Sunday, August 6, 9 PM
Buck Gooter, Hallelujah, Gumming @ Bandito’s – Free!
Sunday nights are often focused on football or other sports (are there other sports? I mean, besides wrestling?) out in the main room at Bandito’s. However, if you know enough to wander through the door into the non-smoking section (because god knows the soundproofing at ye olde Burrito Lounge is so good, you’ll never have any idea a band is playing otherwise), you have a good chance of finding some pretty weird sounds getting dished out in what is quietly, strangely, one of the best-sounding live music rooms in the whole city. Shows there are always free, too, and you can even bring your tacos and drinks in from the other room. What’s not to like?
The weird sounds this Sunday night are coming from the reigning kings of VA noise freaks, Buck Gooter. It’s hard to make clear why a band bringing together a kid with a guitar and an angry older fella with a drum machine might turn out to be brilliant without hearing them, so I really recommend you just check them out for yourself. But trust me, it’s good stuff–sorta like early Royal Trux doing RL Burnside covers. Or something like that. The revived three-piece incarnation of Hallelujah are a slightly more conventional noise rock crew with a whole bunch of hectic riffage for ya. And of course there’s up-and-coming new band Gumming, which features members of Harrisonburg experimental punk quartet Whorecough doing a similar sort of thing in fine angry no-wave fashion. Don’t get too close to the stage and get your beer knocked out of your hand or anything, because this show is definitely gonna be active. But look for your mind to get expanded on this night. Not to mention your belly–have I mentioned lately how good the nachos are at Bandito’s? I wish I was eating some right now.
