Boo || October 31, 2006

Wear your costume at a concert tonight. Sheezus, so many choices:

Club Dada: The Naptime Shake performs as Nacho Libre. Cape, mask, stretchy pants and at least one cover from the Nacho soundtrack will unfold at a relatively early 9 p.m. start time and will accompany Noah Bailey's usual brand of not-too-odd songwriting. The only knock I have against his act is how much the man's songs (thought-provoking but not annoyingly poetic) deserve a full, talented band, but Bailey's had trouble getting one together for some reason. He opens for two Philadelphia acts, The Capitol Years and National Eye, and both of 'em sound like the kind of interesting takes on Americana that would qualify for SXSW sleeper picks...here's to hoping the good MySpace impression translates to their gig tonight.

Dan's: The Angelus busts out a few new songs, which makes sense, seeing as how they play so infrequently that the guys should have some new frickin' material by now. History At Our Disposal and Small Sails play as well; can't speak on behalf of either, as I've never seen 'em...HAOD had a fine turn at Saturday's tribute band show, but I've never seen their normal set, and I've never been to Portland, so Small Sails loses out with that one, though their MySpace page hints to a sound too dependent on digital trickery to translate well to a live show. Then again...MySpace samples usually aren't to be trusted (see above).

Dallas Scaregrounds: I've yet to promote a Scaregrounds show, but Dallas' The Uncontrollable Urge are probably the best take on amped-up mainstream hard rock that a typical a Scaregrounds crowd will see this Halloween season, so kudos on them for landing the juicy 31st.

Will Rogers Auditorium: Screaming, tweenie Ben Folds fans may very well be confused as hell by the touring star's opening act at Will Rogers tonight, but really they should take pride in living so close to the hometown of Denton's glorious Corn Mo. Accordion-arena-rock. Should be awful, winds up being one of the best live acts in the nation. I dunno how that works...I just go with it. Be sure to arrive early enough for the Mo.