A note from our friend Scott:
Clavius update...don't miss tomorrow's psych-rock blow-out with
already legendary masters of musical mayhem DMBQ! Seriously, these
guys put on a live show as transcendental and entertaining as bands
like Lightning Bolt, Boredoms, Residents, Negativland, Comets on Fire,
etc: you mind will trip out and your ass will boogie. Also on the
bill are Thrill Jockey's Pit Er Pat with their uncategorizeable fusion
of odd rhythms and textures, and Stoogy garage-rockers Awesome Color
(Ecstatic Peace). On the horizon is the third 20 Buck Spin (our
festival homage to the doom metal that Pentagram pioneered) on
Halloween weekend, Aids Wolf/Yip Yip, Sikhara, Plastic Crimewave Sound
w/ Djin (from seminal improv '70s freaks Yahowa 13!) and Kohoutek,
legendary UK post-punkers the Homosexuals with Sonic Youth/Swans
producer Martin Bisi, '80s Hagerstown psych-garage band The Left with
the Rambling Shadows, and Dylan-esque singer-songwriter Elliott Murphy
(who recorded a few critically acclaimed records for Polydor and RCA
in the '70s). Information below:
Tuesday, October 21
Velvet Lounge
915 U St NW WDC
http://www.velvetloungedc.com
202-462-3213
$12, doors at 9pm, 18+!
DMBQ (from Japan, Estrus Records)
Pit er Pat (Chicago, Thrill Jockey)
Awesome Color (NYC, Ecstatic Peace)
http://www.dmbq.net/
http://www.piterpat.com/
http://awesomecolor.net/
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Wednesday 10/22: Aunt Dracula (Philly psych, similar to Animal
Collective/Ariel Pink)/Moon Pie (ex-Death Chants)/Paul Joyner Band
$7, doors at 9pm, 18+
Thursday 10/23: Shame Club (St. Louis stoner rawk)/Ambition Burning
(ex-VOG/Durga Temple)/Par Couer
$7, doors at 9pm, 21+
Friday 10/24: U.S. Christmas (Neurot Records, from NC)/Caverns/The
Mostly Dead/Memories From the Space Age
$8, doors at 9pm, 18+
Saturday 10/25: Lode Runner/Mr. Moccasin (Baltimore)/Ringo Deathstarr
(Austin shoegaze/psych-pop)
$8, doors at 9pm, 21+
Sunday 10/26: Tideland/Ghastly City Sleep $8, doors at 9pm, 18+
Wednesday 10/29: La Otracina (Holy Mountain, heavy instrumental psych-
prog from NYC)/Mythical Beast (Language of Stone, voodoo drone-psych
from Kansas City via New Orleans)/Dark Sea Dream/Astronomy
Dominatrix $8, doors at 9pm, 21+
Friday 10/31: 20 Buck Spin III w/ The Hounds of Hasselvander/Iron Man/
Unorthodox/Ol' Scratch/Lobo
$12, doors at 8pm, 18+
Saturday 11/1: 20 Buck Spin III w/ Earthride/Sourvein/Valkyrie/
Orodruin/Against Nature/Chowder/Hatchetface/Oak/Electric Horsemen
$15, doors at 4pm, 18+
Sunday 11/2: Aids Wolf (Skin Graft, Montreal noise-rock)/Turboslut/Yip
Yip/True Womanhood
$10, doors at 9pm, 18+
Monday 11/3: Aphrodizia/Woven/Dynamite Club/Ligo $8, doors at
9pm, 21+
Tuesday 11/4: Political Blockheads (special 2008 election
performance!) $8, doors at 9pm, 21+
Thursday 11/6: Acheronian/Sikhara/I Love You $8, doors at 9pm,
18+
Saturday 11/8: Little Pink/Sally Spring/The Able Birds/Stella
Schindler $8, doors at 9pm, 21+
Sunday 11/9: Kohoutek/Plastic Crimewave Sound w/ Sjin (of Yahowa 13!)/
Mondo Drag (Alive Records, garage-psych from Iowa)/Blue Sausage Infant
$10, doors at 9pm, 18+
Monday 11/10: Raspberry Campaign/The Color Wheels (indie-pop from
Poughkeepsie)/Doug Bailey (ex-Ropers/Sounds of Kaleidoscope)
$7, doors at 9pm, 21+
Wednesday 11/12: (The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope/Gildon Works (mem. of
Relay)/The Tennis System (ex-Mantras)/Queening (NYC no wave/noise-rock
guitar/drums duo) $8, doors at 9pm, 21+
Thursday 11/13: The Homosexuals (legendary UK post-punk, first DC show
ever!)/Martin Bisi (producer of Sonic Youth/Swans)/The Cheniers (ex-
Fake Accents/Metropolitan) $10, doors at 9pm, 18+
Friday 11/14: Report Suspicious Activity (Alternative Tentacles, ex-
Jawbox/Articles of Faith)/Girl Loves Distortion/Imperial China (ex-
Pitchblende) $10, doors at 9pm, 18+
Saturday 11/22: The Left (legendary '80s Hagerstown garage-psych)/The
Rambling Shadows
$10, doors at 9pm, 21+
Sunday 11/23: Creative Capitalism showcase w/ Low Moda $8,
doors at 9pm, 21+
Monday 11/24: Field Shaman/Northern Valentine/Pacific Before Tiger/My
Empty Phantom
$8, doors at 9pm, 21+
Friday 12/5: Deceased (Relapse)/Hatred/Hull House $10, doors at
9pm, 18+
Saturday 12/6: The Howling Mad (ex-Razz)/Pup Tent/7 Door Sedan
$8, doors at 9pm, 21+
Tuesday 12/9: PWRFL Power (ex-Na) $7, doors at 9pm, 21+
Wednesday 12/10: The Points/Terrible Twos (garage-psych from
Detroit) $8, doors at 9pm, 21+
Friday 12/12: Pinche Gringo (ex-Spinns)/Flying Eyes/Paper Tongue
$8, doors at 9pm, 18+
Tuesday 12/16: Elliott Murphy (seminal '70s singer-songwriter in the
vein of Dylan/Lou Reed, recorded for Polydor/RCA)/Jann Klose $10,
doors at 9pm, 21+
Friday 12/19: PRV Trio (mem. of Kohoutek/Janel & Anthony)/Snack
Truck $8, doors at 9pm, 18+
Saturday 1/17: Han Bennink (legendary Dutch free jazz
percussionist!) $10, doors at 9pm, 18+