November 4th, 2009
Tonight In Shows
Girls + Real Estate
8pm, $10. Kung Fu Necktie.
As wish lists go, Girls’ “Lust For Life” is a corker. The single and opener of the Bay Area band’s gangly Album rattles off a slew of dreamy requirements, including wine, pizza, a suntan, a father, a boyfriend and a beach house. Christopher Owens’ lazily pleading vocals seal the deal there and on the rest of the record, which pays repeated homage to summer and, yes, girls. By turns barebones and shoegaze-y, it’s a splintered version of the beach-blanket odes of yesterday. Catching a similar wave are New Jersey’s Real Estate, who sing about Atlantic City and beach combing. Time to embrace your inner summer, autumn be damned. (Doug Wallen)
Also, Fran Healy and Andy Dunlop from Travis play World Cafe Live [7:30pm/$26-$36]; Miley Cyrus headlines the Wachovia Center, with Metro Station opening [7pm/$43.25-$83.25]; and Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook plays a solo show at Tin Angel [8pm/$25].
