Shivery Shakes, Jonly Bonly

Shivery Shakes (photo by John Anderson)

Shivery Shakes, Jonly Bonly

Neither chilly temps nor Monday malaise halted Free Week as it rolled out of its first weekend into a full week. Sporting a pot-leaf tee and Coke-bottle glasses, Slow singer Garrick Thurston hurtled the quartet through post-punk guitar rock, quickened tune "How Are You" the set-list standout. Next, with garb as sharp as his finessed six-string skill, former OBN III's guitarist Jason Smith steered trio Jonly Bonly into pop-punk, the singer at times evoking the onstage vocal charisma of B-52s' Fred Schneider while outwardly channeling Buddy Holly. Weekday bedtimes unheeded, surf-popsters Shivery Shakes rallied the night's thickest crowd. "Let's party!" declared ("still hungover") sunglasses-clad frontman William Glosup. "It's Free Week!" A pristine cover of Del Shannon's "Runaway" fit seamlessly alongside the quartet's similarly beach-breezed retro pop, the song's slick tightness hinting at years of cohesive practice even though the locals' debut just dropped. Well after midnight, headliners Grape St. played to a considerably thinner audience, but maintained momentum nonetheless, joking with the crowd between ruffled garage pop.