[Imc-events] Exciting shows at the IMC this week, Featuring Grrrlfest 2002!

[Jennifer Stewart]

We have a lot of cool stuff happening in the next week at the IMC! Below
is a week-long listing of fun shows. For more information, call the IMC at
344-8820. If you're interested in helping out with shows, email
booking at ucimc.org or come to our Thursday meetings at 7pm in the front
room of the IMC, which is located at 218 W. Main, Urbana.
All shows are all ages. Cover prices vary depending on the show.

Wednesday, September 4, 2002
Girlzone Grrrlfest DJ Dance. Hear the best music in town brought to you by
the Grrrlfest crew! All are welcome. 9pm.

Friday-Sunday, September 6-8, 2002
Girlzone Grrrlfest. Workshops are for girls. All are welcome to music and
discussion panel events. Starts at 7pm on Friday. Workshops, panels, and
music all day on Saturday and Sunday. For more info go to
http://www.prairienet.org/girlzone/grrrlfest2002music.htm

Friday 9/6, 8pm
Kayla Brown, The Bruises, Gina Young, Sista Otis, Jolie Rickman, and
The Mystechs.

Saturday 9/7, 8pm
Quatre Tete, Heaven's Burning, Chemical X, The Violents, and Loraxx

Sunday 9/8, 8pm
Sick of Midwifen, Kite Club, Millenary, Ditz, and Asphyxia

Tuesday, September 10, 2002
French Kicks, Doris Henson, The String and Return. Indie Rock. 8pm. $6 or
2 for $10.

Wednesday, September 11, 2002
Bitch & Animal. Goofy Rap Punk Rock Folk Funk Improv--See below; 8pm. $10.
Gender-bending duo Bitch and Animal go where they want and do what they
want on their latest album, Eternally Hard. "What Animal and I do best is
improvisation," says 28-year-old Bitch, a self-identified "queer elegant
queen" who hails from Detroit but now, with 25-year-old partner-in-art
Animal, calls Brooklyn, N.Y., her home. "I think of us more as performance
artists than musicians, really."
Indeed, after one listen to the duos sophomore disc, Eternally Hard, with
its torrid brew of sexually and politically charged spoken-sung lyrics,
stripped-down instrumentation, and assorted tribal-edged percussion, youll
understand what she means. Not that the two arent more than adept on their
instrumentsAnimals percussive use of djembes, steel drums, gongs, and even
body parts is inspiring, while Bitch is equally skilled on electric bass
and violin (and both even play ukulele). But theres no mistaking that
their emphasis is on their process rather than just the music for its own
sake (The Advocate, 2/5/02).