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X-cellent
The X-ecutioners rock the Paradise, plus Kabuki theater and more

X-Men

Bay Area beat-jugglers the X-ecutioners succeeded where their pals the Invisibl Skratch Piklz failed, turning their club-wrecking triple-decker turntable circus into a bona fide hit making machine. Thanks to a cameo from Linkin Park on "It’s Goin’ Down," their 2002 album Built from Scratch (Sony) became a crossover success. Their new Revolutions (also Sony) attempts to duplicate the formula with a rework of White Zombie’s "More Human Than Human," a ubiquitous film-trailer staple and rock-radio hit back in ’95 and still one of the all-time metal-machine-music classics. The disc drops June 8, and the trio will hit the clubs for another round of turntable acrobatics, including a date at the Paradise, 967 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, on June 6. Call (617) 423-NEXT.

Do the kabuki

The Japan Society of Boston continues its centennial celebration by importing one of Tokyo’s most famed kabuki practitioners, the 55-member Heisei Nakamura-za Kabuki Troupe, for performances July 8 through 10 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre. Named after a legendary 17th-century theater, the troupe offers Japanese star Nakamura Kankuro V in two of his most famous roles: in Bo-shibari ("Tied to a Pole"), he’s a nobleman turned on by his servants; and in Renjishi ("Dance for Two Lions"), he’s the proud papa to a young cub played by his own son, Shichinosuke. Presented in Japanese with English supertitles, it’s a fully staged production with a specially built hanamichi runway adorning the Majestic stage. Tickets are $25 to $75, and the CMT is at 219 Tremont Street in the Theater District; call (617) 824-8000.

Reel Kids

Local director Cheryl Eagan-Donovan’s documentary All Kindsa Girls, which covers the three-decades-long career of Boston’s original garage-punks, the Real Kids, is at last finished. The film, which had a few benefit screenings last year prior to its final edit, now boasts vintage footage of the band at the Rat in ’78 as well as a few additional interviews with the likes of Ace of Hearts guru Rick Harte and Norton Records’ Miriam Linna, whose label provided shelter for Kids’ frontman John Felice during his long, lean solo years. The final cut screens June 10 at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street in Brookline, accompanied by a set from the Real Kids themselves, as well as New Yawk neo-garage howlers the Star Spangles. Tickets are $10; call (617) 734-2500.

Dune tunes

With Memorial Day comes the opening of our favorite rock-and-roll hangout on the Cape — the Wellfleet Beachcomber, an old beach shack with a keen sound system located atop dunes above the Atlantic at the very end of Cahoon Hollow in Wellfleet. Over the years, it has hosted luminaries from Bob Mould to Weezer, in a space as intimate as the Middle East upstairs — and with the added attraction of an impeccable stretch of beach available before, between, or even after the night’s sets. As always, admission to any of the club’s Memorial Day Weekend gigs gets you a season pass for reduced-price admission all summer long. On May 28, Cape locals the Ticks and the Greenheads hold court; they’ll make way for Hybrasil on the 29th, house band the Incredible Casuals on the 30th, and the venue’s all-time perfect inhabitant, surf king Dick Dale, on the 31st. (Keep an eye out for summer bookings including reggae star Eek-A-Mouse on July 15, New Orleans’s Anders Osbourne on August 6, and zydeco stomper CJ Chenier on September 3.) That’s at 1120 Cahoon Hollow Road in Wellfleet; call (508) 349-6055, or visit www.thebeachcomber.com


Issue Date: May 21 - 27, 2004
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