Clavius Productions presents:

Monday, May 29
Warehouse Next Door
1017 7th St NW WDC
$8, all ages
doors at 8:30, show at 9

Excepter (ex-No Neck Blues Band, Load/5RC)
Lichens (mem. of 90 Day Men, Kranky)
Pit Er Pat (Chicago post-rock trio, Thrill Jockey/Overcoat)
The Amoeba Men (Richmond psycho post-punk a la Brainiac/Devo/Six Finger Satellite)

from the Washington City Paper:

Excepter piles the hyphenates on pretty thick. Electro-, improv-, and psych- are all necessary to classify the 11 â??danceâ? tracks on its latest LP, Alternation. â??RadioShack keyboard demoâ? might paint a clearer picture for the uninitiatedâ??but that shouldnâ??t be taken as an insult. The spindly drum-machine rhythms and forlorn man-boy vocal groans that comprise tracks such as â??Ice Cream Vanâ? and â??Whirl Windâ? come together to create a decidedly nonrock sound that will demand hip new genre titles such as â??Acid Filthâ?â??which, obviously, will look extremely awesome on record-store shelf cards. Yet when the umpteenth minute of their epic album closer â??Back Me Up (Show)â? hits, and the sex moans start, the unavoidable question rears its head: â??Are these guys bullshit?â? Probably. Or at least some of the time. But is that so wrong? Find out when they perform with Lichens, Pit Er Pat, and the Amoeba Men at 8:30 p.m. at the Warehouse Next Door, 1017 7th St. NW. $8. (202) 783-3933. (Aaron Leitko)