On November 26th, 2016 I again found myself at The Bowery Ballroom.
On this night a cheeky New York band called PMS and The Mood Swings opened up the show. They have a fun 50's/surf rock style with a bit of punk mixed in topped off with a sweet wailing saxophone. The band members include Lenny Lynch (lead vocals, guitar), Karen Isabel (Drums), Danny Goldshtein (Bass), Leah Fishman (lead guitar), and Micah Saccomanno (Saxophone). I like to imagine the three rockin' ladies as P, M, and S and the two men on opposite sides of the stage, one dressed as a punk (Danny) and the other a police officer (Micah), as "the mood swings".
Olivia Neutron-John followed with an electronic performance. Anna Nasty takes to the stage in a huge black coat/jumpsuit that covers her entire body and her short black hair teased up straight on top of her head. She then removes the coat to reveal a tight black body suit and the performance takes off! Synthetic beats accompany her modulated voice, stylized dancing and posing. It's dark, but poppy at the same time.
Shortly after that, The Wolfmanhattan Project starts to get their groove on. This band is a little super group composed of three musicians that have been a part of many amazing bands before coming together to form this one! Mick Collins (best known from The Dirtbombs and The Gories) rips the guitar, Kid Congo (best known from The Cramps and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) shreds the bass and contributes electronic sounds and loops, and Bob Bert (best known from Sonic Youth) pounds away on the drums. They have that raw, grungy rock feel to them. This sound invokes the need within one to dance out the aggression and bop in time to the beat. So much talent was shown in the dirtiest punk rock way.
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