Redwood Bar: Warm Honey, Hellrose, Cosmic Kitten

Redwood Bar: one more music venue I can check off my list of venues that I'm getting myself re-acquainted with. It was off to the Redwood Bar on a Sunday afternoon to catch Warm Honey, Hellrose and Cosmic Kitten.

Cosmic Kitten was the headliner. I previously saw them at The Satellite back in early 2020. I've got to admit, they were much heavier than I remembered. The drummer's arms had to have been worn out by the time the set ended. He was slamming his drum set that hard throughout. The guitarist and bassist switched off during the set. Apparently, this set was supposed to be played at another venue. I'm happy they played it at the Redwood Bar.

Cosmic Kitten

Hellrose is a band that I got acquainted with at Potty Mouth's recent DIY event. The lead singer, Nikki Martinez, happens to be an informal member of Potty Mouth. The music has a fun punk feel to it. Interesting thing that I noticed was that the bassist appears to be responsible for making sure that everything is set up correctly on stage before they start playing. He was caught off guard when he forgot to properly set up Nikki's acoustic guitar for one song and he had to run off stage to get the missing item. This was their first set ever and Nikki's parents showed up to support.

Hellrose

The first band of the afternoon for me was Warm Honey. A three piece band that rocked out. Their music has a Doors vibe to it. 

Warm Honey

The Satellite: Kalynn Barnum Photo Gallery Opening

The Satellite is doing a series of photo exhibits for local music photographers. Up on this particular night was the always enthusiastic photographer, Kalynn Barnum. The night was dedicated to women of punk as Kalynn mentioned that she was often told as a youngster that punk was a man's world. If I read a post correctly, north of 200 people made their way through the gallery of photos.

As the photo exhibit highlighted musicians, there had to be bands.

Opening up the night was Cosmic Kitten. They have a slow-tempo punk sound that is off-set with a wild side when it comes to their performance. It was an interesting dichotomy. For one song, Kalynn Barnum went on stage to play bass.

Cosmic Kitten

The Groans were next up with their political punk. They made no excuses for their anti-capitalism stance. Their fashion stance stated their punk style while mixing in some goth influence.

The Groans

Broken Baby came on stage with boundless energy that is a constant in all their live shows. Their lead singer Amber took a couple rides across The Satellite stage via the help of photographers. There were more than a few photographers lining the stage during the night. Many of them focused in on Broken Baby's set, because they put on a show that makes photographers rejoice.

Broken Baby

Gustaf closed out the night with a style that mixes in simple talk with punk undertows. It is definitely a unique sound. And there was an accident that occurred. A hand went out to reach the camera of a photographer and a lens extender fell off the camera. Maybe no harm as the photographer picks it up and put it back on her camera. I suppose time will tell if there was any long-term damage.

Gustaf