By the end of Thursday night and Holy Fuck’s hour and a half set, even if you weren’t inclined to dance, you were moving regardless. The concrete floor in the Grog Shop was shaking and moving. As each and every beat moved through Matt Schultz’s drum kit, and the other plethora of keyboards and unique instruments HF is known to use, the bodies before the stage shook the building.
The energy was so evident; keyboardist Brian Borcherdt cracked a smile during the second half of HF’s set while peering out into the moving crowd. This Canadian band was rocking the Grog. It was CRAZY!
HF kicked off their 10:30pm set with low drone, heavy bass laden Jungles taking the stage for what was going to be a late night show. While competing with the Cavs televised playoff game, a few concert-goers found themselves glued to the small television at the corner of the bar; and the dwindling seconds left in the fourth quarter as HF took the stage.
Unfortunately for those folks, they missed out on the dance performance of the evening by one overly rambunctious gentleman. This guy took the stage with the band and danced erratically until someone finally pulled him down several songs later.
HF played a blurring fast set, hammering out tunes like Super Inuit, a quick drumming tune where Graham Walsh, slumped over two tiers of keyboards frequently yelled into a reverb effected microphone. The Pulse, Milkshake, and Frenchy’s all medium tone tunes turned the first half of the set into a darkly lit dance party.
Rarely stopping between songs, HF only acknowledged the crowd twice prior to Lovely Allen a retreat toward a softer keyboard driven /string infused sound to close out the first half. Lovely Allen, more radio friendly than the rest in their repertoire, found the crowd jumping and dancing and yelling for more as the band existed the stage.
Upon their return for an encore HF’s second half of the evening was a blow out dance party with bright lights and fan interaction. The band, the crowd, the Grog was booming! Nintendo sounding Safari hyped the crowd with its anxiety laden, lightening fast beat that made me feel like I was having a heart attack; on speed. Equally, fast Casio Bosa Nova and Korock and Roland Rock rounded out their chaotic set.
Openers for the evening were Oklahoma City based, indie pop group Crocodile and Company Picnic.
Check out all the bands at their myspaces:
www.myspace.com/holyfuck
www.myspace.com/crocodilemusic
www.myspace.com/companypicnic
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