About that Ladybug Transistor show — they kind of sounded like a lounge band with mid-90s indie swagger. They ended up losing out in the equation of listening to more of their songs v. getting a decent night’s sleep.

But the opener, Still Flyin’, they were damn impressive and fun and exciting and new (to me).

In my back of the envelope calculus, they performed like a hybrid of Dark Meat and the Happy Mondays nursing a major reggae hard-on. Not that I’ve ever seen either of those bands live or feel that I’m accurately describing what they sounded like. The singer reminded me of a secular Daniel Smith. Take a lookee here at what the man, Sean Rawls, looks like:

Rawls was formerly in Masters of the Hemisphere and Je Suis France, which means that this Lumberjack knows how to spend his next E*Music binge.

His most recent band is considered an indie supergroup of sorts — or so I’ve read on the internet — featuring members of Track Star, Aislers Set, Ladybug Transistor, Love Is All, Maserati, and Red Pony Clock at various different times.

Their recorded sound, while still good, truly does not do the live show justice, which got this man’s flannel flyin’. But, it’s still definitely worth checking out.

Still Flyin’ - Mystery Tent (buy)

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