You have to love when a band has nothing new to promote but plays a show for the fuck of it. And you have to love when that band brings along their friends’ bands who also kick ass.
“PICK UP YOUR GUITAR!!!” Some fans in the balcony of the Vogue Theatre grew restless and impatient last Friday as Ty Segall went hands-free in his biggest Vancouver showing yet. But no one in the throbbing, fleshy pit below seemed bothered.
Drop opens with some robotic triads, sliding riff-heavy and hard into “Penetrating Eye”. John Dwyer tackles six instruments on the album, including synthesizer, percussion, and the Mellotron – it’s one of his jack-of-all-trades albums…
“Throughout the show, the crowd thoroughly enjoyed themselves—perching on top of benches, dancing on the narrow side shelving, indie moshing (not as fierce as a punk or metal pit), spraying drinks and stage diving/crowd surfing…”
