Bottletree Podcast #30

UNWED SAILOR (Ex- Pedro The Lion) / SOUND AND SHAPE / BAAK GWAI Wednesday Apr 1, 2009 8:00 PM Buy Tickets Online Born in Seattle in 1998 at the tender age of intent, Unwed Sailor is helmed by Oklahoma-born songwriter Johnathon Ford. The basis for the instrumental project came into being while Ford was still writing with Seattle luminaries Roadside Monument. Pulling towards a bass guitar-oriented sound, the songs he had begun to craft did not fully feel right for Roadside Monument, thus the unbeknownst predestined forming of Unwed Sailor. Not aiming for Unwed Sailor to fall into the regular confines of a typical band, Ford’s ever evolving cast and crew has been tirelessly composed over the years of good friends and company. With numerous tours in the U.S. and Europe, the band has traveled almost as much as it has evolved. This show is for ages 18 and up. Tickets for this show are $8; Doors at 8pm. complete event info >>>

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Steak Verhooven presents: "THE ROOM" 8 pm/ Free to Film Club Members. Thursday Apr 2, 2009 8:00 PM Don't miss this screening of the world's newest and most rapidly-spreading cult classic. At its core, The Room tells a story about a successful and selfless man who is betrayed by his unfaithful wife and by his best friend. That's unimportant. What is important is that The Room succeeds in failing in practically every way imaginable. The driving force behind this camp masterpiece is its star and creator, Tommy Wiseau. Sort of a Christopher Walken-meets-Jean Claude Van Damme-meets-the Russian mafia, Wiseau shows no restraint portraying the main character with a strong, sexy, and even Christ-like persona. He's shameless, too--putting himself into multiple sex-scenes and placing his work alongside Tennessee Williams. complete event info >>>

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KIDS GOT THE DISCO 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY w/ guest DJ MR.BIGGS!! Friday Apr 3, 2009 9:00 PM KGTD CELEBRATES ONE YEAR OF ROCKIN' THIS TOWN! IT'S GONNA BE HUGE!! with NASTIQUE DJ CHARLES III and SPECIAL GUEST: DJ MR. BIGGS from SAN DIEGO!! $5 / 9PM / 18+ STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS... complete event info >>>
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Black Warrior Riverkeeper Benefit Concert with Locust Fork Band Saturday Apr 4, 2009 3:00 PM The Locust Fork Band will play a charity concert for Black Warrior Riverkeeper at Bottletree Café from 3-6pm on Saturday, April 4th. Named after the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River, this legendary Alabama rock and country band hopes the event will raise funds and awareness for watershed protection. This event offers an added bonus in that it will take place during the day, and therefore children are welcome. The optional admission fee -- a suggested $10 donation Black Warrior Riverkeeper at the door -- will be waived for anyone under age 18! Visit their website at www.blackwarriorriver.org. For more information contact Charles Scribner, Director of Development: [phone], [e-mail]. 3-6pm $10 suggested donation All ages welcome! complete event info >>>

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BLIZTKRIEG BIRMINGHAM: A BOTTLETREE TRIBUTE TO THE RAMONES! Saturday Apr 4, 2009 8:00 PM Hey Ho! Let's Go. We're doing a tribute night to America's finest punk rock institution since leather jackets and jeans with holes in the knees. Please come pay your 3 chord homage to America's most quintessential band. To signup to have your band play, email [e-mail]. Each band will perform 3-4 songs (only Ramones, duh--you'd be amazed with questions I get) and need to email their song choices ahead of time to minimize repeat selections. That's it. Thanks again. Should be a fun one. Gabba Gabba Hey! complete event info >>>

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SECRET HISTORY PRESENTS: MARIA TAYLOR / THE WHISPERTOWN 2000 / THE GRENADINES Tuesday Apr 7, 2009 8:00 PM Buy Tickets Online Birmingham native Maria Taylor returns to Bottletree in support of her new album, "LadyLuck". Though much of the deliciously diverse LadyLuck is inspired by the end of a relationship, it’s not dripping with sadness and grief, nor is it in-your-face empowering. Rather, Taylor strikes a stunning balance between melancholy (aching strings, hushed vocals) and uplifting (rolling rhythms, shimmering keys), highlighted by sharp lyrics that draw optimism out of sadness. This is not a woman down on her luck. The Whispertown 2000 is such a fitting name for a whole bunch of reasons. Morgan Nagler, (lead vocals, guitar) has been whispering for years before making this record. For the longest time, her songs were only heard in the most casual settings; passing the guitar in a circle in someone’s living room, barely singing above the crackle of firewood or clinking bottles. This show is for ages 18+; Doors at 8pm. Tickets for this show are $10 ADV; $12 DOS. complete event info >>>

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SECRET HISTORY PRESENTS: DAN DEACON & ENSEMBLE / FUTURE ISLANDS / TEETH MOUNTAIN Wednesday Apr 8, 2009 8:00 PM Buy Tickets Online Dan Deacon has garnered a reputation in the underground as an intense performer and classic showman. The table top full of pedals, sine wave generator, vocoder and casio blasting through the PA, joined by a makeshift light board with various bulbs and green skull strobe light, make his all out dance-til-you-drop performance a complete experience. This show is for ages 18+; tickets are $10. complete event info >>>

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VULTURE WHALE / THE DIRTY LUNGS / THE SECRET DANGERS Thursday Apr 9, 2009 8:00 PM Buy Tickets Online BHAM.FM PRESENTS: VULTURE WHALE / THE DIRTY LUNGS / THE SECRET DANGERS This show is for ages 18 and up; Doors at 8pm. Tickets for this show are $6. complete event info >>>
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MAUM PRESENTS: THEMSELVES (ANTICON / SUBTLE) Friday Apr 10, 2009 8:00 PM Buy Tickets Online After a seven-year hiatus, Themselves return on a rampage of heady rap wrung from hardworking hands. Of course, the duo of Jeffrey “Jel” Logan and Adam “Doseone” Drucker are never too far from the frontlines of good art and honest music. Last year, their Subtle sextet released its third album, the critically acclaimed and wildly adventurous ExitingARM, and a 2005 collaboration with Germany’s the Notwist yielded the cult gem 13 & God. Now, hungrier than ever, Themselves are here to scrawl a bold new chapter across rap’s too-stale tome. Furthermore, they set out to accomplish this feat unadorned, returning to hip-hop’s most cardinal and carnal form, the number two: the DJ and the MC—neck-snapping beats and precision prose—accompanied by a little righteous indignation, of course. This show is for ages 18+; Doors at 8pm. Tickets for this show are $8 Advanced, $10 Day of. complete event info >>>

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SECRET HISTORY PRESENTS: THE LIFE AND TIMES / MT. ST. MTN. Saturday Apr 11, 2009 8:00 PM Buy Tickets Online Since August of 2005, The Life and Times has played over 200 shows in support of their debut full-length release Suburban Hymns (DeSoto) on US tours with bands like the Appleseed Cast, Murder By Death, Pelican, Mono, Sparta, Pinback, Engine Down, and William Elliot Whitmore. The Magician EP, their fourth overall release, is a fad-free snapshot of a band that’s constantly morphing from a dragon, to a butterfly, to blinding white light, to a bird, to Godzilla, and back again, often within the space of just one song. RIYLs don't do the band justice from a recorded or live standpoint, but suffice it to say that the sound on the Magician EP puts them in company with artists like Pink Floyd, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, Built to Spill and just a pinch of early U2. Domo. This show is for ages 18 and up. Doors at 8pm; $8/10. complete event info >>>

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SHOUT G+L FILM FEST PRESENTS: "WERE THE WORLD MINE" Monday Apr 13, 2009 7:00 PM SHOUT G+L FILM FEST PRESENTS: WERE THE WORLD MINE If High School Musical indulged in flights of homoerotic fancy it might look something like Were the World Mine. In this musical comedy of errors director Tom Gustafson draws inspiration from an ever more timeless source: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Limited seating available. All seating is unreserved. Food and Drink Specials from 5-7pm. Doors open at 5 p.m / Film starts at 7 p.m $10 advance / $12 day of event Students and SHOUT members are always $7 ADV. TICKETS ONLY AVAILABLE @ www.bhamshout.com complete event info >>>

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MUSIC SNOB TRIVIA NIGHT Tuesday Apr 14, 2009 8:00 PM Come test your rock knowledge with Kim and Brooks for Scrollworks, a very worthwhile musical charity. Don't be intimidated, there are a wide variety of questions and most people do better than they think. And even if you come out alone, we'll set you up with a team--or feel free to go it solo. We promise you'll have a great time and hear even better tunes. Please come out--again, it's for very worthwhile local cause. 8pm / $2 suggested donation complete event info >>>

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OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by Duquette Johnston and Jody Nelson Wednesday Apr 15, 2009 8:00 PM 8pm 18 and up Free complete event info >>>
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