I Just Read About That…

[DID NOT ATTEND: March 21, 2024] Wax Jaw / Wonderglu / Lowercoaster

Thursday nights at Love City Brewing (which I had never heard of before–it opened in 2018) are Free Music Nights.

Wax Jaw, whom I have now failed to see six times, announced this special show as part of their short tour (after the tour dates had been set).  I grabbed a free ticket from DICE and was all set to go.  I was even going to blow off my Wednesday night show so that I’d only have one show during the week.  I thought my wife and daughter were doing something but when I found out they weren’t I decided to stay home and try out Senor Tacos in Bradley Gardens (which was delicious).

So again, no Wax Jaw for me (I have seen them once, at least).  But it’s getting silly how many times I haven’t seen them now.

Wonderglu has an indie rock sound with a heavy dose of slacker thrown on top. It’s the kind of music that sounds sloppy but actually isn’t.  They also have a pretty broad range of styles from heavier rocking songs to more intricate slower pieces. I suspect they’d be really fun live.

Lowercoaster is a Philly indie band.  They play really busy indie rock (the drummer has lots going on) and the guitar work is busy without being overly complicated or proggy.  The singer sounds a lot like Ben Folds.   And I like the way the tempo changes throughout the songs, from slow and sweet to more rocking.  Again, this would be a fun band to see live.