event White Problems
Also Playing: Fun and 97-shiki and King's Horses and Slob Donovan
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Fri Nov 13
8 pm
White Problems, Fun, 97-shiki, King's Horses, and Slob Donovan at Borg Ward Collective
Sprung from the ashes of the Jesus Lizard-inspired Freight and the ’90s-noise-with-’70s-riffs Year Of The Scavenger, Milwaukee’s White Problems takes its name literally—all of its songs are named after first-world bummers that really aren’t that much of a drag. (A standout is “Dude, Where’s My Flix?” about late-arriving Netflix DVDs.) Keeping that conceit in the forefront must do wonders for the band’s live shows, which are usually a series of carefree, shambolic blasts of overdriven bass and driving percussion, topped off by Brian Rogers’ writhing howls. After all, if a string breaks or the singer knocks himself out, who cares?
Borg Ward Collective 823 W National Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Sprung from the ashes of the Jesus Lizard-inspired Freight and the ’90s-noise-with-’70s-riffs Year Of The Scavenger, Milwaukee’s White Problems takes its name literally—all of its songs are named after first-world bummers that really aren’t that much of a drag. (A standout is “Dude, Where’s My Flix?” about late-arriving Netflix DVDs.) Keeping that conceit in the forefront must do wonders for the band’s live shows, which are usually a series of carefree, shambolic blasts of overdriven bass and driving percussion, topped off by Brian Rogers’ writhing howls. After all, if a string breaks or the singer knocks himself out, who cares?
Updated 08/03/2010
