Wooden Tit, The Touched, Suspected Terrorists

Thanks to Kris Abplanalp for the writeup:

Well color me giddy, ’cause there is one hell of a dirty-ass rock ’n' roll show this Saturday. Hopefully you already know about it, but either which way, pass the word around to those who favor heavy drinking and loud music.

WOODEN TIT (11 pm)
This is the new Asheville, N.C., group lead by Don Howland of the Bassholes, Gibson Bros. & Ego Summit, etc. It is a self-evident truth that Don is a king among the deepest layers of the Midwestern DIY punk world, not to mention modern music period.
Despite compiling one of the richest catalogs of music over the last 30 years, despite everything from Jon Spencer begging his way into the Gibson Bros after Pussy Galore broke up. Or the Bassholes doing records for Matador and John Fahey's Revenant. Or the Los Falanas collaborations with Southern Culture on the Skids. Or mediocre bands like the White Stripes getting so much exposure. Or the Ego Summit record being one of the best records of the last 20 years. Despite all of these things, Don Howland is not the house-hold name he deserves to be. He sort of walks down the path started by The Cramps and Tav Falco, in that he marries punk rock with a twisted roots-deep understanding of some of the best music of the last 120 years: ’77 punk, ’31 blues, '53 R'n'B, '66 punk and '71 soul. He's too dark and twisted to be some old-time revival act or garage rock, and way too ROCK to be in with average "weirdo" music niche. Consider this a god-damn pleasure, this type of thing doesn't happen in town to often.

Mp3's here: http://www.kissnrun.com/woodentitmusic.html

THE TOUCHED (midnight)
Easily one of the best live bands in town and certainly one of the only bands that can be DANGEROUS. This band is the antidote to all of our boring ass indie-rock bands with singers that mumble along as they stare at their shoes and all the scenesters get moist over that great God MEDIOCRITY. Last time I saw them at Lisa's Oak Street Lounge there was 5 inches of standing beer/water/piss/broken bottles whatever that their singer (who had a tip jar over his head) was wallowing through as he wrestled various members of the crowd, it was sort of like doing the worm at Altamont. This show is sort of their 7" RELEASE PARTY. It spins at 33rpm, has 4 songs and is their debut. To these ears it's a god damn beautiful saddle straddle somewhere (but in its its own thing kinda way) between mid70's Cleveland proto-punk and early 80's Texas acid punk. The venerable Brian Turner played them on his most recent WFMU broadcast here: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23165

THE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS (10pm (sharp))
If Reagen fueled an endless fount of great punk bands, why hasn't the Bush Dynasty? Perhaps it's because we're all fucked? The Suspected Terrorist are not only a helluva punk band driving some demented hardcore Flipper type of horse power.. they are also RELEVANT (well damn, how often does that happen these days?) with songs such as: Patriot Act, Torture Island, Fuck Your Stupid Civilisation, Fight Song!, Suspected Terrorists, Mr. America and of course Henry Ford is Dead (and I'm Glad). They recently finished up recording their debut full length, soon to be released so prepare yourself for ST finally getting the recognition they deserve.
Mp3s, etc here: www.suspectedterrorists.com

LISA's OAK STREET LOUNGE
1006 East Oak Street

SATURDAY MAY 26th
10 pm SHARP
$5