There’s black metal and death metal, speed metal and good-old
regular heavy metal, but since their inception in 1995, Seattle has
been lucky to have the world’s premier “book metal” band,
BlöödHag, punishing the love of literacy directly into our
skulls from right here in our own backyard. This Saturday, December
6, at the Vera Project, their lit-metal brain crackers will mutilate
your mind like so many creatures from the sci-fi novels they sing about
(and, of course, hurl at the crowd). Sissies stay home, because
while the band may care about your desire to read, they could care less
about your poor little ears and your ability to hear.
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It’s always a little bittersweet to watch a favorite musician blow
up overnight, especially when it’s someone whose songs are as personal
and genuine as Juno-soundtracker Kimya Dawson’s. But Dawson’s
new album, Alphabutt, is hardly an attempt to “sell
out.” Rather, it’s a celebratory collection of kids’ songs inspired
by the birth of her own child, full of zoo mischief and fart
jokes simple enough for babes but clever enough for more
distinguished ears. Such an anticareering move, along with the fact
that she still plays small DIY shows like last summer’s Carousel
Festival (on top of Bumbershoot and Capitol Hill Block Party), proves
that indie rock needn’t feel slighted by Dawson’s recent brush with
mainstream fame. For her show at Neumos on Monday, December 8, she’ll
be joined by her brother Akida Junglefoot Dawson for what’s sure
to be a kid-friendly family affair.
Fri Dec 5: The Oregon Donor, the Globes, Deer City
at Q Cafe, 7:30 pm, $6.
Fri Dec 5: Derek M. Johnson, 1908, Baby Birds Don’t
Drink Milk at Gallery 1412, 8 pm, $5–$15 sliding scale.
Sat Dec 6: BlöödHag, Doomhawk, Filth
Mattress, Evangelist at Vera Project, 8:30 pm, $7 ($6 w/ club
card).
Mon Dec 8: Kimya Dawson, L’Orchidée
d’Hawaï, Akida Junglefoot Dawson at Neumos, 7 pm, $12.