shows of interest this wk at Garfield Artworks 5/2-7

[manny at telerama.com]

Lot of good shows this week at Garfield Artworks, 4931 Penn Ave.
Here are four that may be of interest to this list:

tonight Tue May 2  8 pm  $5    all ages
experimental noise artists from Michigan & Chicago
ROXANNE JEAN POLISE, KNIFE CITY & VILLA VALLEY
with Fck Tcrps: A Legacy of Hate (aka Edgar Um + Matt Wellins)

Wed May 3  8 pm $7  all ages  from Montreal on Constellation Records,
the label run by Godspeed You Black Emperor!
FEU THERESE  http://www.cstrecords.com
(members of Fly Pan Am & Shalabi Effect)
with Sic Alps (from San Francisco) and Lovely Ladies (members of Air Guitar
Magazine & Marichal)

Thu May 4  8 pm  $6  all ages  from Los Angeles
old-skool 80s electro (think Shannon, Egyptian Lover) meets nu-school
electroclash (compare to Fischerspooner, Gil Mantera's Party Dream etc)
CAPTAIN AHAB http://www.captain-ahab.com
and BOOKS ON TAPE (downtempo/IDM, also from L.A.)
with Lord Grunge (of Grand Buffet!) and 8 Cylinder

Sun May 7  8 pm  $6  all ages  from Boston, majestic instrumental ambient
soundscape-rock
(think Godspeed, Mogwai, Saxon Shore etc)
CASPIAN  http://www.myspace.com/caspiantheband
with School of Athens


also upcoming
5/6 - The Punks (on Kill Rock Stars)
5/8 - Blastocyst/Sharks With Wings
5/9 - Excepter
5/10 - The Faunts
5/12 - Experimental Dental School/Karl Blau/Johanna Kunin
5/13 - Army of Me/Hail Social
5/14 - Pistola
5/16 - Racoo-oo-oon (for fans of Animal Collective!)
5/17 - Cordova (ex-Weston)
5/18 - His Name Is Alive / NOMO (Afrobeat!)
5/19 - Don Caballero/Zombi
5/20 - Mike Tamburo/Keenan Lawler (6 pm)
5/20 - Wisconsin (9 pm)
5/21 - Perpetual Motion Roadshow (traveling indie-literary tour)
5/23 - Vaz/Year Future (GSL Records Tour)
5/24 - Yakuza
5/25 - Astronautalis (yes he's coming again!)
5/26 - Dixie Witch (at 31st Street Pub)
5/27 - Elementary Thought Process (at Modern Formations)

see you at the show!