Performing to a sold out crowd for the third night in a row, The Beautiful Girls played an as expected overly impressive set. After taking time of to work on a solo album, Mat McHugh and TBG have at last reunited to raise the bar yet again.

Opening was local band Dead Beat Band; not only are these guys a brand new band, but they also have a brand new sound, something which becoming rarer to find these days. Blending the perfect combination of rock and roll, indie, alternative and pure rock with old school guitar riffs, heavy drums and insane vocals, an exact genre for Dead Beat Band would be hard to pinpoint.

A barefooted lead singer Mickey Mandrusiak’s projected a rare and incomparable voice, one that wouldn’t normally be mixed with such boucey raw rock tunes – probably a main contributor to why this band’s sound is so unusual, and so unparalleled.

In particular, songs Gypsie Girl and Sugar kept the heavily addictive beat alive, and had the whole crowd dancing like we’d been teleported back a good three decades ago; back when it was more common to find raw, grungy, and pure rock & roll.