Holy Fuck at the Jackpot

​When does analog become gimmickry? A good hint is when a band’s signature instruments are a Speak & Spell and a mic’d 35mm film synchronizer; but, Toronto’s Holy Fuck, armed with an array of seemingly homemade effects, eschew gimmickry by muscling every skronk, bleep, and bloop out of their machines.

It helps that the band features a great rhythm section in drummer Matt Schulz and bassist Matt McQuaid. With tight and loud smacks, Schulz’s hammering was the backbone for Holy Fuck’s dense glitch-rock sound at the Jackpot Sunday night.