We’re having a celebration of WOMEN in the Arts and culture this Saturday (2/13) starting at 6PM. Here is a little taste of some of the lady-made entertainment coming your way this Saturday!
“There is, indeed, a story in Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s two– yes, two– new releases, or more specifically, a backstory. “Intense panic attacks had made it difficult for me to leave the house,” claims songwriter Richard Edwards. He also claims the material that came out of that isolation (admittedly, an isolation he shared with his bandmates, who all supposedly live in the same Indianapolis house) was originally intended for a concept album about the Heaven’s Gate cult. Remember them? UFOs? Magic sneakers? Castration? Group suicide? Yeah, that one. The backstory continues…” Read more at Pitchfork.
Margot and the Nuclear So And So’s will be playing in the Pike Room Wednesday March 3 at 8pm. Tickets are on sale for $12.
“If vampires are as cool as I’m told they are right now, Cold Cave would’ve cleaned up at the Teen Choice Awards this year. Consider: Dark, synth-splashed pop songs with enough of an industrial bent to validate any flashbacks you might be having of watching Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie stalk the club for fresh meat in The Hunger. And though pack leader Wesley Eisold (also known for his work in the hardcore outfit Give Up the Ghost) does have the spooky Peter Murphy vocal thing down pat, Cold Cave sound more realized than the one-off pleasure project they look like on paper. By enlisting noise goblin Ian Dominick Fernow (Prurient) and Xiu Xiu-graduate Caralee McElroy to pitch in, their full-length debut, Love Comes Close, manages to stand out as a successful collaborative effort with a clear sense of purpose.”, says Pitchfork.
Cold Cave is playing with Hair Police, City Center, Deastro, and Jon Strucel & The Conspirators Of Pleasure in the Pike Room on Wednesday February 24, 2010 at 8pm. Tickets are only $7.
“Our new story, The Emptiness, is FINALLY here! You’ve seen the videos, you’ve heard the songs, now you need to go out and get the final piece of the puzzle. Once you get the album with the lyrics, story and sketches the entire story will come to life for you and all make sense.” Read more on this blog, other blogs, see photos, purchase merchandise, watch videos, and hear songs on their MySpace.
Alesana will be playing with A Skylit Drive, Of Mice & Men, The Word Alive, and We Came As Romans in the Crofoot Ballroom on Saturday February 20, 2010 at 5:30pm. Tickets are on sale in advance for $13.
“Manna and Quail is Steve Saputo, Chad Nicefield, and three other members whose identities must remain anonymous. The band, though born in the present, was summoned through emerging technology to the future, where they are mankind’s only hope… ” Read more at their MySpace!
Manna And Quail will be playing in the Pike Room with Bear Lake, Jessica Hernandez, and The Marvins on Friday February 26, 2010 at 8pm. Tickets on sale for $5 in advance and $7 day of show.
“Quieter is the new quiet,” apparently. Despite calls for the whisper-folk pair to make Øye’s house and techno background more apparent, Declaration of Dependence doubles down on hushed Scandinavian understatement. No drums, unless you count slapped fretboards or squeaking fingers: just two voices, two acoustic guitars, and occasional cello, viola, or one-finger piano plinks. Along with sharper songwriting focus, this go-for-broke softness makes for the most durable, rewarding Kings of Convenience album yet– a Pink Moon to past efforts’ Five Leaves Left. Barring a last-minute José González surprise, it’s also probably the best new full-length of its style you’ll hear this year.”, says Pitchfork.
