The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer: Victoria

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Thursday, November 28th, 2013
8:00 PM

The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer is more like a sweaty fling between a sack full of harmonicas, a mess of foot percussion, and a very greasy Telecaster. Shawn Hall and Matthew Rogers say they�re making blues for a changing world, but a fan put it even better: this is �blues that gets you in the crotch.�

It�s also blues that gets rear-ends on the dance floor, while earning praise for its �decades-deep blues style� (Scott Brown, What�sup Yukon). Combining the raw swagger of bands like The Black Keys and The White Stripes with a deep love for the roots of the genre, HAM reminds us that this kind of music was always supposed to talk to our nether regions.

And if a lot of the blues made today seems a little limp, HAM finds its answer in the innovation that was at the hart of greats like Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell and MuddyWaters.

http://www.harpoonistaxemurderer.com/

Tickets available at Lyle's Place, Ditch Records and Ticketweb.ca.