Probably everyone who cares about watching live performances from contemporary bands is familiar with independent Seattle-based radio station KEXP and the station’s “Live on KEXP” videos. Last month, the station’s YouTube channel dropped one of its most memorable studio sessions in ages with an appearance from Austin, Texas, quartet Die Spitz. Featuring Ava Schrobilgen, Chloe De St. Aubin, Ellie Livingston and Kate Halter, Die Spitz makes an amalgam of hardcore punk, doom metal and grunge that went off like a goddamn bomb in front of iconic Seattle DJ Cheryl Waters — who can be seen dancing along during the band’s Motörhead-esque scorcher “Riding With My Girls.” In September, Nashville’s own Third Man Records issued Die Spitz’s debut LP Something to Consume (helmed by prolific rock producer Will Yip), and this weekend, these four young women will bring their outsized pyrotechnics (figuratively speaking) to Third Man’s show space for a two-night stand. Both shows are sold out, but if you’re one of those people who cares about watching live performances from contemporary bands — especially heavy, sludgy, intoxicating rock bands that inspire much body-moving — it’s worth your time to join the waiting list, find someone with a spare ticket or otherwise sweet-talk your way into one of these shows.
Nov. 22-23 at The Blue Room at Third Man Records
623 Seventh Ave. S.
