This Week And Thereafter At Ottobar

This week at Ottobar:

Wednesday, Jan. 24 - The Payola Reserve with Pontiak, Let's French.

Thursday, Jan. 25 - Even So with The Making, Full Minute of Mercury, Vote Quimby

Friday, Jan. 26 - The Dwarves w/ Turbo AC's, Tenwatch, Ramrod

Saturday, Jan. 27 - Girlfriend In A Coma (Smiths/Morrissey tribute) w/ The Heavycoats, The Opposite Sex, DJ Matt Walter

Friday, Feb. 2 - Big In Japan

In the not-too-distant future:

2/6 - Winger
2/14 - Under The Influence Of Giants
2/21 - The Lemonheads
2/25 - Deerhoof

Today's New Release Picks: The Shins, Deerhoof, Of Montreal, Etc.

A couple releases worth noting today:


The Shins - Wincing The Night Away - getting buzz since "Garden State" and Natalie Portman, this album seems calculated to distance The Shins from people who fell in love with the Chutes Too Narrow sound.


The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Damon Albarn brushes aside The Gorillaz and joins forces with Simon Tong (of The Verve), Paul Simonon (The Clash), and Tony Allen (influential Afrobeat drummer).


Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity - Full of blogger buzz, let's see where it goes.


Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? - A different sound on virtually every album, this is their third release on Polyvinyl


Rob Crow (of Pinback) - Living Well - this one precedes an expected new album from Pinback this Spring.

Click the album cover to purchase online.