Once Below Joy, Aurora’s Hope

Charlotte alt-prog-rock band Once Below Joy suggests a more disciplined take on Japanese retro-freakbeat-psychedelia collectives like Acid Mothers Temple or Kikagaku Moyo. This is a release show for the band’s ‘Through the Fog’ EP. Aurora’s Hope is a 1970s rock power trio throwback with grinding, ratcheting guitars; hammering drums; regular dude vocals; and feedback guitar wheelies that suggest kids on bicycles cutting through stalled traffic.