The indie rock bands Spit-Take and The Shrinnirs will play the Best Video Performance Space on Friday, Sept. 26. The music starts at 8 PM and the cover is $5.
Spit-Take
Spit-Take are an indie-punk trio comprised of members of the bands Heats of Formation and Secret Parts. After having toured the USA and a bit of Canada this summer in promotion of their Garbage Heart LP, Joe Katz (guitar/vocal) Maggie Kinsella-Shaw (bass), and Dan Katz (drums) relocated as a band from Willimantic, CT to the Elm City. Their energetic, hook-packed songs reveal a strong affinity for early period Replacements and other garage punk power pop greats from well before these these three recent UCONN graduates were born.
The Shrinnirs are Dawn (singer/guitarist) and Joe (drums). They’ve been playing on and off (mostly off) since 1986. The group’s name changes every once in a while and additional members occasionally come and go. A few of the other band names used were: Bimbo Shrineheads, Willimantic Shrin and Los Shrinnirs. Their early D.I.Y. political punk & folk noise 7″ singles were recently re-released as a CD and LP collection on the Mystra label with liner notes by music critic Byron Coley & Thurston Moore.
The Shrinnirs
UPCOMING EVENTS:
• Wednesday, Sept. 17. NEO-FOLK/RAGTIME: AMY KUCHARIK
• Thursday, Sept. 18. BLUEGRASS: RAGWEED
• Friday, Sept. 19. INDIE ROCK: EURISKO
• Wednesday, Sept. 24. BRAZILIAN MUSIC: SAMBELEZA
• Thursday, Sept. 25. JAZZ: THE ELLIGERS BROTHERS
• Friday, Sept. 26. INDIE ROCK: SPIT-TAKE, THE SHRINNIRS
• Sunday, Sept. 28. CHILDREN’S FILM SCREENING: “BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE”
• Monday, Sept. 29. FILM SCREENING: “A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT”
• Wednesday, Oct. 1. SINGER-SONGWRITER: NAMOLI BRENNET
• Thursday, Oct. 2. ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC/JAZZ: GEORGE LESIW BAND
• Friday, Oct. 3. SINGER-SONGWRITERS: DAPHNE LEE MARTIN, HANNAH FAIR
• Sunday, Oct. 5. CHILDREN’S FILM SCREENING: “FLY AWAY HOME”
• Monday, Oct. 6. FILM SCREENING: “CAST AWAY”
• Wednesday, Oct. 8. AMERICANA: GOODNIGHT BLUE MOON
• Thursday, Oct. 9. SINGER-SONGWRITER: THE ANNE MARIE MENTA BAND
• Sunday, Oct. 12. CHILDREN’S FILM SCREENING: “BABE”
• Monday, Oct. 13. FILM SCREENING: “CAPE FEAR” (Original)
• Wednesday, Oct. 15. WINE TASTING WITH BOB FEINN of MT. CARMEL WINE & SPIRITS
• Sunday, Oct. 19. CHILDREN’S FILM SCREENING: “ANNIE”
• Monday, Oct. 20. FILM SCREENING: “DELIVERANCE”
• Thursday, Oct. 23. CABARET/SPOKEN WORD: RICH MORAN & FRANZ DOUSKEY
• Sunday, Oct. 26. CHILDREN’S FILM SCREENING: “SHORT CIRCUIT”
• Monday, Oct. 27. FILM SCREENING: “THE SWIMMER”
• Wednesday, Oct. 29. ECLECTIC POP: MISSION ZERO
• Thursday, Oct. 30. “SONGS OF MISERY, DESPAIR & THE SUPERNATURAL”: DAVID, SHELDON AND GAIL
• Sunday, Nov. 2. CHILDREN’S FILM SCREENING: “ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN”
• Monday, Nov. 3. FILM SCREENING: “The NIGHT OF THE HUNTER”
• Thursday, Nov. 6. BLUEGRASS: THE STACY PHILLIPS-PAUL HOWARD DUET
• Friday, Nov. 14. INDIE FOLK: OLIVE TIGER
• Thursday, Nov. 20. FILM SCREENING: “SEVEN DAYS IN MAY”
