Last Tuesday night we welcomed Vivian Girls to the The Hi-Tone. They are a punk rock, surf pop trio from Brooklyn, New York featuring Cassie Ramone (guitar/vocals), Katy “Kickball Katy” Goodman (bass/drums/vocals), and Fiona Campbell (drums/vocals).
Their music sounds like Ramones collided with The Shangri-Las and from the explosion came Vivian Girls.
Over Labor Day weekend we were excited to see Bake Sale play with Tiger High at The Hi-Tone Café. Bake Sale is a Memphis based band featuring Natalie (guitar), Charlotte (guitar), Carly (bass) and Joy (drums) (for now their keeping their last names a secret.) The music sounds like a pop group from the 60s mixed with The Ventures.
The band’s popularity has been growing exponentially with every show. They love to infect the crowd with the dancing bug and this night was no different. They were awesome enough to answer few questions before they went on stage.
We were thrilled to see Glorie play at the Hi-Tone on August 19th at the Rock For Love 5 benefit. The instrumental band is made up of a conglomerate of musical talent, many that have been in the local and national music scene for over a decade.
The band is made up of Memphis music veterans Jason Paxton, who switches between playing the keyboard, vibraphone and guitar, Jonathan Kirkscey (cello, keyboard, vibraphone and guitar), Andrew Saunders (drums), Jeff Hulett (bass), and Robert Brimhall (guitar and keyboard). The music that they played wowed a lot of first time listeners as their instrumental music created a powerful yet soothing flow over the jam packed crowd.
