This week's Local Band Local Beer: The Static Minds & Pink Flag

This week's free Local Band Local Beer show at Tir Na Nog tonight, September 1, will feature a pair of local garage rock bands.

Durham's all girl trio Pink Flag will share the stage with Raleigh's The Static Minds. The music gets at about 10 p.m. and the shows are 21 and up.

Stream Pink Flag's new King of Scene EP below (and check out our review HERE). Check out a recent video of The Static Minds Performing at Kings below as well.

Album Review: Pink Flag - King of Scene EP

Pink Flag's new EP, King of Scene, is a mixed-bag of promising pop punk and experiments that are better in theory than in execution.

The EP kicks of with the title track and right away we can here the good and the bad. "King of Scene" has a bouncy mix of pop, punk, jazz and even a little Broadway. There's a unique energy, but it's diminished by a mix that makes the vocals sound distant.

"Kill Yr TV" oscillates so sharply between driving punk rock and a Latin groove that the listener can never fully commit to either and settle in. I like the idea of these contrasting styles, but Pink Flag makes the transitions much too jagged.