I should really go to sleep, but I’m listening to Six Organs of Admittance’s “Dark Noontide” which is some amazing spooky shit…
So…you’re sitting around and want to see a show this week? Well it’s a good week…
Tuesday, 1/23 — Funhouse ::: Sean/Times of Despeartion/Fortress of Victory
Three slaying duos that will make you rethink that Black Keys or White Stripes have any legitimacy — a lot of good shit this night. Sean — a great jazz drummer and a slaying keyboard player doing sick grind and the best jokes you’re bound to hear all year. Rules to life…..always see Sean shows when you’ve got the chance. Fortress of Victory — victorious victorious victorious. Times of Despeartion I’ve never heard. They’re from Portland.
Wednesday, 1/24 — Rendezvous ::: Six guitar players doing solo sets!!! This should be cool. Highly recommended above all is the incomparable Brad Dunn. He was recapping a guitar workshop of Nels Cline’s he went to in Vancover…something along the lines of this, “Thanks for all the wonderful advice and tips. But I play a guitar with a screwdriver jammed underneath the 17th fret. What do you have for that, Nels Cline?” Check it out!
Thursday, 1/25 — Rendezvous :: The Quit — they’re lead guitar player is Nash McBride. you’ve got to lvoe that name. It’s also a benefit for cancer research or some such thing. The Quit is catchy.
Saturday, 1/27 — Monkey Pub ::: Wah Wah Exit Wound/Noh-Suspend — Noh Suspend is from Japan. For a bit of bad logic, here we go…Boris and Green Milk from the Planet Orange are from Japan. They are two of the most incredible bands I heard in 2006. Why won’t Noh Suspend be cool. Yes, I admit it, Wah Wah Exit Wound IS my band, but whatever. I’ve got a lot of objective confidence in us. Prog-psych…check it out. Buy Anthony’s poetry book…he’s the bartender.
The moral to the story? Never pay more than $10 for a show and you’ll see some great stuff. Most of all — go see Fortress of Victory and Sean!!!! Tomorrow!!!
Also — if you haven’t heard Six ORgans of Admittance go pick up an album.
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Nash McBride sounds more like a NASCAR pit chief than a musician, but either way he’s got a sweet name. I’ll see the Quit… anyone else?
Well, according to Chris Borgia, the Quit’s bassist, they’ve learned the enitirety of the Who’s “A Quick One While He’s Away” in honor of the cancer benefit. Don’t know how that all works out.
Still, my biggest rec is us, Wah-Wah Exit Wound at the Monkey Pub on Saturday. Only $5!!!