In the midst of doing a bunch of work this morning, I just realized about 15 minutes ago that when I leave my apartment in about 90 minutes, I won’t be back until about 1 AM. Nor will I be online for any of that time. I’m just hoping I won’t get the shakes.
One of the things I’m doing later is going to see Dogs of Winter at Lit Lounge at 10 … or 10:30 … I’m not sure. They’ll be followed by Surefire who play a calmer, less screaming type of music than Brian and the Dogs! [update: Surefire was on the web site and in an ad in the Voice, but wasn’t there.] They’re kind of hardcore punk with a bit of metal thrown in — a lot of screaming. But Brian Grosz, the lead singer, is a great frontman. He’s also my friend Sean’s roommate, and that’s how I first discovered his band. The guy lives music, and you can tell in his performance.
They have an EP you can buy via CDBaby and Amazon. Head to their website or their MySpace page to hear some samples. But one song NOT on the EP is a cover they do of Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game.” It is really, really, REALLY incredible. And you can hear it right here.
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