Show Crowds Concentrate on Machines Of Loving Grace Group Delivers Powerful Live Performance Performance Performance mance at Local Club Sounds Even Better Than Album Found in Stores Li LiA Concert Review DaH A perfect performance on A A Perfect Tan opened a spree of songs songs' at club DV DV 8 8 Thursday Nov 18 IS by hard driving band Machines Of Loving Grace OK A Perfect Tan the first track on the new album Concentration Concentration Concentration Concen Concen- maybe wasn't a perfect performance when considering minor technical difficulties with the drum set But drummer Brad Kemp kept the beat hard and strong and the Machines Machines' timing on dead-on as they filled the air with an assault of bass toned deep-toned keyboard keyboard keyboard key key- board and intoxicating guitar Concentration is Machines' Machines second effort and seems to be doing well Butterfly Wings the first single from the new album has had staple play on the local radio waves of The band formed four years ago in Arizona and have concerned concerned concerned con con- themselves themselves' to write about the frustrations in and of America which has given them a dark style in music and lyric Songs such as Limiter Albert Speer Speet and Lilith Eve have a great combination of lead guitar performed performed per per- formed by Stuart Kupers and bass by Ray This guitar combination was comparable to the low grind and ands s scratching metal-edged metal sound of the group Rage Against the Machine Machine Machine Ma Ma- chine especially on the song Acceleration Kupers' Kupers guitar was loud and strong while the bass was heavy and clear enough to vibrate through ones one's chest cavity A An 1 edge that the Machines of Grace have over the Machines of Rage is the blend of pounding keyboards keyboards keyboards key key- boards complement of Mike Fisher The keyboards varied from sounds of light futuristic tones that bridge verses in Butterfly Wings to adding an industrial funk sound to Lilith Eve Lilith ve and Limiter Machines Of Loving Grace is a band that really comes to life in a alive alive alive live performance They sounded so sowell sowell sowell well live that the album doesn't quite seem to do them justice w F j y eL eLa a w g Ai 11 M Machines chines of Loving G Grace ce Touring With My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult made a stop at Salt Lake City Hot Spot Club on Thursday Nov 18 They were harder and definitely more intense Their instruments seemed to expand on stage giving them a new range of sound to push out Scott Benzel vocalist has the right voice box for this band He gives a deep feeling often sinister on each song which he can pro pro- trude trade clearly then turn into a cry of growling rage Benzel gave quite a performance performance performance mance in the limited space that he had to work with A vision of Jim Morrison came to mind when he gripped the microphone and screamed out into the crowd Dont place faith in human be be- ings words of wisdom from Benzel as he sang Butterfly Wings ending their set with crowd pleasing power Concentration is a go and get it for those who want to be at the front of what's new and worth listening listening listening lis lis- to It is produced by Mammoth Mammoth Mammoth Mam Mam- moth records |