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It has been three months since Churchill\u2019s<\/a> reopened, but entering the legendary dive bar still feels like one of those dreams where you revisit a childhood spot with everything slightly different than the way you remembered it<\/a>. There are things that have clearly changed; no more double-decker bus parked outside, and the stools at the bar are more stable. Then there are the details that feel slightly off but might or might not all be in your head, like wasn\u2019t the lighting harsher, and wasn\u2019t there a constant cloud of smoke floating in the air? Friday night, however, felt like an old school Churchill\u2019s night, at least musically.<\/p>\n Churchill\u2019s always had an insane music calendar. They would have nights where seemingly countless acts<\/a> would take the stage, each one making sounds that were completely out of the ordinary.\u00a0Happy Holidaze<\/a> on Friday night was just such an evening, headlined by Cassie Ramone, who was making her Miami debut, sandwiched by four South Florida acts that provided over four hours of live music.<\/p>\n The festivities began close to 9 p.m. with Kenny Moe. Hers was probably the most conventional of the acts. The singer has a beautiful voice that even the stern gaze of the Winston Churchill painting on the wall behind her seemed to approve of. She performed an Americana blend of rock mixed in with a tinge of folk, accompanied by a drummer and bassist.<\/p>\n Next came the Dreambows, who drove down from West Palm. The quartet\u2019s instrumentals verged into surf rock territory. The vocals took a muffled back seat as they sought rocking grooves. Then came one more West Palm quartet in Rude Television, who broke all the rules with their spastic high-energy post-punk. The first norm that is ignored is that their drummer is also their singer; then they have a secret ingredient: using an old-school, Casio-looking mini-keyboard to add to the unfamiliar.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis year, make your gift count \u2013 \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOur work is funded by readers like you who make voluntary gifts because they value our work and want to see it continue. Make a contribution today to help us reach our $30,000 goal!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Getting close to midnight, it was Cassie Ramone\u2019s turn to take her first South Florida stage. Though her stage name makes you think of the Ramones, the recordings of the New York-based musician, both in her solo records and with her band, Vivian Girls, sound more like the \u201960s girl groups the Ramones dug, like the Ronettes. After wrapping the stage with Christmas lights and snowflake decorations, Ramone sat down on an orange amplifier. Armed with an acoustic electric guitar, she crossed her legs and addressed the crowd, \u201cMerry Christmas. I\u2019m playing Miami for the first time, and I\u2019m using a guitar I rented from Guitar Center.\u201d\u00a0 She then played what was truly a solo show backed by prerecorded backing tracks while she sang and strummed her rented guitar. <\/p>\n The only visual element was a tiny laptop screen that played what looked to be old-school camcorder footage of cityscapes and shopping malls. Even with the limited frills, she captivated the few dozen people in attendance who stood around the stage as she serenaded with her confessional lyrics. Bedroom pop is an overused term, but with the lo-fi sounds and stage decorations, it really did feel like we were eavesdropping on an art school student as they experimented with making music. For the final song, she warned, \u201cThis guitar I rented from Guitar Center is already out of tune.\u201d She put the instrument down and comforted the audience by saying, \u201cThe last song will still be dorky, don\u2019t worry.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Rude Television broke all the rules with their spastic high-energy post-punk.<\/p>\n