The Shanty is the place for all things hard rock, punk and metal drenched in salty, upper 707 flavor. War Möth, Northern Blight and Generational Trauma are the instigator/alley-gators in the Eurekan asphalt swamp of Old Town by the bay tonight for a 9 p.m. show that is free at the door.
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Sept. 24
In an unusual turn of events for a Thursday night, there are two crucial shows going on tonight, which can only mean one thing: The long summer idyll is over.The Miniplex is hosting Portland psychedelic country rockers Rose City Band for an early 7 p.m. show to accommodate the venue’s popular karaoke afterward ($20).Meanwhile, at […]
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Autumn Falls
Hahaha well, dang. What is there to say, really? Is anyone else getting tired of these high water marks for various once-in-a-lifetime disasters we’ve been enjoying over the last decade? Not that I usually hold back too much, but I have the sense I can really let it fly these days because, well, who knows […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Sept. 23
One more show at the Miniplex then I’m done for the week. Orchestra Gold are a psychedelic Afro-beat rock band with roots in the mystic-groove storytelling musical traditions of Mali. Based in Oakland, the band is making a stop here tonight to share the rumble with local cumbia masters Makenu. This is an early gig […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Sept. 22
The Miniplex is showing The System, a 2025 documentary by Dutch filmmaker Joris Postema about three people trying to find a way to build a viable future in a world that values greed, corruption, and short term gains over a living planet. Grim stuff indeed, but the music is banging, mainly featuring works by master […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Sept. 19
Let’s head back to the Arcata Playhouse tonight to eyeball an interesting gig at 7:30 p.m. The Black Feathers are a married duo from the southwest of England who play folk music with an emphasis on Americana sounds with the kind of skilled obsessiveness that only outsiders can cultivate. There’s a particular set of tunes […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Sept. 18
After Hours is a jazz group composed of drummer Ramsey Isaacs, pianist Matt Seno, bassist Lee Phillips and Russ Thallheimer on the tenor sax, all of whom are young and wildly talented local players. The band is starting a residency at the Arcata Playhouse tonight at 7 p.m. that will run five times on the […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Sept. 17
There’s a fine double header at the Logger Bar today, with some acoustic blues courtesy of The Backseat Drivers happening from 4 to 6 p.m., and a nighttime set by Portland indie singer, songwriter and bandleader Tyler Berd at 9 p.m. Come as you like, when you feel like it. It’s always a casual atmosphere […]
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The World is No Better Than its Places
Recently, listening to the soundtrack to the seminal Jamaican gangster film The Harder They Come after a long time away from it, I flashed back to a long-forgotten nihilistic fantasy of dressing like a dandy, wearing some illegal weapons in my belt and dying in some flashy way before I reached an age where the […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Sept. 13
I recently had a blast and reconnected with a childhood mate when I went to a movie night at the Shanty to watch part of an early Abel Ferrara flick presented by Wild Billy Burgess, the silver screen slasher. Tonight at 8 p.m. he and his cohorts in Movie Party Tonight are showing the 1974 […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Sept. 11
I have been told by my friends who tend to know about such things that there is asinger/songwriter in the modern Americana style who is bringing his sound back to our county for anyone with the vision and funds to catch a $25 ticket to his 7 p.m. gig at the Arcata Playhouse. The Marty […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Sept. 10
Francis Vanek is a Pennsylvania-born but West Coast rambling ace saxophonist of the latter-day jazz genre. He is bringing his Quartet back to the Basement tonight at 7:30 p.m. for an evening of the good stuff that will heal what ails you for a mere $5.