Photos: Glasvegas, Thrushes, Bad Liquor Pond @ Ottobar

by Greg Szeto | October 8th 2008, 12:27 AM

Debate night or Tegan and Sara sapped much of the pull from this show, which should have been substantial. The night featured a killer set from local mainstays Bad Liquor Pond (captured here by the Baltimore Taper), a spectacular set from Baltimore lush-rockers Thrushes (probably top of their game, which is ironic since they are on hiatus now until next year to regroup the loss of their drummer Ryan Sterner) and a charming set from recent hype-darlings Glasvegas.

Bad Liquor Pond was really in the groove, nailing their mid-tempo blues-n-psych as I’ve never heard them do before. Thrushes was firing on all fronts, sweeping and grandiose waves of emotions swirling about enough to make anyone woozy. Sadly, they were cut criminally short…just before they were to premiere some new material. Glasvegas put on a set that was the epitome of showmanship, a mysterious and heady immersion hewed from the same cloth as Thrushes, namely the Phil Spector set. The stage was pitch black and minimally lit by nearly exhaustive red dwarfs hanging above the stage and brief and brilliant flashes of white strobe, lending them a bit of a supernatural, otherworldly silhouette fitting for their spacious and reverbed-out, dark pop compositions.

Enjoy the photos from our newest photo contributor Ryan Creel, shooting in the difficult black hole lighting situation.

All photos: Ryan Creel

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Alex Mudge says:

October 9, 2008 at 10:29 am

I’m not a big fan of unnecessary cursing, but sometimes it’s needed for effect. Like Thrushes’ “Heartbeats” is a fucking ridiculously good song.

It’s been a year since Greg and I first became aware of Thrushes while working for a print entertainment paper.

Thrushes was the first in-person interview I ever did as an music “journalist.” This band is great for many reasons, but remains close to me for sentimental ones.