Friday Night's Show

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The Buddha Den, Dayton's premier music blog, reviews last night's ANDREW AND THE PRETTY PUNCHERS show:

"You could feel it as soon as you walked in the door. With the near glacial avenues of Dayton finally reemerging as legitimate walkways, the need to break out into the streets was overwhelming.

Even early on in the night the restless crowds poured into J-Alan's, seeking any sort of respite from the tedium that has beleaguered this city in the throes of winter . . .

Following a short but spirited set by Mascot, Jesse Remnant offered a sparkling set of pop gems from his highly underrated debut, The Human Cannonball, as well as string of masterpieces from Guided By Voices' Bee Thousand, that induced the revelers into a momentary singalong . . .

. . . without a doubt, however, the din had come to witness ANDREW AND THE PRETTY PUNCHERS.

Over the past 18 or so months, each subsequent appearance garners further accolades from their peers and adulation from their audiences. Yet again, this formidable unit stepped into the lights and channeled the collective angst and optimism of life in this post-industrial wasteland.

Unraveling tales of drunken nights and jaded hope, in their unbridled enthusiasm ANDREW AND THE PRETTY PUNCHERS deliver a catharsis that, if only for a brief shining moment, enables this sleepy city to revel in near-perfect rock n' roll bliss . . . "

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