Dead Confederate

26 September 2009:

A mild, yet windy night on ‘the Hill’ in Boulder, I came to the Fox Theatre to enjoy something far from mild: Dead Confederate.  I had discovered them a few weeks earlier and become intrigued with their powerful sound and intoxicating songs.  Hailing from the southern-rock-mecca known as Athens, Georgia, they have managed to capture in song a melancholic rawness and intensity that I have to believe Kurt Cobain himself would love (lest I use his name in vain).  Post-grunge is certainly alive and fairing well in the hearts of DC.  I knew they would be great to see live and I wasn’t wrong.  Opening for the legendary Meat Puppets, Dead Confederate was able to pack an unbelievable amount of energy into their 45 minute set.  They shook the walls, they shook the audience, and my head was pounding (in a good way) by the end of their time on stage.

Here are two songs from Dead Confederate live on-stage, plus a third featuring Hardy and Walker improvising a song with a stranger named Kippie.