THX Management presents a free pre-Thanksgiving showcase of excellent local music and stages a toy drive to support Toys for Tots. Leading the bands is Gentlemen Please, which mixes punchy fuzz pop odes like "The New Sun" with more off-kilter melodica-laced tracks "Bundle of Nerves" and the melodic acoustic guitar prog pop of "ooh-la!" as written by singer-guitarist Alastair St.Hill. Bambery brings blissful sun n' surf-touched rock marked by winsome boy-girl vocal harmonies, Halibut offers up indie folk with ukulele and trumpet accoutrements, and The Passenger opens the show with hooky riffy alt rock. Bring a new unwrapped toy to donate – it’s for the tots.
— Leilani Polk