the backsliders, goodwin
caught a hot show at chris maunder's born-again-rawkin' moon last night with dallas' the backsliders and our faves goodwin -- kind of a warm-up for 2.29's goodwin 2 cd release party at the ridglea theater, which'll also feature haltom city's pride, the mighty me-thinks (whose frontguy ray liberio was in attendance in the muso-heavy crowd).
never having seen the backsliders -- a stripped-down outfit led by gtrist-singer chris bonner and fronted with aplomb by "my wife and yours, kim pendleton" (ex-vibrolux, ex-lithium xmas) -- i was suitably impressed by their minimalist garage-rawk fury, reminiscent of outfits like the raveonettes, detroit cobras, and, um, chrissie hynde fronting the sonics. first impressions stand: little bitty amps, great big sound, _and_ they know how to color coordinate (boyzzz in black, bad-girl up front in red, of course); their sound dispenses with any conceivable excess, leaving nothing but _the essence_; their relentless momentum never stopped any longer than it took bonner to count off the next toon, and he kept things interesting with his high-kicking, arm-twirling onstage antics (as if anyone in the crowd was paying attention to anything besides "his wife and ours"). they shoulda come from scandinavia about ten years ago, but as longtime band friend ken neal said, "they come from dallas, texas, right now." and kim pendleton is the best singer of any gender/genre i've heard in a few seasons.
headlining, the goodwin boyzzz brought the good stuff -- tony diaz working every available inch of space (including that in front of the stage), daniel gomez wringing every bit of goodness out of the songs on his new cherry red gibson sg (causing me to suffer extreme sg envy), damien stewart as flashy and spot-on as always, bluegrass-bowtied matt hembree pulling out all the stops with a knee-droppin', thrashin' 'n' flailin' performance on "arm and mouth," my fave as-yet-unrecorded toon in the goodwin canon. another highlight: the lovely bass-'n'-voxxx-only "trading up," which closes the new disc. after taking four years to release this sophomore disc, gomez promises a follow-up "within the next six months": a four-song e.p. which the band plans to cut live in the studio and rush-release, "with a surprise that you'll find out about later." color me intrigued.
also in the crowd: bassist extraordinaire jeremy hull, who sez he's now playing bass in calhoun "about 25% of the time," is rehearsing original toonage in a new band with his li'l bro adam (ex-king friday) on gtr, and just played on six toons for the new johnny case ceedee with the pianist and drummer danny tcheco. mr. hull sez johnny's disc'll be out this september, the 25th anniversary of johnny's gig at sardines.
never having seen the backsliders -- a stripped-down outfit led by gtrist-singer chris bonner and fronted with aplomb by "my wife and yours, kim pendleton" (ex-vibrolux, ex-lithium xmas) -- i was suitably impressed by their minimalist garage-rawk fury, reminiscent of outfits like the raveonettes, detroit cobras, and, um, chrissie hynde fronting the sonics. first impressions stand: little bitty amps, great big sound, _and_ they know how to color coordinate (boyzzz in black, bad-girl up front in red, of course); their sound dispenses with any conceivable excess, leaving nothing but _the essence_; their relentless momentum never stopped any longer than it took bonner to count off the next toon, and he kept things interesting with his high-kicking, arm-twirling onstage antics (as if anyone in the crowd was paying attention to anything besides "his wife and ours"). they shoulda come from scandinavia about ten years ago, but as longtime band friend ken neal said, "they come from dallas, texas, right now." and kim pendleton is the best singer of any gender/genre i've heard in a few seasons.
headlining, the goodwin boyzzz brought the good stuff -- tony diaz working every available inch of space (including that in front of the stage), daniel gomez wringing every bit of goodness out of the songs on his new cherry red gibson sg (causing me to suffer extreme sg envy), damien stewart as flashy and spot-on as always, bluegrass-bowtied matt hembree pulling out all the stops with a knee-droppin', thrashin' 'n' flailin' performance on "arm and mouth," my fave as-yet-unrecorded toon in the goodwin canon. another highlight: the lovely bass-'n'-voxxx-only "trading up," which closes the new disc. after taking four years to release this sophomore disc, gomez promises a follow-up "within the next six months": a four-song e.p. which the band plans to cut live in the studio and rush-release, "with a surprise that you'll find out about later." color me intrigued.
also in the crowd: bassist extraordinaire jeremy hull, who sez he's now playing bass in calhoun "about 25% of the time," is rehearsing original toonage in a new band with his li'l bro adam (ex-king friday) on gtr, and just played on six toons for the new johnny case ceedee with the pianist and drummer danny tcheco. mr. hull sez johnny's disc'll be out this september, the 25th anniversary of johnny's gig at sardines.
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