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Wau y Los Arrrghs are back, again.
Photo by Tara Ferri

Now, it’s not that this week is slow or anything. Actually there’s plenty going on. It’s just that some of it seems awfully… familiar.

Monday

Well lookie here, a band is going to play actual garage and/or punk on a Monday! 70′s puck rockers The Zeros are playing a reunion gig at Maxwell’s. A real reunion gig (it’s all of the original members.) They’re backed by local garage-punks The Choke.

Tuesday

So guess who’s back again on Tuesday? Yes it’s The Zeros, who are playing at Southpaw, this time with Jemina Pearl, who probably shouldn’t be mentioned on this blog at all.

Apparently we can’t get rid of Wau y Los Arrrghs!!! either. I have typed their name so many times lately that I didn’t have to look up how many “r”s there are in “Arrrghs”. They’re playing at Maxwell’s with garage rockers The Demands. Seriously, they’re awesome, go see them.

If you’re already sick of those folks, how about Box Elders and Uzi Rash at Cake Shop? They’re both quite odd bands, kind of punk, but mostly just weird. Devo-ish perhaps? They’re definitely not the same-old same-old, that’s for sure.

Oh, and Hot Dog! is back once again at Bar Matchless, but you already knew that.

Wednesday

Nothin’ but the usual on Wednesday, but the usual ain’t bad at all. Botanica hosts a night of soul grooves spun by Mr. Fine Wine, and Motor City Bar hosts the punk/rock/hard stuff night called New York Night Train Wednesdays (which is more of a Shitty Beer sort of thing, at least if you’ve got the right attitude for it).

Thursday

Heavy Hands headline a little shindig at Cake Shop. Opening are Gift Horse and Ancient Sky. You can probably guess what most of those bands sound like from their names (what is it about psych-rock bands?)

Back to the redundant stuff. Every Thursday you can check out Boogaloo Shampoo, a night of Soul music at Beauty Bar Brooklyn, and Thursday Thump, an evening of Punk, Glam, Psych rock at Enids which is named after when it happens and wins our gold (plated) medal for the least imaginitively named DJ night. But hey, it’s all good.

Marcus