time and space with midnight movies

went solo to another free gig at amoeba last night. this time saw the "spacey, sexy, psychedelic art-rock" band midnight movies. i only heard about them because on my last visit to amoeba to see rilo kiley, i received one of those promo packs of music stuff from filter magazine. and in it was a sticker for midnight movies. i kinda liked the design of the sticker and so decided to look them up. and i liked what i saw and heard.

they're a three piece band where the vocalist is also the drummer. (i know you're probably thinking you can't be into this because there's that one drummer/singer that everyone loves to loathe.) but this one is different. she's good. and even the music guy at work who hates female drummers said so. this woman sounds like a cross between the stereolab people and kim gordon from sonic youth. and hearing them play live last night solidified that assessment in my mind.

i heard other song samples from their debut album (which was released yesterday) and thought it was ok. but i really liked the two songs that their site has video clips of. and i figured this is one of those bands that probably sounds better live than on record. and i was happy to hear that this assessment was likewise solidified in my mind. they have a frenetic noise that builds (even if it does get a little too loud at times) that i'm not sure you can get off their album. and i wasn't going to buy the album, but then decided, why not. i have a gift certificate and sold back some other cds for credit. so let's rock. [i have yet to open the cd, but will probably do so after listening to the used cds i purchased last night (roxy music's avalon and the six parts seven's everywhere and right here).]

also - i ran into robin (who i seem to run into at a lot of these things) and she told me that there's a club that will be opening next saturday (i think) that used to be in the space that club "par avion" used to occupy. and that this new club will be --- a britpop club!!! wooooo hoooooo!!! so she's gonna send me info about it. and i think i need to go to give me hope that there is still more britpop dancing to be done out there that doesn't involve waiting around until 1 in the morning, dancing for an hour, and then being bitter about it afterwards. (damn you hang the dj's!!) so yeah. very cool.

anyways, thank god for amoeba's free shows. otherwise i wouldn't know much about new music out there. and if you feel like it, you might want to enjoy some time and space with midnight movies for yourself. they're playing the troubadour on sept. 11.