Endless Bummer - Spiderhouse Ballroom Annex, SXSW, Austin TX - March 15, 2014


[California] This band had inexplicable charm. There was the awfully big fellow, Josh Homme looking. The female drummer, always a good thing. And the swishy blonde haired surfer dude. They apologized for being from California and then threw beach balls into the crowd – and the crowd loved it. They chided the crowd for not sharing and a guy shuffled to the front and potted them. Rockboy was totally mystified as to how they were so excellent when he had found them disgusting in his research – turns out there’s an Endless Bummer from Baltimore who are abrasive screamo. Whereas this Endless Bummer is spaced out hardcore – psych metal – and maybe some grunge and rockabilly. Canned voice a la The Ponys. We both liked them an awful lot. And their name is so evocative of teen angst and California mellow all at the same time.

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