mssv – mike baggetta + stephen hodges + mike watt

Fri Apr 11 2025 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm UTC-04:00

REVOLUTION GALLERY | Buffalo

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mssv \u2013 mike baggetta + stephen hodges + mike watt
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Following the release of their second studio album, Human Reactions, mssv has set about on a 58-show tour in the U.S. and parts of Canada.
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mssv - mike baguette + stephen hodges + mike watt

with local support from Omit The Band



Friday • April 11th | Doors 7:00pm | Ticketing info below | 21+ with valid ID

TICKETS

$20 Pre-sale
$22 Day of the show

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: All ticketholders / attendees must be 21+ and have valid ID (pics of IDs on phones are not acceptable)


21+TICKETS ON SALE - WEDNESDAY 3/12 at 6pm

Following the release of their second studio album, Human Reactions, mssv has set about on a 58-show tour in the U.S. and parts of Canada.The band, composed of guitarist Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges on drums and Mike Watt on bass, creates music that is a heretofore unimagined hybrid of a punk power-trio and a dreamy experimental rock band, though they prefer the term “post-genre.”

Their latest full-length album Human Reactions, finds the oddly memorable hooks of their noir-tinged adventure music with a lot more vocals from the Main Steam Stop Valve leader Baggetta, adding more personality than ever before, alongside his bandmates, Hodges and watt, who also share in the vocal duties throughout the album.Human Reaction traverses a deeply broad sonic landscape, as expected from this nearly unclassifiable group, though with even deeper twists and turns.

With inventively churning drum textures from Hodges (an instantly identifiable sound honed in his days with Tom Waits and David Lynch) and the full-steam-ahead all-in attitude from Watt, (as he’s displayed throughout his storied career with MINUTEMEN, fIREHOSE, and The Stooges), there is still the impression of “pressure, combustion, power, and hissing clouds of sonic poetry,” as Premier Guitar said. Also evident is the more fearless exploring that comes from a band that has spent a lot of time together crafting their vision, as well as making room for guests like J Mascis, Petra Haden and Nels Cline on some of their previous releases.Baggetta has had the pleasure to work all over the world with a wide range of visionary musicians across many generations including David Torn, Jim Keltner, Nels Cline, Psychic Temple, Jeff Coffin, Henry Kaiser, Petra Haden, Rev. Fred Lane, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Joseph C. Philips’ Numinous with Imani Uzuri, Viktor Krauss, Jerome Harris, David Wax Museum, Jon Irabagon, Eivind Opsvik and Ruth Brown among many others.Baggetta’s presence across media indicates he’s amicable and quick to point to significant musical epiphanies, influences, and collaborations. As a youth, he jammed along to Minutemen records, but this isn’t fIREHOSE. He has pulled the weeds and chopped the brush along a path that’s his, theirs, oblong. Frankly, I don’t know enough about guitar to sufficiently opine on what he’s doing theory-wise, but it’s relevant to these vignettes, compositions, and matters. Even when Baggetta sings, the effect is imagistic. Watt even sings.” – Ink 19“

MSSV describe themselves as ‘post-genre’, and it is easy to see why. The trio – made up of guitarist Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges on drums and avant-punk icon Mike Watt on bass – have made vocals the focus of this album Human Reaction, inspired after Baggetta made the choice to handle vocal duties during their 48 shows in 48 days for their self-titled debut album in 2022. This one was mostly recorded on May Day, and comprises eight songs that escape the restraints of genre, allowing the trio to embrace whatever sound they like.

This event is 21+ ONLY , and valid ID required at the door (pics of IDs on phones are not accepted).

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

REVOLUTION GALLERY, 1419 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo, United States

Tickets

USD 25.21

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