If I had a dollar for everytime I checked out a band coming to San Antonio that turned out to be some basic ass psych rock from LA or Austin or Brooklyn, I could buy groceries for a month. The thing is, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with the general umbrella of psychedelic music. It’s amazing stuff, and if I told you I didn’t trip on mushrooms while listening to psych rock, I’d be lying ‘cause we’ve all been curious to see what’s on the darkside of the moon. While you could most definitely find an Annabelle Chairlegs record underneath “psychedelic rock” in any record store, there’s an honesty about their sound that makes me believe they’re not in it because psyche rock is cool (it’s actually less en vogue now), but what I hear when I hear this band is a genuine sound, and it’s radical.
Legendary California punk bands Bad Religion and Social Distortion brought their anthemic sounds to Boeing Center at Tech Port on Friday night. Here's…