July 2nd, 2009
Tonight In Shows
Sonic Youth
7pm, $25-$27. Electric Factory.
The other day I was walking around town and I thought I spotted the Breakfast at Sulimay’s gang, but it was just Sonic Youth. Get it? Sonic Youth is old! But just like Joe, Ann and Bill, Thurston, Kim, Lee and Steve (and current fifth member Mark Ibold, the former Pavement bassist) remain sharp, entertaining, uncompromising and rather right-on when it comes to what constitutes good music. By now, there’s no doubt Sonic Youth is gonna keep on truckin’ in their inimitable style until death; the only question with each new album is whether they’re gonna lean more toward out-there experimental noise or arty-but-more-conventional rock. Just released The Eternal is mostly the latter. And it’s great. I can’t wait to see what Sulimay’s thinks of it. (Michael Alan Goldberg)
(Don’t forget to check out our interview with SY guitarist Lee Ranaldo, if you haven’t already.)
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
7pm, $12. First Unitarian Church.
The name says it all. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone has long been a keyboard-assisted release for Owen Ashworth’s ragged emotions, and his catharsis is all the more visible live, as his talk-singing breaks into a howl amid cheap, blown-out electronics. With just 50 bodies allowed in the Church’s tiny side chapel, this show should go from intimate to excruciating, considering Casiotone’s new Vs. Children, a meditation on whether to embrace or flee parenthood. Ashworth may also lean on the recent collection Advance Base Battery Life, which includes his cover of “Streets of Philadelphia.” The show won’t be a total downer, just a bracing dose of inward reflection. (Doug Wallen)
Also, the Wallflowers drop by the Kewsick Theatre [8pm/$27.50-$35.00]; the Troc hosts a five-band bill that includes Every Avenue, Valencia, Cash Cash, Sparks the Rescue, and Phone Calls From Home, plus comedy sets between the band sets [6:30pm/$11]; locals and semi-locals Vice Royal, Relay, the Meathooks, and Windlestrae play the North Star [8pm/$8]; and Johnny Brenda’s welcomes Scranton roots-rock outfit And the Moneynotes, along with Paleface [9pm/$10].
One Response to “Tonight In Shows”
By Mike on Jul 2, 2009
Tonight at The Note in West Chester, PA:
Dive is headlining with Man On Earth (who is opening for Stone Temple Pilots in Connecticut on 7/17)and The Things They Carried. Doors are at 7PM, $8 Tickets are available at http://www.thenotewc.com