Concert Preview: Menage e Trois at The Backroom

The Mink's Backroom seems like a haven for music events these days. We say "music events" because these don't seem like your run of the mill shows: we're talking exhaustive musical experiences. First was the Hootenanny, and now there's Menage e Trois. And it's only three dollars!

Billing some of Houston's most eccentric bands, Menage e Trois looks like it's going to be a night overflowing with bitingly experimental sounds. The Balaclavas will offer up their sometimes distorted fuzzy guitar, but always engaging sounds for your listening pleasure. Tense//MKF will likely bring along their synth-generated stylings, which are usually accompanied with Bobby DJ's (a.k.a. Tense) best Ian Curtis impression (which really does sound great). Having witnessed their moody and almost stygian performace at the Hootenanny, we've come to enjoy Indian Jewlery, who we recently found out has a big fan in White Williams.

The supposed set times are out, but who knows how it'' actually end up going...

9:30 p.m. - Tense//MKF
10:15 p.m. - Indian Jewelry
11:00 p.m. - Sixes
11:45 p.m. - Future Blondes/A Pink Cloud
12:30 p.m. - Dead Roses
1:00 a.m. - Balaclavas

Menage e Trois
The Backroom: 3718 Main Street, behind The Mink (map)
Friday, February 8, 2008 (TONIGHT!)
$3, Doors @ 9 p.m.
Tickets at the door.