Robin Guthrie and Brendan Perry

From Sam....
Gawd!! I hope the walls don’t cave in on us THIS SUNDAY, Strangers!!
Sunday, May 13 will be the loudest Stay Strange yet!! Frank Melendez and Riververb! Also on the bill is the equally loud Actuary from Los Angeles. Plus a rare performance by artist Gerritt Wittmer.
SUNDAY, MAY 13-
RIVERVERB/ACTUARY/GERRITT WITTMER
THE KAVA GALLERY - 2804 KETTNER BLVD - 7PM - $5.00 - ALL AGES SHOW!
Riververb is always in a constant change, and I hear that the latest incarnation is the best so far! Judge for yourself! it’s some heavy stuff! Face morphing grinder sludge. Last time Riververb played, no slayed, the smoke turned black from monolithic chunks of acid-noise.
Actuary shake the shit loose! Los Angeles breeds some sick stuff and this by no means drops the ball. Not only are this tunes in your face, it’s in your skull too! Mean ass nitro venom. Gory!!
Gerritt Wittmer is an artist in the darkest sense possible. I’m not sure what he’ll be doing at this month’s Stay Strange, but if it’s anything like his performance at LUFF, it’s going to be scary!!!

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Robin Guthrie and Brendan Perry Marc Gentry 6.20.11
Overall the show was really good. I'm glad I had an opportunity to go.Robin Guthrie was great! As you can imagine, his stuff was super mellow and not very loud for the most part but great ambient guitar soundscapes. We arrived about 15 minutes after he went on but he played till almost 10:30. He had a drummer and bass player for most of his set and did some stuff by himself with maybe a keyboard sound loop running through a laptop. He was selling like 15 different solo records. Actually the French lady selling his stuff ask me not to refer to them as "solo", so I'll re-state it as "non-Cocteau Twins" albums. I picked up his newest one, Emeralds, that came out 2 weeks ago.

Brendan Perry was good too but a little too traditional. He pretty much played the DCD songs that he sings and some of his solo stuff. I felt like there was something a little flat with his set. He needed Lisa Gerrard and more percussion and organic instruments. His set sounded good but it was too synthesized for my taste. The drums, dulcimer, flute and other things were missing. It was like 1/3 of a DCD show. His voice however, is still amazing and really strong for someone his age. For me, the highlight of his set was when Robin joined him and they covered Tim Buckley's "Song of the Siren" which is also a song that the Cocteau Twins covered for on the first This Mortal Coil CD.