When Washington, D.C.’s Orthrelm played at the Wetlands Dance Hall in February, their guitar-based, prog-rock brutalism seemed quaint compared to the local opening act, a collaboration between Boyzone’s Ryan Martin and Chuck Johnson (aka Pykrete). If Orthrelm’s sleek engine clung to the tracks by two wheels, then Martin and Johnson represented this same vehicle coming […]
Brian Howe
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Voxtrot at Local 506
I’m new at the Independent, so you’ll have to just trust me when I say that after seven years of music crit, I’m naturally a little jaded. But occasionally a band comes along that burns off the fog like early morning sunlight. Austin’s Voxtrot is one of those bands, and their show at the Local […]
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Sorry About Dresden
Not having played a show in over a year, Sorry About Dresden showed traces of rust: A certain hesitance occasionally clouded the structural pivots of their nervy pop-punk/indie rock hybrid. But the assembled faithful weren’t there for polished presentation: It was Dresden’s explosive energy that drew them in, an energy that roiled all the more […]
