Wild In The Streets (The Amsterdam Bar): When I asked DJ Wild In The Streets (aka Lisa Bush) via email what she might spin tonight—and I do mean “spin,” since she’s been one of the most consistently vinyl-dedicated DJs in Dallas for years—the newest record she mentions is Arabia Mountain by The Black Lips. That album was released in June, making it a surprisingly recent selection when you consider that she usually plucks from a far dustier stack of 45′s and LP’s.

But somehow, it also makes sense. If you take Arabia Mountain‘s first single, the fuzz-lead guitars and “all together now” mod-style choruses seem to fit seamlessly into Bush’s vast collection of records from the distant past. Wild in the Streets has a definite knack for connecting the musical dots between the decades, regardless of style or origin. Other picks from her would-be or will-be playlist tonight include everything from actual back-in-the-day garage rock (The Monks) to West African Psychedelic Music to slightly more recent revivalists like Ian Svenonius.

I also asked about the possibility of overplaying certain records due to genre limitations, and she threw herself under the bus. “I probably play way too much Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings…but they’re just so good I can’t help it,” she said. Understandable.

Nadastrom (Rio Room): Considering how much buzz the Rio Room has gotten lately—constant whispers of celebrity sightings and not just of the musical variety—it wouldn’t be entirely foolish to assume that the advertised “special guest” might actually prove the exception to the special guest rule. In that, the person making an appearance tonight might actually be special. That’s not a call to rumor.  Just a safe guess.

Nadastrom is a duo that plays the increasingly popular “Moombahton” style of dance music, an appropriation of Reggaeton and European house records that’s even found its way to NPR. That’s either sweet validation or the kiss of death for its underground appeal, depending on where you stand. We told you a little about it back in March after the alleged first-ever Moombahton party took place in Dallas, which I noted was only a true statement if you added “in a bar” to that claim.

Nadastrom has direct ties to Spin Magazine’s “Best Party in America,” but I’m still left wondering if anything can save this crowd from nightmarishly bad event fliers.

Ke$ha/LMFAO/Spank Rock (Gexa Energy Pavilion): LMFAO deserves a lot of credit for creating what could someday be the most enduring professional basketball anthem of our time: an extremely self-explanatory little gem called “Shots” featuring Lil Jon. Throw in the fact that it’s equally useful in any highly irresponsible bar situation and you have a downright unavoidable single. It’s the purest example of guilty pop pleasure that I know. Aside from the far classier opening appearance of Spank Rock, that one track is the saving grace of this show. If there’s a source for a Rio Room celebrity appearance tonight, this would have to be it.

Peopleodian/Botany/Baruch the Scribe (Dan’s Silver Leaf)

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