Weekender 7/27/07-7/29/07

FRIDAY

Hot Flash (Fallout): Tonight's line up will feature Schwa, Wanz Dover and Killtronix. I guess Stephen R is out of town or something. Always good and always free. You'll hear everything from disco to eurohouse to ghetto tech to hip hop to funk. Something for everyone is probably an easy way to say it.

Deep Snapper/Cougar Den/Kaboom (Secret Headquarters): A solid hardcore/post-hardcore show that includes Cougar Den, who do a fairly good job with that sort of thing. An unknown and slightly pleasant surprise for me.

MC Chris/These Northern Lights/MC Router (Aardvark): Everyone reading is probably familiar with MC Chris, aka MC Pee Pants, but I wanted to say a quick little something about MC Router: really good. Saw her a couple months back at SHQ and was pleasantly surprised by the abstract nature of her music and the tangible talent she has as an MC. Trust me, I'd normally be the LAST guy to tell you to go watch some chick rap about video games, but believe me: she's way better than you think.

Joy Electric/Mom/Sydney Confirm (The Cavern): This Joy Electric band is on Tooth and Nail, so I probably don't have to tell you why they suck. I include this show only to advertise the fact that Mom is playing, and to get a few people to check out Sydney Confirm, a young local band that has made great improvements in their psyche influenced synth/dance/pop sound to become a band worth casually keeping tabs on.

SATURDAY

Pase Rock/Nature/Select/Sober (Green Elephant): The big one of the weekend. Pase Rock, part of the large Baltimore Bass Connection collective that also boasts Spank Rock as members, is probably making some of the most creative, silly and contagious dance singles in America right now. He's known best for that "Lindsay Lohan's Revenge" track and video, which might the most NSFW music/video combo of all time, but everything else I've heard from him is just as fantastic. Taking the Spank Rock aesthetic and taking in more of disco/electrohouse direction (if only slightly), I probably don't even have to sell this show to you if drinking and dancing is part of your regular weekend operation. This will be loud, crowded and explosive.

Bishop Allen/Page France/the Teeth (Hailey's)

Silk Stocking/The Felons/Telegraph Canyon (The Cavern)

Record Hop/Bob White and the F Electrics/2 MAI/The Demigs (Rubber Gloves): After receiving a shout out from Steve Albini on a message board, Record Hop starting acting like real assholes all over town, thinking their shit didn't stink. Just kidding. Seeing as how they are one of the most reliably good live rock bands in Denton, I'm interested to hear what some of this new recorded material sounds like on stage.

Bobgoblin/The Happy Bullets (Doublewide): Didn't Bobgoblin play music in the 90's? I thought I remembered seeing posters for them at places like Last Beat (the store) and CDX (the mid-cities) in like 95, or maybe they were on the Adventure Club way back before they started playing Christian Rock. I don't have time to figure out which.

SUNDAY

Golden Boys/Strange Boys/Current Leaves/Stanton Meadowdale/AM Ramblers (Secret Headquarters): Pretty diverse bill here, and everything seems pretty solid to me. Hadn't heard these Golden Boys before, but I think they might be worth checking out. I wonder how the Strange Boys are enjoying Austin these days?

Bishop Allen is playing a Good Records in-store at 2pm.

Gravy Train/Sugar and Gold/Sticky Buns (Rubber Gloves): Gravy Train is annoying as shit, to the point where I know at least a small handful of people who read this blog are going to love them. Sticky Buns receives approval from both contingencies.

DJ Wild in the Streets (Haileys)