Mr. Gnome have completed tracking their second album. The
band recorded the bulk of it at L.A.’s Pink Duck studio with producer
Justin Smith (QOTSA, Arctic Monkeys), who has (humorously, we think)
dubbed singer Nicole Barille “the Enya of metal” and drummer
Sam Meister “the Yanni of drums.” The band added final touches
at Cleveland’s Ante Up. Mixing has been delayed, since the band
accepted an invitation to play at Seattle’s Georgetown Music Fest and
booked a tour through the Southwest on the way home. Mr. Gnome play the
Beachland Ballroom (15711 Waterloo Rd.) on Saturday. Barille says the
set will be half new material, half songs from last year’s debut,
Deliver This Creature.
Bottom’s Up (1572 W. 117th St., Lakewood) will host its
first weekly Youth Gay Teen Night on Saturday. DJ Debi will spin dance
music. Admission is limited to ages 13-17 from 7-11 p.m. Cover is
$10.
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(a.k.a. the Numbers Band) are a few steps closer to releasing
their new album, which should arrive this fall, right before the
group’s 40th birthday next year. Pere Ubu’s David Thomas produced.
Guitarist Robert Kidney says the “really interesting” artwork by
John Thompson is finished. (Thompson’s retro/iconic work includes Ubu’s
Pennsylvania and The Shape of Things to Come.) The record
hit a behind-the-scenes snag when Kidney had to establish a new name
for his publishing company, which is now “The Brothers of Water Street
Music.” The veterans play the Parkview Tavern (1261 W. 58th St.) on
Saturday.
Soulless is working on material for their next release.
Bassist Dave “Big Metal” Johnson says the Parma hellions have demo’d
five songs so far. Johnson is also playing drums in a deadly speed-doom
side project, DeathCrawl, with Jason Luchka (These Graves) and
Damon Gregg (Pistols at Dawn). DeathCrawl’s debut, The End Is
Not Near Enough, is out now. Take a listen at myspace.com/deathcrawlband.
Plague Crew‘s latest free monthly mixtape, Get
Infected, is available for download at operationmars.com. The Cleveland
hip-hop group includes DJ Majette, Arrogant, Ed Haze, Native and
No-L.
This article appears in Jun 24-30, 2009.