(Triple Door) Never mind "an evening with the Fixx." Thanks to MTV, I spent my entire adolescence with the Fixx, whose slender stylishness and angular pop—both gathered under the border-free banner of "New Wave"—were beamed into my brain on an hourly basis. Rewatching the video for "One Thing Leads to Another" 30 years later, I recall every shot. (Microscope mystery! Tunnel of light! Kissing pinschers! Scary distorted neck shadow!) What surprised me was the durability of the song, with Cy Curnin's aggressive vocal melody earning "One Thing" its own place in pop music history. Tonight, the reunited Fixx spend their evening with an audience at the Triple Door. DAVID SCHMADER
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(Barboza) Named for a classic Gregory Isaacs record, San Francisco's Extra Classic show an almost too-reverent love for the reggae sounds of yore, using all-analog equipment and filling their songs with winking, dub-inflected touches. Composed of members of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone and the Anniversary, Extra Classic won SF Weekly's "Best Unlikely Reggae Band" by crafting Technicolor tunes that touch on ’50s jukebox pop and modern psych, while also playfully mimicking the golden ’70s productions of Lee Perry and the like. Though I have an innate bias against white people making reggae (same as white people with dreadlocks; does that make me racist?), there's always the chance they get it right. In Extra Classic's case, I give ’em a pass. KYLE FLECK
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(Hollow Earth Radio) Now in their 30th year together, Vancouver, BC duo Mecca Normal are a minimal two-piece whose music is as much performance art as it is anything else. At this point, MN could perhaps be considered "classic" indie rock; is that a thing yet? Oh, they also have a new album, Empathy for the Evil, due in September. I'm excited for new-ish local group Clearinghouse, because of their tendency to make a fuck ton of NOISE. Like LOTS of noisy noise! They're confrontational, like, old-fashioned rock-and-roll-kinda confrontation, but what else would expect from a group that includes an ex-Mr. Epp? Also on the bill are #tits. I searched teh internet for sound clips and band info, but only found pictures of birds. MIKE NIPPER
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