DR. DOG
PURLING HISS
Mon, February 6, 2012
Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm
Crescent Ballroom
Phoenix, AZ
$20.00
Sold Out
This event is 21 and over
http://www.statesidepresents.com/event/76957/DR. DOG
After a one-album sojourn away from their band-built recording studio Philadelphia’s Dr. Dog
returned home to Meth Beach to self-produce their latest collection of gloriously ramshackle
rock ‘n’ roll reveries. Out February 7, Be The Void (Dr. Dog’s second release on Anti-Records)
showcases the critically adored band’s renewed commitment to cultivating a stripped-down live
sound. “This record comes from our pushing toward a rawer, more powerful, somewhat jittery
competence,” explains guitarist-vocalist Scott McMicken. “We drew a lot of inspiration from soul
music and the Rolling Stones and the Velvet Underground—music that’s got its roots in live
expression rather than that studio-perfected sort of vibe.”
returned home to Meth Beach to self-produce their latest collection of gloriously ramshackle
rock ‘n’ roll reveries. Out February 7, Be The Void (Dr. Dog’s second release on Anti-Records)
showcases the critically adored band’s renewed commitment to cultivating a stripped-down live
sound. “This record comes from our pushing toward a rawer, more powerful, somewhat jittery
competence,” explains guitarist-vocalist Scott McMicken. “We drew a lot of inspiration from soul
music and the Rolling Stones and the Velvet Underground—music that’s got its roots in live
expression rather than that studio-perfected sort of vibe.”
PURLING HISS
AKA Michael Polizze of Birds of Maya but this solo album has clicked with me even more than his main group already has; its guitar-heavy mix and hypnotizing riffs tap into a primeval feeling of rock and roll abandon and it feels like a living fossil from a time when Blue Cheer and the Stooges were punk kids shaking things up.
