Tranquilatwist tranquilatwisted the dressed-up-to-get-messed-up crowd for the Devil's Night Fetish Masquerade at Water Street Music Hall Friday. Singer Karlie Cary Lanni seduced and we succumbed as she wailed bitter and sweet beneath a pillbox hat and fire-engine red tresses. She was a captivating chanteuse within the band's potent swirl. The sound was tall and wide and infinitely deep, as if it had no beginning and no end. The band drew a large, enthusiastic crowd, which apparently caught Lanni off guard with their screams and applause. The dichotomy between commanding sorceress and eager young girl was charming and cool.

Albany's roadhouse rockers The Lustre Kings lit up Abilene Monday as if it were gasoline. They got Chops La Conte from the Mets, and his addition to the band had them rocking tight and mean. I had the pleasure of butchering Madonna and Eddie Cochran with the trio and delighted with the rest of the crowd as La Conte climbed all over his stand-up bass as if it were stand-up monkey bars. The Lustre Kings are pure juke-joint-jumpin' fun, even on a Monday night in Rochester.