Weekender

Sorry best friends, but we're going to be a little short today. You know what its like when you're trying your best to continue your complete domination of the Dallas music scene and then your boss dumps a bunch of work on your desk at 3pm on a Friday afternoon and you don't have time to write your totally sweet blog anymore? Of course you don't, you aren't me. But I'll tell you something-- it sucks. Bad. Shows:

FRIDAY

Boris/Torche/Clouds (Rubber Gloves): We have a sweet interview with Japanese psyche/metal/drone group Boris down below (Or maybe on the next page), and Hydra Head's Torche bring their surprisingly appealing stadium sized stoner riffs to Rubber Gloves in order to provide a convincing argument to show up early and drink more. I hate to be a pussy or whatever but I hope this show isn't as hot as I'm afraid it's going to be. Boris comes to DFWD like, uh, never, so this is must see if you care.

The Party Second Year Anniversary (Zubar): I don't even know what else we can say about all the local and regional success that the Party has enjoyed over the past two years. Tonight is the two year anniversary of the Party's Zubar monthly, celebrating the genre-bending eclecticism of their sets and the slick collective fashion sense of their biggest fans, many of whom attend pretty much every Party affiliated event that takes place anywhere in town. They'll be doing it up right for this one, as local producer Picnic (formerly of PPT) will host a "red carpet" affair that will certainly be filled to capacity fairly early on in the night. I would get there early and wear as little as possible.

Shearwater/Kadane Brothers/Theater Fire (Lola's): Shearwater seems to have received nearly universal praise for their latest album, Rook, and they will be joined by some great company-- The Kadane Brothers, formerly of Bedhead and currently of the New Year, will be playing their first of two area shows this weekend, and the Theater Fire will likely be playing material from their forthcoming second album.

Denton Pop Fest with Matthew and the Arrogant Sea/Florene/Talking Tiger Mountain/Verulf/Doyen/RTB2/Heartstring Stranglers/Peace Corpse/Scene Girls (J&Js): One of the many, uh, "festivals" that these Denton acts have thrown in the basement of a pizza place over the past year. And despite the fact that it is a little difficult to have a festival inside a place that closes at midnight, the highlights here are pretty strong. I'm especially interested in hearing Talking Tiger Mountain, since you'd have to be a pretty big jerk to name your band that. And I like jerks.

ADD: Shearwater/Will Johnson In Store (Free, Good Records): Shearwater starts at 6pm (Half an hour from now), and Will Johnson goes on right after.

Dove Hunter/History at Our Disposal (Dan's Silverleaf)


SATURDAY

Blixaboy/Schwa/Royal Highnuss (Fallout Lounge): BLixaboy, aka Wanz Dover, will be doing a set of original songs and re-mixes. Ge there early for Royal Highnuss unless you're dumb.

Fuck Yeah Fest with Matt and Kim/The Death Set/Team Robespierre/Brothers Reade (1919 Hemphill): The highest profile show 1919 Hemphill has had in some time. DL and I totally LOL'd the other day when we noticed in a really old post that the Death Set opened for Best Fwends and Undoing of David Wright back at 8th Continent back in early 06. Death Set have received a ton of positive press this year for their 90's pop punk meets avant mallrat power pop meets Wham City electronica sound, and their most recent single, "Negative Thinking," has received quite a bit of college radio play as well. They are kind of a point of contention around WSJR HQ, as their peppy little tunes certainly aren't for everyone. I dig em though.

Cetromatic/Kadane Brothers/The Theater Fire (Granada): Your second chance to check the Kadane Bros. this weekend with another solid headliner.

Lymbyc Systym/Her Space Holiday/Florene (Good Records, FREE): starts at 5pm.

SUNDAY

Stone Temple Pilots/Black Francis (Nokia): There was a time in my early teenage years when I honestly thought STP was the best band on the planet. It's been so long since those days that I can now tell people about it and get a smile because it ends up being a cute little joke. The unfunny thing is that these shitbags are still making music and touring. How many Chinese character tattoos does one really need to buy?

Rogue State/Dohrn/Healers/Hoop Dreamz/Trifle Tower (1919 Hemphill)