On Saturday, ArtStorm Records releases their “Summer Exposure” compilation with a big crazy show at the Mink. About a million bands are playing, including mine. In the interest of not being a dick and promoting something I’m involved in on the website I work for (it always pisses me off when Matt Drudge hypes his alt-country albums), I assure you that my writing this piece has nothing to do with trying to get people to see my band play and everything to do with my well-documented love of traditional Japanese poetry. Courtesy photo: Listenlisten will perform at the ArtStorm compilation release show Saturday at the Mink.

Here are previews of all twelve bands performing tomorrow, straight-up haiku-style.

BOLT
Hulking bearded men
Playing hulking bearded songs
With guitars and beards

NEWS ON THE MARCH
Swinging grandpa tunes
Like indie-pop plus Bob Wills
The fuckers can sing

GIANT PRINCESS
Filthy rock and roll
If Dylan loved Sonic Youth
Best band in Houston?

B L A C K I E
Fucking breathtaking
Grime that will scrape your skull clean
All caps, no spaces

ONE HUNDRED FLOWERS
Also the name of
A punk band from the 80s
Shit happens a bunch

ELAINE GREER
Cute as a button
Must be sick of reading that
Oh, also: good songs

THE BROOD
Not seen these guys but
Share name with mean aliens
From “X-Men,” so rad!

BUXTON
You’ll dance and you’ll sweat
And you’ll hang on for dear life
You will hear Texas

YOUNG MAMMALS
On their new album:
Flaming Lips vs. Eno
Live: RAWK USA!

LISTENLISTEN
Can't describe these guys
Horns, banjo, drums, hypnosis
Lost in the woods? Nah.

ALPACA
If you trust MySpace,
These guys are from Portland, OR
I don’t trust MySpace

THE MATHLETES
This is a haiku
It has only seventeen
Syllables. Kickass.

The Summer Exposure show starts at 4 p.m.Saturday. Admission is $10 and includes a copy of the compilation.