Long-running, superhero-costume-wearing Haligonian new wave sextet Windom Earle break out the jangly, chorus-pedaled, delayed ’80s pop guitar, melancholy synth lines and howled ’90s mall-punk vocals, then slam them on top of rapid-fire drumming and schmaltzy sax accompaniment in such a way as to evoke the maximum possible amount of nostalgia, kitsch and geeky good vibes. They land at Green Room tonight, Thursday, May 21, and it should be a fun time.
As an aside, if you’re looking for something quirky and fun to check out tonight, there is actually a ukulele convention going on tonight at Il Motore. Bedroom ukulele virtuosos and Hawaiian wannabes will flood the stage to jangle the place out with palm-tree-climbin’ summer jams. Tote your uke, rock your lei and sip some coconut cocktails.
For Friday night I’d like to shout out a really promising new weekly party that I’ve been greatly enjoying. The proper alchemy of time, place, crowd, music and attire that makes for a wild and unabashed party without venturing into the realm of either ball-scratching meatheads and Ginos on the one hand or nitpicky, fun-hating hipsterdom on the other is a difficult thing to achieve. Jonah Leslie and Brendon Duvall have, however, been making an exemplary effort to bring a solid, reliable, cool, fun, unpretentious night back to the strip for all the fans of leftfield house, fresh electro and cosmic techno. Check it out at Panthère Noire.
On Saturday night, the Electrochic folks are bringing the U.K.’s spacey, big-room techno guy James Monro to the SAT. And finally, on Sunday, L.A./San Fran’s excellent new school R&B/techno/IDM crossover crew the Glitch Mob are back to remind Piknic Électronik attendees what the future of urban beats sounds like. If you haven’t been out to hear the mind-bogglingly intricate broken beats and sinister digital insanity of these cats, make sure you give it a gander online to be sure before you pass it up. Guaranteed fire.
BZZZZ BZZZZZ… jack.oatmon@gmail.com
