[CANCELLED: March 24, 2021] Ratboys / Another Michael [rescheduled from September 9, 2020]
It looks like Johnny Brenda’s is simply cancelling everything through the spring. Which makes sense. I’m glad they have a restaurant downstairs to keep them going, because it’s one of my favorite venues.
This date seemed to have been scheduled and then immediately moved with little fanfare. There is evidence online that this show was planned. But it has quietly been moved to March of next year.
I really like the new Ratboys record Printer’s Devil. It’s got a lot more rocking sound than their earlier albums.
The guitars are more distorted. The drums are louder and Julia Steiner’s voice seems a bit bigger. But they still have a pop sensibility. They seem liked they’d be fun live.
I could have seen Another Michael open for Pinegrove at House of Independents. I picked a different night with a different opening band. They play a kind of mellow indie rock with lead Michael’s vocals veering into R&B styles. They don’t exactly seem to go together, but maybe it would work.
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