Don't familiarise yourself with the Skaters but go and see them anyway. I really liked them live but not too keen on most of their recorded stuff. Expect wailing vocal drone.
Listen to Headress by Sunburned Hand of the Man....
I't might be better, or more exciting at least, to go in blind (not literally) and see some bands. I would recommend seeing the following at all costs:
No Neck Blues Band
Sunburned Hand of the Man
The Skaters
Fursaxa
MV/EE + The Bummer Road.
I'd also guess that:
Nurse WIth Wound
Bardo Pond
Wolf Eyes
Magik Markers
Sun City Girls
Are going to be pretty exciting one way or another but I've never seen that lot live so can't really comment too strongly.
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