The standing room only space inside Reno’s Holland Project was a sweatbox! This Saturday night show would feature three young local musical projects – each of which played a different style of music, however the three would blend well for the audience who showered each with loud bursts of applause throughout their sets.
Opening was Frank Futility, a mellow distorted guitar project. Since the last time we saw her, the solo project has added drums for the live show, giving the music a bit more in the delivery area. Whereas as a solo performer, the music had a bit of a grungy bedroom pop style, the two piece sound has a bit more of a shoegaze quality. A bit reminiscent of Mazzy Star, the set ended by trading guitar for bass for a droning wave of drum and bass.
Second to take the stage was BenderWorld, who exchanged familiar banter with the crowd between their bursts of sound. The five piece bounces around a style that could be called indie, but taking cues from both pop punk and the bygone days of 90s alt rock groups on the more experimental side, all delivered with an upbeat smiling tone. While Lauren Juillerat handles most of the vocals, other members would step in from time to time, all using the single mic. Still a relatively young project, BenderWorld seems to better fill out the stage with each show, moving around much more wildly – at least as much as that is possible for a five piece on Holland’s smaller stage.
Local musician Moshe, the project name of Moises, plays a much more electronic style of music that would be fitting for a night long festival. For his first Reno performance, the artist filled out the stage with guitars, drums and a DJ to elevate his live show of material that is often recorded solo. Incorporating audio loops and an often chilled vocal layered atop the beats, Moshe’s sound is at its best when the bass is throbbing and enveloping the audience. Songs of his like “Way Out” and “Three Dreams” connected well in the sweaty compact room, while Moshe expressed the air of positivity that he hoped his music communicated. Out of material and giving into demands for an encore, he and his band launched back into one of the songs performed earlier. One got the feeling that it was moments like these that are spoken of later after the performer is playing larger events and remembering the early days…
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