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This Weekend at Black Cat

By socapellen - Aug 15th, 2007 at 5:26 pm EDT

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Wed Aug 15- A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS, AIRIEL $7 Backstage 9:00

Thu Aug 16- PROFESSOR MURDER, THE BOGGS $10 Backstage 9:00

Fri Aug 17- LET'S FRENCH farewell show, GREENLAND, NUNCHUCKS $10 Mainstage 9:00

Fri Aug 17- EVIL DISCO: DC's Loudest, Lewdest, Most Liquored-Up Dance Party w/ DJ Hey Sailor! free Backstage 9:30

Sat Aug 18- MOUSETRAP: DC's Biggest Britpop Dance Night 8th Anniversary Party! $10 Mainstage 9:30

Sat Aug 18- LOOSE JOINTS: Club, House, Hip Hop, Dancehall w/ DJs Curtis Vodka, Flufftronix, Meistro, Deep Sang free Backstage 9:30

Sun Aug 19- GLORYTELLERS (Geoff Farina, Josh Larue), DCIC $7 Backstage 9:00

I've been trying to be more up on what's happening at Black Cat, a pretentious but lovable 14th st venue. If you've never been (perhaps if you work on the hill and wear a lot of khaki and/or pearls), don't be afraid! Check out one of their indie/obscure shows or amazing dance nights. This weekend looks like a good mix of bands, and I can wholeheartedly vouce for both Evil Disco and Mousetrap - some of the best dancing you can do in this city, in my opinion.

Tonight - A Place to Bury Strangers is said to be the loudest band in NYC. I'll stay home, but if you like carefully strung together, angsty noise, check them out. http://www.aplacetoburystrangers.com/

Thursday - catchy, percussive "Professor Murder" is music to dance to - the rhythm and instrumentation are fun, but the vocals are kind of yelly for my tastes. www.professormurder.com

Friday - EVIL DISCO!!! GO GO GO! http://www.myspace.com/evildiscodc

Saturday - MOUSETRAP!!! Dance yourself into a Brit Pop fever - and dress up a bit, this one tends to be hipster-heavy. Dance upstairs to Mousetrap or check out Deep Sang and friends for free in the back room: http://www.myspace.com/deejayholiday

Sunday - Never heard of them, but Glorytellers sound like something I'd like to check out - kind of easy listening, kind of folky, kind of pop - they're backstage for intimacy. And, they have a song in Italian on their myspace page which means extra points in my book. http://www.myspace.com/glorytellers

Have some vegan cake for me if you go.

Reader Comments

Yep

By Superduperficial Aug 16th 2007 at 2:17 am EDT

I hear nothing but good things about Mousetrap.

Mousetrap not up to reputation

By caro_vina Sep 9th 2007 at 2:59 am EDT

I went to Mousetrap and can't figure out the hooplah; if the Black Cat called it an indie dance night it'd be passably ok, but first off the DJ barely played Britpop at all; the music was an eclectic mix of mostly indie rock with a heavier-than-usual spattering of straight album tracks of british rock and pop from the 70s and alt pop from the 80s, and secondly he was just playing the straight CD tracks, not mixing and blending them to set a vibe for the room. This is not pro-quality DJ work. This is a guy with a CD collection. He seems heartfelt, but Britpop is just a misnomer for what he plays. Roots and descendents of Britpop, maybe. Not only did we get multiple tracks from the Cure and the Smiths and then the new Interpol without a single Blur or Elastica (let alone the more obscure bands), the mix was all rock: no trip hop, no industrial, no house, nothing that would actually make the party FEEL like an old-school Britpop-era dance party. Head to Baltimore instead; Sonar's DJ Taxlo catches the vibe of the era's dance scene with much more energy and style, for half the cover.

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