Limp Wrist

Infamous queercore band Limp Wrist played to a packed and sweaty audience at El Rio 7/8/11.

Dispirit

Crowds packed in to El Rio last night to worship at the Church of John Gossard and the Holy Ibanez. All three bands last night used Ibanez Guitars (with the exception of Dispirit's second guitarist). This was my fourth time seeing Dispirit and I'm still entranced by their hypnotic, long-form blackened spectral doom.

Atriarch

I was completely floored last night by Portland's Atriarch. They were kind of my perfect doom band. Jagged, inventive riffing, tortured vocals and throat singing (by Lenny of Trees), grinding, dirge-y bass, and eyeball-loosening drumming with tasteful double bass used sparingly. If you missed them last night, they're playing again tonight in Oakland at Church of the Buzzard.