Planet Telex played pretty much every day this week. I caught the end of their energetic opening  set for the JPS Trio, Dec. 10 but caught their entire last minute scheduled set at the Slice the next day, as Bil Hetherington and the Asian Tigers canceled their show due to the weather.
 They were in fine form, playing their  original post grunge flavoured originals for  maybe 15  brave souls who braved the cold to support local talent. They played my favourite, ‘Money Tree,’ and most of their CD ‘Nova’  then branched out into a bit of reggae, then some mellower fare, which segued directly into an amped up version of Motorhead’s  ‘Ace of Spades,’ and something which sounded like ‘Melt with You’ though I couldn’t be sure due to a poor sound mix.
Another local act, The Darby and Joan Club put on their usual set of  mesmerizing modern  ambient rock in the style of Radiohead. bassist Silvana Campus  sang some  haunting harmonies and  laid down some pretty cool bass lines. And while the band’s songs sometimes sound very similar, they have a way of enveloping the audience.
 They ended with a couple of uptempo numbers.