Justice @ Showbox Sodo 03.24.08

It's astounding how many things are going on tonight! ChrisB will be at Metric at Showbox (read his interview with them), Keenan will be at Jens Lekman (Oh sweet Jens) at the Crocodile, imaginary victoria is at Neko Case (at the Paramount), imaginary hyme is all about the Desolation Wilderness show. Even our imaginary gal in LA, CA has chimed in with a recommendation to see recent Barsuk singing artist The Wooden Birds at Chop Suey tonight.

And then there's these other show's we'd be freaking out about if the above didn't have us scattered everywhere:

* Spanish for 100 will be at the Sunset with At-The-Spine and Autolite Strike -- Word has it that the Spanish for 100 show is going to be especially killer as they have special reason to cover both old and new songs tonight
* Y'alternative crooners The Felice Brothers will be taking over the Tractor
* Even Cafe Vita is in the action with a performance tonight to raise funds for the Vera Project: Say Hi, Grant Olsen (Arthur and Yu), Mount Eerie, and Shawn Smith
* Jason Lytle of Grandaddy is going to be at the Mars Bar tonight (not a joke! He's heading over there after he opens for Neko at the Paramount)

And then there's SIFF!

Where are you headed tonight?

(Photo by Jeanine Anderson)

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Credit: MyspaceAustin-based quintet Wooden Birds is the brainchild of indie everyman Andrew Kenny, who also heads up the American Analog Set and has played with Arthur & Yu, Broken Social Scene, and The Album Leaf. This latest project sees Kenny's songwriting take an even mellower and more stripped down turn -- if that was ever even possible -- heading into territory well-covered by Earlimart, Iron & Wine and Jose Gonzalez.

Comparisons to the latter are the most prominent in the 12 songs that make up Magnolia, as they rely on repetitive, percussive acoustic guitar lines backed by the occasional tambourine, electric guitar melody or female vocal harmony. Kenny's sleepy, hushed vocals are great for listening at a late hour when you just want to think and reflect. Keep an ear out for "The Other One," a lazy front porch tune that is indescribably likeable from the very start, and "Seven Seventeen," the album's first single about a ten-year age gap in a relationship.

Wooden Birds will be at Chop Suey tonight, so head down and see if you can catch the Radiohead reference in the chorus of "Choke"...hint: think of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet.

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