Hallowed Cain Photo: David Norbut Photography |
The World Cafe boasts some big names coming through, and it's primarily a venue for touring artists. On this night, though, the stage belonged to local acts The Hold Up, Stallions, Hallowed Cain, Rubber Skunk and My Friends, for a battle royale unlike anything I've seen. The concept of Cinema Jams was a Film Brothers brainchild: each band does a set of their own songs, in the theme of a movie. So, costumes, interludes and video all played a part, and the audience -- I don't know if it was sold out, but it was certainly packed -- voted for the top band of the night.
The evening started with one of my local favorites, The Hold Up, in full "Fight Club" ensemble, doing their old school rock 'n roll flavored tracks like "On Hallowed Ground" and "Zombies Ate My Neighbors." The Stallions set their classic modern rock sound with "No Country for Old Men." Funk fusion Rubber Skunk officially did "An Inconvenient Truth," with a humorous "powerpoint" show, and wound up featuring others such as Charlie Sheen, Shaft, Nosferatu, Indiana Jones and "Snakes on a Plane." My Friends were fully decked out for their "Aladdin" theme, complete with a trumpet-playing red parrot and a genie on percussion. It was Hallowed Cain, though, who stole the show, and won the night, with their fully integrated "Clockwork Orange" theme, including video, costumes and props, which worked perfectly with their heavy, intense music.
A great night all the way through. We hope to see more shows like it in the future!
More: World Cafe Live at The Queen
Check out David Norbut's amazing photos of the show here!
Great write-up, Holly! Thanks for the kind words & support. For myself, Dana, Brian and ALL the Citizens of Cain -- Hallowed Cain thanks you! -Pat.
ReplyDeletePhoto by David Norbut Photography. Dave was the official Cinema Jams event photographer. Check his FB page to purchase prints from that amazing night.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the write up! great to see the Delaware scene growing with help from great journalism!
ReplyDelete-Rubber Skunk