26 BATS! - Onyx (2018)

Last night, 26 BATS! performed the final show of the Kremblems’ collective residency and dropped their second album, Onyx. It’s a tight, sticky effort named after an energy-protecting stone, and it rocks: reason for extra-special celebration, for sure.

Cogan and their band – Karl Remus on guitar/vocals, Warren Thomas Fenzi on drums, Daniel Chavez on trumpet, and Christian Wheeler on bass – headlined, looking comfortable and competent throughout their jazzy set. Cogan started the show on keyboards before moving downstage-left, channeling their radiant energy into platform-booted kicks and jumps. Minneapolis trumpeter DeCarlo Jackson, who has performed with Hippo Campus and Nazeem & Spencer Joles, joined 26 BATS! for four songs.