April ends with this issue, along with a microdosing session of damnation in my house that began with an early Holy Saturday and ended with a rewatch of Citizen Kane last weekend. The connective tissue between these events came courtesy of a revisit to Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, where, sometime around April 10, 1300 A.D., […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, April 26
Speaking of Moss Oak Commons, there’s another great bill for the books happening at the all-ages spot around 7:30 p.m. this evening. Vibey rock warblers Dining Dead are floating down from Seattle to share some bright vocal sunbursts from the atmospheric plane where synths meet guitar pedals, while Clean Girl and the Dirty Dishes does […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, April 25
Yes, there are two big dance funk and electro gigs going down for those inclined that way — Fantastic Negrito at Humbrews at 8:30, and Mark Farina at Arcata Theatre Lounge around the same time (both $30) — but I tend to be inclined towards the underground, and the real heads around here dig Open […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, April 24
The more horrible the loss, the greater the celebration. Or at least that’s how it goes when your friends and loved ones are musicians imbued with the sacred and profane ability to move people, from heels to heart and ass to soul. Earlier this year, we lost one of our great rhythm-makers, bassist Lyza Padilla […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, April 23
The Basement is hosting a fresh version of an old favorite from the live scene tonight at 8 p.m. Canary and the Vamp has been revamped into Canary, featuring Bev Twist from the previous lineup, Ryan Roberts from Absynth Quartet and same, Amanda Malachesky from Hobohemia and points unknown, and Eureka Symphony bassist Ron Lee. […]
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Never, Forever
Something interesting about the springtime is the contradiction embedded between the old sensations that stir with the rising virgin growth of the newborn season. The vitality that comes with the turgid sap-flow and exploding blooms busting out colors and scents everywhere is shaded with a heavy atmosphere of the past, a twilight zone of dead […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, April 19
Another big day for fans of loud, amplified electric guitars and battered-attitude drums. The ever-fantastic metal guerrilla cell Psyop Victim sits atop a bill with Hotel Riot, Bipolar Bear — featuring members of the Hitch, the Cookers and Scurvy Dogs — and Dave O’s fantastic bass- driven punk bullhorn TheBoredAgain. More interesting still, it’s all […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, April 19
Six Rivers Brewery is the place to be for a special session of dance, untethered ecstatic worship and an open mixer and celebration of joy for Humboldt’s queer community. Starting today and going forward, DJ Thornestar and The Outlaw Jamie B will be hosting Sanctuary Sundays on the third Sunday of the month. This month’s […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, April 17
The Miniplex is hosting a local alterna-pop tonight at 8 p.m., when the sonic cavern will be taken over by the ever-ebullient Jacki & the Jollies and the interestingly named act Heaven’s Taint, playing power punk covers and others. I’ve seen Jacki & Co. get their jollies at a diverse range of venues, from the […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, April 16
The Siren’s Song is hosting a smokin’ amp rock show tonight. Blackplate needs no introduction in this column, but merely a reminder that they are one of the loudest and best heavy sound dealers around these parts. Lady in Waiting is, according to Sean Casement from the aforementioned band, a local supergroup featuring members of […]
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El Sueño
We’ve all been in a funny spot lately, and we all know why, so I won’t drag the pen across that point any further. One thing about living through such disastrous and deeply stupid times is that we are all aware of the horrors enough that a wave of the hand says more than words […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, April 15
It’s the return of synth pop artist Madeline Goldstein, who has been developing her unique take on darkwave from her hometown days in Portland, Oregon, to her more expansive creative center in Los Angeles. She’s back at the Miniplex for an early show tonight at 7 p.m., along with Red Room DJs KreePeeO, Zero One, […]