It List: Wednesday 9/6/06

NOTE: Crowds are apparently already starting to form in front of Rubber Gloves tonight for the show, so if you're planning on going, I would suggest getting up there ASAP.

(Smog)/Howling Hex/ JC (Rubber Gloves- FREE): Yet another great evening of music during Rubber Gloves free week. This time, its an exciting and surprising performance from Bill Callahan, the visionary singer songwriter behind the lo fi underground legend Smog. One can't help but notice the wide ranging influence that Smog has had on many of the chic indietastic songwriters that have been gaining favor with the Pitchfork crowd over the past few years. His songs are quiet, dark, introspective, unsettling and often gorgeous. The two albums I am most familiar with are Red Apple Falls and Wild Love, and I think both will one day be considered quite important if they aren't already. Acoustic guitars, banjos, lush pianos, and bits of pedal steel and even some synths all wrap themselves around Callahan's poetic tales, which he sings in a country tinged Iggy Popesque dry baritone that always seems just about perfect in delivery. Rubber Gloves should really be given some props for getting him here for free, and anyone reading this should be in Denton tonight to take advantage of this rare opportunity. Howling Hex is Neil Haggerty of Royal Trux, who I'm not actually the biggest fan of, but I know a lot of people that read this are probably into them, so there you go. You might dig it. Click here to sample some stuff.

100 Damned Guns/ Current Leaves/ Meat Radio DJs (Club Dada): Current Leaves begins their residency in Dallas tonight, and I would suggest you check them out before the rest of Dallas starts talking about them, which I promise will start happening before the end of the month. The Grits N Gravy guys from Meat Radio will be spinning old soul/mod/rock selections starting at 6pm, and Current Leaves will go on at 9, leaving the working stiffs with no excuse.

This is Radio Clash(Hailey's): The Flashlight Party DJs will be doing their weekly party at Hailey's tonight with Wanz as special guest. Flashlight Party has a pretty big crew going up in Denton right now, so their shows in little d are always a lot of fun. Wanz will surely spice things up a bit too, so Hailey's should be a great place to stop by before and/or after Rubber Gloves tonight.