Southernmost Gravy and Aurhe Shake Up Kilby Court
The young have a way of re-interpreting genres of old that keeps things fresh, no matter how bygone things seem to get. Two acts coming through Kilby Court on Thursday, Jan 14 have some novel stuff to play to the COVID-capped audience, stuff that will shake off any preconceptions that these genres are dead or uninteresting. First, there s the super-youthful band Southernmost Gravy, who are first notable for their goofy name, but secondly and more importantly for their adoption of EDM (the soundtrack of the early aughts, alt and pop alike) as their own experimental playground. Despite the band being made up of teenagers who were probably in elementary school when the genre was at its peak, the three-piece has released two full albums as of 2020, dissecting EDM into pared down, minimal compositions that verge into dream pop territory despite the fact that EDM is only historically dreamy for ravers. These kids are too young to rave, but