"Is it possible to smash a guitar un-self-consciously? It certainly seemed that way at Cake Shop earlier this month, when Awesome Color left a roomful of in-the-know types gleefully dumbstruck. (Oakley Hall was headlining-- that alone means several quality musicians were present.) Singer Derek Stanton's seemingly unpremeditated ax-whacking lacked any sense of violence or menace(which is fine). It was simply the final blow in a stream of gestures that translate across rock & roll forms; any punk...
These are videos from concerts where Awesome Color played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Sonic Youth / Awesome Color Jul 21, 2009 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Embedded by Blaire Lund
