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Something of a one-man mixture of the Cramps, Beck’s early indie records (circa One Foot in the Grave), and the soundtrack to O Brother Where Art Thou, singer and guitarist Langhorne Slim offers a sardonic, modern take on traditional folk, country, and blues.
He’s based out of Brooklyn, and he began to gain public notice through several years of touring with the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players and an appearance at the Bonnaroo Music Festival. His song Electric Love Letter was recently number 5 on the Rolling Stone editor’s top ten picks. The song was also in the movie Waitress. He has recently been seen on tours with Cake, The Avett Brothers, Murder By Death, Jeffrey Lewis, The Violent Femmes, Lucero, and Rocky Votolato. He recently appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman.
Amy LaVere is an singer, songwriter, and upright bass player. Her music combines a blend of classic country, gypsy jazz, and southern soul.
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Doors at 9
Tix $12
Plus appearances by Fleur de Tease, The Big Easy Rollergirls, The Pussyfooters, and The Half Moons Women’s Rugby Club
The Katrina Warriors Network is the diverse body of individuals, affinities, organizations, and institutions doing work to support and enhance the well-being of women and girls in New Orleans and the Gulf South.
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Tix $7
“Liferz unequivocally proves that Blood On The Wall may slice and dice the holy scripture of 90s indie rock, but in a way that’s more orthodox than heresy. Blood On The Wall stick to their guns, laughing in the faces of the indie gods by blasting another faux-Pixies song dangerously into the red. Excuse them for being irreverent: They’re just punking their touchstones the same way those bands did to their own 20 years ago.”–Pitchfork
“A more intense, more perfect vision of Blood On The Wall’s old sound. Styles may change, but it seems the Shankses will never give up loud, nervous and rabidly unpretentious gutter rock.” –Time Out New York
Blood on the Wall is a lo-fi, Brooklyn-based indie rock band, influenced by bands like The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pavement, Pixies, and Sonic Youth. The band toured with Yeah Yeah Yeahs in 2006.
Blood On The Wall formed in 2001 when Courtney Shanks convinced her brother, Brad Shanks to move from Lawrence, KS to Brooklyn with the intention of starting a band with veteran drummer Miggie Littleton. The three began playing around the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. They released Liferz this year
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Running With Scissors’ cast of cut-ups return to their juvenile and delinquent roots for a one-night-only staged reading of the cult classic Reform School Girls on Wednesday, May 21st at One Eyed Jacks at 8 p.m. Seating is limited for this special event—the company’s annual fundraiser—so make your reservations early!
Reform School Girls belongs to the long tradition of bad-girl films like Teenage Gang Debs, Teenage Crime Wave, and the infamous High School Confidential. Reform School Girls tells the story of Jenny Williams, a good girl with bad taste in men who lands at Pridemore Juvenile Facilities. It’s a rough and tumble world inside those cinderblock walls, filled with potential friends and even more potential enemies—notably leather-clad Charlie, lecherous Nurse Edna, and domineering ultravixen, Warden Sutter (played by punk rocker Wendy O. Williams, Warhol girl Pat Ast, and cult queen Sybil Danning, respectively, in the film). Will Jenny survive on The Inside? And how many will perish under Edna’s evil reign? Join Brad Caldwell, Bob Edes, Jr., Donald Lewis, Jack Long, Sean Patterson, Brian Peterson, Dorian Rush, Cammie West, and Liz Zibilich to find out!
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Tix are $25
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Come support Fleur de Tease at their “Send us to L.A.” Fundraiser. Doors open at 9pm and it is only $10 for an evening full of adult entertainment. You can have your picture taken with a Fleur de Tease lady or go to the Dry Hump booth for a silly and intimate session with Chris Lane and Trixie Minx. Walking peep shows and a girl dressed only in balloons is just the floor show. On stage we have the circus feats of Aurora Aerial and of course burlesque by Fleur de Tease. There will also be an auction and a raffle where you can win a date with Fleur de Tease to the next BINGO show. Help these ladies take some NOLA love to L.A.
Doors at 9
Tix $10
After the breakup of Floor in 2004, Torche vocalist/guitarist Steve Brooks decided to carry on the thundering tradition of his former band, recruiting guitarist Juan Montoya (also formerly of Floor), drummer Rick Smith, and bassist Jonathan Nuñez. This lineup evolved the sonic template Brooks had created with Floor into a lush and more fully realized sound. In 2005, the Miami, FL four-piece released their eponymous debut on Robotic Empire, introducing the world to a new brand of doom/stoner metal that replaces the bleakness and despair typical of the genre with a more triumphant and anthemic sound: the heavy metal equivalent of Chariots of Fire. Combining de-tuned, droning guitars reminiscent of doom luminaries Earth and Sunn 0))) with soaring, harmonic vocals, Torche created a new take on the genre that is best described as “doom pop.” After the album’s release, the band began extensive cross-country touring, sharing bills with the Sword, Mouth of the Architect, Jesu, Isis, and Mogwai. Late in 2007, the band announced that they had finished recording their second album, Meanderthal, which was slated for a spring 2008 release.
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Stinking Lizaveta’s instrumental post rock draws as much on Sabbath as it does on Sonic Youth or Slint. By combining a metal edge with the precision and repetition of math rock and the blasting assault of early Black Flag, they come with a sound uniquely their own.
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