The Patriarchy is not about horses
- DW
- Aug 17, 2023
- 4 min read
Well, shit it’s been a minute, huh. Summer more than half over. It’s rare that I feel so at a loss for words, but that seems to be where I’m at at the moment, life’s twists and turns revealing new and old truths that we can’t always understand. Maybe we just scoot to what we saw in the last month or two? Finally saw Still/Form. They were pretty good. There were as much metal as they were punky or garagey. They reminded me a tad of a great long lost band from Boston (who I think I’ve mentioned before), La Gritona (and who’s record release show, in, I’m guessing 1996, upstairs at The Middle East, remains one of my top 5 favorite shows ever). https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/la-gritona-feature?utm_source=footer Saw Djunah, also at HWM. There were moments, but they could be rocking out at a sports bar just as easily. Saw local faves Sea Moss again, their noisy, dancey, frantic drum sound never disappoints. Among my miscellaneous notes is this, “even at Baby Ketten dudes sing country, WTF”. As is often the case, I crack myself up. Help with Party Time at Fixin’ To. Help was much better than I remembered, yeah the guy kinda has a faux tough guy growl, but I loved (and still love) Laughing Hyenas and John Brannon is deep in that tough dude scream zone, and shit, he’s a minor legend at this point. Help had some bad hey we’re just rock n roll buddies antics but generally they’re good. And has there really been no other band named Help?? That seems very surprising. Never seen The Fixin’ To so crowded and certainly felt like Party Time sent them all home happy. Saw Effluvia Supper again at Fixin To. Real good, although Caspar had equipment issues and he mostly just screamed and growled into the mic. It worked! There were a couple other bands that night (including a great set from Vern Avola) but one, Eternities, really stood out to me. They were incredible. I can’t find anything about them on the internet. Did someone tell me that it was kind of a one-off collaboration and that they’re not usually a duo? Totally spaced on the Wolf Eyes show. How did I do that? And Jim White and Marisa Anderson the other night at Holocene. First, I should add that Methods Body opened and they were really good. You might remember my lukewarm response to them at Dundee Lodge last summer (whereas Scott and Levon loved them), but I’m a convert now having seen them a couple more times. Okay, there aren’t many drummers out there that I’d call something close to a living legend, but Jim White is one. His loose, flowing style perfectly complements the airy, never fussy guitar of Marissa Anderson. Really wonderful, perfect collaborators. I think there were other things that we saw, but it’s been a minute and this summer has felt kinda crazy, like last week seems like a year ago crazy. Here’s an abbreviated list of what I see coming up, maybe once we cross that semi-arbitrary Labor Day threshold and things settle into the familiar calm of autumn, I’ll start churning out this spam more regularly.
Portrayal of Guilt, Mon 8/21, Mississippi Studios. I have it on good authority that these guys are awesome. I will check this out.
Cannons, Thurs 8/24, Crystal Ballroom. Did someone either recently tell me to check them out or play them for me?
Jenny Don’t and The Spurs, Fri 8/25, Mississippi Studios. Gonna be out of town, but, and I know I keep saying this and not making it happen, I really want to finally go see them.
Mike Scheit, Fri 8/25, The Six. YOB dude solo, this could be real interesting. With Aerial Ruin opening. I haven’t been to The Six, I believe it’s the former Liquor Store downstairs space, is that right?
Broken Crow, Wed 8/30, Mother Foucault’s Bookshop. Local acoustic noise, raved about them a couple months ago. Also others playing this, including Zach Rowdon, who’s in Tongue Depresser. I will be at this unless I’m dead or similarly incapacitated.
Boris & Melvins, Thurs 8/31, Roseland Theater. I’d want to go to this show anyway, but Melvins are playing Bullhead. I mean, what else do you need, it’s only one of the great rock records of all time. Yes, I already have a ticket for this (ten fucking dollars of “fees” later).
Pink Mountaintops, Thurs 8/31, Polaris Hall.
Shannon and the Clams, Fri 9/1, Revolution Hall. One of the best purveyors of surf inflected garage, this would be a real fun show. Hunx and his Punx opens, I’m pretty sure I saw them years ago and loved them, but I’m finding nothing searching old emails. Hmmm.
Also on Friday the first, there’s a show at High Water Mark with local tape loop/electronics guy Amulets as one of the openers. Headliner is Glassing. Will inspect and report back, maybe this is a show to have on our radar.
Rebirth Brass Band, Sat 9/2, Aladdin Theater.
This year’s Lose Yr Mind Fest is coming up on September 8th and 9th. www.loseyrmind.com
U.S. Girls, Tues 9/12, Mississippi Studios.
Swans, Fri 9/15, Revolution Hall. Is this where I talk about the impact that the Filth LP had on me in 1989 or 90? Oh, you’ve heard that one before? A few times? Yeah, I know. But really. Kinda life altering.
Dengue Fever, Mon 9/18, Mississippi Studios. Really enjoy this band, I’ve seen them before, they’re also really good live.
Alright. What else? Oh, Twilight is back, at the corner of Grand and Belmont, where that shitty sports bar used to be. They don’t have too much on their calendar yet though, sounds like they’re having trouble getting their liquor license squared away or something. Stay tuned.
Yeah, I need to just hit send on this already. It’s funny that Scott half restarted this thread this morning right when I was finally close to finishing this (yes, Scott, you’re going to keep getting these emails until you move back 😂). Also funny to see Clover play percussion with a tree branch, she’d fit right in at half the shows me and Levon go to.
Anyhoo, this is very much a half assed list this month (year, decade, whatever, fucking time) so help us all out with what you know. As always always always, additions, corrections, and/or subtractions welcomed.
DW
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