Black Rebel Motorcycle Club kicked off its world tour Friday night in Sacramento with the elegant wall of fuzz that is "War Machine," the heady, droning track from the band's fifth and latest studio album, Beat the Devil's Tattoo.
And as the small, sold-out Harlow's Night Club crowd twisted and turned in frenzy, the somber but frenetic mood of the night was set before the song was done.
The trio, led by singer Robert Levon Been, spent ample time during the blistering two-hour set playing tunes from the new album.