Weekender

FRIDAY

Dub Assembly with Deville/Mundo and Lifted MC/Keith P/Royal Highnuss (Green Elephant): Another solid Dub Assembly dubstep night featuring Leeds UK DJ Deville, who according to his Myspace page spins a lot of stuff other than dubstep, with much more of an inviting, accessible party vibe that is probably much more appealing to an American audience. Dallas' own Mundo is building quite a rep for himself in dubstep circles nationally and internationally, and Keith P has basically become one of the most skilled DJs in town over the past year. Should be great.


Goodnight Fish/Blank Tapes/A Childlike Fear/Domenic Ferraro/Retired Astronauts (1919 Hemphill): Pretty mellow show for Hemphill this evening, with Austin's Goodnight Fish and San Francisco's Blank Tapes as the highlights. Blank Tapes sound like San Francisco is pretty much the only place they could be from, with some nice little Dead influenced pop songs and minimal, low key production.

Agent Orange/The Lash Outs/Kansas City Faggots/The Bleach Boys/The Blanket Restraint (Redblood Club): Redblood Club scores another big 80's/90's skate punk show, this time bringing in SoCal "legends" Agent Orange. I was going to talk about their history and all that but then I was like, oh, I don't really give a shit. People that do give a shit know enough about this band anyway. And I'd probably go mainly to see Bleach Boys (and yes I realize that they are probably influenced by Agent Orange just a lil.)

Lazer/MC Router/The Triggermen (Darkside Lounge): I'm not big into Lazer my man, but it should be noted that MC Router got a nice mention in a recent XLR8R article on nerdcore along with several other prominent MCs of the genre. Makes Jonanna Widner's clueless criticism of one of her recent shows seem even more Observeresque. I guess she doesn't have the approval of Russ Martin just yet.

SATURDAY

Dinosaur Jr./Awesome Color/Colour Revolt (House of Blues): Obviously, reunion tours are pretty dumb for the most part, but Dinosaur's performance at Gypsy Tea Room last year was honestly one of the best rock shows I've ever been to. I'm a tad young to have caught the band in their prime, or even just after their prime, but I can't imagine how they could sound too much better than they did in 2006. Oh. That time they opened on My Bloody Valentine's Loveless tour. That was probably better. But anyway, their new album Beyond, released earlier this year, was pretty damn solid, and if you don't dig that, here is some really old Dinosauresque stuff to check out. Pretty funny. You might also be interested in stopping by early to check out some of Awesome Color's new material. I'm not a Sonic Youth nut like a lot of people on here, but Thurston Moore does happen to be right about certain things.

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: Another brainstorm by Fort Worth’s Other Arts, presented by Herb Levy, the same fellow who hatched the crazy scheme of flying Ellen Fullman & Susan Alcorn to Fort Worth for a three-day session of amplified-wire drones in a long barn in the middle of a horse-dung splattered livestock exhibit area. Last weekend Levy also presented Cage and Feldman solo pieces by pianist Louis Goldstein at the Van Cliburn Recital Hall. Saturday’s show is more geared toward the budget-conscious (cover-phobic?), as it’s free. Technically, this interpretation of Feldman’s 1978 work is happening in conjunction with “Declaring Space: Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein,” (featuring the art of Feldman’s contemporaries and acquaintances), so it’s somewhat possible you might have to bear a $4 (student price) burden for a double whammy of subtle, textural, & deceptively provocative art and music. “Why Patterns?” will be performed on piano, flute, and percussion, differing from the most widely available recording of the piece (Rothko Chapel, 1991, New Albion, on cello, piano, and chimes). The 30-minute piece starts with spare, sharp piano clunks, diffusing into light, airy, and moody tonal clusters. It should be interesting to see how the inherently more playful flute changes the tone. As is, the original picks up major steam near the end, chugging along with a powerful ill logic to a faded non-ending that leaves you wanting. Free and starts at 2pm.

Shiny Around the Edges/Drink to Victory/Seth Sherman/Fight Bite (Strawberry Fields): Another good show at Strawberry Fields, a store that seems to be carrying on the Denton DIY crusade now that some of the more well known venues have been put out of commission. And I haven't had a chance to hear Fight Bite yet, but their name is fucking gross. BYOB as always.

The Crash that Took Me/Mom/The Future Unlived (Doublewide): Will Mom steal the show? They've been known to do that.

Sydney Confirm/The Freek Out/Beauxregard/Florene (Rubber Gloves)

Smif n Wessun/The Party (Ridglea Theater): Free show, which is important to some people. I was just talking to my really cheap friend (we all have one) who wouldn't pay a cover charge to see My Bloody Valentine open for the 1969 Rolling Stones at a private party. So I'm going to tell him to go to this show, because its free and stuff. JUST KIDDING. THIS IS NEXT WEEKEND

SUNDAY

Bleach Boys/Koji Kondo/Rocket for Ethiopia/Rival Gang/Fake Blood (1919 Hemphill): These performances are part of a larger art show where, if I'm not mistaken, the bands display their own visual art. But whether that is completely true or not doesn't really matter with a great line up like this. I'm kind of interested to hear more from Denton's Rival Gang, seeing as how the one song on their Myspace page is pretty good.

Shiny Around the Edges/Tre Orsi/Douche (Good Records 3pm)

Art Conspiracy with Red Monroe/Kristy Kruger/Sarah Jaffe (the Door): Well Mike Huckabee apparently supports the arts and all that, so I guess the Door can do it too.