Weekender

Written by SR and DL...

 

FRIDAY

Don Caballero/DD/MM/YYYY/Hawk vs. Dove/Magnets (Rubber Gloves): Oh, I hate writing about Don Cab shows. It's 2008! You peaked in '97 or '98, I can't even remember. It's weird because I remember around that time, seeing little dudes with shorter girlfriends haunting Bruce Hall, and they'd both be really scruffy, and one of them would have the Don Cab "fist" shirt on. I see the exact same couple now in Denton, and they are totally wearing Deerhunter shirts. Funny.   Anyways, this band has one of the greatest drummers ever, Damon Che, yet, I was always very suspicious of this style of music. He went ahead and proved me right by just replacing his entire band with metal-heads. I KNEW IT!

ADD: Disqo Disco/Keith P/Schwa (Pastime Tavern): No cover.  

Will Johnson/Cory Branan (Double Wide): I'm not that much of a Centro-matic person to be honest, but Will Johnson's solo shows, of which I've seen two in the past year, are certainly everything that a Centro-matic fan would hope for.  

Uptown Fridays with Select (Zubar)

Slobberbone/The O's (Dan's Silverleaf):  Everyone reading this blog probably already knows enough about Slobberbone to avoid having to talk about them, but the O's, John Pedigo's new project and the latest Idol Records signees, are a relatively new group that has sort of become the Observer's latest "buzz" band over the past couple of months in addition to making it on to the cover of Quick recently, meaning that they've received about as much local ink as one band possibly could short of having a top 40 single or something.  After listening to the O's brand of No Depression-era twang infused indie folk/pop/rock, it's pretty unsurprising that they have become darlings of the local music media-- this is just the kind of music that the Dallas music establishment has been embracing since the early 90's, and will probably continue to embrace for the foreseeable future.  This certainly doesn't make it BAD music per se, even if it does set up something of a barrier for anyone who has grown suspicious of successful Dallas bands over the years.  Truth be told, The O's are competent and do what they do quite well, and anyone who's ever had an Uncle Tupelo or Gram Parsons fetish will probably enjoy this music.  Nothing earth shattering or particularly forward looking, even for their genre, but that doesn't appear to be the intent here, and you'll probably get exactly what you're expecting to from these guys.  

SATURDAY

Au/Florene/Hawk vs. Dove (The Lounge):  Portland's Au has consisted of many different members in its history, presently including personnel from Jackie O Motherfucker, and their music, falling somewhere between Animal Collective and a marching band, contains exactly the kinds of musical risks, atmospherics and true unhinged enthusiasm that would probably make Mount Righteous ten times better. Pretty interesting stuff.  

The Unbearables/Mount Righteous/The County Lines/Van Buren Boys (Chat Room): One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes.  I'm not sure what that says about the band or this show, but I thought I'd throw it out there.   

Teenage Cool Kids/Deep Snapper/Uptown Bums (Rubber Gloves)

Steel Hook Protheses / A Smile Full Of Ale / Ashes / Yatagarasu / No Music Plays In Hospitals /Necronomycunt (Wasted Words House, 2404 S. Fielder Rd., Arlington): Loud, harsh show in Arlington at a place I'm completely unfamiliar with.  Yeah, I know driving out to somewhere like Arlington sucks, but honestly, sometimes shows like this are the most fun of all... when you have no expectations whatsoever.  

PVC Street Gang/Beauxregard/Rivercrest Yacht Club (Hailey's)

SUNDAY

Etacarinae/Akkolyte/Division of Power/Deskonocidos (Exploding House): The two out-of-town acts sing mainly in Spanish, only Etacarinae has come all the way from Spain to play The Exploding House. You have got to admire that. Personally, I love it. It really makes me question what I'm doing with my life. As in, why am I not hanging out in Barcelona's version of The Exploding House rather than taking the DART Rail to a brutal little building with no windows everyday. Anyways, Etacarinae plays a kind of anthemic style of crust that I'm not so big on, but they probably make up for their shortcomings in energy, as do many bands in this genre.

Deskonocidos is a little closer to more effective, basic, hardcore with less long-intros and other melodic punk unnecessities. Akkolyte and Division of Power are the locals here, and for some reason DOP being on the bill pisses some people off. What doesn't piss you guys off? We're just trying to hang out with you guys and be cool. Why does everyone have to be so mean to us? :(

Tre Orsi/Shiny Around the Edges/Geistheistler/Delmore Pilcrow (Majestic Dwelling of Doom): Located at 731 Texas St.... homies should post the address on that Myspace yo.