Photo by Bek Andersen

Three I’m-not-sure-you-realize-how-hard-it-is-to-come-up-with-a-non-sequitur-a-day reasons to don your finest faded blue jeans and ratty old flannel and hit up the Hideout tonight…

1. I really want to describe Baltimore’s Arbouretum as Bonnie Prince Billy fronting Sunn0))), mostly because I’d go see that band in a heart beat. They are definitely grungier than most of their folk-y contemporaries, but that just points us towards Crazy Horse-lead Neil Young. A very fine comparison it is. Still, there is something darker and, dare I say, evil lurking in their songs. Doom folk? Fuck yeah. They site both Gordon Lightfoot and Earth as influences on their Myspace so maybe I’m not as crazy as I seem.

2. Virginia’s Pontiak and straight fuzzed out rock? Maybe stoner post-rock would help you out? Acid dropping southern rock? Sure. These are ways to describe. Picture sweaty hair and sweatier beards in a smoke filled room and you’ll understand.

3. And then there are our friends in Bitchin’ Bajas, a Cave side project that I recently reviewed. Yes, I was “disappointed” but really because I wanted to hear more. Maybe Bitchin’ Bajas aren’t a great split 7inch kind of band. Maybe something like, oh, a live set is the way to really enjoy them. I’m open to that. Well, here they are.

9:00 p.m. Wednesday, 5/20. The Hideout. 21+. $8.