Wednesday August 1, 2007

XBXRX
Edie Sedgwick
The Mae Shi
Double Dagger

Doors/8pm Show/830pm
YOU TUBE

XBXRX: an animalistic seizure of grunts and yips. No redeeming value, but it’s interesting to note that even after enduring their assaultive, dry-humping-of-the-ear “songs”, everyone applauded politely. I did as well, but I kind of really meant “fuck you”. Nice ties. Lucky for them I had already paid. I felt sorry for the mothers of the guys in XBXRX. It must be hard to watch your children grow up and then follow their dreams and go off into the world to perform music, when it so totally blows."


Thursday August 2, 2007

Tyrone Wells
Kate Voegele
Ernie Halter
Justin Trawick w/ Full Band

Doors/730pm Show/8pm
YOU TUBE

And then it was time for a hitmaker in the making—Tyrone Wells, solo artist extraordinaire. Wells must be good at poker: as his band set up on stage, he waited in the wings, let out a yawn, and then adjusted his lean on a side pillar. He swaggered from the shadow of the wings into the spotlight and catapulted into a strong and versatile set that mixed soul, hip-hop, blues, and pop-country love ballads.


Friday August 3, 2007

1990s
The Red Romance
Telograph

Doors/9pm Show/930pm
YOU TUBE

So between the odd observational urban country sloper (noteably 'Arcade Precinct', about "teenage types in shopping centres going shoplifting and having a laugh. It's very frivolous. It makes them sound like Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid") the 1990s album staggers drunk around NYC's East Village or London's East-End in its coolest leather jacket with its arms around its mates, howling at the moon on tracks like "You're Supposed To Be My Friend" (about being let down by your mates), "You Made Me Like It" (about being turned on to records by your mates) and "Jingle Bells" (about, um, not being told you're going out with a witch by your mates).