Dark Meat at Cake Shop tonight

One of my favorite Athens bands, Dark Meat, is playing at the Cake Shop tonight in Manhattan. I highly recommend that you check them out. Here's what I wrote about them in the July issue of Southeast Performer Magazine:

"The atmosphere of the room was energized by the gajillion-piece Dark Meat, who had 15 or 16 members this evening, depending on if one counts the guy in the back who threw balloons. With so many people, Dark Meat has its own sections within the band. The horn section is known as The Vomit Lasers and the female singers and dancers are called The Subtweeters, although sisters Claire and Page Campbell were absent this night due to being on tour with their band Hope For Agoldensummer, leaving Heather Heyn to handle all the singing duties.

This lot of Athens musicians is headed by guitarist/singer Jim McHugh, who plays Charles Manson to this Family Band. As the group performed, waves of energy bursts could be felt pouring over the crowd. Balloons were being slapped and kicked about the room like excited gas molecules. Just as songs would reach a low point and one thought the end was near, the band would pick it back up again and continue to bang away for two more minutes. The percussion trio created big beats with two drum sets powered by [Jason] Robira of The Ginger Envelope and Forrest Leffer of Carrie Nations, as well as on most songs from guitarist Tim Schreiber of Col. Knowledge & The Lickety-Splits. There was also a guest belly dancer on stage to add to the eclecticism and chaos of all that is Dark Meat."

Dark Meat - Angel of Meth
Dark Meat - Dead Man