Cory Hanson of psych-band Wand fame, blew a very big hole into the landscape for himself two years ago with the release of his acclaimed record Western Cum on Drag City Records. Since then, he has been only building on his fascinating take on psychedelia and rock weirdness. This is wall-melting death trip music, with a cartoon patina of brightness over the lead paint and asphalt of the forgotten towns of the American mindscape. Tonight at 7:30 p.m. he is making a return to the scene of the crime at the Miniplex, this time with excellent new(ish) act Western Extra providing the best support for this bill our formidable local scene can offer.
($15).
If you are older than me and went to college in the 1990s, there’s a good chance that you have some familiarity with the second wave jam scene from that era that produced massive stadium acts like Dave Matthews Band and Phish. There were many musical offshoots, from funk to electronica, that swam in that wake, and among the most respected in the former style is Philadelphia’s G. Love and Special Sauce, who are still touring and grooving over 30 years after starting out. You can catch them tonight at Humbrews at 9 p.m., with tickets running from
$40 for general admission to $100 for a pre-show acoustic storytelling solo set by Mr. G. Love himself.
This article appears in A Saturday at the Rodeo.