NEON This Week
Go ahead and wrestle this bear
Iwrestledabearonce’s bi-polar death-tronica is the sound of a discotheque on fire.
Frontwoman Krysta alternates a lilting coo with an anguished growl suggestive of a female grizzly bear birthing a cub. Her driven-by-demons outbursts are set against a shifting backdrop of jazzy interludes, skittering drill ‘n’ bass beats, soaring synth lines and spastic thrash metal shredding.
Wrestling a bear sounds like a picnic compared to tangling with this bunch. See them at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Box Office, 1129 S. Casino Center Blvd. Tickets are $12; call 388-1515.
— JASON BRACELIN