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(poster by Nevada Hill)

Tonight's lineup (Rubber Gloves, 411 E. Sycamore, $5 over $7 under, doors at 9)

Strawberry Fields presents Denton Deluxe 1 with:
Nouns Group, Fight Bite,
J. Gray, Florene,
Verulf, Violent Squid,
Peach Street Gang, RTB2

Saturday Night's lineup (may start earlier than 9, I'm assuming same cover)

Strawberry Fields presents Denton Deluxe 2 with:
Kaboom!, Street Hassle,
Deep Snapper, Eat Avery's Bones,
Delphi, Zanzibar Snails,
The International

Not a lot else going on that I'm aware of tonight, unless you really like the Allman Brothers, then you can check out the Allmost Brothers - a pretty adept Allman Brothers cover band. Allthough I don't normally condone cover bands outside of the Halloween season, mind you.

The pick for tonight is Mariachi Inolvidable, rounding out a pretty big lineup for J&J's on a Thursday night. This show was put together by David Virden (aka Admiral David V.), who just woke up one day and decided he's going to start booking awesome shows all over town with a weird mix of bands. Most of these shows have happened on a night that coincides with a particular lunar event (new moon, pink moon, etc...), but some are put together in observation of a national "day", like Earth Day or International Workers Day (as is the case today). The show is usually free, but donations are collected for a related charity.
Another notable in this lineup is Mauve X, featuring Mauve Oed, originally one half of a then-duo act with Corn Mo.

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Andy's
Mount Righteous Talent Show hosted by Joey Kendall.
There's something a little hipster-ironic about Grapevine's Mount Righteous, but if you've seen them live you can't deny they're a lot of fun. I can't imagine what a talent show hosted by a band would be like, but good for Andy's for hosting what is most likely a not-very-normal show. The website didn't list a cost, but you can contact Andy's Bar at the link above if you would like to find out more.

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Rubber Gloves
Thu May 1 (Doors open at 9pm; $6)

Gazelles
Western Civilization
Broadcast Sea
Western Legend

I haven't really made up my mind about Gazelles yet. This is one of those cases where a band is really talented but I'm just not particularly interested in them for a live setting. I could see them as a soundtrack to an indie movie that's a little less trendy than Garden State but maybe a little less cool than Waiting. I'm not even sure what that means.
Regardless it would hardly be fair for me to not mention them just because I prefer to see live shows that have more sweat than sweaters.. they're a good band, and who am I to tell you what you should enjoy?

So much going on some bands are playing twice, even in the same night..
in one case they're re-arranging and playing a second set in the same place.
No way am I gonna even try to provide links to all of this stuff, this should be the
only link you need. Just put in the name of any of these venues or bands & the word "denton" and you're sure to find what you're looking for.

This is why I absolutely love this town:

Friday Night:

J&J's 8pm, free - donations to Relay for Life

Fire Nation
Ella Minnow
Machine Gun Hand

Rubber Gloves - day one of Concernathon (doors @ 7, $6)

Record Hop (w/videos by Martin Iles
Shiny Around the Edges
Bridges and Blinking Lights
Tre Orsi
White Drugs
Handbrake
Last Men

Dan's Silverleaf
Joe Ely, Mary Cutrufello - $20

Haiely's Club = 9pm, $12
Bob Schneider
The Lifters

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Saturday

Cool Beans
Beanstock (2pm, FREE)
Joe Tucker
Final Fight
Ghosts of Texas
The Lads
AM Ramblers
Boxcar Bandits

Hailey's - UFO Fest (6pm, $6)
Violent Squid
Zanzibar Snails
Mad Scientists
Will E Lee
Delmore Pilcrow
Heartstring Stranglers
Mauve X Experience

Dan's Silverleaf
Denton Hardcore Society presents:
Rock n Roll BBQ
featuring:

Lions
We Are Villains
Max Cady
Mescalero
Little Big Horn
Children of the Grave
(plus goodies from Meat Guns bbq)

Rubber Gloves
Concernathon, night 2 (5pm, $6)

Astronautalis
Mom
Haod
Single Frame
Sarah Jaffe
Gazelles
TT&Q
Florene
Grassfight

Strawberry Fields:

Brent Best
Starhead
Will E Lee
Ryan Thomas Becker
The Triggermen

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Sunday

Dan's Silverleaf (on the patio - FREE - 6pm)

The Lads
Mike McConnell & Chris Welch
Cody Robinson
Admiral David V.
Delphi
Sarah Alexander
Chris Garver

I borrowed this one from their myspace, if anyone knows who gets credit I will gladly give it

I'll admit that when I first moved to Denton ten years ago my decision was largely based on second-hand knowledge of the music scene here, most of what I had known at the time was the Dallas/Fort Worth scene, mostly the One-Ton Records acts such as Caulk & Doosu. Not to take anything away from those bands, but after being here for a couple of years a roommate took me to a Paperchase show - and it completely changed the way I looked at music. The sugary rock riffs of the Dallas scene at the time were fine, but I was raised in an area where the radio was all you have - I had never heard music as manic and deconstructed as Young Bodies Heal Quickly, You Know".

Over the years of seeing them live I've noticed moments of similarities with other bands, but musically there's just not much out there that would be on the same plane. I once told a friend they sometimes remind me of a live act of "The Wall" (the pulpit scene), only much angrier, precise, and demented.
I don't mean like dirty dread locks and crappy makeup demented, I mean the little clean cut guy in the cube next to you storing body parts in his mini-fridge for good luck. Like he suddenly jumped on top of his desk, waving his hands wildly, spewing half-sense and whole truths like they were daggers, making sure to aim them at every last person in the room.
There's a certain urgency in the music, like a frantic pen to paper missive, written in blood and partially running off the paper and written across the desk.
And unlike most bands I've seen in the past few years, every sentiment expressed in the lyrics are evident in his gestures and his face, from sarcastic to saccharine, from defeated to destroyer of worlds.

I could go a little deeper, but we'll just leave it at this:

Tonight (Friday April 11th)
Rubber Gloves (411 E. Sycamore, 9pm, $10_
the pAper chAse (also: fansite here w/music)
Faux Fox
Mount Righteous

Will Johnson
Sarah Jaffe
Dan's Silverleaf, 103 Industrial
Doors at 8

Miss Jaffe is the best thing to happen to Dallas music since DARYL's Ohio dropped, in mio opinione.

If you like Jesse Sykes' sultry country-folk and listen to a lot of torch singers, you should come out Friday.

If you don't ordinarily swing that way, watch the preview for this documentary produced by the Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer David Leeson of The Dallas Morning News. (Click "Trailer 2"in the Trailers section.) That's Sarah's song "Swelling" you hear over the footage.

Then come out Friday.

It'll be a nice night to stay warm and do the film-watching thing, and this screening is free.

Punk: The Early Years
Strawberry Fields, 10 p.m.
corner of Oak and Bonnie Brae

from All Movie Guide:

The initial shock of punk rock was beginning to wane in Britain, but the movement was still picking up steam and establishing itself as a genuine musical force when this documentary was shot in 1977 and 1978. Originally created for U.K. television, Punk: The Early Years includes interviews with musicians, fans, record-label executives, and rock journalists as they discuss the meaning and impact of punk rock. The film also features performances from the Adverts, the Slits, Generation X (featuring Billy Idol), X-Ray Spex, and Eddie and the Hot Rods. Among those interviewed are Siouxsie Sioux (from Siouxie & the Banshees), Marc Bolan of T. Rex, and early Sex Pistols associate Jordan.

For continued education, SF rents out The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk and New Wave. Big timers like Joan Jett sit in on a round table discussion; Elvis Costello and the Attractions and Patti Smith perform, among others. Check out Strawberry Fields' amazing online database for other rental ideas and good finds.