March 30, 2010 9pm
Circus
1227 N. High Street
(614) 421-2998
$7 adv
Ages 18+ - Under 21 pay $2 surcharge at the door
Gringo Star
http://www.gringostar.net/
Atlanta-based rock quartet Gringo Star, consisting of brothers Nick Furgiuele and Peter Furgiuele, plus Pete Delorenzo and Matt McCalvin, originally called themselves A Fir-Ju Well before adopting their jokey new name. All four members are multi-instrumentalists who jump around among guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, accordion, kazoo, and tambourine on-stage. After building up a local following, they released a self-titled debut EP on September 18, 2007. - ©2010 Rovi, All Music Guide
The Spruce Campbells
http://www.myspace.com/thesprucecampbells
The Woozies
http://www.myspace.com/thewoozies
Some band names imply a lot about what a band might sound like. Moondrones is one of those names. So when the spacey psych trio decided to retool its sound toward power-charged pop nuggets and bring in second singer Kelly Williams for near constant harmonizing with Tommy Clark, a change of nomenclature seemed in order.
Thus, the band that played Wild Goose Creative last Saturday was called The Woozies. After an evening of progressively more complex music courtesy of Bird and Flower, Old Hundred and visitors Jookabox, the Woozies snapped things back to simplicity through two-minute bursts of guitar pop.
Though Clark, bassist Rob Ottman and drummer Ryan Dyson comprise nothing more than a traditional power trio, they did a lot with those basic ingredients, shifting from Cramps-style punk to Yo La Tengo distortion swoons to off-kilter Pixies madness. The tunes were packaged in simple, snappy structures that wasted no time in reeling me in then veering to a halt before they had time to go stale.
For all the Woozies’ instrumental prowess, though, Williams was the band’s shoeless sparkplug. Her harmonies with Clark were crisp and emphatic, and her stage presence - that of a rubber bouncy ball careening off the walls and ceiling - was a welcome jolt.
See ‘em as soon as you can. - Chris DeVille, Alive