Dead Tooth at Market Hotel (photo by Kate Hoos)

 

Ah the dog days of summer! What else to do to escape the swamp of NYC in August than to go to a sweaty fucking punk fucking rock show, amirite?! Lucky for me, this banger of a night featuring three bands I love (Dead Tooth, TVOD, and Venus Twins) and one I’d been wanting to check out but kept missing (JessX) was hot and ready for the Brooklyn scene to embrace.

 

And embrace these bands the fans did, the audience loving every moment of the the high intensity night. From start to finish, each band tapped into the primal feeling of punk and skirted just at the edge of chaos. The show had a little bit for everyone—the shrill noise punk of JessX, the noise/punk/metal freakout of Venus Twins and onward to the rowdy grooves of TVOD and wild frenzy of Dead Tooth, they were all sonic compliments to each other and this show was for sure a night for the books.

 

JessX kicked off the night and being that I’d never seen them before (and hadn’t yet listened to the album Baby Faced an error I have now fixed) I thought “okay this must be quiet and pleasant” when the set started out with a slow ukelele song. The joke was on me though because the noise was soon revealed and a rip-roaring set ensued. One that even included JessX themself doing a stint on a pogo stick in the audience—while impressively continuing to sing—which was a first for me in all my many years of going to shows. Venus Twins were up second and celebrating the release of their latest single “God’s Machines” (read my thoughts here). After climbing the infamous support column in the middle of the room—while still continuing to play— bassist Matt Derting came back down to conclude the set with the new song, the entire ten and a half minutes full of intricacy and delicious fuzzy noise.

 

TVOD at Market Hotel

 

TVOD came up next and began their set with singer Tyler Wright sitting on a chair in near darkness for ominous effect. The veil was soon lifted however and they launched into a feverish set which saw the band members in and out of the crowd and the whole room singing along throughout. They announced a tour immediately after the show and will be spreading their wild ways throughout the East Coast before returning to Brooklyn for shows in early September. Dead Tooth capped off the night with their special brand of fervid sax fueled garage rock mania. I saw them open for Bass Drum of Death at Market Hotel not long ago (see pics), and either in the opening slot or the headlining slot, they easily commanded the entire room, filling the space with their infectious presence. Sweat was practically pouring down the walls at the end of the night, a true testament to the magic of the punk rock summer in NYC.

 

Dead Tooth at Market Hotel

 

These are some of the best bands going in New York right now, I can’t stress enough to keep up with what they are doing in any way you can. You won’t be sorry.

 

Scroll down for more pics of the show (photos by Kate Hoos)

 

JESS X

 

 

VENUS TWINS

 

TVOD

 

 

DEAD TOOTH