March 14, 2009
Cafe Bourbon Street
2216 Summit St.
(614) 268-9377
$5 at the door
Ages 18+
Fiasco
http://www.myspace.com/fiasconewyork
One of the most blistering albums you’re likely to hear all year…. Darkly fascinating instrumentals.
-Spencer Tricker, Popmatters
Talk Normal
http://www.myspace.com/talknormaltalknormal
Talk Normal’s abrasive beats, keyboards and vocals are heavily No Wave-influenced and strangely hypnotic, suggesting what Liars might sound like if they were a female duo from Brooklyn. - ©1992-2008 All Media Guide, LLC
Guinea Worms
http://www.myspace.com/guineaworms
How many reviews of great punk bands begin with “named after a parasitic worm….”? Ok, only a few, but Columbus’s long-running and under-recorded Guinea Worms have just unleashed a righteous 7″ called Box Of Records on the always reliable Columbus Discount label. A-side and title track is a celebration of geekdom, it’s refrain “There’s really nothing better than a box of records” is surely a sentiment many of you beard stroking regular readers of this column can relate to. Those of us currently languishing behind the counter in small, independent record stores across the US might respectfully disagree (every box that gets brought in here is choking with Herb Alpert and Eagles LPs), but maybe things are cooler in Ohio. Actually, things are totally cooler in Ohio, especially these days. Anyway, the B-side “I’m A Cobweb” is even better, a punishing garage punk epic at nearly five minutes. And all lovingly fucked with by—who else? Mike Rep. Get it! - Your Flesh