Put two loud girls in a small space like Rontoms and let ‘er rip.
A female Black Keys pulsing with crude, bluesy energy and endlessly crashing cymbals, drummer Maya Miller puts Meg White to shame while singer/guitarist Becky Black drawls and hauls with the best male garage rockers.
The blues stompin’, rhythm rockin’ Vancouver-duo The Pack A.D. comes to Portland on Sunday, March 7th rocking a free gig at Rontoms alongside dance-makers Sex Life and a disco DJ set from Maxx Bass at 9 PM.
There’s no reason to spar with words here, just one quick listen and you’ll understand. (Download their single “Crazy” here.)
Three guys, a girl, and percussionary dance vibes make up Sex Life with some synthpop, automatic hand claps, and a little electronic gadgetry. It’s bouncing, fabricated buoyancy to the raw rock that will follow.
“This is one of a handful of upcoming shows before we take a brief hiatus from playing live,” says Sex Life’s Niko Kwiatkowski. During their break, “We’ll be finalizing recordings,” continues Niko. “We’ve been honing sounds and I think these tracks are really hitting the specific vibes that we’ve been trying to mine since the beginning. I’m just excited to finish them and have people listen.”
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And check out Sex Life with local vintage synthesizers Starlight & Magic, hip female thumpers SistaFist, and DJ Ian Hixx at East End on May 11th.
The ladies of the Pack stop through PDX on their way to SXSW building support for their new album, We Kill Computers, out on April 27th.
Goal-oriented: Discover a band every day. Ambitious: Catch a concert every night. Possibly deaf: But can still feel a beat. A PDX native passionate about rock'n'roll, electro-dance-pop, hip-hop, synthesizers, and things with buttons and lights. Tell him about a show. Send him a song.
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