![]() Thankfully they have a bar and restaurant so you can make it an evening, if you will, and then get in line as appropriate. ![]() This means, at Mississippi Studios, arriving early to get in line but how early is anyone’s guess. Even in my prime I did not enjoy standing for three or four hours so grabbing seats becomes first priority when limited. ![]() (Remember them? They are coming next year, too.) The entire evening was a bit of a process, at least for those who want to ensure getting seats. The Helio Sequence don’t make an appearance often but have toured with such acts like The Church and Keane. By the same accord, Summers has been on guitar since he was 12 and the two have developed quite the rapport in the last 20 years since the band’s inception. He seems naturally gifted and plays quite well. Weikel has an interesting style getting his entire body in rhythm while hitting the sticks. But indie or alternative rock sounds way cooler.īrandon Summers leads on guitar and mic sounding a lot like Pet Shop Boys lead singer Neil Tennant minus the British accent while Benjamin Weikel plays drums. Though no classification exists, I’d call them perhaps tender rock as they don’t drill you with heavy and hard chords but more melodic, maybe dreamy strokes with catchy sometimes repetitive chords. I heard about The Helio Sequence probably 10 years ago around the time their big album Keep Your Eyes Ahead was released. Quite expectedly, they sold out, as the two member band has a much broader audience (at least they should) than the 200 or so in attendance on Saturday but the favorite haunt for indie bands was also celebrating 15 years thus made sense to bring out a local favorite to celebrate. I don’t get to see much indie rock much less local homegrown bands these days so when The Helio Sequence announced a show at Mississippi Studios in Portland, I got tickets before it was too late.
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