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Karaoke Underground
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Fri Apr 2
10:30 pm
Karaoke Underground at Mickey's Tavern
When karaoke participants end up sounding like rambling Dismemberment Plan frontman Travis Morrison or a Black Flag-era Henry Rollins, it's usually a drunken accident at the expense of Journey. For Karaoke Underground, a program that's been running in Austin for six years, such alternative ideas of good vocals are the entire point: Its entire set of backing tracks and video-sequenced lyrics centers on the kind of music that this tradition of vocal butchery tends to neglect, from an abundance of Minutemen songs to a few Wilco tracks to such nasal achievers as Destroyer and Mountain Goats. The truly impressive song list (at karaokeunderground.com) also offers ample opportunity to show off your Sleater-Kinney screech, Elvis Costello croon, and Hold Steady talk-sing.
Mickey's Tavern 1524 Williamson St., Madison, WI
When karaoke participants end up sounding like rambling Dismemberment Plan frontman Travis Morrison or a Black Flag-era Henry Rollins, it's usually a drunken accident at the expense of Journey. For Karaoke Underground, a program that's been running in Austin for six years, such alternative ideas of good vocals are the entire point: Its entire set of backing tracks and video-sequenced lyrics centers on the kind of music that this tradition of vocal butchery tends to neglect, from an abundance of Minutemen songs to a few Wilco tracks to such nasal achievers as Destroyer and Mountain Goats. The truly impressive song list (at karaokeunderground.com) also offers ample opportunity to show off your Sleater-Kinney screech, Elvis Costello croon, and Hold Steady talk-sing.
Updated 10/28/2011
