The garage-rock revival might have finally fallen out of favor with the buzz-blog set, but its most formidable figure is still going strong. The Canadian-born, Euro-based performer King Khan is known for his wild-eyed, barely-clothed stage antics and ever-faithful retro-rock explorations. As one half of King Khan & BBQ Show (opposite fellow revivalist hero Mark Sultan), Khan crafted lean, punk-fueled song-bursts; with his current nine-piece band, The Shrines, he deals in explosive psychedelic soul anthems that are even more impossible to ignore. Get there early for Red Mass, an unwieldy staple of the Montreal scene that experiments with noise, punk and electronic music in addition to the more familiar garage jams.
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