It List: Halloween 06

Dead Echoes (House of Tinnitus- 628 Lakey St. Denton FREE, Keg, BYOB): Getting kicked off around 7pm tonight, Dead Echoes will feature Venison Whirled, Ethereal Planes Indian, Zanzibar Snails, PD Wilder, OVEO, and a performance from a mystery artist going by the name S.D.S. All of these band are noisy, spaced out, and experimental, and it seems that their performances might provide just the right soundtrack for Halloween. Lots of dark feedback, drone, and formless noise for your mind to do whatever it pleases with them. If you're planning on some "mind expansion" for the holiday tonight, this show will be at least a "must stop by" if you're up Denton way. Zanzibar Snails featues members of iDi Amin and Notes from Underground (a band that apparently likes to stir up some shit. good for them), and OVEO features members of the You Are the Universe. We are particularly looking forward to the dark tribal noise trance of Ethereal Planes Indians and the free jazz of Zanzibar Snails. The entire show will feature visuals by Paul Baker, who has worked with Sub Oslo and at this summer's Strategies of Beauty.

The Angelus/History at Our Disposal/ Small Sails (Dan's Denton): We're big fans of the Angelus as you probably already know, and as a bonus, the two bands they are playing with tonight sound pretty decent too. Particularly, Small Sails could be a great live band. Mixing parts folk, post-rock, indie pop and space, their songs are sugary and easy to listen to but structurally interesting and far from cookie cutter. Unfortunately, we haven't really heard or seen History at Our Disposal as of yet, but the little we were able to listen to on the Myspace page today sounded fairly solid, with bits of Radiohead, Bedhead and bands like Broken Social Scene and Arcade Fire thrown in the mix.

Lost Generation with Wanz and Gabriel (Cavern): Here is what the guys have for tonight:

"Gabriel's Message: Joining Wanz for some Halloween fun tonight! Spooky track s by Son House, Nina Simone, Nick Cave, Misfits, Ennio Morricone and others. Throwing down tracks by White Drugs, Lithium X-Mas, Silk Stocking and others from The LoillipopShoppe Benefit Comp as well. Prizes for the best costume, and like always no cover.

Wanz's Message:Old Stuff: Assorted Halloween trax, Slayer, Pop Group, Teenage Jesus and The Jerks, Howlin Wolf, Theoretical Girls, Tom Ze, The Factory Press, Sonic Youth(Bad Moon Rising)New Stuff:Bellmer Dolls, Kode 9, Burial, Pressure featuring Warrior Queen, Wolf Eyes, Ellen Allien, Battles(Live)Spinning with Gabriel is always a blast. I believe we are gonna be downstairs tonight. I am not certain of that, but pretty sure. This is my fourth gig in 5 days and I am ready to go out with a bang. Happy Halloween!!!!!!!"

Minus the Bear/ P.O.S./The Velvet Teen/ Russian Circles (Hailey's): Get there early to see Chicago's Russian Circles, who just recorded an EP of solid, progressive leaning metal/post-hardcore at Electrical Audio. Velvet Teen and Minus the Bear I could really do without, to be honest (listen to VT's "steadman spray" on their myspace page. If I hear one more song that starts like that, I'm going to cry), but P.O.S. is a hip hop act featuring an MC that sounds quite a bit like Tribe's Phife Dawg, which is something I suppose. Maybe leans a bit too far towards emo hip hop for my taste, but some good beats should make it a good time.