If You're Only Doing One Thing...

I totally forgot that I was going to start doing a weekly recommendation. So, if you're only doing one thing this week, I recommend you make it the Curtains For You, Friday Mile, and Andy Werth at the High Dive.

It's an interesting line up because all three are poppy as could be, but none of the three are particularly guitar heavy in their approach. But, at the same time, none of them are particularly twee or "indiepop" either. One trait they all share, however, is that I'm a fan. So, I'll be there.

In their poster for the show they seem to be cutting off the heads of a variety of people, not all of which I can recognize. I find this someone ironic, since they all seem like pretty nice folks who make music that doesn't insight violence (unless you've got a problem with toe-tapping pop melodies).

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If You're Only Doing One Thing...

If you're only able to do One Thing this week, then I'm going to recommend you make it the Comet Tavern on Friday for the show featuring Young Sportsmen, Shake Some Action, The Capillaries and Red Sky.

There are a lot of shows going on this week, and a lot of them feature bands that I like. But, this one gives you the biggest powerpop band for your buck. And, I'm not just saying that because I play in one of them!

This is also apparantly the unveiling of the new line up of The Capillaries. So, that, by itself, should be enough to get you down to the Comet to hear the goodness.

If You're Only Doing One Thing...

So, if you're only going to one show this week, I'm going to recommend it be the show featuring:

The Tripwires
Llama
Sgt. Major
The Riffbrokers

This one is on Friday, May 4 at The Comet Tavern. There's nothing about this bill that I don't like... except perhaps it's not one that is sponsored by the Blog. For all intents and purpopses this is an SPB Powerpop Night, because lord knows it's a bill I would've put together, given the chance!

I have no idea what order these guys are playing in, because it seems to be listed differently on every website I check. They all rock, so the running order really doesn't matter. And for all of my lack of ability to get them booked on an official SPB Powerpop Night, The Tripwires are still my favorite local band.

If You're Only Doing One Thing...

I think I'm going to launch a new weekly post called If You're Only Doing One Thing, that will be my show pick of the week. I'm so damn old that I can usually only make it to one show per week, and I figured this would be a good way to recommend a show to others with the same plight (age-driven or otherwise).

So, my One Thing recommendation for the week is:

Friday, April 20 at the The Crocodile Cafe
Red Sky (featuring former members of Swell and New West Motels)
Shake Some Action
Young Sportsmen
Central Services

Why is the the one?
With all due conflict of interest noted (I'm in Shake Some Action), this show might as well be one sponsored by the Powerpop Blog. It's practically a "young guns of Seattle powerpop" show. And what better place to see four up and coming powerpop bands than the venerable Crocodile Cafe. And on a Friday night to top it off!