Review: Pere Ubu preserves the chaos at Slim’s
Pere Ubu (photo: SarahJayn Kemp) Leave it to a couple of nice boys from the Midwest to draw a crowd on a weeknight: Pere Ubu, fronted by legendary eccentric and sole original band member David Thomas, pulled in a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd last Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at Slim’s. Audience members ranged greatly from the over-the-hill set staying up past their bedtime to wet-behind-the-ear youngsters reveling in their boundless energy. Musical artist Obnox served as the only opening act. No one could have constructed a better warm-up than guitar-playing, fast-talking frontman Nox and his metronomic, yet mute, drummer. Carrying the uneasy [...]