Picture Show: NX35 In Review

To cap off our NX35 coverage, we’re including a slideshow of photos from a handful of shows on Friday and Saturday night. It’s a large set, so to help you navigate through the shots, we’ll break it down band-by-band…GrassfightClint NiosiTrue WidowPossessed By Paul JamesThe Theater FireThe Chameleon Chamber GroupBilly Roy’s…

Two Days Ago at NX35: Sunday Was A Fun Day.

With so many talented local acts, like Fishboy and Shiny Around the Edges, and touring acts, like Casiotone for the Painfully Alone and Moth Fight, it’s really difficult not to let the insanity that was Monotonix’s packed-out show at Hailey’s overshadow all the other bands that played NX35 on Sunday…

Picture Show: Monotonix at Hailey’s

As promised, our photos from the show, in all the high-contrast, white-striped, goodness that has got to be Polaroid, are up in this slideshow.It was quite the show, too. Monotonix’s three members led the Hailey’s crowd all around the venue, from the stage, to the floor, to the sound booth,…

Yesterday at NX35: Lydia and PlayRadioPlay! at Rubber Gloves

BANDS: Lydia and PlayRadioPlay! VENUE: Rubber GlovesTIME: 10:30pm After prying myself away from Billy Roy’s One Man Show on the Square, I grabbed a bite to eat. Then off to Rubber Gloves it was. And, actually, the atmosphere inside the venue was stifling. Walking from the bar into the performance…

Night Moves: St. Patrick’s Day Dance Parties

For anyone out partying on Greenville Avenue early Saturday, it took either incredible stamina–or an afternoon nap–to make it back out to the clubs that night. But the biggest party day of the year finished off with a few big, vaguely Irish parties.Guest DJ J Boogie spun at Zubar, Zephyrs…

Giveaway: Five Pairs Of Tickets To See Tricky Tonight At The Granada

English trip-hop pioneer Tricky stops by the Granada Theater this evening, and, like so many other artists stopping through town this week, he’s doing so en route to SXSW, where he’ll perform later this week. Should be a low-key, but highly enjoyable time.Interested in checking it out? Perfect, ’cause the…

Yesterday at NX35: Moth Fight at Dan’s Silverleaf

BAND: Moth Fight VENUE: Dan’s Silverleaf TIME: 8:30 p.m.  Having caught Austin’s Moth Fight last October at the “Swiss House” in Dallas, I was pretty sure what to expect last night–from the band and the audience. So, watching the group wow an audience of about 50 people was no surprise, nor…

Yesterday at NX35: Billy Roy’s One Man Show on the Square

Kelly Knickerbocker BAND: Billy Roy’s One Man BandVENUE: Anywhere he wants really–this time it’s on the SquareTIME: 9 p.m. A glass-encapsulated man playing a barrage of instruments at the corner of Locust and Oak Streets got my attention–and the attention of plenty of others–on the Square last night. He rocked…

Yesterday at NX35: Fishboy at Banter

BAND: FishboyVENUE: BanterTIME: 9 (or thereabouts)If you didn’t catch Fishboy at its Sunday night NX35 gig, you missed out on on an hour of manic, jangly-stringed, hollow-bodied goodness. Oh, and stirring mid-song conversation: “Settle a bet for me,” singer Eric Michener, aka Fishboy, asked the crowd. “Does ‘panini’ just mean ‘smashed sandwich?'”…

Yesterday at NX35: The Show Is The Rainbow at Hailey’s

BAND: The Show Is The RainbowVENUE: Hailey’sTIME: 10:30ish Crowds aren’t really drawn to Lincoln, Nebraska, native Darren Keen’s one-man band The Show Is The Rainbow. But once audiences glance over at the pudgy,sweaty Keen gryating/dancing away, they sure have trouble looking away. Or, at least, as much was the case at Hailey’s last night as Keen warmed the…

Tonight at NX35: The Out-of-Towners Come Into Play.

Well, for all the folks who were complaining that NX35 featured too many local acts, you can’t really complain about tonight. There’s Monotonix (Tel Aviv, Israel), Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (Chicago), Beep Beep (Omaha), Sybris (Chicago), Black Gold (Brooklyn), Sugar & Gold (San Francisco) and The Botticellis (San Francisco)…

Yesterday at NX35: A Conversation About Jazz with Harvey Pekar

A boom box, lamp, L-shaped chair (a hipper version of Martin Crane’s recliner on “Frasier”) and a tall glass of orange juice set the Fine Arts Theater stage for a casual discussion with Harvey Pekar. Known as the confrontational, famed author of the autobiographical comic book series, American Splendor, the…