Weekender 9/8/06-9/9/06

FRIDAY

The Theater Fire (Lee Harvey's): The Theater Fire will be playing two free sets at Lee Harvey's tonight, with the first starting around 830 and the second ending around midnight. A good chance to see a great local band for nothin'.

Flashlight Party will be playing some records starting at midnight over Hailey's. Their set will follow a performance by Merge Records' White Whale, who I like quite a bit based on the quick listen I've given their album over the past couple of hours. There certainly seems to be a streak of glam in their songwriting, but it gets played down quite a bit by their lo fi recording techniques and mostly pretty, lush arrangements. Actually, the more I listen, the better their record WWI sounds... check out "whats an ocean for" and "the admiral" on their myspace page to se what I mean: intense, but dreamy. I bet this will be a really good show. And if you don't feel like paying, you can go after midnight, when admission to Hailey's will apparently be free. At least thats the word on the street.

Happy Bullets/Doug Burr/ George Neal/Chao/Glen Farris (The Cavern)

Spitfire Tumbleweeds/ Bridges and Blinking Lights/Hogpig/Oso Closo/Lo Fi Chorus (Rubber Gloves FREE Week)


SATURDAY

The Undoing of David Wright/ The Great Tyrant/ Night Game Cult/Fra Pandolf/ Eat Avery's Bones (Rubber Gloves FREE Week): Probably don't have to tell you that this is the must see show of the weekend. There hasn't been a better all local line up in a long time, and there certainly hasn't been a better free show in for fucking ever. Get there early to beat the crowds. Someone at the Observer called this show New Weird Denton 101, and I would say that is pretty fitting, just because I know how much all of you like "scenes." This is really going to be a fun show.

Metrognome Collective will be participating in the Fort Worth Fall Gallery night, and will feature a Polaroid show called "Instants" from 6-10. The after party will start at 10, and features Jana Hunter, 100 Damned Guns, Tame... Tame and Quiet, and Black Lights. Its five bucks, and it sounds like it will be a really good time, just like Metrognome usually is. Not the biggest fan of all these acts, but seeing Tame Tame is worth the price of admission alone, not to mention just hanging out with all the great people that populate Metrognome on a regular basis.

Also from 6-10, Art Prostitute will be showing some work by Jophen Stein, Evan B. Harris, Will Rhoten and Mark Nelson. The best part is that its free, and Dj Nature and Select will be spinning. Good chance to see the new Art Prostitute if you haven't already.

After than, you can head over to the Amsterdam Bar for the Lost Generation Make Out party, featuring sets by DJ Nature, Wanz, Bexarametric, and others.

Finally, there will be a house party at 2207 Glencoe off lower Greenville, featuring sets by Liquid Bounce and DJ Rebel. We've seen stuff about this party posted all over the place, so we thought we'd share. Will probably be a really good time. Liquid Bounce reminds me of GangStarr and old Roots, which is a good thing. Call 214-577-4234 or 214-498-2980 for more info.