Slaughter Beach, Dog frontman Jake Ewald exclaimed the group “sure as hell felt like a band” at its concert in Thalia Hall Sunday night. The audience could obviously confirm Ewald’s feeling, which he expressed in a monologue about not always feeling like a legitimate musician and songwriter. On the Chicago stop of its “Crying, Laughing,.
Bonny Doon are perfectionists and they make it known. Their 45-minute set at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio in Denton, TX on June 28 was peppered with instructions to the sound engineer to increase, decrease, and equalize sound on guitarist Bobby Colombo’s guitar.