Sat, Oct 31
The Bridge City Sinners
Acoustic instruments played at punk speed by people covered in tattoos is a combination that reads as a costume until you hear the actual playing, and then it becomes obvious these are serious musicians who chose banjo and upright bass on purpose. The scene they come out of — street-corner folk punk, gutter bluegrass, whatever anyone is calling it this year — grew almost entirely outside the industry, built on touring and word of mouth and a fiercely protective audience. Halloween is the correct night for it. The material is already full of death, whiskey, and the devil; the crowd shows up in costume without being asked and the whole thing tips into something closer to a ritual than a concert. Music at 9:00 PM in Ventura on East Thompson Boulevard. Scenes like this one exist mostly by people telling each other, which is why the rooms are always fuller than the streaming numbers predict.
Acoustic instruments played at punk speed by people covered in tattoos is a combination that reads as a costume until you hear the actual playing, and then it becomes obvious these are serious musicians who chose banjo and upright bass on purpose. The scene they come out of — street-corner folk punk, gutter bluegrass, whatever anyone is calling it this year — grew almost entirely outside the industry, built on touring and word of mouth and a fiercely protective audience. Halloween is the correct night for it. The material is already full of death, whiskey, and the devil; the crowd shows up in costume without being asked and the whole thing tips into something closer to a ritual than a concert. Music at 9:00 PM in Ventura on East Thompson Boulevard. Scenes like this one exist mostly by people telling each other, which is why the rooms are always fuller than the streaming numbers predict.
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Acoustic instruments played at punk speed by people covered in tattoos is a combination that reads as a costume until you hear the actual playing, and then it becomes obvious these are serious musicians who chose banjo and upright bass on purpose. The scene they come out of — street-corner folk punk, gutter bluegrass, whatever anyone is calling it this year — grew almost entirely outside the industry, built on touring and word of mouth and a fiercely protective audience. Halloween is the correct night for it. The material is already full of death, whiskey, and the devil; the crowd shows up in costume without being asked and the whole thing tips into something closer to a ritual than a concert. Music at 9:00 PM in Ventura on East Thompson Boulevard. Scenes like this one exist mostly by people telling each other, which is why the rooms are always fuller than the streaming numbers predict.
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