MONDAY 10/23
Mr. Elevator, Camera, Pansies, Cool Banana
With all due respect to the rest of the bill, This is merely a quick plug for Cool Banana, the new band led by Victor Blandon, aka PJ Ramsey of ’90s Television. He’s taking a break from that band to work on this project, which he describes as “an animated/Muppet band/act” and features Jeremy Devine on bass and Ben Thomas on drums. The kid in me has already enthused about ’90s Television’s combination of excellent poppy rock ‘n’ roll and decade-specific pop culture nostalgia, you can imagine how much I needed my Adderall upon learning of this project. Cool Banana’s eponymous debut album is already on Bandcamp (coolbanana.bandcamp.com), which he describes thusly: “I played ping-pong with a Tascam and won!” Its lo-fi Beatles nuggets should go nicely with whatever visuals Blandon—who played several instruments in ’90s Television, including the Tyco Hot Lixx guitar—has up his sleeve for this act. That particular toy
WEDNESDAY 10/25
The Black Angels, Ron Gallo
Austin, Texas
FRIDAY and SATURDAY 10/27-28: Halloween Weekend Ideas
Oingo Boingo Dance Party (Saturday, Oct. 28)
As you’ll see in the upcoming issue, my first choice for Halloween celebrations this week is the Oingo Boingo Dance Party at Liquid Joe’s, featuring many longtime marquee members—but of course, not Danny Elfman. Not a problem, though, as the band has one helluva substitute in Brendan McCreary of Young Beautiful in a Hurry. Granted, he’s filling big shoes, and certainly is no Elfman—but the dude can sing. Look up his band on Spotify or YouTube and see for yourself. There are also a few clips of him with Boingo, but they border on potato-quality. (RH) Saturday, Oct. 28, Liquid Joe’s, 1249 E. 3300 South, 6:30 p.m., $25 presale; $30 day of show, 21+, liquidjoes.net
Albatross Presents: Meet the Creatures, feat. Super 78, LORD VOX, Savage Daughters, I See Your Nightmares, Echopraxia & Dream Electric (Friday, Oct. 27)
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Desert Hearts Presents Haunted Hearts, feat. Mikey Lion, Lee Reynolds, Marbs & Porkchop (Saturday, Oct. 28)
The venue formerly known as The Fallout hosts this house/techno show by four artists of the West Coast Desert Hearts electronic music collective. It also features SLC’s only Funktion-One sound system and goes almost all night, with a full bar until 1 a.m. Costumes encouraged. (RH) Saturday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m.–3:30 a.m., Switch SLC, 625 S. 600 West, $30 presale; $40 day of show, 21+, desertheartsswitchslc.splashthat.com