Penelope Houston and the Bloody Bumpers, Buddha Brothers w/Gary Floyd, Mike Therieau June 6, 2007

200pockets

Tonight's show got this nice preview in the SFWeekly:

Come in, Houston
By Hiya Swanhuyser

The Pale Green Girl is underrated, like most of Penelope Houston's work. The most recent record of the Avengers' singer is an acoustic Kinks meets early Buffy Sainte Marie faux concept album, full of slow, biting, pretty indie pop. In other words, it's what would have been blasting out of every radio in the country before pop put its tail between its legs. All women and some dudes would have sung along with her, belting out the snaky, snarky, sexy lyrics of "Bottom Line," like "Baby I don't need you, and that's the bottom line/ Without you bells are gonna ring the sun's still gonna shine." It should be a major karaoke favorite for your drunk grandma to holler at your mean grandpa, along the lines of "These Boots Were Made for Walking." But pop did eat itself, so we'll have to be content to have a world-class musician who plays fairly regularly in our better small venues. The CD also features sad, weird songs like "Aviatrix," about dead children singing in heaven, freak-out psych raveups like "Soul Redeemer," and the throb of the title track's violent fantasies. The record was co-written by Houston and guitarist Pat Johnson, and they perform together tonight.
The Buddha Brothers (with Gary Floyd from the Dicks) and Mike Therieau open.

Date/Time: Wed., June 6, 9:00pm
Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St. (at Mission) San Francisco CA