Take a look in GO! Magazine from week to week, and chances are decent you’ll find me touting the danceability of some band’s music.
That was before I heard The Staxx Brothers. I’m not sure I’ll ever look at dance music the same way again.
This Seattle band plays face-melting, heavy soul music that grunts and sweats and boogies like few bands can. It’s old-school stuff that sounds about like the Rolling Stones might’ve sounded if they’d grown up surrounded by the hard rock and hip-hop of the late 20th century. And yes, it’s gonna make you shake your thing.
The Staxx Brothers are coming to Bend to celebrate the release of their new album “We are The Blaxstonz,” and they promise two (or more) full sets of “hard ass soul,” along with a little reggae and even country. Plus, they’ll almost certainly play the song “Almost Got Shot in North Minneapolis,” a hard-driving tune about wandering into the wrong part of town that’s as engaging as it is menacing. Plus, there’s a Beastie Boys reference in there.
You can find out more about The Staxx Brothers — who happen to also be the latest signing to local booking agency In The Pocket Artists — by checking out www.staxxbrothers.com.
The Staxx Brothers ; 9 p.m. Thursday; $5; Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom, 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-388-8331.
— Ben Salmon
