Blackheart Society

Rahim Quazi / Mursik / Salim Nourallah / Blackheart Society

Listening to: Presents

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Tomorrow night’s Listening To: should prove to be an interesting, exciting one.

First and foremost, with the assistance of the Great Drinking God in the Sky, starting this Thursday and continuing every following Thursday, the first 50 people through the door will receive a free beer or well drink on me.

I repeat, you pay cover, I buy you a drink. Don’t believe me? Try it, fools.

Starting things off as our November Artist in Residence is Mr. Rahim Quazi, from 8 to 9.

Rahim is perpetually writing new songs and radiating a lot of love and warmth when he isn’t on stage performing. His positive energy and sunny outlook is infectious as are the pop infused ditties he’s been belting out this month.

At 9 we’ll kick off the Listening To: series with a brand spankin’ new Blackheart Society. Guitarist and front man Ben Flemming, along with bassist Josh Warr have a new drummer that’s an old favorite, Rhett Jones of the Happy Bullets. Blackheart Society is carrying on with a definite departure from the more electronica-influenced sound. Both Flemming and Warr are revisiting what they had originally intended for the band: twangy, psychedelic, folk-pop. Don’t miss this first new and improved Blackheart Society show.

At 10 its local favorite Salim Nourallah. But its not just us locals who love Salim. Stylus Magazine says of Salim’s gift,” I want everyone in the world to know about this music, and I want to keep it all for myself.” And lest we forget what Splendid Magazine had to say about his 2005 release, Beautiful Noise, “Nourallah's voice and songwriting acumen make Beautiful Noise a no-brainer of a purchase for anyone who loves mature, deeply personal, classic-style pop songs.” And yes, not to be outdone, he recently took home not one, not two, but three Dallas Observer Music Awards, leaving the DO to exclaim, “Salim's a local fixture, a man whose kudos have been 15 years coming.” Everyone loves Salim Nourallah, which is fitting. What’s not to love about a person who can not only craft songs that masterfully elevate everyday life our inner demons into philosophy lessons, but can also give back so gladly and generously to the music community by installing a revolving door to his home-based recording studio, replete with the largest figurative welcome mat you’ve ever seen?

Then at 11 its Murzik. Hailing from Minneapolis, I first fell in love with their almost indescribable sound via mutual band acquaintance Jesse from These United States. Rift says of Murzik, “Listening to Murzik's blend of Russian/dark folk music is also an experience like no other. The music, beautiful and disturbing (in a good way) all at once, conjures a sullen, visual atmosphere rife with metaphor and religious imagery, drawn out and brought to life by Bryan Steenerson's cool vocal delivery.” If Tom Waits played accordion and glockenspiel-infused music, accompanied by those more normal instruments like guitars and such, his band would be called Murzik as far as I’m concerned, but only if Leonard Cohen was assisting in the songwriting. And if you’re rolling your eyes at me, here’s what another review had to say, “And while accordions and glocks are a pretty easy sell these days, Murzik is hardly stock footage: frontman Bryan Steenerson takes the Slavic folk tradition and makes it his own through a Morphine-cool vocal delivery and memorable lyric imagery. It's good enough to get folk-haters clapping despite themselves.” So there. P.S. My favorite Murzik quote to date: When asked about the suits they wear on stage, accordion player Nathan Simar said, "When we wear them, the bartender is less likely to cut us off." Bravo my dear, bravo.

To recap:

Thursday November 16th Club Dada

Listening To: presents

Rahim Quazi – Artist in Residence 8 to 9 Blackheart Society – 9 Salim Nourallah – 10 Murzik – 11

Doors at 7 - $5 – 18+

Information from the promoter

Some nearby drink specials on Nov. 16th

• Pearl at Commerce: 4 pm - 8 pm: $3 wells and domestic longnecks, Pearl beer cans $2 all the time
• TePheJez: 5 pm - 9 pm: changes weekly
• Daddy Jack's Wood Grill: 5 pm - 10 pm: 1/2 price martinis
• Adair's Saloon: 4 pm - 8 pm: $6 pitchers, $1.75 singles, $2.25 cans / 10 am - 2 am: $7 pitchers
• Deep Sushi: 5 pm - 7 pm: $3 wells, 1/2 off beer, discount sake / 1/2 off sushi

Some nearby restaurants

• Stephan Pyles Restaurant
• Camille's Sidewalk Cafe (Dallas)
• AllGood Cafe
• Fantasy Cafe
• Metro Diner (Dallas / Gaston)

Some nearby events on Nov. 16th

• Fish Fry Bingo / Mule Dixon, The Bone, 9 p.m.
• The Booker T. Washington High School Jazz Ensemble, Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• The Spunks, The Darkside Lounge (Closed), 10 p.m.
• Spanish Bombs / Bats and Knives, The Redblood Club (Closed), 7 p.m.
• Benevolence / Netherbound / Headcase / Southern Sack, Galaxy Club (Closed), 9 p.m.

Event posted Oct. 10, 2006
Last updated Nov. 15, 2006