Dirty On Purpose & Saxon Shore @ Mercury Lounge 2/15

This St. Valentine's week seems to be the week of sold-out shows: tickets for Sonic Youth, Explosions in the Sky, and five Arcade Fire shows are all unavailable. Luckily, however, there are some other events going on. This Thursday, for example, Dirty On Purpose, Saxon Shore, and Lymbyc System are playing at Mercury Lounge.

Dirty On Purpose is a Brooklyn-based indie outfit, drawing influence from a range of all-star underground rockers, including Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, Guided By Voices, Pixies, etc. This band borrows a good deal from these, their forefathers, yet their music remains very much their own.

Saxon Shore are perhaps the most underrated band in what I'll call the 2nd wave of post-rock (Explosions in the Sky, et al.). RIYL: beautiful soaring instrumental guitar rock music.

Tickets are only 10 bucks.