Cavetone Records' The Ex-Bombers
| When |
Saturday, March 8, 2014 9pm to 12:42pm |
|---|---|
| Where |
Be Here Now 505 N. Dill St. |
| What | Music all-ages concerts, concerts, indie music, pop music |
The Ex-Bombers play dirtbag spy jazz or beatnik punk, depending on who describes it, though both represent facets of the group's seedy sound. The duo started in 2010, Keri Cousins provides the rhythm for the pair on a small Rogers drumset and provides her vocals. Scott Walus plays a Hagstrom 8-string bass (EADG octaves) and shares vocals.
They play dark but catchy songs using only these instruments, without distortion of digital trickery. The songs result from crashing into the awkward years of adulthood when the hangovers last two days instead of just one. This all leads to an uneasy but provocative alliance between the flippant sounds of early Velvet Underground/Sonic Youth and the content and style of Soft Cell or Girls Against Boys.
They return to Be Here Now and Muncie Indiana after touring the Midwest heavily and opening for The Pack A.D. in Chicago.