Helms Alee, Buildings, The Nina And The Pinta, Oblivion at Big V's Friday

​Out of nowhere Big V's pops up on our radar this week with a show on Friday featuring Seattle's Helms Alee, an outfit somewhere amidst postpunk, sludge, and power ballad. Emerging from the Pacific Northwest's utterly amazing and for many taste-defining hardcore scene from the late nineties which spewed forth Botch, These Arms Are Snakes, Blood Brothers, and Helms Alee's old band Harkonen (sort of a more caustic version of their current band).

Also playing is Buildings (the Cities' brutal-in-baseball-cap), The Nina And The Pinta, and Oblivion, whose Myspace is worth a perusal if only to read their pretty endearing handwritten artist statement. "Gee, we hope that doesn't sound pompous."

Helms Alee, Buildings, The Nina The Pinta, Oblivion
Friday, September 10
Big V's, 9PM, $?
Event page (Facebook)