We apologize for the lack of recent discussions that resulted from
a hectic end of semester and final exam schedule.
We’re back with a new entry into The Time
Capsule, this time with a post on a double event: the debut performance of video
game music cover band The Returners as well as the second show for Gimmick!
Video Game Rock Band.
The show took
place at Genuine Joe’s coffeehouse in Austin on May 11
th, 2013,
which is the same location where Gimmick’s debut performance took place roughly
four months earlier.
The Returners lineup includes three former members of
Descendants of Erdrick –
Lauren Leibowitz playing flute and providing vocals (not at the same time,
surprisingly), Mike Villalobos playing guitar, and John Pike playing drums – as
well as K.C. “Wedge” Hawes-Domingue playing the keyboard and Andrew Dangerfield
playing bass guitar.
With Lauren’s vocal
and instrumental talents, The Returners has a sound that is a bit different
from most other VGM cover bands that you may have heard before.
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| The Returners debut performance (5-11-2013) |
Their entire debut performance was recorded and uploaded to
Youtube by Robert Swackhamer from the 8bitX Radio Network, this time as
individual videos for individual tracks, but with a
playlist containing all of
the tracks included.
There is also a
playlist for the individual tracks of the songs performed by Gimmick.
Since Gimmick actually played before The
Returners, that’s the order that the set lists will appear in.
Gimmick plays some tunes from two games that
were not in their debut set list, so even if you listened to the first show and
are too stretched for time to listen to the entire second show, check out the
first and last tracks for the new material.
