Brainsluts

There is a new-ish band on campus, called brainsluts. Rob Madole '10, Russell O'Rourke '11, and Katy Pinke '10 make up the complete band. Featured to the left: lovely Russell, imbibing. Coffee, baby. So hot. 

Brainsluts is rocking in a strange new way. Rob's on the african drums, acoustic guitar, and vocals. Katy mostly does ornamental harmonies and percussion -- the tambourine or a salt-shaker thing. Russell is a mastermind on the accordion, viola, and some three-part harmony jams. And also, he's for sure dreamy. During their performances I'm often torn between being completely emotionally invested in the songs -- bouncing around with the rest of the attention-hungry crowd -- or removing myself to enjoy the irony of the oh-so-silly lyrics. Or of course, there's the name of the band itself. Awesome. Anyway, they've only performed a few times (once in Murray Dodge, twice as openers for bigger names in Terrace) but their "genre," if you can call it that, spans from LSDJ video-game rock-tech-hip-hop-outs to Animal Collectivey drum-beats and twangy, raw harmonies. I love them. Then again, they're also my friends. Anyone else get a chance to catch them in all of their weirdness and glory?

Posted here: their first Terrace performance in November. Only three songs, more folky, the LSDJ sound only came later. Check it out. UEM