Disco Inferno

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Let’s not get into a discussion about what punk rock is and isn’t. For the purposes of this blurb, anything done with gusto, verve, and a devil-may-care attitude is punk. Like calling yourself the Voodoo Organist, as L.A. musician Scott Wexton does, and banging out tales of fire and brimstone with a touring pal known as the Devil Drums(Robin Kennon). Their bluesy, gothic sound is very much reminiscent of self-described influences such as Tom Waits, Nick Cave, and Howlin’ Wolf—if any of them had played junk percussion and thereminwhile moaning about Satan. Wexton’s Hammond organ can be playful (“Can I get a Witness?”) or used to make a campy, morose dirge (“The Serpent Dance”) that conjures thoughts of the skeleton organ booby-trap in The Goonies: play the wrong chords, and you die! Heads up to local horror-rock superstars Schoolyard Heroes—your ideal tour mates have arrived.
Mon., Sept. 3, 9:30 p.m.