
Two weeks ago, I saw Turnstile headline a huge show in Richmond. It was fucking awesome, and I did not get pepper-sprayed. (Shout out anyone who did, though.) A Turnstile live show is an amazing thing. Huge crowds show up, ready to explode, and the band finds ways to direct all that energy, sometimes in different directions. Over a bunch of albums, Turnstile have found ways to integrate musical ideas from outside the hardcore subculture, and all of it makes perfect sense in the context of the live show. Every once in a while, Turnstile members venture further outside their world. That’s what frontman Brendan Yates did at Daniel Caesar’s Los Angeles pop-up show on Saturday.