TK Webb & The Visions put on a great set perfect for guitar junkies and general rock enthusiasts alike on Saturday night. Their music is all over the musical map and they totally put on a stellar performance that showcased not only their debut album Ancestors (now available on Kemado Records) but just how unique their musical vision can be. And just seeing them live transformed my casual interest into actual intrigue.
Currently on tour in support of their eponymous third studio release, Secret Machines got their space rock on for a crowd chock full of longtime devotees. They played a healthy mix off their previous two releases Now Here Is Nowhere and Ten Silver Drops as well, including my favorite track “Nowhere Again,†which is an erotically charged number that grows in intensity and always gets the audience’s collective pulse racing.
Secret Machines are, at best, a three-prong rock outfit that really electrified the place with larger-than-life drumming, heavy guitar riffs, atmospheric keyboards, and the kind of vocals that grab you by the lapels and don’t take NO for an answer. Even their stage set-up was eery and dark as they performed in this cage that resembled some sort of steel cable cobweb. I kinda dug it. See for yourself:
Secret Machines latest album, Secret Machines, is available now.
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TK Webb & the Visions: website | myspace
Photos and Writing by: Mona Sheikh
