Dylan Gilbert

I had the opportunity to see this young fellow by the name of Dylan Gilbert a while back. He was performing at the venerable Milestone Club in Charlotte. I went to see a fave band of mine by the name of The Lights, Fluorescent. More about them some other time. Anyway this Mr. Gilbert was playing his guitar with the lone assistance of a drummer. I must say that this was an intriguing and energetic performance. The pictures above give a sense of the energy of Mr. Gilbert. He laid out some intense lyrics coupled with some ragged playing a la Neil Young in the Crazy Horse incarnation. The culmination as depicted in the linked video was a meltdown at the end with the use of a strange little light that looked like the light on one of those fish that are found at the most deep depths of the ocean. He took that little light and moved it around and made these layered feedback sounds as his guitar lay twanging on the floor. The experiment segued into a little Korg like keyboard with a simplistic little ditty he played over all of the feedback. Anyway, click this link and especially at 2:48 into it to enjoy this unique jam and be sure to catch this fellow when he is in yo' town: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8X_R5a9coQ&feature=related And for his myspace check out http://www.myspace.com/dylangilbert