Chain and the Gang at Little Hamilton
That's the Sound of the Men...
by D. Patrick Rodgers @dpatrickrodgers
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According to Chain and the Gang’s bio on K Records’ website, “They are tired of liberty…tired of being free…they say, “If this is ‘freedom,’ then lock me up and throw away the key.” Certainly not bound by the confines of contemporary underground rock ’n’ roll, Ian Svenonius—author, radio show host and the brain behind the Chain—is the architect of a very distinct sound. (You may remember him from Half-Cocked, the 1994 indie shot by directors Michael Galinsky and Suki Stetson Hawley at the legendary Church Street punk club Lucy’s Record Shop.) Svenonius has served as frontman for several D.C.-based bands—post-hardcore troupes Nation of Ulysses and The Make-Up among them—and with Chain and the Gang, he barks lucid, beat poetry-esque rants over lethargic, threadbare, jazz-tinged rock instrumentation. It’s insightful but decidedly less aggressive than Svenonius’ past material, and it’s comparable to the sound you might get if Mos Def popped an Ambien and joined a jazzy art-punk band. JEFF the Brotherhood open.
Sat., Sept. 26, 8 p.m., 2009
Sat., Sept. 26, 8 p.m., 2009
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