't feel like crashing anyone else's night. (Yeah, I do that sometimes. In that respect I'm so not Seattle.) Not that much booze, a slice at Sizzle Pie, home at a reasonable hour, and now I'm all perky.
