Lucky Pineapple is playing an all-ages show at The 930 Listening Room on January 10 for $5. Alongside them are Abner Trio and Virgin Flame.
Lucky Pineapple describe themselves as “a Louisville-based indie/art/progressive rock band that began in 2004. Combining elements of punk, surf, jazz, funk, prog- with a tropical overtone- Lucky Pineapple has gained a reputation, both locally and regionally, for their schizophrenic, genre bending sounds WITH a high energy, visually stunning live show.” (at unsigned)
Here come Lucky Pineapple barreling down the streets of Louisville, touting an eclectic blend of genres, which is then further mutated by trumpet blasts, ever-changing keyboards, and a select amount of everyman vocals….With songs that recall the vibrant shimmering of tropical paradises – by way of the titles and music itself naturally – it’s difficult to resist lying back and feasting on the fruits of Lucky Pineapple.
There is nothing more annoying in music today than hearing an up-and-coming band described only in terms of what city they’re from. “This is New York PUNK at its finest!” or “The DEFINITIVE freak-folk band of Austin”. Perhaps there are sounds you can imagine hearing from these cities, but truly such descriptions mean nothing if you do not reside in such metropolitan hotspots. True, spirited music, especially rock ‘n roll, has no boundaries.And this is where Abner Trio comes in. This is no typical Pavement or Sonic Youth rip-off; no key-changing math-punk or over-wrought crooning post-rock, though one could arguably hear all these elements and far, far more interwoven within their style. They are not simply of-their-city. But enough hyphens. The genuine wit of Daniel Paquette, the sharp and experimental guitar playing of Clinton Hughey, and perhaps the only jazz-metal drummer to have ever lived, Karl Hofstetter, muse together for this project to put forth only…themselves! Yet this is still highly achieved stuff. This is a band with a BIG sound, simply put. This is guitardrumandbass music that far out reaches the limits of such a banal term.When you hear them, there are no comparisons; there is no question that you are in fact listening to a group for any age, to remember and to just plain rock out: The Abner Trio. (comments from Abner Trio’s myspace page)
Virgin Flame is more of a Folkish type band making the indie circuit at Nachbar’s Christmas series and playing Seidenfadens frequently.
