Upsilon Acrux et al., 6/17 @ International Waters

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Upsilon Acrux et al., 6/17 @ International Waters

POSTED: Friday, June 19, 2009, 9:15 PM

Filed Under: Music Show

A new kind of tree is emerging.

Post-Rock. It is an elusive term. I have heard it described as 'what would be left of rock after the apocalypse,' 'rock instrumentation' not-rock music.' The implication is that rock has progressed so much that it has actually surpassed the boundaries that made it a distinct genre in the first place, like a tree planted in a sidewalk panel removed, whose roots have begun to destroy the pavement surrounding it. Like a poorly formed and immature caterpillar emerging a beautiful butterfly from a cocoon. But at what point does prog-rock out-prog its rockiness? Where is the line?

On Tuesday night it was in the basement at International Waters (532 S. 48th St.). Be it the undulating kinetic pulse of Big Ocean's explosive drumming and intertwined guitar/organ polyrhythms, Bear Is Driving's long, through-composed landscapes and stories, headliners Upsilon Acrux's intense assault on meter and melody, or the joyous magic strewn about the room by costumed show-closers Make A Rising, something new is bubbling up from the fault lines in pop-culture. A new kind of tree is emerging out of it and beginning to bear fruit. I say let's eat.

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