Warning to local guitarists: come see Richard Lloyd tonight at the Record Bar and you'll likely want to lay your ax down forever. The man is a freak.
Credit: GodlisIn case you missed the Critic's Choice in this past week's Pitch, tonight marks an encore of sorts to the Television man's August 1 show at the same venue. (I reviewed it, yo). Backed by his Sufi-Monkey Trio, comprising original TV drummer Billy Ficca and bassist Keith Harshtel, Lloyd played a roaring set loaded with guitar solos to
Mad men was the theme of the evening yesterday at the Record Bar, beginning at 11, with the unhinged-school-teacher persona of Little Murders frontman Bill Cave.
Standing up stiffbacked and coiling his mic cable around his forearms as if to symbolically leash them to his torso, Cave barked out scary, repetitive lyrics in a muffled, punk mein that recalled David Yow and soundbites from The Wall. Behind him, an all-star lineup of instrumental badasses churned out spiny, aggressive, noisy rock.
