Beach Slang

Flower Booking/Polyvinyl Record Co./Topshelf Records

8pm, Sidewinder Outside

Young + angst = Topshelf and Polyvinyl. The emo revival of the late Nineties and early new millennium remains alive and thriving in Pennsylvania’s Slingshot Dakota, a twosome communicating only through vocals, keyboard, and drums. Baltimore’s astral Wildhoney delve into shimmery shoegaze, while British trio Fear of Men operates in the same vein, cultivating a drowsy, detached indie-pop. Spectrum bookends Palm translated an anxiety attack into an album on last year’s intense, discordant Trading Basics, the Philly foursome’s probing of peculiar, heavy rock. Unrefined New York guitar-drum duo Diet Cig keeps it minimal and lo-fi, recalling early Best Coast, and Philly’s Beach Slang takes from emo, punk, and metal for their brutal sound.

This article appears in March 18 • 2016.

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