warriors from Tacoma
more rockin' out (photos courtesy of Shannon Corr)
Washington state is still kicking out the gem jams — I was wowed by Christian Mistress a couple weeks ago across the Bay at Eli’s Mile High Club, and now am looking forward to tomorrow night’s show at the Hemlock with Lozen, two women who rock with an unpretentious fierceness and fire. Get out and show support! From the current SF Bay Guardian Calendar:
Lozen: With arms outstretched and praying, the Apache warrior, Lozen, could ascertain the movements of her enemies, be they U.S. or Mexican cavalries — a useful prophetic power as she fought alongside the likes of Geronimo. It’s doubtful the band Lozen has any foes, for the Tacoma, Wash., twosome synergistically embodies more raw force than most bands twice its size. Sometimes recalling a weirder side of the Breeders, or a sludgy-drudgy Luscious Jackson, or the Melvins (but with roaming female harmonies), the power of Lozen is in being experimental and fun while still super-heavy. As for their namesake fighter, she died of tuberculosis as a P.O.W. in an Alabama jail. (Kat Renz)
do you think the Apache Lozen fought somewhere that looked like this view from Anza-Borrego in the Colorado Desert? arms toward the sun, know thy enemies....
With Walken, Dog Shredder, Pins of Light
9 p.m., $8
Hemlock Tavern
1131 Polk, SF
(415) 923-0923
