Thursday, Dec. 22: Bodybox

Hell's Kitchen

By Rev. Adam McKinney on December 14, 2011

The last thing I thought I'd be doing when I first put on a Bodybox song is begin to marvel at the unexpected vocal similarities between Bodybox frontman Kurt Lindsay and late cult singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley. "Supernova," in particular, shares qualities with Buckley's slash-and-burn classic, "Grace." Both songs cascade on waves of drama, building up to inscrutably fervent climaxes. Lindsay's voice, like Buckley's (though, of course, no one can truly touch Jeff Buckley, vocally), is simultaneously full of bravado and wounded timidity. It quivers with feeling, though it might be noted that Lindsay's voice often comes across as more lost, searching, which adds a nice element to what is largely music that errs toward modern rock, with some detours to friendly mixers like R&B and folk. 

[Hell's Kitchen, with Life Afterlife, the Estafets, Levendy feat. Vanna D., 9 p.m., $3, 928 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003]