Blissed Out | Cygnus | Marriage Material | Florene (Majestic Dwelling of Doom) I was talking with a friend the other day about the band "Blissed Out," and before I'd ever heard them or read anything about them, I took a guess as to what they sounded like: a chillwave version of Vivian Girls. I was wrong about the specifics, but I was correct to place them into one of the new "genres" getting written about so much as of late, and I really can't decide whether thats a good thing or not. The group could probably fairly be categorized as part of this whole "Witch House" thing that seems to be gathering steam thanks to the nearly break out success of Salem, which is all fine and good if you can dig music that's influenced equally by early Aphex Twin AND the Misfits, and I suppose I can, even if this stuff will never blow anyone away with its originality. Could see the live show being a pretty good time, however, and where better to test this theory than the Wonderful Majestic Dwelling?
TV Buddahs | Mad Happy (Rubber Gloves) Berlin by way of Israel based TV Buddhas have been getting a lot of attention recently in certain circles of the American underground music media, including Dusted Magazine, among others, and for good reason-- the band comes off as some sort of lost midwestern proto-punk band with healthy doses of dark psychedelic rock, nasty, repetitive blues and, of course, The Stooges, and it almost always works quite well. I've been listening to their album the Golden Period a lot this year, and fans of any of the aforementioned things will probably dig it.
Ms. Sandy & Ms. Yet/Unconscious Collective/Nick Cabrera & Nevada Hill, art by Evita Cortez, Alex Mitchell, Joshua Vance more (1119 N. Bishop Ave. in Dallas) Show is at 9 pm.
Martin Iles Presents "Three On Sunday" (Dan's Silverleaf)
Featuring: Moments in Love: A diamond life clip art fantasy adventure.
Relax and enjoy this world of porcelain kittens and gold chain obstacles with a booty bass elevator soundtrack.
Sound??: Featuring Rahsaan Roland Kirk and John Cage.
Although Kirk and Cage never actually meet in this film, these two very different musical iconoclasts share a similar vision of the boundless possibilities of music. Kirk plays three saxes at once, switches to flute, incorporates tapes of birds played backwards... Cage, on the other hand, is preparing a work for musical bicycle with David Tudor and Merce Cunningham at the Seville Theatre in London... -- Martin Williams, JAZZ TIMES
Dutch Treats - Rare Treats:Ultra rare collection of 60's and 70's Dutch Beat Music. Includes - Les Baroques, Le Zipps, The Dukes, Q'65, The Outsides, Wally Tax, The Ro-d-y's, The Motions, Cuby and the Blizzards, The Shoes, The Golden Earrings, Shocking Blue, Mouth and MacNeil, and more!
So, after doing Art Conspiracy for five years, I missed the cutoff by a few minutes yesterday and don't get to participate. All the 120 artist spots went in 13 minutes. It didn't help that my company's retarded firewall blocked their Google Spreadsheets application form and I had to run around to find alternative means of Internet access. My company's retarded firewall also blocks weshotjr.com as "pornography" for some unknown reason.
I can't say I'm entirely disappointed. All my ArtCon pieces have been really pitiful. Painting in sub-freezing temperatures on plywood isn't really conducive to awesome art. A friend and I are considering starting an Arternative Conspiracy in North Dallas -- get it? Because seriously, driving south of 635 sucks. Especially twice in a weekend.
I do have good memories of consuming as much Miller High Life as possible in a 3-hour period as a means of warming up. And good memories of getting to feel like a part of Dallas for a few brief moments. This year they're moving it to October 23, though. So it shouldn't be so cold. Check out the details here.
I'm sure you hate Art Conspiracy -- as only a WeShotJr reader can. What are your reasons?
SATURDAY, September 18, 2010
Here. There. & Beyond. Dallas Contemporary 161 Glass Street at Riverfront, Dallas, TX 75207 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Mexican Bicentennial Exhibition Grand Opening The MAC 3120 McKinney, Dallas, TX 75204 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
N.R.G. (Sergio Garcia, Mark Nelson, and Richard Ross) HCG Gallery 1130 Dragon Street, Suite 190, Dallas, TX 75207 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Seriously, just because you have your art in a high street gallery like HCG doesn't preclude your having some kind of web presence. Don't you have a nephew or something that can make a website for you?
Miami Horror | Fizzy Dino Pop (Granada) Miami Horror's track with Alan Palomo, "Holidays," is the strongest thing I've heard them do thus far, but its just a little tough to stomach bands that are influenced by their own contemporaries-- if you're in the mood for this kind of stuff, I'd just stick with Delorean, Hercules and Love Affair or Cut Copy if I were you.
local remix = florene - homemade ecstacy (i miss my mommy vulgar fashion remix)
Came across this interesting remix by two very different local artist and thought it was worth sharing. I would like to see more diverse local artist come together and mix things up a bit, especially when the results are this stimulating.
Hi guys. Life has kept me from doing the Not New Music posts for a long time now, but I'm planning on writing a couple more before this thing is all said and done. In the meantime I'll probably post a few videos just for the hell of it.
This one is from San Francisco's Units, a band that is probably best remembered these days as the group that made a certain Houston weirdo change his name after he released his 1978 debut lp Ready for the House under the Units moniker. I'm not the biggest new wave fan, but the first two Units 7" singles easily rise above most of the genre and are certainly worth seeking out.
