Material Girls, OMNI, Jock Gang, Deep State, Soft Option, Glare — July 20, 2017 at The EARL

July 20, 2017

The EARL in Atlanta

• Material Girls
• OMNI
• Jock Gang
• Deep State
• Soft Option
• Glare

• The EARL

Day 1 of Irrelevant Music Fest (& Kale’s B day! ) Soft Option - post punk trio, bass players vocal sounds like Jonathan Richman's lost love child, very sparse guitar delivery..not bad.. need to work on showing up ready to play though… good set ending song called Private Property (I think).. realized we had seen them before in nashville opening Ranch Ghost & OMNI.. was that last year. Hmmm.. Deep State - Rock & Roll from Athens GA. Started off a little cold but gradually they kicked into gear by the end. The room was definitely revved up after they were done. Jock Gang - the now 4 piece seems to be coming together. A couple of new tunes. Not quite there compared to old 5 piece line up though but that takes time. Good set. OMNI - 3 months plus since the last time we saw them. Crazy… a couple of new tunes in the set. Doug was playing Material Girls kit (which is almost identical to his brand new kit) .. funny eh? Frank told me he had forgot his guitar and apologized to me about it. I didn't know any better. They killed it like they always do and continue to be one of my favorite bands. Material Girls - sleazy rock Atlanta natives completely crushed it. It was also their record release party. Incredible cover of Classics IV - Spooky was knocked out of the park! Being at this performance made me so proud to be living in the A. Too much good shit here… too many people sleepin’... onward..