Whiskerman with Spoon Benders at The Independent
Schedule
Thu Nov 11 2021 at 08:00 pm
Location
The Independent | San Francisco, CA
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Whiskerman at The Independent with Spoon Benders$20 General Admission
Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:00pm
Over the last 7 years the Oakland band has developed an underground reputation for tackling the sublime with their ambitious songwriting, thunderous stage show, and acute lyricism. They have since emerged as an engine of the Bay Area’s revitalized psychedelic and festival scenes. Frontman Graham Patzner, who will crow like a medicine show preacher, and then coo you into the arms of his lovesick eternity, might be a spitfire protege of the underworld himself, though, through and through he will remind you that there is no rapture without artistry. On the surface this is splendid rock-and-roll, rooted in the classic, psych and glam rock tradition, but the pageantry and chaos of Whiskerman’s performances will leave you describing an experience more than a sound.
Whiskerman is preparing to release their fourth studio album, Kingdom Illusion–a rock and roll vision quest that ushers the band’s elegiac psychedellia towards a louder, pushier, more colorful sound. Their past albums have been described as “ecstatic psychedelia, sturdily constructed pop-rock, pick-and-grin folk all together as a single picture.” (Flood Magazine)
The band is: Graham Patzner (vocals, guitar, violin and piano), Will Lawrence (bass), and Charles Lloyd (guitar and sitar), Dan Schwartz (drums), and Jeremy Lyon (guitar).
The Spoon Benders are "snarling, swaggering punk…”. (Cervanté Pope for Willamette Weekly) Katie Wise from Rag Tag Magazine calls them, "one of the most undaunted and progressive bands within city limits." The up and coming garage-psych punk band, hailing from Portland, OR forged their sound and debut album, Dura Mater in studio and on the stage in 2019 before the COVID-19 shutdown. Inspired by bands such as GøGGS, the Pleasure Seekers, Black Sabbath, Thee Oh Sees, and the Stooges, the Spoon Benders create a diverse and highly dynamic sound that promises to hold your undivided attention.
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Where is it happening?
The Independent, 628 Divisadero St, San Francisco, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
