Rock Mountain High
In the fuzz-infested waters of garage rock, none rules supreme-er than Sic Alps. The local trio is just back from a tour with Sonic Youth, for example. Musically, the Alps come throbbing and clanging through town like surf guitar took a hit of Owsley with a cough syrup chaser; chugging riffage is leavened and stretched with new recruit Noel Von Harmonson from Comets on Fire’s singularly tripped-out sound. Pitchfork notices “a head-swallowing feedback screech where a solo should go” and “indiscernible waves of distortion” on the group’s only full-length record, U.S. EZ. To us, that sounds exactly like a Noel Von Harmonson–shaped hole. The band must agree; word on the street is that OGs Matt Hartman and Mike Donovan plan to keep, nurture, and feed him at least through the next recording session.
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Sun., Feb. 14, 8 p.m., 2010
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