Neither Rain, Nor Snow, Nor Hail...

Montreal's Nymphets play Matchless in Brooklyn Friday.Nothing will prevent NYC's garage punkers from drinking, partying, puking and rocking this week/end.

It's awful outside but there IS reason not to lock yourself in your room until March, starting with
tonight's Anabolics show at Otto's Shrunken Head. It's part of a series (every other week?) called Copycats in which a band performs covers of some other band's songs. The Anabolics have decided to take on the Sex Pistols; better yet will probably be their originals.

I believe there's a cover, not sure how much, but it might be worth it just to see if there's any monkey business as there was when Thee Yetis played this night a couple of months ago. Let's just say that they had the plug pulled on them, 'Get Back'-style.

Also tonight in the big ol' city is Mr Fine Wine at his usual perch (Botanica). Fine Wine's DJ sets at last Saturday's Dig Deeper were probably the swinginest of all. As a side note, Dig Deeper was a great party in general-- Hannibal was on form! Check out some insanely watermarked / copyrighted photos by the photog who kept jamming his camera in my face here: flash-movie-so-you-don't-rip-him-off photos by oblivious photoloser.

Also I took some mediocre after party dance photos.

Anyway back to tonight! There's also Jonathan Toubin at Motor City in Manhattan doing his regular NYNT thang.

Next up, Thursday night-- Looks like an interesting show featuring ATL/Brooklyn punks Ex-Humans, Philly's Love City and Brooklyn's longtime 70's rockers Electric Shadows plus 2 more at... ahem... Crash Mansion. Doors are at 7:30 (huh?) and the place looks like a club from 1995, but I'm betting the $2million sound system will do interesting things with these bands' sonics...

Also Thursday we assume Jonathan Toubin's at Beauty Bar with the no-cover-all-soul Boogaloo Shampoo and has his satellite party going at Enid's in Greenpoint.

Friday, not as busy as last week but still some good stuff. Live show-wise, we've got the Back CCs, the most excellent boy/girl-vox punks Nymphets (from Montreal) and the Dirty Shames at Matchless in Greenpoint for Brenda's SuperModelDeathDive party. Brenda will also DJ with guest Jesse "Gasface" who recently provided some extremely entertaining reviews to the new Humanbeing Lawnmower Zine (worth it for the reviews & comics alone).

Also live we've got a performance by new "Hillbilly/Bop/Boogie" band Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co at Phast Phreddie's Wang Dang Doogle gig at Soundfix Lounge (the former coffee shop that's now a band with a small stage). Phreddie will be DJing all 50's all night. No cover on this one either.

AND 60's garage/blues/punkers Organs are at Don Pedro with "Everyone" which, in the very least, is a good band name.

If you're looking for some pure DJ gigs, Melissa-Anne and Jenni return with their 50's/60's DJ night at Legion in Williamsburg called CHICKABOOM! this time featuring guest djs Dave the Spazz (WFMU) and Andy from the Little Killers / Underthings. No cover.

Also going on is Sr. Toubin's Shakin' All Over Sideways Down at Home Sweet Home in the city (no cover).

Saturday... it's a bit of a wasteland, which will help make Jumpy's Soul-A-Go-Go gig at Huckleberry all the more fun. It's soul tunes all night, no cover and some good (if somewhat pricey) food.

See ya 'round suckers!

SHIMMY

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CHEAP TIME, 4 OTHER SUPER BANDS INAUGURATE LAKE JOHNSON

Whatta great show this past Saturday-- five bands, two djs and everything was damn good! And Longtime loft/"art space" Asterisk is now venue Lake Johnson.

It all kicked off with the Siberians, playing their second show ever. One of the few new garage rock bands in Brooklyn this year, they have some killer songs and for once, two frontmen equally capable of writing, playing and singing. A cover of the Fabs' classic "That's the Bag I'm In" was an early highlight, as was this killer set-finisher (and apparent original!):

Next up were Providence's Black Clouds, who were new to me... they kicked off with moody instrumental sounds, probably my favorite part of their show (no dig on the vocals of course). The band rock a pretty dark late 70's/early 80's vibe but do it in a way that doesn't
feel hackneyed.

Between the bands and then for quite a while after (as my nextdaylong PBR headache can attest), myself and Erick from Golden Error spun records whilst local go-goer Anna danced (the crowd was mixed: the creeps stared and the cool cats cut a rug).

But enough about me- third in the line were the Nymphets, a great Montreal trio Charles and I booked for Hullabaloo back in February. They were even better this time, just bursting with shouty girl/boy vox and serious pop hooks. Their 7" is awesome if you can find it (produced by one member of the CPC Gangbangs I'm told) and there's apparently more of this on the
way:

Following that, Brooklyn's Golden Error took the stage. I liked this set better than what I saw of them before (when they opened for Cheap Time at Europa back in the Summer). Very tight and more melodic sounding (but then, they were just too loud at Europa...)

Finally, Cheap Time were once again better than their showing at Europa (opening for Jay Reatard). Club sound works better for their vocals (at Europa, they sounded a little tinny...) This show is so tight! With showers of power chords and attitude. Total party!

Down with Asterisk. Up with Lake Johnson!

SHIMMY
Photos: Lake Johnson

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