Dark Meat

Thu., May 29, 7 p.m., $7, all ages, with Quiet Hooves, Space 1026, 1026 Arch St.; and 9 p.m., $10, with the Po Po, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.

by John Vettese

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Published: May 27, 2008

rock/pop

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A few things you should know about Athens, Ga.'s epic ensemble Dark Meat. One: If you're seeing them at Space 1026 tonight, you'll probably want to bring earplugs, since they're precisely as loud as you'd expect a 17-member rock band to be. Two: A humid loft gallery where 17 people are loudly filtering Neil Young, CCR and Let It Bleed-era Stones through a lotta hallucinogens and circus theatrics — the horn section blaring in your ears, the backup vocalists tossing streamers over your heads, singer Jim McHugh flipping his sweaty Chad Channing hair in your face — sounds hellishly uncomfortable, but it's totally going to make you want more. Three: If you're over 21, you're in luck. Proceed directly to Johnny Brenda's, and pick up a copy of the band's reissued/expanded 2006 debut Universal Indians (Vice) to listen to as you cool off en route to their late show. Keep that adrenaline flowing with the seven-minute jams "Freedom Ritual" and "Three Eyes Open." A final thing: Two performances in one night isn't going to be enough. As the amps whirr down and the staff sweeps up the mess from the floor, you'll seriously consider leaving your loved ones a crazed "goodbye" voicemail, hopping in the van and joining the circus for the summer.

Thu., May 29, 7 p.m., $7, all ages, with Quiet Hooves, Space 1026, 1026 Arch St.; and 9 p.m., $10, with the Po Po, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.

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