IHC Presents Check Yo Ponytail with Com Truise, XXYYXX, & Giraffage on 2/26/13

Shro, the host of Tokki Sounds airing Wednesday's 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, recently attended the IHEARTCOMIX Check Yo Ponytail with Com Truise, XXYYXX and Giraffage at the Echoplex on February 26, 2013. Her show review and photos are below. For more from Shro visit http://tokkisounds.kuci.org/ .

IHC Presents Check Yo Ponytail with Com Truise, XXYYXX, & Giraffage

By Shrota Sharma

IHC put on a Check Yo Ponytail event at the Echoplex. Com Truise headlined the show, preceded by XXYYXX, a 17-year old lo-fi, R&B-influenced beatmaker from Florida and Giraffage, another lo-fi, chillwave-esque producer.

Giraffage was the first to perform, while I personally didn’t make it to his set, from a few show-goers stated he was vibing hard. He’s definitely making waves in the beat scene with his sit-back-and-relax summer tunage. If the genre ‘chillwave’ had to be used, Giraffage most definitely would describe one of the likes of the metamorphic genre.  Similarly, XXYYXX took charge of the crowd with the same smooth, R&B sensibilities, working his controller in front of kooky visuals of Spiderman getting crunk. The dichotomy of the music and visuals were polar opposites, yet the overall experience during his set put everyone at bliss. Things began to pop when one of he began playing his biggest track, About You. Arms were in the air and the causal sway transitioned into thrusts of the arms and hips; it was a beautiful sight to see and I, too was enjoying the sweet melodies of the young producer. He mixed it up a bit for those keen to those grimy sounds with the edits of 2 Chainz’s Birthday Song and molly-inspired track from Three Loco. In all, XXYYXX had all sounds us beat-enthusiasts were looking for.

 

Lastly, the rugged and bearded Com Truise took the stage, along with his drummer.  He played his best tunes from Galactic Melt and the supplemental noise from the drums made the songs hit so much harder. The fog set in the end and again, us listeners were grooving with our arms above our heads. Who knew 80’s spacey synth had such an influence? It was a galactic melt, indeed. That being so, if any of these beatmakers are to be near you, jump on the chance to see them.