Three Days to Rise || August 10-12, 2007
DdCal's pretty thick this weekend; here are some picks.
FRIDAY
Dd's secret girlfriend, Neko Case, tiptoes into the Nokia tonight, opening for...Rufus Wainwright. Love her, sure, but not that much. Elsewhere, Double Wide corners the local hillbilly spectrum with the bluegrass of Fish Fry Bingo and the Texas boogie of The Lonesome Losers. Also, Dallas' Silk Stocking has just finished an impressive LP, Dialogues With The Devil. Until we get our review finished, get a taste for the band's improved, Nick Cave-ian piano dirges at Pastime Tavern.
And it's been a while since we've seen the talented, Built To Spill-appreciative guys in Bridges and Blinking Lights pop up in a bill; see what they've been up to at Secret HQ, and then walk down the block to catch Stumptone's lush, noise-rocking headlining set at tonight's solid Rubber Gloves bill.
SATURDAY
The Dallas Observer's music awards showcases overtake Lower Greenville from 6 p.m. until midnight tonight. What does that mean? A relatively interesting mix of good, bad and boring acts play in what will surely be the six worst sounding rooms in Dallas. Certainly, The Cavern does the best it can with its tight, too-close-to-the-bar setup, but the other five venues for this event never, ever, ever host live music. Couple that with the inevitable shiny-shirt-wearing, meat-market douchebags that will descend upon these clubs, usually limited to shitty dance music, by 11 p.m., and you've got a likely disaster.
Hopefully, the solid music at these showcases will rise above the muck and make for a good night. And since the Observer wasn't bright enough to chop up the schedules and reduce overlap, you'll have to make some sacrifices in your set picks. Dd picks in order of pref:
6pm: Tame...Tame & Quiet or Doug Burr
7pm: Sarah Jaffe or Johnny Lloyd Rollins
8pm: Common Folk (this hour is the weakest; stop by Good Records or the Taco C)
9pm: Baboon, Rose County Fair or THe BAcksliders (the latter's CD is weak, but their live show has been getting better reviews from friends than I've expected)
10pm: The Frenz or Steve Austin
11pm: The Theater Fire, PPT or Mitra
Be ready to adjust those showgoing times for inevitable delays and bumps in the schedules. We Shot JR has a great wrap-up of other shows around town, so go that-a-ways for picks, particularly those at Secret HQ and the Double Wide.
SUNDAY
We Shot JR's take on the Jason Isbell/Centro-matic show at Hailey's is perfect. -SM
FRIDAY
Dd's secret girlfriend, Neko Case, tiptoes into the Nokia tonight, opening for...Rufus Wainwright. Love her, sure, but not that much. Elsewhere, Double Wide corners the local hillbilly spectrum with the bluegrass of Fish Fry Bingo and the Texas boogie of The Lonesome Losers. Also, Dallas' Silk Stocking has just finished an impressive LP, Dialogues With The Devil. Until we get our review finished, get a taste for the band's improved, Nick Cave-ian piano dirges at Pastime Tavern.
And it's been a while since we've seen the talented, Built To Spill-appreciative guys in Bridges and Blinking Lights pop up in a bill; see what they've been up to at Secret HQ, and then walk down the block to catch Stumptone's lush, noise-rocking headlining set at tonight's solid Rubber Gloves bill.
SATURDAY
The Dallas Observer's music awards showcases overtake Lower Greenville from 6 p.m. until midnight tonight. What does that mean? A relatively interesting mix of good, bad and boring acts play in what will surely be the six worst sounding rooms in Dallas. Certainly, The Cavern does the best it can with its tight, too-close-to-the-bar setup, but the other five venues for this event never, ever, ever host live music. Couple that with the inevitable shiny-shirt-wearing, meat-market douchebags that will descend upon these clubs, usually limited to shitty dance music, by 11 p.m., and you've got a likely disaster.
Hopefully, the solid music at these showcases will rise above the muck and make for a good night. And since the Observer wasn't bright enough to chop up the schedules and reduce overlap, you'll have to make some sacrifices in your set picks. Dd picks in order of pref:
6pm: Tame...Tame & Quiet or Doug Burr
7pm: Sarah Jaffe or Johnny Lloyd Rollins
8pm: Common Folk (this hour is the weakest; stop by Good Records or the Taco C)
9pm: Baboon, Rose County Fair or THe BAcksliders (the latter's CD is weak, but their live show has been getting better reviews from friends than I've expected)
10pm: The Frenz or Steve Austin
11pm: The Theater Fire, PPT or Mitra
Be ready to adjust those showgoing times for inevitable delays and bumps in the schedules. We Shot JR has a great wrap-up of other shows around town, so go that-a-ways for picks, particularly those at Secret HQ and the Double Wide.
SUNDAY
We Shot JR's take on the Jason Isbell/Centro-matic show at Hailey's is perfect. -SM
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