Blood Incantation and Midwife at The Waiting Room in Omaha, Lespecial and Mike Dillon’s Punkadelic at The Aggie in Fort Collins, and Mitski at RedRocks (2nd row!)
The Gits are a punk rock band founded in the late 80s at Antioch College in my hometown of Yellow Springs, Ohio, and fronted by singer Mia Zapata, and one of my fave bands of all time. They moved to Seattle in 1989 (a year before I did). Their live shows are legendary and they were on their way to signing a major record deal when Mia was raped and murdered while heading home after a late night show in 1993. Last year Sub P Pop decided to re-release their albums remastered by Jack Endino. Last Saturday KEXP hosted a record release party and the remaining members (Steve Moriarty, Matt Dresdner, and Joe Spleen along with friend Ben London) gathered to put on a show with guest singers. In this photo the guest singer is Maria Mabra, one of Mia’s best friends who went to high school with my sister in Yellow Springs. She brought the energy.
Intimate, and deeply heartfelt in a similar way Fink moves me when listening to his recordings. Also, the evident friendship and synchronicity with Tim, playing guitars and drums, adds an emotional ‘softness’ to the atmosphere.
We went to see him last year. He had an incredible amount of energy for his age to be running round the stage all night. Although, he stopped several times to tell stories, so I guess it was his way of taking a break.
