I was front and center, dragging on a Camel light when Balaclavas took the Notusoh stage at the aptly named Noise and Smoke Fest.  I didn’t know what to expect. I was; to be polite, ambivalent about the bands prior to the trio.

The show was bad ass.  A mess of post-punk surf rock dingy brilliance — a bassist wielding a tape a recorder, an animatronic drummer, staccato blood yells through delayed microphones, tinges of distortion blazing from a keyboard, minimalist stains of melody — brilliant.  

Enough of my waxing poetic.  Go see the band, you should be so lucky.  The next show is at The Mink December 3rd. 

For the tracks you’ll need to go here:   http://www.myspace.com/balaclavas 

-Jefferson Addams