We'll have a few more updates for you in a bit, including more detailed write ups.... sorry for our lateness dudes:
FRIDAYSOCIAL with Keith P | Females (upstairs) and Genova and Friends (downstairs) (The Cavern)
Looks like The Cavern will be infiltrated tonight by one of Keith P's excellent DJ sets. The guy seems to be playing larger and more prestigious gigs more and more often these days, so this will be a chance to see him in a much smaller yet equally fun setting. If you can get past the rudest bartenders in town, then this is probably the place to go if you want to dance this evening. Females' Jason Faries has been making his presence felt in Denton, so here' s another chance for Dallasites to catch him if you're into that spastic, distorted synth disco/gameboy sound that seems to be derived from Alan Braxe, Fred Falke, Daft Punk, etc. Sort of the natural progression from all that Justice stuff in 07.
Black Joe Lewis | Boxcar Satan | Deep Snapper | Daniel Francis Doyle (Rubber Gloves)
Matthew Gray | Sarah Jaffe (Opening Bell Mosaic)
This isn't a knock against either of these performers, but why the hell would you want to spend Friday night at a coffee shop unless you're a right wing Christian or something? JK guys, coffee is cool.... I just always feel like I should be listening to NPR when I drink it.
All The Saints | Dust Congress | Jack with One Eye (Hailey's)
Our local readers are familiar with Jack with One Eye and Dust Congress, and All the Saints are one of those indie rock bands that classifies themselves as "experimental" or "psychedelic" because they use feedback and distortion here and there and ambient vocal effects and stuff. It really isn't bad when you compare to most of the other crap you could be hearing tonight, but I just can't determine what sort of experiment they're conducting other than "hey, let's see if we can get a showcase at SXSW this year."
AA Bondy | Telegraph Canyon | Doug Burr (Lola's Stockyards)
You know how some people like to say they're into Whitehouse or Velvet Underground or something to show how totally crazy and weird they are? Well I like AA Bondy so I can show people how normal I am. This is pretty straight forward singer/songwriter stuff laced with traditional Americana folk and country that actually happens to work on just about every level. Imagine that. Centromatic fans should get in line now, because I'm guessing this will be a pretty well attended show in Cow Town. Does that piss Ft. Worth residents off when people call it that? Cuz I don't mean to be a jerk, sheesh.
Hank Williams III (Longhorn Saloon)
Never been a fan, but it's cool that he likes Samhain and stuff. If Hank Williams was my grandfather, I'd probably act like this guy too, whether I wanted to or not.
Uptown Fridays with Select (Zubar)SATURDAYDaniel Francis Doyle | Farah | Rival Gang | Drug Mountain | Orange Coaxe (Chat Room)
So a lot of people seem to be debating whether or not they should head to Ft. Worth on Saturday or go to Denton for the House of Tinnitus show (pulling off both is possible but not advised unless you're awesome at driving drunk). I'm not going to tell you where I'm gonna be because I don't want you following me around all night or whatever, but shit, it's pretty hard to argue with this mostly local line up (yes... some of the bands playing have "financial ties" to WSJR, ok Price Waterhouse?). Austin's Daniel Francis Doyle is just about ready to release a new record, and Farah has been posting a lot of new, rough demos on her Myspace page, so expect to hear new material from them. Drug Mountain and Orange Coax are two of the best live bands I've seen locally in some time, and to top it off, the Chat Room seems to be about the best thing other than a house show for this group of bands.
After Death Records Release Party with: Werewolf Jerusalem / Goat / Ashes / Black Guys / Sabertooth Cavity | Snowstorm / T.E.F. / S-21 | Zero Sum | Scanning for Satellites | Akkolyte (House of Tinnitus): This is the big kick-off party for the newly formed
After Death Records, whom we interviewed earlier this week, and all I really would like to add is that you should definitely remember to buy a tape, since it always seems like complete anarchy trying to roundup the donations at H.O.T. And as excited as I am about these upcoming tape releases, I don't think anyone would argue with the notion that seeing someone as brief and brutal as Goat live is an incomparable experience.
Negaduck | Division of Power | Rocket for Ethiopia | Electric Vengeance | Scoff (Exploding House):Man, there is a ridiculous eight-minute plus Youtube "flier" for this show floating around. I can't believe how much time and technology these young bands have on their hands now-a-days. Let me tell you what it was like in my time: You saved up all your money from working at the music department in Circuit City and went to record in a high-priced studio with "professionals," because home recording sounded like complete shit and that was only cool for about ten months in 1995. Who knew the '95 sound would be so hip today? Anyways, you then took your thousand dollar "demo" (which still sounded like a home recording) and drove down to shitty clubs you weren't old enough to get into. You sheepishly ask the door guy if you can come in just for a second for the privilege of handing your tape to a bunch of subhuman, slime-covered monsters called booking agents who know only one sentence in the English language, "I'll get back to you." On the off-chance that you're lucky enough to open for a rap-rock band on a Wednesday night in Deep Ellum, you make a really attractive flier (the old non-Youtube kind on paper) with a Marks-A-Lot and a Xerox, and you risk your weak, little teenage ass by running around Downtown Dallas (since people actually hung out there) posting them on every telephone pole you can find. Then you play a show, and everyone wonders why you're not playing rap-rock. Or everyone would ask that, if there were actually people there. Anyways, fuck you.
Warren Jackson Hearne And The Merrie Murdre of Gloomadeers | Clint Niosi | Delmore Pilcrow | Hail Seizure (Fra House)
Hot Flash Featuring Richard Gear | Schwa | Genova | Killtron (Fallout Lounge)
Austin's Richard Gear will be this month's guest DJ at Hot Flash.
Gil Mantera's Party Dream | PVC Street Gang (Lola's Stockyards)
I saw Gil Mantera's party dream once like a year and a half ago, and they pissed me off so much that I decided I liked them. PVC Street Gang's minimal, almost shitgaze recorded garage/punk/rock combo thing is finally starting to get some love in the local press, and I'd go by early enough to see those guys if you're planning on being in Ft. Worth on Saturday.
Tame,Tame...and Quiet | Boxcar Satan | Deep Snapper (the Moon, Ft. Worth)SUNDAYThere are several more shows you can check out on our
show calendar, duh.
Written by SR and DL. Blame both of us.
