Pics by Jamie Lynne Naugher
TRAVIS CRAIG'S Grey House is one cool pad. I myself first experienced it a couple weekends ago at a show featuring acts Dugout Canoe, MMCII, Isidro and Urbandy, all mystically rad. The show was presented by Step Pepper Records, a local independent label specializing in electronics, beats and noise. The label is a combined effort between Obsolete Gangster and Urbandy, both Birmingham natives. Suitably enough, the pair started off the show with a collaboration set. Craig's art-covered walls provided for the perfect back drop for these other-worldly sounds.
Next up was Dugout Canoe and I was stoked. This was my first time to see Dugout Canoe perform his guitar-warped electronics despite our having met two months prior. Our paths crossed in Louisville while both on tour. Jacob and Colin, who was on tour with him at the time, needed a place to crash and luckily got to stay with my band. Jacob slept in a tree house that night. I'm still jealous. Currently on tour with Dugout Canoe, MMCII played afterward with a visual accompaniment. Eerie spectacles of shape and color washed over the screen, complimenting MMCII's waves of sonorous electronics. Isidro was the final act and (regrettably) the only one I missed. Thankfully, I was lucky enough to experience Isidro last spring in the close quarters of a UAB radio booth (which was fucking rad!) so I'm not beating myself up too bad.Things you should know after reading this:
- - Grey House rules. Go to shows there, check out Travis' art, don't fuck up.
- - Scope Step Pepper. Label's the shit, as are the people behind it. That came out right, right?
- - If the opportunity presents itself, sleep in the damn tree house. You won't regret it.
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