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March 2, 2016

Creepoid, The Powder Room, Blue Blood, Grand Vapids

Saturday, Mar. 5 @ Caledonia Lounge

By Adam Clair

Photo Credit: Jammi York

Philly’s Creepoid was briefly Savannah's Creepoid, recording 2015’s swirling, spaced out Cemetery Highrise Slum down South. The band picked a good time of year to swing back down in exile of the bracing back nine of northeastern U.S. winter. (Pennsylvanians know: Punxsutawney Phil is full of it.) But as flu season crossfades into allergy season, Creepoid's noisy congestion and slow-melting melodies are a decent fit, the sort of swampy, swollen, psychedelic shoegaze that sounds the way NyQuil feels. The snowbirds make their first appearance in Athens sharing a bill with locals Grand Vapids, The Powder Room and Blue Blood.

Calendar

  • Saturday, March 5

    Caledonia Lounge

    9 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18-20). www.caledonialounge.com

    Grand Vapids, Creepoid, The Powder Room, Blue Blood

    GRAND VAPIDS This local alt-rock band has a dense, dreamy, slowcore-inspired sound.

    CREEPOID Philly-based lo-fi grunge band. See Calendar Pick on p. 38.

    THE POWDER ROOM Local sludgy noise-rock trio.

    BLUE BLOOD Melodic psych-pop project from Hunter Morris, formerly of Gift Horse.

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