The rousing rumble of power-pop trio Rabbits to Riches enters The Pharmacy this evening. With a sleek yet slightly sinister, bass-steered edge, Brigitte Benecke’s vocal delivery intimates action in a monologue-confessional approach. Instrumentally, that close range sound can sit at a gentle, rolled-over pace or be accelerated, creating pressure amid limited space within the tonal-tunnel. Despite those confines, there’s an insistent, rhythmic energy that infilitrates. Emotively splashed vocals meet the consistent backend push in the rock of Birthday Boy, while the local lo-fi, garage-pop of Line Leader and the smooth smacking grunge-pop of Tennessee tandem Sad Baxter, whose new record Weirdy will be released on July 29, round this lineup into form. The Pharmacy, 1300/02 S. 18th St., 7pm, $6, All Ages (Photo by Rita Benecke) – Michal Colavita
