Blog: There Goes the Fear

Just like you can't keep a good man down, you can't keep a good band down either. Brooklyn-based Appomattox , fine purveyors of what I would call exciting indie rock, made a fine showing in a short 40-minute set played at the Red and Black Bar in Washington last night. This is one animated band. Singer/guitarist Nick Gaynier shreds like a man possessed and somehow (I really don't know how he does it) delivers the lyrics to the band's songs with similar gusto. The songs are largely upbeat [...]