Friday, August 18, 2006
School's in...
FRI: Casper & The Cookies and Britain's own Keith John Adams will be giving us one last blast of pop in the post-fest time over at Little Kings tonight as Casper and The Cookies release their new CD, The Optomist's Club. Last time I saw Casper et al, they were the best I've ever seen 'em. They improve each time. If you were at Popfest, you likely saw KJA play like 800 times on every street corner he could find - gotta admire the enthusiasm. Anyway, the show is free and will have actual cookies there to eat.
There's also the Low Lows over at the Go Bar, Classic City Hip-Hop over at Tasty World, and for something truly experimental, check out Craig Lieske and Mark Kaczmarek over at Flicker (one of these days Craig is going to write a sweet catchy pop song with hooks and choruses and surprise the hell out everyone).
SAT: Holy crap, here we go... Firstly, there's the big Joe Strummer Tribute Night over at the Caledonia. It's got GOAT, Ham 1, and a buncha other acts including some supergroups comprised of folks from Ceiling Fan, Hayride, The Sunshine Fix, and The Starroom Boys - all playing Clash/Strummer covers. How cool is that? Glad our friend Dave Gerow got this thing together. And it's for a good cause!
Of course, our friends Kimberly & Brad Morgan perform over at Little Kings as well. It's good, ole-fashioned country and with catchy lyrics and wonderful vocals. Well worth your time, even if you don't listen to country often. Also on the country tip, you can go catch Clay Leverett over at Oasis as well.
Folks who like it loud aren't left out either as the great triple-bill of Music Hates You, The Dumps, and Garbage Island play at the Lunch Paper. I promise you loud. And surprisingly talented to boot. Once again, I know a lot of people who wouldn't consider themselves metalheads who like at least one of these bands.
Pop fans don't go hungry either as the neo-Australian sounds of Of Montreal take over the 40 Watt. And they've got a great opening act as well in The Minders. I saw them play the Watt a Popfest or two ago and they were fantastic. Worth the cost alone.
Finally, if you just want to go dance and blow off some steam, there's a triple-DJ dance party/benefit over at Nuci's Space featuring the Krush Girls, Twin Powers, and DJ Mahogany. All for once price.
Whatever you like, it looks like Saturday's got something for you.
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