Separate City - A Musical Feast

Monday night, the Bagavagabonds ruffled their rolodex to bring together a last minute Separate City night to help the Basement Tavern raise money for Movember, a hairy affair benefiting men's cancer awareness.  Assembling a cast of bands from mellow to mind melting, SC hosted the return and secret teeth cutting show of Evan Koga (formerly of Chief). After the break up of Chief in early summer, Koga has been working on his next incarnation and unveiled some great new material for the early crowd.

Second up, The Withers - a stand in for a sick Gothic Tropic. Usually when dealing with a replacement band you're left with a lingering feeling of "Yeah they were good. Wish (fill in the blank) would have played…" But The Withers wiped BV's mind clean of such thoughts, delivering a set full of shawl wrapped rock-n-roll while raising the energy in the room. Learn about them.

Then for the night cap, Manicorn, a two-member band, blasted the volume and intensity of all the "Occupy (insert city name here)" protests combined throughout the SC encampment, securing a truly mellow to madness Monday for Movember. Done and done.