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Tuesday October 15
2024 7:30PM doors -- music at 8:30PM ••• ALL AGES $18 in advance / $20 at the door M.A.G.S. instagram.com/elliott_mags chill/indie, prog rock, pop punk Barely Civil instagram.com/barelycivil emo-influenced indie rock Combat combatbaltimore.bandcamp.com folk punk M.A.G.S. -from Buffalo, NY -M.A.G.S. is the solo moniker for Buffalo-bred multi-disciplinary artist Elliott Douglas. His style seamlessly glides between genres - from funky garage rock to minty alt-pop with a punk-inspired energy. The release of his third full-length album Destroyer in 2023 via Smartpunk Records pushed Douglas into a more textural direction, dripping with flavors of post-punk while keeping his genre-bending melodies. Written by Douglas and produced by Jay Mass (Defeater), the album is about having to destroy yourself in order to grow and move forward – an extremely relatable phase in one’s life. M.A.G.S. released his first solo record in 2015, an EP titled Cellophane, and his self-titled LP arrived two years later - securing a seat amongst the most prominent indie/alt-rock artists. With his new batch of music, Douglas displayed marked growth in vocal prowess, overall musicality and lyrical bite through the release of 2020’s Lost Tapes EP. Dougals’s universal appeal feeds his success, and it’s never at the expense of his art. Elsewhere in his blossoming catalog, songs like “Mvp” and “Hi Tops” zig-zag from visceral, gnarly heavy metal to lo-fi folk-rock, respectively; his musicianship is a marvel to witness, each entry building on the last with refreshing acrobatics. Barely Civil -from Milwaukee, WI -Barely Civil, Midwest emo players who actually live in the region, are here to unravel their own mythos. Like any third volume, their latest LP isn’t so much a sequel. It’s a reappraisal of how their subconscious dreads crystallize into raucous, and sometimes restrained, moments of thawing clarity. I’d Say I’m Not Fine sees the group — now joined by Aux Doucette on bass — injecting more melodic groove and energy into what was already an exercise in catharsis. Again produced by Chris Teti (TWIABP, Fiddlehead), it’s a more cohesive, collaborative effort that reaches for nostalgia as much as it attempts to negate it. Here, they finally complete their sentences—if not with confidence, at least the hooks sink in. Combat -from Ellicott City, MD -“It takes a certain level of confidence to interpolate “Dancing in the Dark” into your folk-punk singalong, but Combat isn’t afraid. The Maryland punks’ approach to Text Me When You Get Back is so unaffected, so genuine, that it doesn’t stand out at all. This is a record that’s self-consciously about how little Holden Wolf believes in this record: “I know you’re way better than me. God, I wish I could write songs like that,” “If it sounds stupid to you, it sounds stupid to me. Nothing is working,” “We’ll write a verse, we’ll raise the first and throw the song in the garbage.” Maybe that’s part of what makes Text Me When You Get Back so good: it feels like a record that was made out of passion that just happens to absolutely rock. “Crossroads” has the energy of Joyce Manor if they grew up on Old 97’s records, “Road Trip” sets country twang against a punk rock tempo, and the ever-expanding “Worst First” is effortlessly, endlessly catchy. It looks like Wolf’s tongue-in-cheek lyrics will end up proven right: their first record was good, and the second will be great.” - Zac Djamoos (The Alternative) |
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