TGIT: Our Weekend Picks!

 

photo by Marie Kuzniar

Friday, December 4th

Farms in Trouble + Crappy Dracular, Fahri @ the Cactus Club (2496 S. Wentworth), 10 p.m.

Although Farms in Trouble’s catalogue is filled with bunches of sub-two minute songs, they’re by no means a hardcore band. This Milwaukee group writes both wonderfully dissonant and melodic pop in the same realm as early Guided by Voices with it’s lo-fi, big-pictured and creative caterwauling that’s never sloppy despite its compositional sprawl.

 

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Saturday, December 5th

Northless + Gate, the Parrish, Slob Donovan, Coelacanth @ The Borg Ward (823 W. National), 6 p.m.

If you haven’t experienced the crushingly intense doom metal of Milwaukee’s Northless, then words will to fail to make an impression of the definite need for earplugs. Northless may be loud as hell, but they employ a sense of technical skill  that will make audience members want to lose the earplugs during the more drawn out and and picked-apart moments of their songs. Dynamics are definitely key to the fury; like going from Dianogah to Mastodon in mere seconds, Northless demonstrates depth. Featuring members of ex Milwaukee bands such as Asrava, and Mahogany Throttle, and current members of Half Gorilla and This Specific Dream and it’s obvious that the band has the chops to write solid material.

video of Bangkok Taxi Pimps from YouTube

Skip Tracer + Bangkok Taxi Pimps, Fetch the Pliers @ Club Garibaldi’s (2501 S. Superior), 10 p.m.

It’s been a while since Skip Tracer has played their hometown and those who remember them from a bygone Milwaukee punk scene will definitely want to take the chance to catch them. Fan-belt will be there to make up for lost chances. Doh! Also playing are the flippant and energized punk/post-rockers, Bangkok Taxi Pimps. They’re calling this show ‘Reunion Rock’ for good reason — Bangkok Taxi Pimps’ shows are few and far in between these days (last one was in May). Catch ‘em while you can.

Localized: Coelacanth

photo of Coelacanth from MySpace

Words by Erin Wolf

A band named after a rare fish? Bass and drums — nothing else? If one knows the musical history of Milwaukeeans Peter J Woods and Daniel Friedman, it’s obvious they could pull it off better than most: Woods and Friedman create oddball, crushing sounds that are the perfect soundtrack for prehistorical fishes. For anyone’s who’s seen the duo’s additional part time act, E=MC Hammer, knows that the quality vs quantity rule applies and Wednesday sees the advent of their latest quality project, Coelacanth, with two shows to send them off: their first show, ever at the Borg Ward with Cartilage Party and Dead Man’s Carnivale, followed directly by  a second show at The Cactus Club with All Tiny Creatures and The Caribbean. Fan-belt talks to drummer Danny Friedman about  just what Coelacanth has in store for Milwaukee tomorrow night.