Duke Shin

Blog house?! That’s what passes for sub-genres these days? Hell, at least other sounds similarly maligned with bad labels get somewhat descriptive names that hint at what’s to be expected—like, say, "fidget-house" or "dub-step." You can’t blame the artists for stupid names, but you can blame the So-Cal spawned Acid Girls for the enthusiastic response their music causes. Surgically cut-up retro rhythms hearken back to an Aphex Twin-meeting-golden-era Felix on "Until Your Head Comes Off." Meanwhile, a jangly punk sneer meets electro-dance on their remix of Health’s "Triceratops." Besides their productions and remixes, Acid Girls also flex their range with DJ sets that might contain anything from the expected (Boys Noize, Simian Mobile Disco) to the unexpected (Fugees). Tonight they headline Taxidermy. This 18-and-over party is the debut event for music blog Trash Menagerie, whose own Local Hero joins Chicago house/techno stalwart Angel Alanis as War Games, along with Harvard Bass and Sirhan. Maybe you can ask them if there’s something they can do about "blog-house." If not, I guess you’ll have to settle for the newest in innovative (and occasionally incestuous) dance music…y’know, for kids.

Taxidermy featuring Acid Girls, War Games, Harvard Bass and Sirhan at Debonair, 1575 North Milwaukee, (773)227-7990, June 26 from 9pm-2am. $10 for 18-21, $5 for 21-and-over.

(2008-06-24)

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