The Love Language w/ Turbo Fruits and Diamond Kazzoo
8 p.m., $8 for 18+
RIYL: The Walkmen, Tilly and the Wall, T. Rex, moonshine
The Love Language
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The Love Language's Stuart McLamb insists he doesn't seek chaos for art's sake -- it just seems to find him. "It's funny how that works," he says over cigarettes and coffee at a java joint in his band's hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina. "I'll have these periods where just nothing is in my head. Then it's like a phoenix, coming out under stress. There's got to be easier ways to get the wheels turning."
But it's from that chaos that the Love Language arose. In 2006, McLamb was kicked out of his former band, garage rockers the Capulets, after he broke into their practice space in a drunken stupor to teach a girl to play drums and ended up trashing some gear. After a painful breakup with his girlfriend, his downward spiral culminated in a drinking binge of epic proportions. "When I came to, I was in a friend's apartment in handcuffs with my ankles bound, not knowing how I got there," says McLamb, 28. "That was a pretty ugly night, but it was also a turning point."
McLamb retreated to his parents' house and started recording what would become his debut, The Love Language (Bladen County), a casually stunning work of one-man-band lo-fi indie pop. McLamb's songs -- a mix of moody piano ballads and bouncy guitar rock -- are aching love letters to his ex that combine the emotional directness of Big Star with the raw immediacy of Guided by Voices.
Turbo Fruits
Reminiscent of an explosive 1970s garage rock band or rather “barn rock,” as they describe themselves, Turbo Fruits hail from Nashville, TN and embody everything we love about sweaty, rambunctious southern garage rock. These Nashville rockers have had quite a busy year. Nonstop touring and playing a strenuous 17 shows at SXSW, this is a band that we will surely hear a lot more about in the future.
At full force Diamond Kazzoo consists of 6 members rolling out the best gosh darn bluegrass you ever did hear. It's a sound that truly challenges you not to stomp your feet, clap your hands, and get on up and DANCE!
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