Reggae Dreaming
Looking for yet another sort of country music? Reno’s infamous “scumbag country” band Hellbound Glory plays raw, gritty music with a twang. They’re in town all weekend playing Friday at the Wave, Saturday at the Jambalaya and Sunday at Six Rivers.
“White Nipples in Summer” is the slightly twisted name the Summers in Kuwait guys came up with for their triple psyche bash at the Jambalaya Friday with White Manna and Nipplepotmaus.
Heads up from Lou of Dirty Waffle Productions on a show Saturday at the Li’l Red Lion featuring Santa Rosa crust/thrash metal monsters Blod Rott and two“rip-roaring opening bands”: The Revocateurs and The Bored Again (which is just one guy, Dave from Smashed Glass and Social Ills).
The Headless Cross Tour hits the Arcata Theatre Lounge Saturday featuring The Tony Martin Band. Mr. Martin served as vocalist for Black Sabbath from 1987-1997, while Ozzy was on hiatus. Tour P.R. says that they are “commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Black Sabbath’s album Headless Cross.”It does not note that U.S. audiences were cold on Sabbath at the time and the Headless Cross tour of 1989 was cut short due to poor ticket sales. Magnum frontman T-McN reports that his band was offered an opening slot: “The promoter for Headless Cross said we could have the honor of sharing the Arcata Theatre stage with HC — if we pre-sold 40 of the $30 (!) tix. I said: No way, no how.” There are other openers however: Siva Addiction, “a hard rock band out of Oklahoma City,” and “dark-edged power group” Curse Icon from Powell, Ohio.
Around the time Tony joined Sabbath, a band of brothers called the Voodoo Glow Skulls started playing ska-punk tunes in SoCal backyards. As they put it succinctly on the website bio: “We are the Voodoo Glow Skulls from Riverside, Calif., traveling all around the world and bringing our sound of West Coast ska-core since 1988. We play fast. We play hard. We play the voodoo sound like no other.” Catch them on Tuesday, July 14, at the Arcata Theatre Lounge. The Social Ills open.
Mad cellist Rushad Eggleston is back in town with his band, Tornado Rider, playing at Humboldt Brews Wednesday, July 15. He’s been known to strip naked mid-song. Need I say more?
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Release Me
New CDs from Vidagua, Side Iron, Johnny Render, Martin and Blades, plus Bob D’s birthday and radio news
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May 17
Going Viral
Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers, plus Ryan MacEvoy, Broken Water and music for a black sun
May 10
The Power
Patti Smith, plus The Black & White Ball, Carrie Rodriguez, fake Beach Boys and pilfered keys
May 3
Hold the Mayo
Music for a quasi-Mexican holiday, plus jazz, folky Cars, and The Shondes
Today
44th Annual Kinetic Grand Championship Race
STAFF PICK / events, art, outdoors, sports, for kids, free / 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A 3-day, 42-mile kinetic sculpture race over land, sand, mud and water! LeMans start at the Noon Whistle on the Arcata Plaza. Follow the race through Manila, Eureka and into Ferndale on Memorial Day for the Glorious Finish. kineticgrandchampionship.com. 889-3024.
Vidagua CD Release
STAFF PICK / music / 9 p.m. Red Fox Tavern, 415 5th St., Eureka. Reggae-meets-Latin bilingual vocal duo Vidagua is celebrating the release of a self-titled CD. theredfoxtavern.com. 269-0282.
Flow 2012 Fashion Show
STAFF PICK / events / 8 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Student designed and produced clothing. Fundraiser for Arcata Arts Institute. $35/$25 students. artsinstitute.net. 822-1220.
NightHawk (classic rock)
music / 9 p.m. Cher-Ae-Heights Casino, 27 Scenic Dr., Trinidad.
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TWO Comments
Comment / By Little Jimmy / July 10, 2009, 7:48 p.m.
Simon Legree’s is in Hawkins Bar, not Br. I used to live on Friday Ridge, only in a house on the grid….
& I thought Hellbound Glory were playing Alibi on Saturday? I could be wrong…
Comment / By Bob Doran / July 14, 2009, 1:13 p.m.
Hellbound Glory was originally scheduled for the Alibi, but the club was closed for a few days while Alchemy redid their floors — there was uncertainly about whether the job would be done on time, so they moved the show to the Jam.