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A rock-band, some shoe-gazers, a spoken word artist, an indie-duo, and a straight-edge trio walk into a courthouse, but instead of a lame punch-line that I can’t come up with, there is a show hosted by a new house venue this Friday night at 8:00 p.m.
Making its premiere is The Courthouse with its first in a series of shows beginning this weekend followed by their Spelling Bee show featured October 21st. But rather than sticking to a single genre, these folks have an eclectic group of performers to stretch those musical muscles of versatility. Don’t like one band? Take a smoke-break, beer break, or jam some fingers into those eardrums for 25 minutes and there will probably be something for even the most persnickety listener.
On-tour for the past six shows with Analecta and The La De Les is Peoria, Illinois native, spoken-word poet Keyoung. Inspired by faith and Christian imagery, Keyoung batters beats with breathless exasperation, often sounding off a plea to the poetry he speaks. Some pieces are ponderous notions on creation to the common theme of the girl that floated away like cloud in the sky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJfglCy7ZY4
Labelmates Analecta also manage to explore various realms from an abstract area of straight-edge post-rock. The band itself draws from many different genres–their name means “to sample” in fancy English major terms. These South-benders like to sit on the ether twixt noise-rock and post-metal with zephyrus tones for good measure. Noise without too much complication.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH3f1jEZ290
Rounding up the trio of headliners is experimental/electronic-shoegazers the La De Les.
Their newest effort, Carlo, is a tribute to their former drummer and in and of itself a statement of change for the group past their rock-tendencies. The premiere track “Too Small of Hands” straddles between the mix of ambient healing, with electronic beeps and whirs imitating the hum of a hospital, along with the static screams of pain howled out from the blips of grey and black. The La De Les have the depth and darkness of a pool during a humid summer night. Fans of The Shins will dig ’em and DIT followers can also expect a DIT Session with them sometime in the near future.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87CDQIM_7x0&feature=related
For those of listeners that get florescent butterflies in their stomach when they think of “ambient,” “experimental,” or “poetry,” the Brass Bows will be providing some nitty-gritty rock to jump and pump those hearts and legs. Expect dirty jokes, but a good deal of sweaty fun as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdEE6P84jbk&feature=relmfu
Two-piece, indie-rock group Shuffle will also be performing on the bill Friday night, and will be showcasing a batch of reinvented material, which will be a treat considering their only available music online is a sixty-second demo. From that glimpse you can surmise some late 90’s style post-hard core, but who is to say what might turn up this weekend.
The show is free, although donations are encouraged. Doors are at 8:00 p.m., music starts at 9 p.m.
Respect the house, respect the crowd, respect yourself.
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