Shake off your crappy Monday with a night of music from Solid Attitude, Toxie and Data Drums! Murphy’s is the place to be tonight, unless you’re one of those football types, in which case you can probably watch the game at Murphy’s before the show starts. Everybody wins! Check out music from all three bands below, then get to Murphy’s by 10 p.m. tonight with $5 in your hand.
Welcome to the 24th edition of my Weekend Roundup. Wash away the pain of losing one of the greatest players of the Josh Pastner era with a cold beer and some live music from one (or all) of these great live bands.
Friday, July 10th.
Mighty Souls Brass Band, 7:30 p.m. at the Levitt Shell, free.
Weekend Roundup 24: Human Radio, Todd Snider, Carolina Story
Human Radio, Low Society Band, 8:00 p.m. at Minglewood Hall, price undisclosed.
Weekend Roundup 24: Human Radio, Todd Snider, Carolina Story (2)
Pravada, 10:00 p.m. at Bar DKDC.
Weekend Roundup 24: Human Radio, Todd Snider, Carolina Story (3)
Vulture Shit, Victory! Victory!, Kiljoy, 10:00 p.m. at The Buccaneer.
Saturday, July 11th.
Todd Sniders What the Folk Show, 7:00 p.m. at the Levitt Shell, free.
Weekend Roundup 24: Human Radio, Todd Snider, Carolina Story (4)
Nicnos, Losers Way Home, 7:00 p.m. at the 1884 Lounge in Minglewood Hall, $7.00.
Thelma and the Sleaze, Data Drums, 8:00 p.m. at Bar DKDC, $5. (YouTube Thelma and The Sleaze at your own risk.)
Weekend Roundup 24: Human Radio, Todd Snider, Carolina Story (5)
Spline, 9:00 p.m. at the Hi-Tone, $10.
Sunday, July 12th. Carolina Story, 7:00 p.m. at the Levitt Shell, free.
Weekend Roundup 24: Human Radio, Todd Snider, Carolina Story (6)
4 Door Theater, The Weekend Classic, The Passport, 7:00 p.m. at the Hi-Tone, $10.
Callie McRae, 10:00 p.m. at the Lafayette’s Music Room.
Nashville pranksters Thelma and the Sleaze return to Memphis this Saturday night for a performance at Bar DKDC. Thelma and the Sleaze are no strangers to performing in Memphis, having already played at places like the Buccaneer, the Hi-Tone, and Black Lodge Video. The band seems to have found a home at Bar DKDC, as the Midtown establishment has hosted their recent local shows. No matter where they decide to play, the shock-rock that Thelma and the Sleaze deliver is worth the price of admission.
While most Nashville garage bands can be described as family-friendly, Thelma and the Sleaze take their live show to the limit, honoring past rock-and-roll troublemakers like the Runaways with revealing stage attire and provocative song content. Musically, they sound like the Pleasure Seekers covering Thin Lizzy, which means they could be tapped to appear in a Quentin Tarantino movie any day now. The band has a slew of EP’s under their belt and recently added a second guitarist to beef up their whiskey-soaked songs.
Also on the bill is long-time-running local band Data Drums, a project of the Oscars’ Chuck Vicious and Bobby Lee of the Manateees and Nervs. Though Lee lives in Oxford, Data Drums are increasing their local appearances this summer after a period of almost never playing live. Data Drums recently performed on the Rocket Science Audio variety show with Aquarian Blood, and frontman Chuck Vicious played a game of chess with an audience member in between (and during) his band’s fast-paced punk songs. While there might not be a chess match during Saturday’s show at Bar DKDC, the high-energy rock-and-roll should be enough to keep you entertained.
Thelma and the Sleaze and Data Drums, Saturday, July 11th, at Bar DKDC. Doors open at 9 p.m., and admission is $5.
Jack Oblivian returns to a familiar place this Saturday when he performs with Data Drums and the Tennessee Screamers at the Buccaneer. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past 20 years, Jack Oblivian got his start in The End (Punk from Corinth, MS) before doing time in the Compulsive Gamblers, The Knaughty Knights, The Oblivians and about 50 other bands. Jack practically has the keys to the city at this point and shouldn’t be missed, but make sure to get to the Buccaneer early to check out Data Drums (featuring Chuck Vicious of the Oscars) and The Tennessee Screamers. $5 gets you in. The video below from Rocket Science Audio should hold you over until its time to rock.
Don Perry