Yikes, there's a lot of shit going on this weekend. Hit it up.
THURSDAY
Soylent Green (Centraltrak)7pm Film screenings at Centraltrak! At least for this week and next week (Escape from New York is next- hell yes). I hope this becomes a regular event. Wonder if this weeks pick has anything to do with the And/Or exhibit coming up soon?
Ed Blackburn:News (Artspace III) 7-9pm Worth the drive to Fort Worth, trust me.
The Armchair Naturalist, Sterling Rainbow, and Tim Sullivan: New Works (Conduit)5-8pm Three different shows going on at the same time! And they all look amazing: The Armchair Naturalist features paintings and sculptures of Michael Roch, and Sterling Rainbow features the work of Tami Demaree, Dani Tull and Steven Hull.
William Lamson: Actions (Marty Walker) 6-8pm Video and photography from the Brooklyn based artist.
Lymbyc Systm | This Will Destroy You | Mom (Hailey's) This three day instrumental music festival has thankfully been compressed into a single night. It's pretty cool that two of these Texas acts will be touring Europe, but I can only imagine what the respective set times will be on this show tonight. Any guesses? One hour? Hour and a half? Who knows? I just don't get why instrumental acts have to play so long. Just because you're not singing, you somehow have to take longer to convey what you're trying to express? Seems like you could get it across in one intense fifteen minute piece and be done with it. I always like it when it takes longer for a band to set up their pedals than it does for them to play their entire set. Hilarity. Anyway, best of luck to Mom and This Will Destroy You on the road in Europe this fall.
Adventure Sound | Kashioboy | Florene (The Cavern) I can't believe this, but it looks like another all-instrumental show, as far as I can tell. Florene will definitely stand out from the rest in this lineup, because the other two acts are much more 8-Bit like Ikari Warriors and shit.
Wow, check out that limited edition single. All the proof you need that Mudhoney's choice in cover songs was one of their best assets, for better or worse, but mostly for better. Anyway, we have three pairs of tickets to give away to the first person to send us a Youtube or Vimeo of yourself covering "Hate The Police" on an acoustic guitar. Just kidding, we know none of you are talented. Just send us an email with "Mudhoney" as the subject, along with your full name to weshotjrtix@yahoo.com, and we'll choose three winners randomly. Deadline is Thursday at Noon. Special thanks to the kind folks at Radio UTD and The Granada.
Disqo Disco (Fallout Lounge) Tonight's Disqo Disco will serve as a listening party, presented by Quick's Nightlife Blog which you may or may not know is edited by our pal, Hunter Hauk. The event is in celebration of electro pop duo Roy G And The Biv's new EP. Their music has been described as something along the lines of "80's rollerskate disco." Sounds appropriate.
WED: Lymbyc System/This Will Destroy You/Mom (Hailey's) THU: Weedeater/Little Big Horn/Blood of the Sun/Lychgate/Turbid North (Rubber Gloves) THU: Top Notch with Sober/Rerog (The Lounge) FRI: Mudhoney/Record Hop/Melba Toast (Granada) FRI: Faux Fox/The Party/Hawatha (The Lounge)
Sheesh. Thought there would be a lot more going on this weekend with the holiday and everything, but I guess not. Oh well. At least I'll be done with this shit early (if we missed anything, let us know). The shows are below, and by the way-- what do you guys think of that new Toadies record, anyway?
FRIDAY
The Party (Zubar) Ahh... the August Zubar Party. This shit is always so fucking hot that you just forget about what you look like and get trashed. Or dance. Or whatever it is you do when you go out. On a related note, I caught a lot of DJ Nature's outdoor dancehall set at the Loft a few weeks ago, and after spending a few minutes outside listening, I pretty much decided not to go back in again, other than to get more beer. You'll hear more of that stuff at Nature's weekly Taxi Fare than you will tonight, but shit, you have to respect the guy's diversity. I think I recognized like three songs the whole time, and that's a very small number considering how hip I am to all the white label shit.
Stay Cool Swag School Denton Beard Pageant with Mom DJ Set | Young Doc Gooden | Yeah Def | Mount Righteous | In Dot Dat (Rubber Gloves) Well, Denton Beardos are drawing a line in the sand tonight, much to the chagrin of certain people in Dallas. This party will feature some sort of beard contest that will probably be won by the guy who appears on all the fliers for this thing. In addition to the fact that you'll hear very diverse Dj sets this evening, this will also be your chance to catch all the Denton scene sleaze out in full force, and we know how much you enjoy that. Oh, and everyone's favorite pals Mount Righteous will be playing too! Maybe they'll inject a little joy into your life you cynical jerks!
The Spectacle | Bat Castle | Urizen (the Boiler Room) Kind of a weird show that I'm not even sure how I feel about-- The Spectacle is a pretty straight forward metal band that does it's job well enough to possibly be worth checking out. Bat Castle sounds like a heavy metal cover of the Willy Wonka soundtrack, and its unclear whether it'll be entertaining after more than a few minutes, even though you have to respect the band for being such prog assholes. Urizen is easily the most interesting band in this line up-- describing themselves as "progressive metal," the group sounds like everything from Gameboy music to mid period Phil Collins solo to Ozzy to any number of 80's Dungeons and Dragons metal groups.
SATURDAY
Nouns Group | The Frenz | Fight Bite (Rubber Gloves) I wonder if Fight Bite's parents finally stopped telling their kids what a waste of time "this music thing" is when they saw them mentioned in USA Today last week. I know my mom didn't think this website was worth shit until we got a write up in the Fort Worth Star Telegram, and USA Today has WAY more colors and stuff. I tried to tell her about "blog buzz" and the importance of "time on site" statistics once, but it really didn't help.
D Town Booty Bounce with Scuba Team Go | Click Claak | DJ Fishrpryce | Damaged Good$ | Prince William (Fallout Lounge) Vigilante Productions brings their set to Fallout Lounge, which seems to be turning into quite the little dance spot on the weekends. Dallas' Scuba Team Go is an accessible electro/hip hop duo that would be better if they didn't like rock music. Still pretty decent and way better than a lot of similar groups that receive national attention (looking at you, WHY?). Click Claak's "ghettotech" material reminds me of like Tag Team and Miami Bass stuff mixed with early pop house, and Damaged Good$ might be my favorite local hip hop act. This is going to be a great show I think.
G.B.H. | Whole Wheat Bread | Krum Bums | Greyskull (The Prophet Bar) I know everyone likes to pretend that they were all into gutterpunk in the mid 90's while they try to forget about that Pennywise CD they used to own, but I actually thought GBH were overrated even back in high school, and I imagine that they haven't aged well. I'll just listen to Crass if I'm in the mood for this kind of stuff. Don't hate me. Of course, these opening bands make GBH sound like The Fall, so, uh, get there late if you're going.
Zest of Yore | Ume | Record Hop (Hailey's) I just spent a little time listening to Zest of Yore, and they reminded me of a band that I haven't thought about in like 10 years-- Jellyfish. You can decide for yourself whether or not that's an insult. I didn't really mean it as one. Their song "The Rejects" is actually great, and most of their other tracks have that nice late 80's pre grunge college rock kinda feel to them.
Yeah, a lot is going on tonight, but at 9pm, you guys should really put down the bongs and stop the conversations for a little bit and watch BarackObama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. Dallas Democrats are having a watching party at Lakewood Theater this evening starting at 7pm, and it might be a really good place to see such a thing. Music:
Indian Jewelry | Zanzibar Snails | Followed by Static (The Lounge) We've said a lot about this show this week, but we'll just add that Zanzibar Snails will be selling new CDs at the show tonight, and their performance with feature a guest appearance from Dust Congress' bassoon player, who was the inspiration for the best joke I've ever told on here. Ask your friends!
Jeremy Enigk | Sarah Jaffe | Kris Youmans | Omoreka (House of Blues) It really pisses me off that they named this place "Pontiac Garage," like it's some dingy little practice space where poor geniuses go to toil in obscurity. Those places usually don't have gift shops, but whatevs. Honesty time: I've never heard one single Jeremy Enigk solo song in my entire life, although I hear that much of it is considerably more adventurous than anything Sunny Day Real Estate ever did. I really used to like Sunny Day's Sub Pop debut until I realized one day that it was the one record that made it ok for punks to cry. And don't say the Descendents did that, because Milo would totally kick Enigk's ass.
