TWZ Musician Of The Month: Paul Jacobs
Name: Paul Jacobs
Age: 22
Instruments: Drums, Guitar, Vocals.
Bands: Get Bent, Raised By Weeds
Featured musician for the month of June is multi-instrumentalist and artist Paul Jacobs. Paul is a true DIYer and very passionate artist. He not only shows his skills as drummer of the hardcore punk outfit Get Bent but also shows his calmer side as guitarist and lead vocalist for surf rockers (for lack of a better term) Raised By Weeds. On top of all that he also has a very unique style for his original artwork which is featured on merch for both bands. Please take the time to show your support of Paul’s projects by clicking on the links below.
Thank you for supporting local music and local musicians. This is the second installment of TWZ Musician Of The Month and we will feature a different musician each month. If you would like to nominate anyone for this honor please contact us with all the necessary information. Above all the candidate must contribute to the originality of the music scene and promote and support others in the scene. Let’s give credit to the people who make our scene stronger!
Hardcore at The DH This Weekend
In the wake of The Blind Dog’s demise earlier this month, a new all-ages venue has cropped up. Well, the establishment itself might not be exactly “new”, but the fact that it is now beginning to book shows regularly is news .
Located at 3140 Sandwich St, The Dominion House Tavern, or The DH, is actually the oldest continuously running tacern in the area, with it’s doors having been open for over 140 years.
Sixty years ago the basement was used for poetry reading and classes held by university professors. These days it is the site of one of Windsor’s very few all ages venues. With people of all ages being welcome down there, the upstairs portion of the tavern is where those of age will still be able to find and consume their adult beverages.
This weekend in particular The DH will be taken over for a two-day punk, hardcore, and metal show.
Starting on Friday, December 2nd, you can catch 4 bands for $5, or pay $7 and have access for both nights.
On evening one Windsor punk outfit Get Bent will be one band taking the stage. Their sound is aggressive and upbeat. A bunch of skateboarders with instruments, these guys are about partying and causing trouble.
Hardcore group Dead Weight, also from Windsor, will be performing this night as well. On the sludgier side of hardcore, these guys have a sound that is deep and thick, characterized by short songs, fuzzy, chugging guitars, and a perpetually trudging beat.
A newer band on the scene, Autumn’s Autopsy has been together less than six months, but their goal in creating music is to preserve the essence of true death metal in a scene whether genres incest. With the goal of their shows being simply to have fun, and taking influence from the likes of Impending Doom and Lamb of God, they’re sure to put on a great set.
The final act of Friday night is Ad Nauseam, a noisecore group who have released at 3.5” floppy split with London genre pioneers Disleksick. Noisecore is definitely a niche market, and requires a bit of effort to acquire a taste for it. But given the chance, it can make for some interesting listening. The tracks are very harsh sounding, and end so quickly you barely have time to register what is going on before it’s over. Incomprehensible vocals, guitars full of feedback and buzz, and spazz-tastic drums help to define Ad Nauseam.
Doors for Saturday, December 3rd open at 7 p.m., and this night features bands on the more metal end of the spectrum.
First up is hardcore group,Seven Out. Featuring member’s of Kill List and Dead’s Elite, these guys take some cues from Cold as Life and First Blood.
Come from a show at The Coach and Horses the night before, Leamington’s metal-headsReason’s Lost will be making an appearance to showcase their brand of chugging, pounding, head-banging inducing heavy stuff.
A name that I keep hearing over and over again, and with good reason, Blackheart will be joining in on Saturday’s fun as well. Heavy with hardcore influences, and a relatively clean sound, there is something epic about their tunes that comes from their use of gang-vocals and effectively placed reverb. Highly recommended you catch this band Saturday night.
The last band on the bill for this two-day event is another metal act from Leamington,Dead Man’s Will. With members from The Strike and Blackthorn City their music is heavy with melodic tendencies.
Get Bent, Dead Weight, Autumn’s Autopsy, and Ad Nauseam on Friday, December 2nd, and seven Out, Reason’s Lost, Blackheart, and Dead Man’s Will on Saturday, December 3rd. Both shows take place at The Dominion House Tavern (3140 Sandwich St.), doors ope nat 7 pm, all ages, licensed upstairs, $5 for one day, $7 for both.
