Catching Up || September 7, 2007
Boy howdy, am I behind. Blame my mother--she's in Seattle this week, and on top of showing her around town, I've had articles and video game reviews to work on (tough life, I know). But I have a few minutes open right now, so let's get to it.
The new Red Monroe album comes out tomorrow, and the band has been mighty protective of the tunes, so I can't tell you about anything other than the title track, which leaked on Quick earlier this week. You may have noticed RM's weird, indirect promotional efforts a month or so ago, when this MySpace account started sending friend requests to Dallasites around town. Though the bizarre, dancetastic page appeared to be anonymous, its accompanying Web site had Red Monroe's mailing address attached in its hidden registry "whois." Cover all of your 'net bases, guys. The title track isn't as synthy as these buzz-building sites might lead you to believe, but the band is definitely taking on broader sonic elements than their previous EP, and my interest is extremely high about this disc. Local record of the year? As soon as I can get my hands on it, I'll letcha know.
In the meantime, do try to catch one of their shows this weekend to find out for yourself. They hit Good Records at 6:30 p.m. tonight and the Granada tomorrow; the former is free and features Dd fave Sarah Jaffe, while the latter is local-star-studded, complete with Baboon, Saboteur and...Odis? Is Odis any good? I'm not hearing it.
Crud, I have to run, so here are some quickies. Theater Fire and The Drams at the Granada tonight. There are other shows, I'm sure, perhaps better ones, but that sounds like a fantastic show to me. And Dd is part of a DOMA loser show on Saturday at the Double Wide, as Jasun already pointed out. I assume he is attending, but no, I will not be there. I will be in Seattle playing Metroid Prime 3. For "work."
And even if I were in North Texas on Saturday night, I would almost certainly skip Dd's affiliated show. Why? Two words: Tre Orsi. It's rare to see a hard rock trio that gets everything so right--aggression, restraint, complication, simplicity, influences, uniqueness. That's very vague, and I'm okay with that, but at the very least, trust that the material on their MySpace page is only a vague hint of what an ass-kicking their set at Rubber Gloves will be when they open for lords-above-men Centro-matic. We Shot JR's house party at the Fra House should be fun as well, but expect it to be far too crowded to enjoy in any sober condition. And if none of the aforementioned shows get your goat, think about going to Sean Kirkpatrick's CD release show at Club Dada. The record is good. Local record of the year? Well...lemme listen to Red Monroe's first. -SM
The new Red Monroe album comes out tomorrow, and the band has been mighty protective of the tunes, so I can't tell you about anything other than the title track, which leaked on Quick earlier this week. You may have noticed RM's weird, indirect promotional efforts a month or so ago, when this MySpace account started sending friend requests to Dallasites around town. Though the bizarre, dancetastic page appeared to be anonymous, its accompanying Web site had Red Monroe's mailing address attached in its hidden registry "whois." Cover all of your 'net bases, guys. The title track isn't as synthy as these buzz-building sites might lead you to believe, but the band is definitely taking on broader sonic elements than their previous EP, and my interest is extremely high about this disc. Local record of the year? As soon as I can get my hands on it, I'll letcha know.
In the meantime, do try to catch one of their shows this weekend to find out for yourself. They hit Good Records at 6:30 p.m. tonight and the Granada tomorrow; the former is free and features Dd fave Sarah Jaffe, while the latter is local-star-studded, complete with Baboon, Saboteur and...Odis? Is Odis any good? I'm not hearing it.
Crud, I have to run, so here are some quickies. Theater Fire and The Drams at the Granada tonight. There are other shows, I'm sure, perhaps better ones, but that sounds like a fantastic show to me. And Dd is part of a DOMA loser show on Saturday at the Double Wide, as Jasun already pointed out. I assume he is attending, but no, I will not be there. I will be in Seattle playing Metroid Prime 3. For "work."
And even if I were in North Texas on Saturday night, I would almost certainly skip Dd's affiliated show. Why? Two words: Tre Orsi. It's rare to see a hard rock trio that gets everything so right--aggression, restraint, complication, simplicity, influences, uniqueness. That's very vague, and I'm okay with that, but at the very least, trust that the material on their MySpace page is only a vague hint of what an ass-kicking their set at Rubber Gloves will be when they open for lords-above-men Centro-matic. We Shot JR's house party at the Fra House should be fun as well, but expect it to be far too crowded to enjoy in any sober condition. And if none of the aforementioned shows get your goat, think about going to Sean Kirkpatrick's CD release show at Club Dada. The record is good. Local record of the year? Well...lemme listen to Red Monroe's first. -SM
2 Comments:
Yeah, they are so protective of them, they didn't play them at Good's tonight. There was talk of 'not spoiling tomorrow' and such. So, if anyone went to Good Records and thought they heard the new stuff, well, apparently not. Except they did play 'Policia,' so there was that. The release show should be worth the ticket.
actually, we played Sunday Papers and Midnight Rites, however they were alternate versions. :)
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