J. RODDY WALSTON with The Upkeeps

J Roddy WalstonSoul'd Out & Pickathon Present: J Roddy Walston w/ The Upkeeps. Doors: 7:00pm Show: 8:00pm Ages 21+ J. Roddy Walston is a force of nature. If his hits like Heavy Bells is are a war cry, then the deep cuts like Boys Can Never Tell are a tac@cal cosmic retreat. For some, his music is a form of religion, psychedelic in its intensity, transforma@ve in its grip on the body, shaking loose something primal that's been buried too long. It's not about thinking, It's about moving, feeling, surrendering. His influences are a riot of contradictions: Kurt Cobain's fury, Nilsson's fractured sweetness, Zeppelin's power, and somewhere in there a perverted nod to William Onyeabor's lonely calculator funk. Cri@cs try to box him in, but Walston can't be contained---he does chaos, and his live shows do damage, but fortunately his songs can pay the tab. Catch him and his band before he burns it all down again.