Fri 16 Apr – Rogue Wave
It's easy to let life changes in any band to bleed through onto stage and studio. Bands by nature share bloodlines with both gangs and gypsys; a self-contained and unified front, yet living out of a suitcase. It's only natural for the album-to-album, show-to-show sine waves of joy and despair to show up from time to time. From that logic, Oakland's Rogue Wave would have the most depressing, maudlin catalogues in indie rock. The band has endured numerous setbacks, any one of which would have shattered your average band. (To briefly summarize: lead singer/songwriter suffers two slipped discs in his back, drummer has agonizing ordeal with liver disease and transplant, original bassist dies in building fire) Yet the five members of Rogue Wave that climbed onto the High Noon Saloon on a Friday night had nothing on their agenda but to drown the audience in waves of chipper sound. The band were supporting their recently-released Permalight their most upbeat and dance-oriented set…
It's easy to let life changes in any band to bleed through onto stage and studio. Bands by nature share bloodlines with both gangs and gypsys; a self-contained and unified front, yet living out of a suitcase. It's only natural for the album-to-album, show-to-show sine waves of joy and despair to show up from time to time. From that logic, Oakland's Rogue Wave would have the most depressing, maudlin catalogues in indie rock. The band has endured numerous setbacks, any one of which would have shattered your average band. (To briefly summarize: lead singer/songwriter suffers two slipped discs in his back, drummer has agonizing ordeal with liver disease and transplant, original bassist dies in building fire) Yet the five members of Rogue Wave that climbed onto the High Noon Saloon on a Friday night had nothing on their agenda but to drown the audience in waves of chipper sound. The band were supporting their recently-released Permalight their most upbeat and dance-oriented set…
