If It's Too Loud...

I have a soft spot for garage rock, and one of the coolest garage rock albums so far this year is The Internal Theater from Archer Oh. The California band has this interesting crooner style element added into their garage rock, which ups the cool factor for their sound. It's a smooth version of the decades old genre, and somehow adding something older than garage rock to garage rock makes it sound fresh. Once I saw they were playing The Rockwell in Somerville, I couldn't resist making the trip into the city on a Sunday night. To put it simply, Archer Oh were fabulous. Garage rock is always a genre that works best played live, and they were no exception. I had no idea what kind of fanbase they have, but their fans packed The Rockwell on a school night and sang along to virtually every word. This is a band that doesn't seem to have any casual fans, and the younger leaning audience was stoked to see their heroes take the stage. Their energy was well rewarded, and Archer Oh put...