On Saturday, 11 January 2025, Doom Dogs delivered a brilliant, nearly two-hour performance at Kelly’s Logan House in Wilmington, Delaware. The crowd was every bit as eclectic as the band and everyone appeared to enjoy the warmth of the inside with the perfect soundtrack to begin 2025.
The night started out with a local DJ set by Andrew Hugh who mixed a set of new wave, pop, hip hop, and it was a perfect start to the night.
The opening set was performed by another talented local act, Urban Shaman Attack (USA). USA are described as a futuristic avant-garde jazz band. The 5-piece band played several long instrumental sets that included bells, saxophone, bass, flute, drums, hand drums, keyboard and shakers. The band did not disappoint and set the mood for the rest of a killer night.
The night ended with Doom Dogs captivating the audience with their unpredictable sets. DD who are a genre-free improvising band that consists of Reeves Gabrels on guitar, Jonathan Kane on drums, and Jair-Rohm Parker Wells on bass and stick. Doom Dogs brought all their collective blues, jazz, rock, punk, experimental, and minimalist influences to create a mix of sound unique within the world of music and to this snowy night, as the trio improvised songs that will never be performed again which gave it a unique experience and it grasped every bit of attention you had. It was a an amazing way to end the night.
Gabrels is known of his time collaborating with David Bowie in the 1980’s and 1990’s and as a member of the Cure since 2012. Kane co-founded the Swans and went to work with minimalist legends La Monte Young and Rhys Chatham and lead his own trance-blues band, Jonathan Kane’s February. Parker Wells was a founding member of the avant-rock band Machine Gun and a member of the seminal German experimental Rock band Embryo during the 1970s.
Be sure to check them out when they come to your town!