I had planned on hitting The Depot this past Saturday night for Heroin UK and Bad Liquor Pond, but I discovered last minute that Bad Liquor Pond was replaced by another band. So I made a game time decision to skip it altogether and head to The Talking Head for the WZT Hearts cd release show (for Threads Rope Spell Making Your Bones), with Microkingdom and Thank You opening.

I’ve seen WZT Hearts a few times and really like their sound, sort of a mellow controlled noise thing. I’ve seen the band Thank You once before at Whartscape (one of the best sets of the weekend!), and had never heard of Microkingdom (I’ve heard John Dierker playing with Lafayette Gilchrist), so why not?

This was my first time taping at the Talking Head since it re-opened earlier this month. They’ve made a bunch of improvements and it will be a work-in-progress for awhile, but they made one change that turns the place into a completely different club: it has an air-conditioner. Believe me, even in late September, that AC is a godsend in there.

It almost makes up for the fact that I arrived at 8pm (their website listed doors at 8pm) only to discover that doors wouldn’t be until 9pm and the show wouldn’t start until 10:30pm. It sucks enough that I have to arrive before anyone else to claim my spot, but then have to wait another hour? But that’s all the complaining I’m allotted since the staff not only let me in, but let me in for free.

I wish I could say the night was beyond memorable. Well, it may have been, but not in a way I’d care to describe here. Let’s just say I had my first honey crisp apples of the year that day, six or seven of them actually. I was polishing off another while waiting at the club. During Microkingdom’s set, my stomach started up and I knew it was time to get out. After their set, I packed up my gear, apologized to Jason Ulrick (of WZT Hearts) and said goodbye to my fellow Beatbotters (Beatbodies? Beatbotners? Beatbots?).

So while I’m bummed not to be able to offer up the WZT Hearts and Thank You sets, I’m as excited as a pig in shit to offer up Microkingdom’s excellent opening set. To be honest, before they played, I was wondering why they were on the bill at all? I listened to some of their music beforehand and it was good jazz, but I didn’t see it with Thank You and WZT Hearts. I thought they’d be more comfortable playing at An die Musik. I couldn’t have been more off base with my initial assessment. They rocked the house! I will definitely be looking to catch them again…and it’d be great if it were at An die Musik.

The audio files for this show have been removed.

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