A night of garage-rock kicked off with Denver’s own on Wednesday at the . With slick chords and smooth lyrics, the local band performed a variety of jams, including a cover of Them’s “Gloria.”
Next, the grungy, California rock group, , kept things loud and amped-up. The guitarist broke his guitar string two songs in, but BDOD covered it well with long drum and bass solos, calling it their “free jazz period”. Unfortunately, the band seemed to fizzle out half way through the short set. The building crowd was seemingly unfazed, singing along to each song, until BDOD ended with “Get Found.”
(which is the lead singer/songwriter’s actual name) is a hip, four-person band based in California. On the recorded album, the band seems to mirror the Black Keys (which makes sense, as Dan Auerbach produced their second and last album). While some compare HEK to the Black Keys, their live set was wonderfully raw and sounded almost nothing like their more famous counterparts. All members of the band were true musicians and they showed it throughout the set of bluesy rock. While their songs have been used in seemingly everything from Captian Morgan commercials to the Super Bowl, the band strayed the chords and lyrics from their recorded songs.
HEK played a solid mix both of its albums — “Will the Guns Come Out” (2011) and “Head in the Dirt” (2013) — including “You Rascal You,” “Penny” and “Seek.Destroy”. The heavy bass influence and clear-cut lyrics brought the entire crowd to a dance pandemic, especially during “Family.” The band was energetic throughout its set, and answered the crowd’s pleads for an encore with a mildly disappointing slower song.
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