The Warlocks do one thing and they do it well: droney psychedelic rock that often recalls Spacemen 3, and alternates between heavy Velvet Underground, the Rolling Stones, and Stooges influences. This evening’s set was no exception, although judging from the audience one suspects the concurrently-timed Cure show may have drawn off a certain amount of the core demographic. The Warlocks never failed to deliver, though, pounding out a solid set filled with glorious guitar noise.
The psychedelic atmosphere that The Warlocks seemingly evoked naturally and musically with three guitars, vocals, bass, and drums, the Black Angels seemed to be trying too hard to pull off what with their with their overbearing cavernously echoed vocals on every song and pretentiously retro projected light and film show. Not terrible, but it says a lot that the most interesting sound that caught my attention while they were playing occurred while we’d stepped outside to get some air and then heard this tremendous whooshing noise that seemed to fit quite well. Then we realized it was just a plane flying over, and the music went back to the same undifferentiated cavernously echoed vocals and volume unjustified by the material. We left not too long after that.
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