Pernice Brothers were good last night, but essentially the same show they played last time they were at Gabe's, although with the introduction of a very well performed New Order song. Joe Pernice seems to go between channeling Elvis Costello, Morissey and New Order, kind of a melange of British 80's pop that influenced him formatively - odd with his alt-country rep. The Bigger Lovers were quite good and did an excellent cover of The Only Ones' "You've Got to Pay". Dan Potthast was kind of funny (and trite) in his brief, middle-of-the-room set. Rick Johnson Rock-n-Roll machine was more like standup for his weird performance, although props for his faux theremin playing.