Guitarist, keyboardist, and background vocalist at once for local blues rockers Kalu & the Electric Joint, Pearl Z continues to take the Eastside stage for June’s remaining Sundays with pummeling tracks off her solo project. Heavy riffage, punchy drum fills, and belt after belt form molten hard rockers “I’ll Come Back” and “Fire,” her only two released singles. Adding more local fuel to the second night of the singer-songwriter’s fiery residency, punk quartet Die Mart supply growling basslines and a riotous sprechgesang via this month’s debut EP, titled EP, while grunge-rockers the Dead Coats double up the distortion in their ricocheting riffage.
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— Wayne Lim
