the hum / By Bob Doran

Organic Neo-Tribal Electronica

Want to dance with Beats Antique? They’re playing Friday at the Red Fox Tavern; Portland-based producer/DJ Danny Corn opens the show.

Get your weekend started early with Noonan’s Liquid Lounge at the Jambalaya Thursday, this week featuring DJ R-kives and DJ Sycamore followed by ever-evolving funksters Moo-Got-2. Or head up to Six Rivers for The Bump Foundation. Scotch Wiggly plays alt-ish rock earlier in the evening at Mad River Brewing in Blue Lake, where I hear they’ve expanded the tasting room.

The Marjo Wilson Band, a backwoods rock band from Covelo known from numerous benefits at the Mateel, plays for the first time at the Riverwood Inn on Friday. Earlier that night, also down SoHum way, Persimmons Gallery and Café hosts a live recording session by Three on the Tree (like the stick shift), a jazz trio with Francis Vanek on sax, Tommy Lockett on bass and Persimmons proprietor Michael Curran on drums.

Kawabata Makota, the shredding guitarist from the legendary Japanese psyche-band Acid Mothers Temple, brings his awesomeness to the Jambalaya Saturday night, sharing the bill with ?Alos, a solo project by Italian experimental artist Stefania Pedretti (from the band OvO), and Radio Moscow, a heavy psyche-rock trio from Iowa, who just relocated to Arcata.

These United States, a bright shiny indie rock/folk combo from Washington D.C. and Lexington KY, hits Humboldt Brews Saturday night playing songs from their bright shiny new disc, Everything Touches Everything. Local duo Peace of Mind Orchestra opens. Haven’t heard them yet, but POMO apparently moved here from New Orleans, and that’s a good sign. They’re also playing earlier that evening at Humboldt Glassblowers in Eureka for Arts Alive!

Of course they won’t be the only band playing AA! that evening. Sari Baker and Mike Craighead are at Old Town Coffee and Chocolate; ShinBone does their R&B thing at the Eureka Theater and The Bayside Quartet plays fiddle tunes, blues and such next door at the Graves Museum.

Raconteur Jeff DeMark returns to the Westhaven Center for the Arts Saturday with some new stories, “Wax Johnson rants and ruminations” (whatever that means) and songs with music by The LaPatinas: guitarist Damon Brooks from Trifecta, Papa Houli bassist Mark O’Hara, and drummer PaulDeMark (Jeff’s twin).

The late great Bob Marley left us too early, but he left a few kids behind to carry the reggae torch, and they’re regulars around these parts. Next up: Julian Marley, who’s touring behind a new album, Arise. He plays Sunday at Nocturnum with his band The Uprising and a very special guest, his half-bro, Stephen Marley. And yes, they’ll play some of Bob’s great songs.

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