It's a rare thing when most of the shows I really want to see over a given weekend take place in Ft. Worth, but thats whats up on this rather slow weekend, yo. In fact, I'll apologize in advance for being a bit dismissive this week, but I don't have a lot of time today and I could really care less about a lot of this shit anyway. Guess which ones! You'll continue to see a few new reviews and features early next week, so don't get mad friends! Take a look:

FRIDAY

Torche | Black Cobra | Clouds (The Lounge)
Is Torche a guilty pleasure band? I don't know, but I kind of like them, and I kind of feel guilty about it. They sort of remind me of a band that I would have absolutely loved in 1994 after I heard them on The Edge, except unlike most bands that actually existed back then, I don't hate them now.

Doom Siren | Akkolyte | Vorvadoss (Exploding House)
Doom Siren is a grind band from Austin with some DFW roots, featuring Mark Davis, ex-vocalist and bassist from the much-loved and influential Bread And Water. The group is known for putting on a disturbingly angry show. Akkolyte and Vorvadoss round out what is a very formidable lineup.

Deep Snapper | The Makebelievers | White Drugs (Rubber Gloves)
I love it when the two best shows on a given night feature local bands almost exclusively.

Today is the Day | 4 Days to Burn | Admirals Club | Trampskirts (Reno's Chop Shop)
Unfortunately, Weedeater had to pull out of this tour due to an injury sustained by one of the members.

Nada Surf | Delta Spirit | Jealous Girlfriends (Hailey's)

SATURDAY

Loretta Lynn (Billy Bob's)

George Jones/Jerry Jeff Walker (Nokia Theater)
Why isn't it cool for No Depression dudes to be into George Jones? Did he write a song dissing the Replacements or some shit?

PVC Street Gang | Darktown Strutters | Fauna Valetta (Chat Room)
Again, one of the better shows of the night features local headliners.

Damaged Goods | Show Me Tiger | Prince William (the Lounge)

Sodomorrhea | Strugglebear | Girlfren | Cleric | Baconator (Exploding House)
One of two great shows at Exploding House this weekend. This is the more diverse of the two, featuring everything from the devastating metal of cleric to the erratic, bass-led, bratty-ness of Girlfren. Baconator has ex-members of Koji Kondo and Division of Power, and I have no idea what they sound like.

Florene | Art Show (1837 Corinth, Dallas)
Taking place from 7PM until 10 in the warehouse where Disturbathon usually exists. Here is a bit from the press release--

Featuring work by Andrew Bayer and Doug Voison (from House of Dang), Scott and Nicole Horn (curators of the Magnolia Gallery), Benjamin Hancock, Kate Nelson, Zachary Broadhurst, Luke Harnden, Brent Kollock, Jonathan Brooks, Ronald Wadanski, and Sarah Jane Semrad. Music by Florene, as well as DJ sets by them all evening. Free beer, Ketel One, and Crown Royal.

Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band | The Felice Brothers | Rig 1 (Palladium)
The Mystic fucking Valley Band? Really, asshole? Here's something that actually IS Mystikal.

Mundo | Blixaboy | Convextion | Dj Lloyd-E (the Cavern)

Lions | Baboon | Dove Hunter | Record Hop | Pikahsso and Tahiti (Doublewide)
This is easily the best show that Doublewide has hosted in months. Maybe it makes financial sense for them to book ridiculous garbage 95% of the time, but it sure seems like a waste of a great space for shows. Usually the crowd at D-Wide seems like a bunch of rednecks pretending to be non-rednecks who are pretending to be rednecks, and as Morrissey once said, that joke isn't funny anymore. Next. And when are Lions just gonna move up here?