It’s the difference between hippies taking massive bong hits and revolutionary freaks snorting the same prepared cannabinoid snuff the Zulu used to knock the shit out of the British.

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Tiger High persevered and didn’t miss a beat of their engaging and infectious punk/guitar rock, a feat accomplished by drummer Greg Roberson, even without the full use of his left hand, which had previously been completely severed and reattached following an accident involving a pig and a glass door (you get the idea). Despite having to duct-tape the drumstick in said hand during the band’s set, his drumming was anything but ham-fisted(!), and he provided a rock-steady foundation for the group’s imaginative performance.

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If you haven’t seen the Shrine, you should check them out now before they explode. With their minimal gear and vintage enthusiasm, they have the ability to start a set with high-energy chord-and-lead-lick driven songs, then push the throttle out even further by dipping into frantic numbers like “Freak Fighter,” which sound a bit like what thrash metal would be if it had evolved straight from Thin Lizzy and bypassed Judas Priest entirely.

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GOTHIC TROPIC, THE WITHERS,  FIM, AND THE SHRINE ON FRIDAY SEP. 9TH AT LOT 1 CAFE, 1533 WEST SUNSET BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 9:00PM/ $5/ 21+

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The Shrine have sported all the right metal moves as if by accident: getting interviewed in Thrasher magazine, weaseling their way into L.A. RECORD, and even opening for Pentagram. Like most bands five years on from the Invaders comp, they’re not playing doom metal anymore, but despite their wah-wah/psycho-schwag vibe, they’re still evil—think Dead Meadow, but older and grizzlier.

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Femi Kuti is the son of Fela and the righteous leader of his own Positive Force. He speaks now just days after the Nigerian government shut down the Shrine, the historic venue that was the birthplace of Afrobeat. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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