Three, Four, Five Bands and Counting
Boarzoy at Midway CafeBoarzoy sludges the metal at Midway Cafe on Monday, 4 March 2024.
Captain Birthday and The Undertaker, Eddie Emerson, and some permutation of Drug Deal Gone Rad sandwich the n-stack bill.
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Eddie Emerson
Eddie Emerson plays in the band Himelfarb. But the rest of the band is composed of musicians “who can never fucking practice” so he strolled into Midway Cafe to open with a solo set. Highlights included the folkier numbers that felt more native to the timbre of his acoustic guitar.
Captain Birthday
& The Undertaker
Monday night is a night for musical experimentation. Perfect for Captain Birthday and The Undertaker, which combined one part vocalist with one part electric violin to produce a surprisingly rocking, blues-based duo. Usually a “blues-based duo” playing in a local club will consist of your standard guitar-drums one-two punch. You know, like a White Stripes or a Black Keys. The pair takes it in a different direction, and the whole room stopped and stared when the Flying V electric violin threw down a Hendrix-laced goodbye solo on the last song. The outfit has a self-titled EP out now.
Boarzoy
The four-piece Boarzoy brings metal textures, with doomy/sludgy accents, and hardcore energy. Plenty of stage banter while the band tuned up, including at least one stream-of-consciousness faux anecdote about life on a farm. Or something to that effect.
Drug Deal Gone Rad?
Drug Deal Gone Rad?
Not sure where this band stopped, started, or even if they showed up. The final two slots on the bill included a pair of duos, who traded the stage round robin-style, for a little guitar, a little drums, a little standup, and a little spoken word. Maybe all of the above was Drug Deal Gone Rad? Extra points for the Nirvana covers that never got past two or three measures.
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