Click Click: Pash, Poor But Sexy & Club Scout @ Iota

Club Scout began the evening with loud guitars and straight ahead rock 'n' roll beats. Ben Eiserike's songs, filled with youthful tales of love and friendship, are reminiscent of other power pop quartets such as Superdrag and (old) Weezer, with their signature lead guitar and impassioned vocals. Club Scout were definitely having a fun time, as smiles and grins hardly left their faces.

Poor But Sexy came on next, delivering their brand of soul-infused indie rock tunes. They brought a cool '80s vibe to the evening. David Brown's smooth and honest vocal delivery was on point with the music. Their songs are refreshing in a town where it sometimes feels like you need a stern disposition to get your message across. Sometimes audiences need love songs; sometimes this city needs love songs. Poor But Sexy, as a band, are relatively new to the scene, but their members, who have made their own impressions individually elsewhere, have lots of love in the area. It showed as tons of local music lovers and musicians alike came out on a holiday Sunday night to check out Poor But Sexy's set.

Headliners Pash closed the show out with a sound that rounded out the music of evening, with likenesses to the heavier and softer sides of the openers. Merideth Munoz commanded Iota's eternally Christmas light-lit stage with her graceful vocal approach and captivating stage presence. There is always a great amount of interplay between all the members of Pash, who are obviously good friends as well as bandmates. They are a bit harder edged than most female-fronted indie groups in the area, but there is always an interesting element of pop approachability to their music. At moments, Pash seem like young veterans of a scene whose bands are all calling it quits and regrouping their efforts. With their great performance chops and stage dynamic, Pash will hopefully stick around for a good long while.