CAVE Akron

Moth C**k holds down the 9:30 slot before long-time friend, Container (UK), takes the stage at the CAVE , Monday, 4/6.

Moth C**k is the Kent, Ohio-based duo of Doug Gent and Pat Modugno. The band has releases on: Hausu Mountain, FairChild Tapes, I Just Live Here, Tusco Embassy, ITDN Group, Pizza Night, Human Conduct, Cylindrical Habitat Modules. The music — a corrupted amalgam of noise, free-jazz, improvised electronic beat music, drone, and gonzo carnivalesque wonkery — has served as a cornerstone of the Hausu Mountain label catalog since the label’s inception in 2012.

Anyone who has seen Moth C**k perform live music can’t help but wonder at the disconnect between the physical reality of what they see before their eyes in relation to the sounds that hit their skulls. Their stripped-down rig includes nothing more than Modugno’s loop pedals, effects pedals, and decades-old Electribe sampler / drum machine, coupled with Gent’s hands-on live performance on saxophone (and occasionally clarinet) — along with moments where Modugno interjects the bleat of his trumpet into his rig of electronics.

At the end of the day, Moth C**k make it hard for us to perceive them as some kind of stodgy exponents of the more serious strains of “experimental music” as the world might perceive it at face value. Their music pulses with joy and sheer goofiness, as they never let us forget their main goals: to have some fun with it all and benevolently blow some minds.

*Limited pre-sale tickets available - send a DM for info*
$15
8 pm - Door
8:30 pm - Public Relations (Akron)
9:30 pm - Moth C**k (Kent)
10:30 pm - Container (UK)
Between sets - INDEK DJ