The Wind-Ups at Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, 8/7/26

First exposure to this local (Oakland) band and they're quite the churning piledriver: Ramones hooks and harmonies crossed with an overdriven wall of fuzz and hum. I'm reminded of the bottom-heavy attack of Pampers, the oblique lyrics of the Spits, and (strangely) Spacemen 3 (when they digress into drone-heavy extendo-grooves).

Their 2025 LP is pretty good - please don't construe this as an ad.

https://thewind-ups.bandcamp.com/album/confection

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synae@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 20d

Love BotH, will have to check these guys out. Also need to do another pass over the concert calendar and figure out what shows I need to buy tix for!

expect_nothing@leminal.space · 2 pts · 21d

Oh, they were opening for (the incredible) Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds, who I love but are also a known quantity. These folks were unexpected and had all the greater impact for it.