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July 23, 2008

Harvey Milk Back From the Dead

Ukh, sorry--couldn't resist that headline. Unfortunately, San Francisco's late city supervisor (the first openly gay politician elected to office) is gone for good, but his namesake, the Southern-metal three-piece from Athens, GA, are currently enjoying the greatest popularity of their careers. Harvey Milk have spent a lot of fallow years in between albums, touring when they feel like it and throwing firecrackers at SUVs, but this year's perfectly titled Life...The Best Game In Town arrived out of nowhere to become one of the most well-received metal albums so far this year. Bands with real Southern-rock balls are hard to find these days. Harvey Milk have been dubbed everything from "experimental metal" to "Dixieland Motorhead" (thanks, Pitchfork), but all you really need to know is that the jams sound like Led Zeppelin played through a jet-engine at half-speed. No wonder they're touring with the bassist from the Melvins. They'll be rolling through Red 7 tonight, and if you need a new shirt they have some great designs featuring E.T. and the Three Amigos. We're not kidding.

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Oh great, it was last night. I read "Thursday" and missed it. My fault for not double-checking on the Red 7 calendar.

 
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