Tonight the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco is hosting a show with performances by: Parae, VAINHEIN, Grendel’s Claw, and Tyler Holmes. Each band holds true to a slew of genres – spanning all the way from electronic music to post-punk.
Opening is electro-goth solo act Tyler Holmes. Also playing is highly surf punk two piece Grendel’s Claw. VAINHEIN is a musical act from Oakland that plays dark, experimental house music. Parae is a San Francisco-based trio that creates post-punk-tinged experimental art rock. The band has confrontational-sounding vocals amidst rough-edged, noisy instrumentals. Last year the band came out with a full-length called Crystal Venom, which is sure to bend conventions of genre. –Erin Dage