Sound Tribe Sector Nine and Umphrey’s McGee are at Grinders tonight
Sound Tribe Sector 9 has been fucking around with computers and dance music since Skrillex was getting wedgies out on the playground. The Santa Cruz, California, quintet started on the periphery of the jam-band scene, but as the popularity of electronic music in the United States has skyrocketed, so has that of STS9. The group separates itself by integrating live instrumentation into its space-funk EDM. Umphrey’s McGee is a more traditional, Phish-like jam band. The Chicago six-piece has a propensity for extended instrumental solos and a keen interest in heavier prog-rock ideas, like a less formal Genesis.
Wednesday, August 21, at Crossroads KC at Grinders, $35
