For a ‘holiday’, and a Sunday, I was pretty pleased with the turnout at Ponytail this weekend. Holocene isn’t a hard place to fill, and this was proof that if there’s reason enough, people will make the effort to come out. Ponytail was much more than enough reason. Molly Seigel was in full form, doing her best zombie impression while shouting incoherent lyrics into the microphone. Prior to their set someone told me they had read Ponytail originally wanted to sound like Lightning Bolt. With this in mind, the similarities were impossible to avoid. While drummer Jeremy Hyman may not have the chops like Brian Chippendale, or the charisma, he comes off as more of a Boredoms like beat instigator which serves to propel the very Lightning Bolt-like guitar work by Ken Seeno.
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Posted By David Hutchinson
[Not my photo.]
If you haven’t already seen Molly Siegel on stage singing for Ponytail, you now have unbreakable plans this Sunday. As childlike and chaotic as their album cover suggests, Ponytail are one of the most fun female-fronted bands to ever take the stage. I had the good fortune of catching them open for Battles on their Mirrored tour, and they were simply amazing. The way Siegel bounces and screams suggest a sense of urgency, but really it’s just her inner child bursting through her adult exterior. Remember when you were little and all you could think to do was scream, jump and shake with excitement and frustration? Neither do I really, but lucky for us Ponytail does, and their set to remind us all this Sunday when they play Holocene with Katy Davidson and Tests.
MP3’s after the jump:
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Posted By David Hutchinson
