This Wednesday, August 8, come see the Jonx at the Proletariat with two of the best-named bands in underground music, Pterodactyl and Motion Turns It On.

Show at 10PM. $7.

Our friends Pterodactyl from Brooklyn are back out on tour in support of their first full-length record. Some of you may remember them from the release party for Return of the Death of the Legacy of the Revenge of the Jonx at the Bill Hicks Resurrection Laboratory, almost exactly two years ago, headlined by local favorites Rusted Shut.

Psych! You don’t remember any of that stuff, because you almost certainly weren’t there, unless your name is John, Ken or Angela, and we didn’t actually call it our CD release party, despite it coinciding almost exactly with the release of the CD. Why? Well, I can barely remember this morning, so don’t ask me. Although I think I do remember that was the show where my old neighbor Matt told me why nobody will ever break into my car:

“If someone was walking by your car and saw a cash register sitting on the front seat, they’d say, ‘Man, no way there’s any money in that cash register, because if there was he’d use it to buy a new car.’”

Also, Rusted Shut are national favorites, not local.

Anyway, Pterodactyl are a totally freaky and unique band. They’re dark, wild and a little scary, but at the same time they have an endearing, almost naive innocence. And they ROCK. I’m not sure I could think of another band that sounds quite like them, but they’re on Parts and Labor’s record label (Cardboard) and they claim that Unwound is their primary inspiration, so if you like either of those bands I bet you’ll be into them.

Motion Turns It On is a sick local math-rock band. They can really bring it, I tell you what. A lot of people make fun of math-rock for being cerebral and passionless, but a band like MTIO really blows that stereotype away. They’re smart, sure, but they’re about as passionless as Hendrix or Lightning Bolt. If this band doesn’t blow your mind, please, please make sure your family is aware of your wishes.

Also, we’re playing.

Later,
Danny