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CONCERT REVIEW: The Asteroid No. 4 @ Kung Fu Necktie, 7/19
Kung Fu Necktie housed flag-waving members of The Committee to Keep Music Evil, The Asteroid No. 4, Tuesday for what was a night of sizzlingly loud, mostly hard-hitting, distorted Philly psyche-rock.
CONCERT REVIEW: The Asteroid No. 4 @ Kung Fu Necktie, 7/19
Kung Fu Necktie housed flag-waving members of The Committee to Keep Music Evil, The Asteroid No. 4, Tuesday for what was a night of sizzlingly loud, mostly hard-hitting, distorted Philly psyche-rock. Lantern, self-proclaimed “best band in Philadelphia,” (they’ll probably never live that down) opened with a set of guitar driven proto-punk knockers like “Do You Wear You Love” and “I’m Not Alright," which is a play on Bo Diddley’s, “I’m Alright” — it just rocks a hell of a lot harder. Far-Out Fangtooth slowed down the pace and changed the vibe with their sludgy, angered psyche-rock. Their minimalist drumming combined with crunchy guitar helped lead the Kung Fu Necktie crowd through the “Red Hawk Desert.”
The Asteroid No. 4 touched on many of their albums: Highlights included “The Outside” (An Amazing Dream), “Got Nowhere to Go” (Hail to the Clear Figurines) and “Let It Go,” (These Flowers of Ours). Their energy on stage was high from start to finish, playing hard through their spaced out shoegaze. Their volume was high but they knew how to make it work to their advantage as the echo-y vocals and high-register guitars blended just right. They played amidst a colorful psychedelic backdrop, reminiscent of the trip-y oil lights and day-glo at the acid tests following The Dead your parents told you about. Except the Kung Fu Necktie wasn’t full of a bunch of flower children gyrating and flailing around like a flock of injured birds. Instead, the crowd just stood, nodding to the beat, staring into the colors on stage, ears ringing with approval.
(brian.wilensky@citypaper.net)
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