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[ATTENDED: June 24, 2023] LaMacchia

LaMacchia is John LaMacchia.  John LaMacchia is the guitarist for Candiria, a metal band I don’t know who plays a kind of mathcore/prog something or other.

LaMacchia is his first solo album, and it’s a very different feel.  He and Sabrina Ellie are the main singers and the album has a much more mellow vibe.

For this show, he had a band and I really enjoyed their set a lot.  There was no female vocalist, but there were outstanding harmonies from his bassist (who had an excellent sound and was really fluid in the basslines) and his guitarist/keyboardist who seemed to be doing all kinds of things over there.

Their drummer was a guest drummer for the night and he was really good, too.

Overall, I was really impressed with how the band could maintain an overall heavy sound but still have excellent (at times) three part harmony.  There was also some diversity in sound up on stage too, with a couple of the songs being almost atmospheric.

“Disconnect” even had a sample from Casablanca (who samples Casablanca?).

Mid set they did a cover of “Untitled w/ Drums” by Shipping News, a band I didn’t know who he recommended a lot.  It was a cool song to be sure.  At the end of the set (which I thought they might cut short since they started so late), John introduced the final song as a thank you to Spotlights for bringing them along on the tour.  “You may even hate this band, I don’t know.”  They played “Starla” a b-side to a Smashing Pumpkins song.  And it sounded great.

During the Spotlights set, John came over and stood next to me for most of the show–we rocked out together.  When I talked to him after the show he was very cool and friendly.

I enjoyed his band a lot and will have to check out Candiria and Shipping News

• Bled Out ⊗
• Put You Down ⊗
• A Ghost on Tectonic Plates ⊗
• Untitled w/ Drums (cover of Shipping News song)
• Pagliacci Kid ⊗
• Disconnect ⊗
• Starla  (cover of Smashing Pumpkins song)

⊗ Thunderheads (2022)