hooves on the turf

Here comes tonight’s shitlist showlist. There are some good bands, but tonight’s group is overwhelmingly unexciting. It’s left me uninspired enough to not post a list tomorrow, so I won’t. Instead, there will be time devoted to raging after having read this account of Fuck Yea Fest founders getting beat up by Hollywood Bowl’s security staff and being ignored by the LA police while I was watching a footage of an NYPD officer lifting up a woman and smashing her face down on the floor, followed by an image of her badly swollen face on television. I think I heard “pleaded not guilty”. Obama will have to repair the damage. Of every bad news. With his speeches. He headlines at the DNC. Go crazy.

ps. Pictured with “Yes We Can” sign is Adam from The Royal Chains, who’s not playing tonight, but you can see them at Mercury Lounge next on Sept 8th.

All bands and mp3 links after the jump.

Le Poisson Rouge: Lykke Li sold-out at this venue with amazing acoustics is sure to be a good one // Fontana’s: Local pride with Robbers on High Street, Radio 4, The Subjects

Bowery Ballroom: Xiu Xiu, Carla Bozulich’s Evangelista, Prurient, Common Eider, King Eider // Death By Audio: Susu, The Naked Hearts, Psychothriller, 500ma // Knitting Factory: Get Him Eat Him, Capstan Shafts, Charles Bissel (of The Wrens)

Hiro Ballroom: Band of Thieves, US Royalty // The Annex: The Lost Generation, Brian Bonz

Pianos: Friends Academy, The Glorious Veins // Mercury Lounge: Blood Street, Tab the Band, Tiny Animals, Creature // Le Royale: Heart of Darknesses & friends

Cake Shop: My Other Friend, Children of the Flower Children, The Beets, Magnet City Kids

Naked Hearts: Cat & Mouse
Likke Li: Breaking It Up
The Subjects: Goldenshire
US Royalty: Every Summer
Robbers on High Street: Major Minor
Xiu Xiu: I Do What I Want When I Want
Get Him Eat Him: More Lovely Than Likely
Susu: Part Bloodhound
Heart of Darknesses: Crazy Legs Man