“Shot At Me,” the opening track of Mindwash’s new album Think Trash, feels like the opening scene of a dusty action movie where the protagonist is rolling down a lonesome highway in a T-top Chevrolet.
The rest of the nine-track outing doesn’t ease up on the gas and is loaded with tight-jean-wearing rock and roll guitar all driven by the soaring vocal of frontman Laith Abdel who frequently sounds like Cedric Bixler-Zavala a la “Inertiatic ESP”-era Mars Volta.
This album release gig is probably the best local show happening this weekend and gets an added boost from bombastic rock duo Hovercar and the irresistible power-pop of Bad, Bad Things. Drag performances by Aquariius and Autumn Vee are also part of the show hosted by Ripp Lee.
UPDATED 11/08/23 2:07 p.m. Updated because his name is Laith Abdel, and to add performances from Aquariius and Autumn Vee.
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This article appears in 11-02-2023.
