June 17, 2011 at 1:51pm
Total Bros - MySpace Photo
SATURDAY AT NORTHERN IN OLYMPIA >>>
Portland's Total Bros are one of the most gymnastic punk bands I've ever heard. Consider the springy, pepped-up lick that opens "Leif is Sorry" from their self-titled 7" (the title is an in-joke reference to Orca Team bassist Leif Anders), or the palpable tension of "Universal Typography," which is as taught as an athlete's strained musculature. The band can be a little hard to keep track of sometimes (especially if you live north of the Oregon/Washington border), and with good reason: guitarist/vocalist Ethan Jayne also plays bass in Blood Beach and writes for the Portland Mercury, and Wiley Hickson also drums for Nucular Aminals.
Fortunately, the duo is slated to perform on Saturday night's stacked Northern bill, which also includes Georgy, Chung Antique, and KAREN (you can read more about it in this week's music section). There's something mildly retro-evocative about Total Bros' sound, a proto-emo thread (minus the whine) that trails back into the late '90s alternative underground. They also feel startlingly alive to my ears, and very "now" in their idiosyncrasy, and it's worth mentioning that their sets are always remarkably energetic. You could say they also have an athlete's endurance-once they performed three sets in a single day, one in Bellingham and two back-to-back in Seattle.
Perhaps I'm getting too hung up on the sports analogies (perhaps I can't get past the band's song title "Joshua Fit for Basketball"). Regardless, it's true that their music pivots and bounces and volleys and dives, and that Total Bros do more with a guitar and drums than many larger bands do with a whole array of instruments. Game on.
[Northern, Total Bros with Georgy, Chung Antique, Karen, Saturday, June 18, 9 p.m., All Ages, $5, 321 Fourth Ave., Olympia, northernolympia.org]
South Sound news, life, art, music, food, culture, obsessions and outsiders written by the Weekly Volcano staff.
Well well, it seems Mr. Bell is going out of his way to nab the measly $25.00 from every one....
People waste more than $25 a day on lottery! Whats the big deal? Its just $25 dollars!! people...
The second encore also had two sons. It had Amerika after to end it,but for i kinda think there...
So true! The breakfasts are awesome and hearty. Love the specialty salads, homemade soups and...
about Kiss my grits
I really want the Blue Couch!!!! Where di I get one?
, 5 Things To Do, All ages, Arts, Behind Bars, Benefits, Best of Olympia, Best of Tacoma, Bobble Tiki, Books, Business, Chainsuck, City Councils, Classical music, Club Hopping, Club News, Comedy, Comment of the Day, Community, Concert Alert, Concert Review, Contest, County Councils, Crime, DJ/Electronica, Economy, Elections, Events, Facebook, Fashion, Federal Way, Fife, Fircrest, Food & Drink, Future Things Are Coming, Games, Gay Rights, Genius, Gig Harbor, Green Crush, Happy Hour Hug, Health, History, Holidays, In Their Words, Lacey, Lakewood, Legislature, Media, Military, Morning Spew, Music, Nerd Alert!, News To Us, Night Moves, Nosh League, Not Cool, Olympia, People Place or Thing, Photo Hot Spot, Photo of the Day, Podcast, Politics, Pop Culture, Poster of the Day, Puyallup, Radio, Real Estate, Religion, Rocket Science, Ruston, Schools, Screens, Sex, Short Order, Shout Out, Soapbox, Social Welfare, Spanaway, Sports, Steilacoom, Street Team, Summer Tip, Sumner, SXSW, Tacoma, Tacoma Files, Tacoma Film Festival Sniff, The Weekend Hustle, Theater, Tightwad, Tournament of Breakfast, Tournament Of Pizza, Tournament of Tacos, Transportation, Travel, Twitter, University Place, Video Hot Spot, Volunteer, Web/Tech, Weekly Volcano, Word
Comments for "Know your Bros" (0)
Weekly Volcano is not responsible for the content of these reviews. Weekly Volcano reserves the right to remove reviews at their discretion.
No comments have been posted. Be the first and add one below.
Leave A Comment
Respond on Your Blog
Create an Account
or
Login
If you have an Account you can not only post comments, but you can also respond to articles in your own blog. It's just another way to make your voice heard.