Daddy Issues

Infinity Cat

8pm, Barracuda

Viva la Nineties! Nashville’s Infinity Cat Recordings assembles contemporary grunge merchants devoted to reminding everyone that the Nashville rock scene enjoyed greatness long before Jack White rolled into town. Music City combo Daddy Issues employs surf guitars and bratty attitudes, purring lyrics like, “You should have known I’d be full of shit, not unicorn and rainbows.” Least-Google-friendly moniker, Nashville natives Music Band concoct sunny, scuzzed-out psych, simple but satisfying. Vancouver trio Dead Soft recalls Cobain’s grunge, their heavy guitar progressions and unhinged howling running close to the source, while Juiceboxxx, a rapper from Milwaukee, blends rap and posi-pop, favoring cheesy over hard, like a watered down Beastie Boys but still vaguely fun. Ridiculous and rambunctious, Nashville rock staple Diarrhea Planet peaks last.

This article appears in March 18 • 2016.

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