If you caught Daniel Francis Doyle’s set at La Iglesia last time he came through town, you probably experienced the same sense of perplexity, surprise, and delight that I did. He’s a man with three first names and he works a loop pedal like no one else I’ve seen.
Doyle will start out a song by recording a random and incomprehensible series of guitar phrases that I’m sure only the man himself can wrap his mind around; he’ll then pause what he has looped, sit down at a drum set, and proceed to simultaneously manipulate the guitar playback along to his drumming – all while singing into a headset mic. It’s a remarkable display of creativity. Check out the video below to get a better understanding of what this one man alone can pull off.
Doyle is just about to begin a lengthy tour that has him on the road all the way through the month of October until the middle of November. He’ll be making the Strutt the fourth stop of his trip. Joining him will be three bands from across Michigan – newer Kalamazoo act, That’s Blood, who bring the shred in a hard way with their proggy, aggressive sound; Ferndale’s brilliantly mathematical The Summer Pledge; and the hyper-energetic punk frenzy of Radiator Hospital from Grand Rapids.
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