The Growlers play tonight at Bottletree with Natural Child and Old Baby.
VENUE: Bottletree Cafe
TIME: 9:00 pm
BAND: The Growlers / Natural Child / Old Baby
COVER: $10
The Growlers
From The Growlers bio:The growlers are a rock and pop group formed in long beach California in 2006 who are yet to became one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music. During their years of stardom yet to come, the band consists of Brooks Nielson (vocals) Scott Montoya(bass guitar, vocals,), Matt Taylor(lead guitar, vocals) and Brian “don’t surf” Stewart (drums, vocals). They were managed by their own alter ego Epstein until his death in 2009. Although their initial musical style was rooted in 1960s rock and roll and skiffle, the group works with different musical genres, ranging from ice flossing hip hop to psychedelic rock. Their clothes, style and statements have made them trend-setters. While their growing social awareness saw their influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions. During the release of their first album and their ongoing singles releases, they have experimented with recording techniques that have the ability to bend sound in ways only drugs can. By now this “bent sound” has been perfected in their live act that some onlookers call “groovy” and or “sick”. The groovy unexcelled value in Lo fidelity sound is their stock and trade. They are the result of a combination of skilled modern engineering techniques and the very finest outdated recording and amplified equipment. The Growlers sound is best exemplified through Nielson’s cryptic lyrics and the relationship it has with matt Taylor. As if the two are each other’s half. Though they complete each other, they compel and challenge one another in ways only the frequent growler fan can truly understand. Perhaps it is what the growler fan feels while taking part in the drug wave of bent sound.
Natural Child
“Natural Child could loosely be lumped in with other regional psychedelia-ensconced garage-rock acts — Black Lips, Turbo Fruits, Howlies, et al. — they’re more directly and unabashedly influenced by champions of the riff: Sabbath, Deep Purple … hell, maybe even a little bit of Grand Funk Railroad. Mostly, though, it’s nods to Exile- and Let It Bleed-era Stones — I mean, they have a tune called “Let It Bleed” that isn’t a cover of the Stones song — that inform Natural Child’s shambolic, white-boy blues.”
— D. Patrick Rogers (Nashville Scene)
Old Baby
“Evan Patterson is better known as main man for Young Widows. But now he has joined forces with former members of Slint, Shipping News, and a few others to form Old Baby. If the preview track “Pale as Man” is any indication, Old Baby are taking a more moody alt-country outlaw style to their music. Or something like that. It’s dark-sounding and foreboding. But so good.”
— the1stfive.com
VENUE: Moonlight on the Mountain
TIME: 7:30 pm
BAND: David Wilcox
COVER: $20
David Wilcox
“For David Wilcox, music is a personal compass for finding his way home. Lining it up with something deep inside, his words become image-filled poetry that dance to an internal rhythm. Challenging situations, elusive ideas, and long-suppressed feelings are directed into inspiring metaphors of hope. Coupled with a seamless melody, it is all delivered in the language of his heart.”
— Performing Songwriter
VENUE: Workplay
TIME: 8:00 pm
BAND: Lindsey Hinkle / Kathryn Delacruz
COVER: $10
Lindsey Hinkle
“Blessed with exceptional beauty and a voice to match, Hinkle expertly accompanied herself on guitar, performing original songs such as “Rainy Monday,” whose graceful lyrics and wistful tone would have been impressive from a composer twice her age.”
— Gregory Nicoll (Creative Loafing)
Kathryn Delacruz
“Delacruz uses strong emotion and dynamics with her vocals and guitar playing that captures the true meaning and feeling of every song she performed. She goes from quiet and sweet to strong and almost aggressive at times.”
— UAB Kaleidescope
VENUE: Speakeasy
TIME: 9:00 pm
BAND: Onehundreds
Onehundreds
“One worthy band in particular is Onehundreds. I had the pleasure of seeing them in May (doing their first show in over a year, since they were previously busy working on an album). Super sonic, but not committed to just one sound, these are some truly talented dudes and if you’re a music lover, they will make you proud to be living in Birmingham.”
— UAB Kaleidescope
About Sam George
Sam George is editor-in-chief of You Hear This, and the former editor of r3vrb.com, BHAM.FM, and Birmingham Weekly. He is also a contributing writer at Weld for Birmingham and B-Metro magazine.
