Shows updated

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The Electrician - live cover/ collaboration

"The Electrician" - written by Scott Walker as performed by Nervous Curtains and Ryan Thomas Becker of RTB2 at La Grange in Dallas, TX on October 12, 2012.

Dallas Observer Music Awards

We don’t generally comment on these awards, nor do we like to pander for votes. But this year, the categories and nominees seem to more appropriately reflect the diversity and quality of the North Texas musical landscape than in past years.

 And much to our surprise, FAKE INFINITY is up for best album. Writing, recording and supporting this album has taken up a huge chunk of the last two years of our lives. We're grateful for all the attention the album has gotten and hope that it leads people to listen to it and perhaps pick up a copy for their own turntable. So if you feel inclined to vote, you can vote once a day for FAKE INFINITY or one of the other fine nominees in this category. Also, I (Sean) am up for best instrumentalist.

Vote here up to once a day through Nov. 10.

Cats and Eternity

I'm behind. We put out a new video today, and I realized I never posted the last on here.

So here they both are. One more week left in the Fall tour. Come see us.



Nervous Curtains "It's The End Of Eternity" from Justin Wilson on Vimeo.

Fall 2012 tour poster

Blogs and references

We received a nice nod of appreciation from the When You Motor Away music blog (cool GBV reference): 

Nervous Curtains are a Dallas trio playing some pretty evocative and somewhat creepy electronic rock featuring drums, keyboards and vocals reminiscent of Wall of Voodoo or maybe Ultravox. Very intriguing stuff.

We've never gotten a Wall of Voodoo comparison before. Very interesting and totally acceptable.

Fall tour dates are almost totally booked. Look to the right.>>>>>>>>>

Denton, more poster art

More poster art.
This one by Brent Frishman at Gutterth Productions.

This will be another particularly heavy event.

Take a listen to poster art-visionary, Nevada Hill's, new cello-noise-doom-metal band BLUDDED HEAD
Another great engineering job by Matthew Barnhart here.

Buildings from Minneapolis will follow. Free show, but donations for the touring band will be accepted.

We're currently booking a lot of tour dates for September and October and working on some cool new videos. Until then, we're playing a couple of shows close to home.

Fake Infinity reviewed in THE BIG TAKEOVER. I guess it's about time to get to work on that cover of "Permafrost."

Poster art by Marjorie Owens

URGH! A Music War screening and after-party

We've been asked at the last minute to play after the screening of one of our favorite concert films of all time, and we couldn't refuse. Fri. at Texas Theater in Dallas. Film at 9:15, followed by Peopleodian, George Quartz, then us. We'll be performing a tribute to URGH! in our set. Here's a clue as to what it is: Sopranos episode Stage 5. 

Number 11 in Chicago

FAKE INFINITY keeps climbing the charts in Chicago at WRRG 88.9FM, Triton College Radio.

#11 this week. Thanks for the support.

1    JACK WHITE    Blunderbuss    Columbia

2    LEE RANALDO    Between The Times And The Tides    Matador

3    EIGHT AND A HALF    Eight And A Half    Arts And Crafts

4    ARCTIC MONKEYS    "R U Mine?" [Single]    Domino

5    DIAMOND RUGS    Diamond Rugs    Partisan

6    HERE WE GO MAGIC    A Different Ship    Secretly Canadian

7    GEMMA RAY    Island Fire    Bronze Rat

8    DANDY WARHOLS    This Machine    The End

9    TY SEGALL AND WHITE FENCE    Hair    Drag City

10    XIU XIU    Always    Polyvinyl

11    NERVOUS CURTAINS    Fake Infinity    Latest Flame

R.A.D. Vinyl review

R.A.D. Vinyl review of Fake Infinity

"The tracks are cinematic in scope yet the three piece set up keeps “Fake Infinity” grounded and minimal enough to keep that post-punk edge. The album is soaked with buzzing analog sounds, angular riffs and propulsive krautrock drumming. The whole affair is dark and bizarre with lyrics that are intriguing and beguiling with some great hooks thrown into the mix."

Two amazing DFW area shows next week that we are incredibly fortunate to be playing. Thursday, April 26 at Rubber Gloves in Denton with Pinkish Black, Diamond Age and Forever Home.

Saturday, April 28 at Club Dada in Dallas with Disappears, Lotus Plaza and Sungod.

Interview with Milwaukee's WMSE

Milwaukee's WMSE posted an interview in advance of last week's show with Ifihadahifi, Catacombz, and Heavy Hand.

They say that we're "part of that cold breeze that is slightly stunning the sun-baked atmosphere of their environs, their heavy keys and percussion wallop, droning and electrifying simultaneously with the sting of sinister lyrics."

Back from tour. More reviews

We just got home from our East Coast and Midwest tour. Thanks to everyone who came out to the shows and helped us out in any way. It was great to see some old friends and make some new ones.

DC ROCK LIVE posted a nice review of our show at the Velvet Lounge.


"The drums are solid and the keys and electronics come up with a mixture of scrumptious melodic passages and assertive textural blasts. The songs are focused and manage to build intrigue...Nervous Curtains offer their personal approach to this style and come up with a vibrant set of songs that will stay with me for some time."

Hanus TV posted a review of Fake Infinity, making note of our "epic as hell synths that tear through each track, like if it was in the middle of a sonic warzone."

Come Around Viral video

The third video from FAKE INFINITY shot and edited with no budget or pro experience. Featuring Tim Cooper as the priest, Emil Rapstine as the monk, Jason Hensel as the congregation. Shot by Nan Little Kirkpatrick and edited by me. A schizophrenic priest discovers a book which sheds an uncomfortable light on the extreme polarities between his public and private life.

Tour dates

Thurs. Apr. 5 Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA w/ Featureless Ghost, AkuYou
Fri. Apr. 6 - Pianos - New York, NY w/ Five Dollar Priest
Sat. Apr. 7 - The Living Room - New York, NY
Sun. Apr. 8 - Grand Victory - Brooklyn, NY w/ Dolores Boys
Mon. Apr. 9 - The Saint - Asbury Park, NJ
Tues. Apr. 10 - Velvet Lounge - Washington, DC w/ Thee Lolitas, Pilesar
Wed. Apr. 11 – Columbus, OH - Carabar
Thurs. Apr. 12 - Bloomington, IN - Gay Dude's Annex
Fri. Apr. 13 - Riverwest Public House - Milwaukee, WI w/ Catacombz, IfIhadahifi
Sat. Apr. 14 - Pancho's Bar (aka Township) - Chicago, IL w/ Post Honeymoon, The Runnies
Thurs. Apr. 26 Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios – Denton, TX
Sat. Apr. 28 - Club Dada - Dallas, TX w/ Disappears, Lotus Plaza
Fri. May 4 – Hot Springs, AR– Maxine’s w/ New Fumes
Sat. May 5 – Fayetteville, AR - Lalaland
Thurs. Apr. 17 – The Common Table – Dallas, TX w/ the Blurries

Tour press/ radio

In advance of our Atlanta show tomorrow, I was named "Kool Kat of the Week" in ATL RETRO. Read an interview in which I rattle on about FAKE INFINITY, Ultravox, Magazine, a bunch of post punk bands, the problem with synth pop retro acts, and why we love funk music but know better than to try to play it.

The Aquarian in New Jersey wrote a preview of our Asbury Park show next Monday.

Speaking of New Jersey, we were honored to be played along with so many incredible artists on Jon Solomon's show on WPRB in Princeton. We'll be stopping by the station Monday afternoon to tape an in-studio performance.

Innocent Words review

Chicago-based magazine Innocent Words reviewed Fake Infinity.

"There is a pulse of definition and innovation beneath these ten tracks that beats with potential; it is invigorating to hear a good band growing into something great.

The album is called Fake Infinity, as if to say it is something unreal existing forever. But most listeners will probably find this disc as taking the realest parts of music and making them count for each moment they are played. We may hear the echoes of the past in these tracks, but they are definitely taking the necessary steps into creating the future."