Kevin Bronson on August 18th, 2010

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Indie mockumentary “The Scenesters” seems to have all the makings of a Buzz Bands favorite – lots of music by familiar people (the Airborne Toxic Event, the Cribs, Le Switch, the Franks are among those populating the soundtrack), plenty of laughs, a little mystery and some dead hipsters. Yes, it’s only a ceremonial burning of Wavves albums away from an Oscar. On Friday, the movie begins a seven-day run at the Downtown Independent, and the film’s music supervisor, local scribe Chris Martins, has turned the screenings into a mini-festival, with two bands performing after the show each night. There are big names and secret names and strange names, but perhaps none stranger than Glamorous Pukes – who, it turns out, are a Misfits country-and-western cover band concocted by the Airborne Toxic Event’s Noah Harmon. Who knew the Misfits needed country treatment? Who knew Harmon plays the washboard? Who knew he could assemble a lineup featuring TATE bandmate Anna Bulbrook, M83’s Morgan Kibby and members of Mariachi El Bronx, the Actual, the Fresh and the Naked Banjo Man? Not me. Glamorous Pukes are throwing down (up?) on Tuesday.

||| Download: Glamorous Pukes, “Horror Business” (Misfits cover)

||| Live: Highlights include Spirit Animal and Le Switch on Saturday night, Baths on Sunday night, Big Search on Wednesday and the Franks on Thursday.

Photo: One of the film’s stars, Sherilyn Fenn, in a screen grab from the trailer.