Local trios triumphed at the Slice, Jan. 6 as Lethbridge experimental David Bowie tinged indie rock trio New Weather Machine and progressive rock trio Lustre Creame shone for 
a live recording.
The New Weather Machine featuring Jon Martin on lead guitar and vocals, Jesse Northey on bass and Clayton Smith on drums, played pretty much a set of new music with some crowd favourites added to the mix.
Martin made his guitars scream and displayed an impressive voice and superb guitar playing through several unhinged guitar solos.
They even played a quick set of obscure David Bowie Songs plus “Young Americans,” in honour of Bowie’s birthday and ended with some upbeat originals from the New Weather Machine’s CD.
Lustre Creame were locked in and at the top of their game because they knew they were recording the show.
So they added played a solid set of Tool tinged progressive rock chock full of big guitar riffs, intricate bass lines, time tempo changes and an unstoppable beat from drummer Chris Lipinski.
They played a set of familiar songs from their debut CD including “Finger Excercize” and “Sex Piss,” plus a couple new songs and something they said was a Matchbox 20 song, but sounded like the furthest thing from it.
Guitarist Aaron Trozzo played a plethora of finger-bleeding riffs and bassist Jeff Orriss added some intense bass and vocals on “Battle Metal,” one of the show’s many highlights.
