event Wolfmother
Also Playing: Heartless Bastards and Thenewno2
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Sat Nov 14
7 pm
Wolfmother, Heartless Bastards, and Thenewno2 at State Theatre
Australian retro-metal rockers Wolfmother made a huge noise in 2006, when their classicist crunch—all proto-metal stomp and psych-rock organ whirls backing up singer Andrew Stockdale’s tight-pantsed, unabashedly Robert Plant-esque screech—heralded a whole new generation of throwback power trios. It squandered its chance to lead that charge, however, held back by intra-band squabbling; last year, founding members Myles Heskett and Chris Ross abruptly left Stockdale to carry on the Wolfmother name alone. He’s since turned the group into a quartet (including a full-time keyboardist) and recorded the new Cosmic Egg with My Bloody Valentine producer Alan Moulder, an album that—despite all the shake-ups—reveals that almost nothing has changed.
State Theatre 805 Hennepin Ave., Twin Cities, MN
Australian retro-metal rockers Wolfmother made a huge noise in 2006, when their classicist crunch—all proto-metal stomp and psych-rock organ whirls backing up singer Andrew Stockdale’s tight-pantsed, unabashedly Robert Plant-esque screech—heralded a whole new generation of throwback power trios. It squandered its chance to lead that charge, however, held back by intra-band squabbling; last year, founding members Myles Heskett and Chris Ross abruptly left Stockdale to carry on the Wolfmother name alone. He’s since turned the group into a quartet (including a full-time keyboardist) and recorded the new Cosmic Egg with My Bloody Valentine producer Alan Moulder, an album that—despite all the shake-ups—reveals that almost nothing has changed.
Updated 07/27/2010
