Tonight: RTB2, Oso Closo All Set to Raise Trees From The Dead

I can't believe Trees, the first club I went to shortly after turning 17, has already been open for a few months and I have yet to pay it a visit. I'm not really sure if it's just nostalgia, but the Trees of my memory was one hell of a legendary place, and was head and shoulders above anything else Deep Ellum had--or still has--to offer.

Regardless of this, however, every time I've scoured their calendar I haven't been able to find anything even remotely interesting to attend, not even as just as an excuse to check out the (from what I hear) lovely new Trees. Just how bad has it been? I literally went back and forth over whether or not I could stomach Powerman 5000 long enough to make a visit worthwhile.

But that all changes tonight as SubEx faves RTB2, Oso Closo, and Goodwin are all set to become the first relevant acts to christen the young venue. I've made no bones about my emphatic love for the RTB2 boys in the past and I couldn't be more pleased that they get to be the ones to break Trees' washed up hard rock mold. It's also no secret that the duo put on hands down the best live rock show in town. Period.

The sudden change of pace comes as part of a promotion with local radio station 102.1 KDGE's Local Show. Over the next few months the club will host weekly local indie shows which will serve as a contest, of sorts, to choose a local band to open next year's EdgeFest.

To me it really doesn't matter how it all came about, I'm just extremly happy that it did. Furthermore, I am hoping that Local Show host Mark Schectman, who is the man responsible for these local indie bookings, will get to continue booking great local shows at Trees even long after the contest is all said and done.

I think Schectman himself put it best when he said, "We have a venue now in Deep Ellum that WANTS to support this scene. Now it's our responsibility to come out and support it so it doesn't go away."

As much as everyone's been bitching over the past couple years about the city of Dallas not supporting the local scene I see this as a huge step forward, and one that we cannot--and should not--let go to waste.

MP3: RTB2 - When Hammer Hits Stone

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