Sunday May 18, 2008 (9pm)
Joe Lally's trademark bass lines — like the pummeling, reveille-sounding opener on "Waiting Room" — gave Fugazi's minimalist ragers their wallop. Since the band's 2002 hiatus, the ascetic Lally has explored numerous solo projects, and his stripped-down, relatively folksy work filters Fugazi's modus operandi through a restrained lens. With prominent, four-string melodies and hushed, poetic murmurings, Lally's songs abound with distorted guitar riffs and syncopated drum lines. In a word: Fugazi Lite. Tonight, Lally perform songs off his latest album, Nothing Is Underrated, with Capillary Action drummer Ricardo Lagomasino and composer Jonathan Morris on guitar.
– Suzanne Niemoth