Violet Age

As I've said in my Sharon Van Etten- and War on Drugs-related posts, my concert well's been dry since Andrew W.K. at the end of November. I've been, for the first time, reduced to looking up cheap local shows, and so far, I've been pleasantly surprised. One band I've come across is local group Violet Age. The first couple of tracks from their three-song Prescriptions EP (which one can download for free at the band's Band Camp page) sounds like the Brian Jonestown Massacre playing Methodrone with less intoxicated minds. For only $6 at the Media Club (on Feb. 22), it will be worth skipping the post-rock/prog-metal/prog-jazz/whatever groups Ludvico Treatment and Seven Nines & Tens to see Violet Age alone.