Tonight || May 21, 2007

After wailing and moaning about House of Snooze ticket prices for so long, why would I turn about-face and plug a $40 local gig on a Monday night? No, it's not at Bend Studio; this is a dinner-concert at Urbano, an uptown Dallas restaurant at the corner of McKinney and Routh (somewhere near that Dickey's gas station, I believe?), combining a wine-loaded three-course meal (read: lobbbbster) with new CD debuts from national acts and live sets by Mom and Tree Wave. Dinner starts at 7 p.m., or if you want to save your cash, CORRECTION: You can see both acts for free if you wanna just sit at the bar, it turns out. Thanks for the update, CJ. All details are here.

I just got off the horn with GR maven C.J. Davis, who says that Mom will perform "the entirety of their new album, plus a song at the start and at the end." Turns out Davis' Pancakes for Mattie label, which recently released a vinyl single by Voot Cha Index, will have Mom's debut release released "hopefully by August; the guys are supposed to come by with the finished recording today so we can ship it off to mastering." Expect Good Records to carry a few copies. He went on to say that he expects a few new songs from Tree Wave as well; this is another solo show, he said, which puts the group's previous "duo" status in question.

Elsewhere, The Willowz and Denton's Sarah Reddington perform at the Pastime Tavern (close to Lee Harvey's) for $5. I wish I had a review for this bar, but every time I drove up and looked, I thought the place was closed. Hell, maybe it was. At any rate, for $5, whaddya expect? LOBSTER? Show starts at 10. -SM