New favorite small live show venue for sure. We caught the Dry River Yacht Club here a week or so back and really had an awesome time. After hearing nothing but muddy and poorly mixed sound at my last three shows elsewhere I almost wanted to kiss the sound man mid way through the show for the job he was doing. If you haven't caught them DRYC has some pretty dynamic instruments, wild vocals from a range and volume perspective and a tone of horn, wind, and percussion. Not an easy deal to mix but this was the clearest and most incredible mixed sound I've heard in ages. Nice work sound dude!
As for the place itself it is pretty interesting. I won't go into the specifics but check out the photos and you will see what I mean. Cool, weird, dark, chill, with a speakeasy type vibe. The crowd was cool and I was delighted to find a great bar and well represented beer list. Did I mention they have Fresh Squeezed IPA on tap? Holy Mother that made me happy. Moscow mules were good and drink prices didn't gouge you.
Service was great and although it was pretty busy I never waited for a drink.
Just be sure if you are going here you know where you are going. It is in a back alley way that though feels sketchy it just fine.
Get your asses out to places like this and support the local music scene. $12 shows are an amazing value over the $125 mega shows that suck and if we don't support our local scene we will remain one of the worst musical big cities in the US. Get out and support em!