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Retribution Gospel Choir
Also Playing: Wake Owl and The Celebrated Workingman
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Sat Feb 16
10 pm
Retribution Gospel Choir, Wake Owl, and The Celebrated Workingman at Cactus Club
In the trio Retribution Gospel Choir, Low’s Alan Sparhawk and Steve Garrington clear away that band’s tranked-out haze to play raw classic-rock covers and recast Sparhawk’s own material with more distortion and immediacy. The extra lurch doesn't detract from the sickly urgency of tunes such as “Breaker” and “Take Your Time,” released first on Low’s Drums And Guns but reworked on RGC’s 2008 self-titled album. The band’s more sonically expansive Sub Pop debut, 2, finds a balance between fuzzy stompers and weary blue-collared tunes, but 2010’s The Revolution EP is a bit more sonically scattered, jumping from upbeat—for Sparhawk, at least—to some downright dirges. The group’s latest album, 3, features just two songs—“Can’t Walk Out” and “Seven”—each of which clocks in at about 20 minutes long. “Can’t Walk Out” has been a staple of the band’s live show for some time now, and “Seven” features guest guitarist Nils Cline of Wilco.
Cactus Club 2496 S Wentworth Ave, Milwaukee, WI
In the trio Retribution Gospel Choir, Low’s Alan Sparhawk and Steve Garrington clear away that band’s tranked-out haze to play raw classic-rock covers and recast Sparhawk’s own material with more distortion and immediacy. The extra lurch doesn't detract from the sickly urgency of tunes such as “Breaker” and “Take Your Time,” released first on Low’s Drums And Guns but reworked on RGC’s 2008 self-titled album. The band’s more sonically expansive Sub Pop debut, 2, finds a balance between fuzzy stompers and weary blue-collared tunes, but 2010’s The Revolution EP is a bit more sonically scattered, jumping from upbeat—for Sparhawk, at least—to some downright dirges. The group’s latest album, 3, features just two songs—“Can’t Walk Out” and “Seven”—each of which clocks in at about 20 minutes long. “Can’t Walk Out” has been a staple of the band’s live show for some time now, and “Seven” features guest guitarist Nils Cline of Wilco.
Updated 02/04/2013
