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Concert Review: Black Eyes, March 28, Lithuanian House

Posted on
30 Mar 2026
by
Paul

I’ll be honest: a big part of the appeal of Saturday night’s Black Eyes show was its geographical proximity – when you get a chance to see a show happening not only right in your ‘hood, but so close you could conceivably walk home, you take it. And when that band is Black Eyes, that’s definitely another big draw.

Reunited and touring again after a 20 year break, the Washington, DC post-hardcore/noise rock crew took to the stage at the Lithuanian House with support from Toronto industrial duo Hysteria and Hamilton’s Public Health and put on a fantastic show. With their two drummers positioned pretty much centre stage, flanked by the rest of the band, rhythm is clearly a central part of Black Eyes’ sound, with the band often locking into a driving, hypnotic groove punctuated by bursts of saxophone and shrieking vocals. In fact, there were moments where most of the band were playing percussion of some sort while Hugh McElroy held things down on the bass. Another memorable moment came towards the end of their set when Daniel Martin-McCormick laid his guitar down on a table and played it percussively, hitting it with a drumstick and making an impressive racket.

With some reunions, it’s clear that a band is just resting on their laurels and reliving the past, but that doesn’t seem to be the case here, with the songs off the band’s latest, the Ian Mackaye-produced Hostile Design, standing out as some of the highlights of their set. Despite being away from the game for a while, Black Eyes sound as good as ever.

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