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MON JUNE 8
no show tonight, but c'mon down and have a beer, we're open from 7pm-2am
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TUE JUNE 9
COUCH FORTS
What can you say about a band like Couch Forts? A three-man band out to change history is typically the overwhelming response. The members of this fine group are Owen Kelley, Matt Opachick, and Tyler Evans. Kelley, a former lion tamer, plays guitar, bass drum, and also sings. MattO, a world renowned rodeo clown, plays the fiddle. And last but not least, Tyler "Turkey Fart" Evans, the father of both Kelley and Opachick, plays banjo. With their powers combined, they create music that is often referred to as, "architectonic, heavy industrial folk rock with a crude awareness of the human condition." They would love to build a couch fort with you. - Harold Bloom
LAURA GIBSON
Laura Gibson lives in Portland, Oregon, sings songs and plays a nylon-stringed guitar. She is 26 years-old. She grew up in a small isolated logging town in the south coast of oregon, the daughter of a forest ranger and the town’s kindergarten teacher. She was a state champion high-jumper, and went to college on a math scholarship and later studied counseling in graduate school…she couldn’t tell you what band put out what particular album in what year, but she could probably describe where she was, how she felt and what you talked about, when she first met you, or what the trees looked like the last time her heart was broken…she likes trees. Gibson completed her debut full-length album with Adam Selzer (Norfolk and Western, M Ward, Decemberists) at his Type Foundry studios in Portland, and Dylan Magierek (Badman Records - Mark Kozelek, The Innocence Mission) at Closer Recording studios in San Francisco in the spring of 2006. Gibson found the perfect backing band in the members of Norfolk and Western, arrangements varying from bare-bones guitar and voice, to an orchestra of trumpets, piano, vibraphone, saw, violin, cello, banjo and found sounds. The songs themselves are haunting portraits of nostalgia and intimacy, of loneliness and wide-eyed hope hope.
MUSEE MECANIQUE
“The sounds of Micah Rabwin and Sean Ogilvie’s voices howling so whisperingly through these warm and nuzzling folk songs is more than a tonic for weariness and dismay. It’s an opening up – with great vigor – the flaccid curtains hanging in front of the windows, on a morning when the sun has already got a good, but tolerable cook going on and the light it friendly in its blinding. But then it’s as if the light – this blinding and magnificent light – is in no hurry to reach your body, as if it’s taking its time to travel from the other side of the window. You can feel it getting closer and you just close those eyes back up and allow it to physically move across you. There’s a sound associated with that. Or at least now there’s a sound associated with that.†-Daytrotter
10 PM
21+
$5
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WED JUNE 10
OPEN MIC w/ JOE PEPPERCORN
best open mic in town. no foolin.
(sign-ups at 8, performances at 8:15) and will run until about 1:00-1:30.
Performers will be videotaped (with the performers' permission) and their performances will be posted on http://www.myspace.com/openmictreehouse
Also new, you can message the site (www.myspace.com/openmictreehouse) open mic or send an email to treehousecolumbus@gmail.com to sign up for a slot (15 minute increments from 8:15 on. I hope all Columbus musicians find this salubrious to their open mic needs.
8 PM
FREE
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THURS JUNE 11
MELTYMELTY
A few weeks ago, we told you about the whole debacle Melty Melty went through while recording Rise of the Birdmenâ€â€i.e., losing the entire album to a computer crash and having to start from scratch. It makes for a good story, but good stories only matter if the record follows suit. This one is so good you won’t really care how it came to fruition. Like Sean Gardner’s other projects (Bookmobile, Winter Makes Sailors), Melty Melty produces highly accessible but no less artful indie rock, this time with an unmistakable deference to Pinbackâ€â€a comparison I wouldn’t make lightly. Rise of the Birdmen is polished and spacious. “Walls†is built around a simple, repeating guitar bend, and “Killing Time†is Melty Melty at its dreamiest, Gardner and former Kopaz compadre Kevin Davison making tasteful use of analog synths, eerie guitar and found sounds. “Same Situation†would be the obvious first single, if singles still mattered. Gardner’s instantly recognizable tenor has a tendency to wander too far into whiny land, but it usually anchors the songs nicely; his inventive vocal melodies provide the majority of the album’s hooks. Nothing against the band’s label, We Want Action, but Melty Melty deserves something bigger, and with this debut, the band just might get it. - THE OTHER PAPER
MOON HIGH
Moon High, on the other hand, has created and fully embraced a unique identity. The local band’s ultra-mellow, organic folk--an odd contrast with Chairlift’s synth-heavy sounds--is unlike any other band in Columbus, and you’d have trouble finding an equivalent outside of Ohio, too. People like to lump Moon High in with freak-folk bands, and David Fowler and Ryan Wells may take some inspiration from that scene, but reducing the band to that label does it a disservice. Fowler and Wells shared lead vocal duties and switched between various acoustic guitars, banjo and cello throughout the set, accompanied by flute and violin at times from the two female background singers. Moon High completes its aesthetic visually with a couple of large, foot-switchable, white globe lights that I find more warm and peaceful than gimmicky.Just about all of the band’s songs have a mournful vibe, and that consistency does come with a small price. If you head to a Moon High show with some sleep debt, the tranquility of “Lying Here, Dying Here,†“Where You Go†and other songs can become a bit drowsy. But these guys aren’t trying to shake the rafters, so I have a feeling that if you kicked back and closed your eyes at a show, they might take it more as a compliment than an insult. - DON'T JUST DO SOMETHING, STAND THERE
JINX PALM
Jon Fintel (Relay Recording)'s rock and roll band
10 PM
$5
21+
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FRIDAY JUNE 12
MONOLITHIC CLOUD PARADE
Monolithic Cloud Parade is the solo project of Corey Fry of Monolithic Cloud Parade. Influencing musicians include Jeff Mangum, Spencer Krug, Will Sheff, and Eric Elbogen. He makes his music in a small square room in 1/2 of a thin-walled house.
THE WORD PLAY
On their debut release How I Became Illustrated, The Word Play go about everything the right way, drawing from all of the right college rock from the past couple of decades, and giving the feeling of a sort of a controlled rowdiness to their songs. Case in point, on “Cues From A Stranger Godâ€Â, they sound like a not-quite-sober, maybe-kinda-buzzed Modest Mouse. They’re kind of like the kid going to college on scholarship: not afraid to party, but possibly more interested in studying and not screwing things up to party too hard. On How I Became Illustrated, “studious†seems to win out over “party mode†in the end. The songs– accessible, bouncy indie-rock that they are– contain subtle details that warrant repeat listens on headphones, like the multi-instrument flourishes on “National Opera†or the breakdown in “Dinner Is In Disguiseâ€Â. From the goofy banter at the beginning of single “Threeâ€Â, to the vague sloppiness to the songs, one gets the impression that The Word Play aren’t doing this for anyone but themselves. To quote their one-sheet, until now “there have been a few small-scale releases, a self- produced EP, a 3-song mini CD, but no line-up changes, no major style shifts, no gimmicks, no tragedies. No bullshit, really.†Well, shucks. In a local scene that seems to thrive on drama, how can these guys ever expect to get attention? The Word Play might not distinguish themselves from the multitude of other bands doing what they do, but they sound like they’re having fun, which might just be infectious enough. - MOTORCITYROCKS.COM
SAME SAME
Columbus indie rock. ex-run like austin
OLD WORLDS
Columbus indie/shoegaze
10 PM
21+
$5
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SAT JUNE 13
THE BLACK SWANS (7" RELEASE)
There should be a pat means of conveying why the Black Swans matter. Something like: “Dylan’s oblique, carpented melodies sung in Fred Neil’s voice while Leonard Cohen plays fiddle.†Something that could go on a CD wrapper, if anyone used those any more. But clearly glibness will not suffice to bend your ear to a band you’ve (likely) never heard of; we will have to do better, knowing we will probably fail. STYLUS (GRADE = A)
PARKER PAUL
With a notebook full of piano-driven tunes -- some humorous, some deadly serious or sarcastic, but always insightful -- Ohio-native Parker Paul (Wilkinson) comes off like Randy Newman's wise-ass nephew. Together with Adam Busch (who would go on to form Manishevitz), Parker Paul formed the Curious Digit in Charlottesville, VA. The group released two albums on Jagjaguwar before breaking up in 1998. After a stint as the touring keyboard player for Royal Trux, Parker Paul released his solo debut in 1999 on Jagjaguwar, the unaccompanied and vaudevillian Lemon Lime Room. After extensive touring -- playing everywhere from nightclubs and summer camps to hospitals and weddings -- Parker Paul released Wingfoot in late 2001 on Jagjaguwar. This time out he was backed by a full band, and the album featured appearances by such Chicago luminaries as Vandermark 5 trombonist Jeb Bishop and avant cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, as well as former Curious Digit bandmate Adam Busch. ~ Jason Nickey, All Music Guide
HAL HIXSON
Hal Hixson's music reveals a background born out of the traditions of American folk and world cultures. His songs re-imagine the possibilities of acoustic music, creating an involving, evolving body of work that has proven compelling in any setting. Hal's songs reflect a wide array of influences from around the world. He combines intricate guitar stylings with an evocative voice. His lyrical sensibilities produce abstract stories of mirth and madness and conjure unexpected images from a global range of sources.
10 PM
$5
21+
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SUN JUNE 14
BRING YOUR OWN VINYL!
no show tonight, but we are open from 7 pm-2am. c'mon down and bring some of yr favorite records, and we'll play em on our little record player!
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