Jacuzzi Boys hit Atlanta tonight
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Tonight’s the night of the big Dirtbombs and Spiritualized show at The Variety Playhouse, which is going to be a contender for roller coaster show of the year. But if that’s out of your price range, The Jacuzzi Boys are one of the more compelling younger rock acts to come out of Florida in a long, long time.
Their set opening up for King Khan and the Shrines over at Lenny’s on the 4th of July was pretty damn stellar, and swayed a lot of folks in attendance who had already grown weary of standing through too many opening acts.
The Jacuzzi Boys hail from the not-so-sunny side of Florida, where a sleazy blend of noisy rock and roll and melodies is a reactionary lifestyle choice. The young trio crafts hazy and angst-ridden rock songs that fall somewhere between Raw Power-era Stooges and Bleach-era Nirvana. Austell trio Mammals play a similar, though slightly more primitive take on homemade, Southern living-room punk. Atlanta newcomers the Barberries wield a gruff but refreshing balance of savagery and psychedelic melodies.
The show is $7 and the doors open at 9 p.m. The Drunken Unicorn, 736 Ponce de Leon Place. www.thedrunkenunicorn.net.
