event The Trews
Also Playing: Z02 and Sexy Ester
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Fri Aug 7
9 pm
The Trews, Z02, and Sexy Ester at Majestic Theatre
Bands like Nickelback have turned the bombastic radio-friendly rock single into a form of musical drudgery, but their fellow Canadians The Trews prove that commercially friendly hard-rock can be enjoyable, even non-cloying. Yeah, someone in the band probably has a Train CD hidden in his sock drawer, but dammit, it takes a good-time attitude--God forbid, even a sense of humor--to spice up a single like "Paranoid Freak" with elements like a boogie piano. In general, a dash of Creedence and Allman Brothers influence goes a long way toward balancing out the shiny finish of albums like their latest, No Time For Later.
Majestic Theatre 115 King St., Madison, WI
Bands like Nickelback have turned the bombastic radio-friendly rock single into a form of musical drudgery, but their fellow Canadians The Trews prove that commercially friendly hard-rock can be enjoyable, even non-cloying. Yeah, someone in the band probably has a Train CD hidden in his sock drawer, but dammit, it takes a good-time attitude--God forbid, even a sense of humor--to spice up a single like "Paranoid Freak" with elements like a boogie piano. In general, a dash of Creedence and Allman Brothers influence goes a long way toward balancing out the shiny finish of albums like their latest, No Time For Later.
Updated 12/22/2011
