BARE WIRES + CCR HEADCLEANER + UNWED TEENAGE MOTHERS @ RED STAR 5/26

Excellent show coming up Wednesday 5/26 at The Lyric's Red Star Bar:

San Francisco's BARE WIRES describe their 70s glam inspired sound as "slop pop." The band's leader Matthew Melton was born & raised in Memphis, TN, and their excellent 2009 LP ARTIFICIAL CLOUDS was mastered by the late great JAY REATARD. Check the video for the album's title track HERE.

CCR HEADCLEANER also live in San Francisco, but they started as Athen's, GA noisy psych-rock band LONG LEGGED WOMAN. These guys also run the label POLLEN SEASON (Sic Alps, Dadfag, The Hospitals, etc). HERE's an interview with them from SF Weekly.

You're probably already familiar with Oxford's UNWED TEENAGE MOTHERS now, but they're basically a supergroop featuring members of Lover!, Bass Drum of Death, Black & Whites, The Sleepwalkers, etc. Don't sleep on their latest 7" single from Tic Tac Totally (Bare Wires, Lost Sounds, Wavves, etc) available HERE.

Doors at 9pm. $5 cover. Hope y'all can make it!

FRIENDSHIP BRACELET FRIENDSHIP CLUB #7

Our kind friends over at FRIENDSHIP BRACELET posted a "Breezy Listening" mix by DENT MAY, specially formulated to soundtrack your upcoming summer lovin' adventures. Check out the fun n flirty sounds RIGHT HERE.

BASS DRUM OF DEATH JUNE 2010 TOUR DATES

Oxford, MS purveyors of scuzzy garage pop nuggets BASS DRUM OF DEATH are going to be on tour this June. Hit them up via their new Facebook page HERE to keep up with the madness. And whatever you do don't sleep on their latest release HIGH SCHOOL ROACHES.

6/14- Nashville TN - Glenn Danzig's House (w/ Heavy Cream, Useless Eaters)
6/15- Atlanta GA - 529
6/16- Greensboro NC - CFBG Gallery
6/17- Baltimore MD - Ottobar
6/18- Brooklyn NY - Bruar Falls (w/ Goodnight Loving)
6/19- Rochester NY - Bug Jar
6/21- Toronto ON - Silver Dollar
6/22- Toledo OH - Woodchuck's
6/23- Chicago IL - Empty Bottle (w/ Goodnight Loving)
6/24- Milwaukee WI - Frank's Power Plant (w/ Woven Bones)
6/25- Columbus OH - Cafe Bourbon Street
6/26- Athens OH - The Union

FUTURE ISLANDS + LOWER DENS + JUNK CULTURE 5/12 @ POWERHOUSE

FUTURE ISLANDS (members of Dan Deacon's ensemble) and LOWER DENS (new band from Jana Hunter) are two delightful bands from Baltimore associated with the prolific WHAM CITY collective. They'll be joined by Oxford's JUNK CULTURE at POWERHOUSE this Wednesday 5/12. Starts at 8 pm. Cover is $5.

CATS PURRING HONKY TONK @ RED STAR 5/6/10

Hey, friends. Summer's pretty much here and we're celebrating with a special country-western shindig this Thursday (5/6/10) @ The Lyric's Red Star Bar.

Early in the evening AIRSHIPS will be spinning classic records from the golden age of country.

Then at 10:30, DENT MAY will perform a rare country set, featuring original material from COWBOY MALONEY'S ELECTRIC CITY (forthcoming multimedia collaboration w/ Michael Bible & others) + standards, etc.

After the set, AIRSHIPS will drop 80s & 90s country stompers til the bar closes.

Dress in your finest rodeo threads.

Drink special: Budweiser tallboy + shot of jack daniels for a special TBD price.