Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Cream Calendar Tonight: Poi Dog Pondering & Monkey Bowl at 3rd & Lindsley
Posted by Tracy Moore on Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 1:18 PM
Robert Ellis Orrall, he of 150 Music Row cuts, outsider artist, father of Jake and Jamin Orrall and overseer of local fringe-acts label Infinity Cat, will open the Poi Dog Pondering set tonight at 3rd & L with his band Monkey Bowl. They enjoyed some notoriety for the song "Al Gore," which you can check out alongside his pop-folk plea "Clear Channel" on MySpace. We wanna know: Any relation between Bob and PDP singer Frank Orrall? Inquiring minds...
POI DOG PONDERING This band’s adventurous spirit and worldbeat rhythms suggest The Talking Heads with their anxious pulse slowed by a fattie of Maui Wowie. Founded in Waikiki by frontman Frank Orrall two decades ago, Poi Dog relocated to Austin, and scored a deal from Columbia for three albums that helped break them in with the then-burgeoning jam community. While grunge took off, they moved their eclectic, folk-inflected Kumbaya to Chicago, and grew inspired by electronic music and the House movement. They’re supporting only their second studio album in the last decade, but remain in fine form. From funky, R&B-lined swagger (“Lemon Drop Man”) to dreamy, gently undulating pop ballads (“Perfect Music”) and swelling anthems of love (“From This Moment On”), the appropriately titled 7—it’s their seventh full-length—moves in a stylish, crisply orchestrated strut. The choreographed sound offers keen counterpart to the sweaty, roof-raising revivalism of their live shows. 8 p.m. at 3rd & Lindsley —CHRIS PARKER
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