Heavy Breathing packs arena rock wallop into a tiny space

Heavy Breathing's show Thursday night at the Black Cat Backstage, the lesser of the venue's two performance spaces, was arena-rock writ small. LEDs blinked and changed color behind the D.C. band, and green laser beams spun through the smoke that emanated from the stage. At the center, drummer Jeff Schmid pounded indomitable rock and funk beats. Flanking him, guitarist Erick Jackson played riffs that combined heavy metal's crunch with surf music's sprightliness, while Amanda Kleinman's two-tiered...