Friday, September 26, 2008
Music news CL's recommended shows for Fri., Sept. 26
Posted by Chad Radford @ChadRad on Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 6:09 PM
This is perhaps one of the most best Friday's this city has seen in a long time, and if you're looking to go out and see some shows tonight, you're in luck, but you're going to have to make some executive decisions.
First and foremost there is the screening of Michael Tully and Matthew Robison's documentary film, Silver Jew showing over at Eyedrum.
Robison, who is also involved with the Atlanta rock doc., We Fun (currently in production) will be in attendance. $5. 9 p.m. (doors) Film starts at 10 p.m. Money from door sales goes to B Jay Womack who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. 404-522-0655. www.eyedrum.org.
Over at Lenny's Intelligence, Gentleman Jesse, Vera Fang and HOWLIES are playing a FREE show over at Lenny's. Intelligence is at the forefront of the new no-wave junk-rock art clatter that so dominates the cutting edge of abrasive post-punk in 2008. The group's sound is brash, damaged, alien and filled with angst and hooks. Local power-pop ambassador Gentleman Jesse brings things back to a more earthbound pop sound with a triumphant return to the stage. Vera Fang and Howlies open. 9 p.m. 404-577-7721. www.lennysbar.com.
The Variety Playhouse plays host to Stereolab's stop in support of Chemical Chords, the group's best album in years. Stereolab's penchant for crafting droning rhythms, Moog jams and space-age bachelor-pad music set a precedent for experimental sounds in the '90s. With Chemical Chords (their 4AD debut), the pop explorers churn out their catchiest songs this side of the millennium. Recent material such as "Pop Molecule," "Cellulose Sunshine" and "Daisy Click Clack" channel the "groop's" cosmic music into digestible bursts of short pop songs. Tonight, expect nothing less than a headlong trip into melancholia and '60s psych pop, sans kitsch. Atlas Sound (aka Deerhunter's Bradford Cox) also performs. Herb and Jason Harris of the Selmanaires open. $20-$22.50. 8:30 p.m. , 1099 Euclid Ave. 404-524-7354. www.variety-playhouse.com.
There's a Hank Williams Sr. tribute show at The Star Bar, featuring Slim Chance, Dave Weil (Blacktop Rockets), Caroline Engel, Phil Anderson, Bill Fleming, Danny Pope, Craig Rafuse, Ted Weldon and several others (and just so you know, this is a non-smoking event). $10. 9 p.m. 404-681-5740. www.starbar.net.
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