Speaking of musical tributes, local genius and keeping departed sounds alive, Barking Dogma is playing the music of the late Kevyn Dymond with a new line-up featuring local drummer and sound -slinger Michael “Tofu” Schwartz. Red Hot Shame is the other half of the lineup at the new-ish Siren’s Song Tavern tonight at 8 p.m., […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Oct. 9
James Zeller and the J-Street Regulars are playing another jazz tribute gig — not on J Street, as the Sanctuary isn’t an option currently — but rather at the Arcata Playhouse. Tonight’s gig happens on the eve of the 110th anniversary of the birth of the tributee, a feast for the high priest of bop, […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Oct. 8
Fine Folk is an ensemble of young musicians from Long Beach who play a mix of indiebluegrass, country and folk songs (duh). Led by main singer and guitarist Eva Loona Smith, this mostly acoustic multi-instrumental seven-piece is doing what any good players with an interest in tradition do when forced to live in the fresh […]
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A Nightmare on Main Street
If you ever find yourself wondering what being haunted or possessed feels like, think about a nightmare. Then wake up and try to move on. Think about a beautiful dream. Then wake up and once again try to get on with your life. If you have ever suffered from privation — a serious deficit of […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Oct. 7
Ilyas Ahmed is a Portland-based experimental musician who has a long discographyfull of collaborations with similar West Coast gems, including a lovely record with JefreCantu-Ledesma from my favorite ’90s San Francisco dynamic-ambient band Tarantel.He is currently on tour with Seattle’s motorik mashers somesurprises and will belanding at the Miniplex at 7 p.m. for an early […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Oct. 6
Burnstitch Artist Collective is throwing a local band showcase at Savage Henry Comedy Club tonight at 7 p.m. to get some energy going to four groups in the area who deserve some attention. Those bands are punk bands 3.5% and Indexterity, psych rock act Kybos and indie grunge rockers Dune TV. As with every B.A.T. […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Oct. 2
The Miniplex is hosting a punk rock zoological cage match tonight around 9 p.m. withCincinnati trio Jon Q Public linking up with local fauna Dumpster Puppies, Berk & theJerx and The Smashed Glass. This venue has some of the better underground touringact calendars in the area, but rarely books straight up punk shows, so this […]
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The Modern Prometheus
And just like that, we are back in the beginning of spooky season, the 10th month of the year — ridiculously and archaically named October — the month that not only ends with Halloween, but begins with what is now the ninth anniversary of my time writing about music, politics, people and art for this […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Sept. 30
Two midweek shows in Arcata to report on then I’m done until the next deadline. First up at 7 p.m. at the Outer Space, you will find Los Angeles shoegaze and pop act Young Lovers sharing the all-ages stage with indie locals Pennies for Pluto and Luna Sophia. Tickets are a negotiable, sliding scale $10-$20 […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Sept. 28
Savage Henry Comedy Club is hosting a loud one tonight at 7:30 p.m. Triangle Fire from Athens, Georgia, joins Grass Valley’s Arüspex and our very own Brain Dead Rejects — who just keep getting better — for an all-ages punk and crust extravaganza presented by the Burnstitch Artist Collective. Tickets are $15 at the door, […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Sept. 27
Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka is offering the sounds of its mighty Kegg organ to the public once again, with a performance at 4 p.m. by virtuosic organist Dave Schofield. The event is free, but there is a suggested donation of $20, which I can attest is a fair price to pay for proximity to […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Sept. 26
Eraser is a band from Philadelphia whose sound slaps with a live wire urgency that rippled through and animated more than a few fantastic lurching grotesques from the past, such as DNA and Deerhoof. They’re playing at the Miniplex tonight at 9 p.m. Speaking of lurching from the past, local bladerunners Control Voltage, aka CV, […]