The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis at Solar Myth

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Drummer Brendan Canty and bassist Joe Lally were the rhythm section for the iconic D.C. punk band Fugazi from its inception in 1987 until its hiatus in 2002, reuniting for the first time to form The Messthetics with the eclectic guitar wizard Anthony Pirog. One half of the duo Janel & Anthony, Pirog has emerged as a primary figure in the city’s out-music community. Together they’ve crafted a band approach dedicated to the live ideal, where structure gives birth to improvisation. The New Yorker hailed their “ecstatic, exploratory squall that lands between starry post-rock and heaving jazz fusion.” For this special performance, they’ll revisit the music from trailblazing guitarist Sonny Sharrock’s 1991 album Ask the Ages, a blistering classic of rock-driven out-jazz featuring Pharoah Sanders, Charnett Moffett and Elvin Jones and produced by Bill Laswell.