LADY TRAGIK @ Echo

8:30pm / $10.00adv; $12.00 day of show / 18+

Grimes|| Listen || Watch
Grimes is weird pop influenced by styles such as R&B, Industrial, goth, hip hop and Western medieval organum. She is noted for simple but strong percussion, vocal virtuosity, and addictive melodies. Despite having little acquaintance with music before the age of 18, Grimes (born 1988) has overcome this barrier and used it to her advantage, exploding onto the music scene with a sound that is that is far different from that of her peers, and extremely broad in it’s references (Mariah Carey, Salem, Cocteau Twins, Gang Gang Dance, The Smiths, Prince). And yet, while all Grimes songs are different and genre-bending, there is a strong sound that is fully her own, characterized primarily by her chameleon-like voice.

She cannot read music and has no understanding of theory or notation, so her attempts to imitate often fail. Rather, the result is particularly unique, strangely beautiful, sometimes scary, frequently melancholic and catchy as hell.Windish

Born Gold||Listen||Facebook
The Canadian guys formerly known as Gobble Gobble, now known as Born Gold, are releasing their debut LP September 20th on the band’s imprint, Hovercraft, and Crash Symbols, a label brought to you by the folks from Get Off The Coast. Packed with a flurry of noisy fun, the debut track under the new name, “Alabaster Bodyworlds” is a pool party in the midst of a hurricane, confetti and lawn chairs dancing in the wind to future-heavy electro beats, only slowing down for breaths on the catchy chorus.

Frontman Cecil Frena relflects upon Born Gold’s current state of mind: “We have been slowly coaxing this caterpillar into a butterfly with our fists. Check it out, girl– a new face to fit both our past to date and the futuresex we are slowly growing into. Stand before a mirror, hold your palm over your right eye, and repeat Born Gold six times.” Bumps, bruises, broken furniture, and sweaty brows: these are the things that wild synth-pop is made of.
Altered Zones

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