OlyMusic Experiences

I caught these guys at the 4th Ave on the 10th, after the Open Meeting for Olympia Music folks.Melefluent.com Melefluent made us dance a whole lot, with their funky rockin sounds, and the lyrics seem to be really good. Got a CD and a t-shirt. Seriously, I was sweating a lot, and I think I even bumped into a wall, I was dancing so much, and wildly. These guys are good. I didn't catch them at Tugboat Annie's the next night, because A-Kamp was making their first appearance in 8 months or so at the Evergreen Housing Community Center, and I just plain had to go to that. A-Kamp put on a good show, sonically, as usual, and their visual setup was terrific too. Tommy had on a loud print shirt like something from Jackson Pollock and Vincent Van Gogh's combined offspring would produce, there was a new guitar player who amazingly never hit a wrong note, wearing a fur cap and interesting jacket, D-Kamp on trumpet was wearing an orange men at work type vest and very dark glasses while jumping up and down to the beat, and genius was wearing very shiny hammer lookin' pants with a fuzzy shirt half on half off, and of course Larstafari was hard to see through the whirling blizzard of drumsticks surrounding him at all times. There was some good tapping Van Halen would be proud of, and A-Kamp played well past the official bedtimes of most dormers. The previous night, after Melefluent, we went to The Mark and listened to L'Aguafois. They were pleasantly mellow with a few more upbeat moments, consistently conscious music that feels nice. We skipped out on Sesame Street Gangsters figuring they would play a much longer set, since they have a reputation for partying hard, but they were done when we came back after L'Aguafois. Perhaps we will see them on another occasion. They had great costumes, and also a giant inflatable penis that they were swinging around and poking people with during the Melefluent set. Oh, and before A-Kamp on Friday, Kenyatta & Special Guests rocked the house. There were several hand drums and a kit, and a bassist, and Kevin White on lead guitar, and they got people dancing, and it was enjoyable. Kenyatta sang and played guitar some, then he jumped on the drum kit, and Kevin took the lead for a while. I think I'll publish this now, and write about the meeting on the 10th in my next post.