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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Rock n' Weird Thursday: Flexxehawk, Insect Joy and ST37 at New World (video)
Posted by Web Editor on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:00 AM
"Tampa misses so much cool shit," my friend Brian Repetto of Insect Joy turns to me and whispers through a cigarette smoke exhale. New World Brewery, Thursday, August 6. One of those nights in Y-bore that turn out really fun because you conned a few friends to hang out and support local music.
"Oh well, I'm glad I made it out, man. This is a really great lineup tonight." No joke. Insect Joy interestingly spliced record
Huge musical buildups and crescendos with very few but very meaningful words flesh out the Flexxehawk sound into something original in the vein of Polvo kind of math rock mixed with textured vocal harmonies. Historically members and contributors of several local and national acts including Ima, Dumbwaiters, Meringue, etc. All this not even mentioning the touring headliner, ST37.
Out of this world, psychedelic, noisey, punk and weird referencing J.G. Ballard and Twin Peaks poignantly all in one four piece from Austin...
I can't begin to write some history of ST37, but I've heard lots of rumors. I think they've been a band for 20+ years. I got a copy of their latest record and a 7 inch from 1993- both sound like amazing blends of fast and slow, weird and conventional, singing and hollering.
Before the show, us St Petersburgians stopped by the magical Taco Bus on Nebraska and Hillsborough for a mind blowing (and ass numbing) burrito. My burrito contained tofo and butternut squash! Can you believe it!!?? So tastey. Needless to say, we ended up in a kind of funky mood and our stomachs needed more attention than New World could provide, so we had to leave a little early before the set had finished. I heard through the rumor mill that ST37 kept getting better and better as the night progressed.
The night ended with whipping back across the bridge back to St Petersburg wondering why I tipped on five dollar beers and thinking I had witnessed some out of the ordinary and special music. Here's a taste:
Oh yeah- we all had the spicey asshole the next day from the Taco Bus and it was so worth it!
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