Cynthia Dall
Thurs/22, Cafe du
Nord
EX-SMOG fogy and Drag City pinup girl Cynthia Dall throws in
for HIV-AIDS prevention at this benefit for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation's
Needle Exchange program. And Dall's music last heard on 2002's
Sound Restores Young Men seems like a perfect fit for
the proceedings: her songs have a stealth melancholy quality that creeps
up on you, poking at the gut with minor-key repetition and the occasional
piercing guitar interlude. With her wistful and drifting style, Dall
may be a less memorable vocalist than her fellow folk-goth singer-songwriter
Chan Marshall, but thanks to her more experimental musical meanderings,
she can still become a habit you're loath to break. Death Rock Booty
Call instigator Shane additionally comes to the organization's aid with
his band Boy Explodes. Erik Carter and E-Zee Tiger spin-off shenanigan
Denver Broncos also perform. 9 p.m., 2170 Market St., S.F. $10. (415)
861-5016. (Kimberly Chun)