EUGENE ROBINSON Eugene Robinson’s set may end up being the most visceral and fascinating portion of this evening. The vocalist for San Francisco’s long-lived avant-rock outfit Oxbow, who just happens to be built like six tanks, is also an author. This tough-as-shit brainiac (he’s also a Stanford graduate) will tell stories and read passages from his books, one of which is about fighting and happens to be nonfiction. Suffice to say, spoken word is rarely this intense and engaging. Scott Kelly of post-metal standard-bearers Neurosis and Nate Hall of rural psych-doom juggernaut US Christmas, who both are releasing solo albums this year, round out the evening.. $10. Snug Harbor.
This article appears in Mar 6-12, 2012.
