CONCERT REVIEW: The Almightys at The Keg

August 28, 2009 at 10:43am

What's in a name anyway? I'd heard of The Almightys before and pictured them as you might have -- Pentecostal, majestic, perhaps even blind, rendering their testimony down upon us. So I slipped over to The Keg Thursday night to get my dose of sanctified what-for.

Well, the majesty was there, but that was about it. Maybe it could have been somewhat churchy if, say, the Reverend Jeff Beck were presiding. Or if it were a church run by Bishop Robert Fripp. This was pretty cool off-the-map progressiveness, lead by the guitar which spent the majority of the set crying in the upper register and showing off a fistful of chunky tones. The band fleshed it out with keys and sax, which every now and then hinted at jazz that was a little more accessible before plunging back into the cerebral.

The Almightys music is mighty uplifting, but in no way lightweight. I wanna hear more.

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