Saturday, March 14, 2009

New Science Projects takes the floor at Rubber Gloves





By Rachel Watts

If you're into being discontent with some of life's principles, enjoy shaking a tambourine or like wearing war paint, you were probably at Rubber Gloves on Friday night, helping chant along with New Science Projects' lead singer, Dale Jones.

"I was an angry, white suburban teen," Jones said, "so of course I have to write songs about being mad at my dad, right?"

The audience bursts into laughter. Some of the locals who've been coming to Dale's shows for a long time seem to have caught on to his random, sarcastic outbursts. He sits in a chair on the floor rather than the stage, when he sits at all, or he jumps up and down in your face, sometimes smearing red paint from his face or arm all over your new blouse.

"Grab a tambourine! I need help playing this song," Jones said, as he chunked a bag full of tambourines onto the floor in front of him and watched them get snatched up one by one.

He encouraged everyone to come closer, so that they were literally a foot from his chair. This heightened the sense of cameraderie in the room and set a good vibe for his next song, "Homebody Stomp," where everyone stomped their feet and shook their tambourines, as Dale shouted out incomprehensible words.

"He's a completely different person offstage," said Charlie Hunter, a fan of the Denton local music scene. "When he isn't into his onstage character 'Swamp Man' he's a such a nice guy."

If you weren't at the NSP show, you've may've opted for something a little more chill, like Doug Burr over at Dan's Silver Leaf or something more cohesive like The Heartstring Stranglers at The Hydrant.

Yes, there were many bands to choose from last night, as there will be again tonight, so I've learned that being very selective is key with having a good time at NX35. Many bands' sets overlap with one another, making it difficult to catch all you want to catch. It seems as though by the time you've seen two or three sets and the last part of a final set, the night is over.

We'll see what tonight has in store for our Denton community, as NX35 eases into the third night of music, beer and good conversation.

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