Jesus On The Mainline

Gig Alert: Jesus On The Mainline

Music Hub | Feb 6, 2015

ARTIST: Jesus On The Mainline

GIG: Friday night at Mercury Lounge 

The use of “dynamics” is one of music’s most powerful emotional cues: the difference between light and hard, soft and loud. And when your band has 15 members, the louds can get REALLY loud. That’s how many people crowd on the stage for the band Jesus on the Mainline – and, predictably, they make a wonderfully raucous, gospel-tinged noise. Here’s “Sweet High and Dry” from their self titled 2014 record:

Jesus on the Mainline will cram into Mercury Lounge this evening for a good roof-raising show. 

 

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