It’s a good night to be blue all over. Here are some musical considerations appropriateto that theme. At 8 p.m. at the Arcata Playhouse, blues singer and returning champion Earl Thomas will be joined by red hot guitarist Anthony Cullins and assorted musicians to fill the joint with the searing blue flames of classic heart-born […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Sept. 19
San Francisco’s Fisherman Tiki Band has roots in Humboldt going back to the ’90sand will be bringing its retro-tinged, tropic ambience to the Logger Bar as part of theRegal Beagle takeover of the venue for the evening, ahead of the North Country Fair inArcata. Starting at 5 p.m., there will be music provided by the […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Sept. 18
Fairly new Arcata venue Froth is hosting a banger tonight, with Tijuana hardcore bandHong Kong Fuck You returning to the area as headlingers. On the undercard forsupport you will find some of our own local distorted treasures: Brain Dead Rejects,Gourmandizer, Psyop Victim, and Radical Apes. This is an early show, with doors at5 p.m., and, […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Sept. 1
Fresh of the success of last week’s 24-hour telethon, Savage Henry Comedy Club still has the lights on and is putting on the good stuff for the all-ages crowds who just want something fucking loud and heavy in their lives. I’m talking about another installment of Metal Monday. This week’s lineup is an international affair, […]
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Dancing in the Streets at the 39th Annual I-Block Party
Arcata’s biggest street bash returns. The 39th annual I Block Party takes over I Street between 10th and 11th (in front of Los Bagels) on Monday, Sept. 1, from noon to 6 p.m. (free admission). This family friendly fundraiser for the Arcata–Camoapa Sister City Project features live music from the Jim Lahman Band (noon to […]
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Local Filmmaker Griffin Loch’s The Distilled Screens at Ferndale Rep
He’s already scared the pants off you at the Ferndale Scaregrounds and the Scream-a-Torium Haunted House. Now Griffin Loch is bottling up the terror for the big screen. The Undistilled, Loch’s fourth feature film, pours out Sunday, Aug. 31, at 6 p.m. at the historic Ferndale Repertory Theatre ($15). Filmed in Humboldt County (with plenty […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Aug. 30
Local beach-pop vibe merchants and purveyors of tunes retooled from the age of eight-track stereos in shag carpeted boogie vans, The California Poppies are finally ready to present their concert film The Holy Rainbow at the Minor Theatre, its place of conception two years ago. The Poppies will be joined by director Griffin Loch for […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Aug. 29
Here’s a good one for all you headbangers and boppers out there. Tonight’s 7 p.m. show at Moss Oak Commons features Portland’s bubbly doom and pop act Fox Medicine, along with local heroes Image Pit (hiya Dylan, it was nice meeting you the other week), Brain Dead Rejects, and the ever-heavy Psyop Victim. Roll through after 7 p.m. […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Aug. 28
Hermit Crab, Death Doula play tonight at The Epitome Gallery. Hermit Crab is a multi-instrumental duo that comes together to create a musical fusion of punk, dance, rock and groove music. Death Doula from Portland is in Eureka on a west coast tour.
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Aug. 27
The Miniplex is hosting a mid-week creepshow with Loveland, Colorado’s Doom Scroll, an acoustic crust punk band with a unique sound built on heavy picking and the loud/quiet dynamics and bratty singing from the heyday of American emo music. If that scratches your itch, come get some relief tonight at 7:30 p.m. Also on the […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Aug. 25
I’m going to keep pumping up shows at Savage Henry Comedy Club for as long as it takes for the ship to right itself, the public to keep it afloat and beyond. I have an agenda when it comes to keeping our offbeat and one-of-a-kind clubs alive, particularly those who host all-ages shows, because Lord […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Aug. 24
It wouldn’t be a proper calendar year in Humco without a visit from Afroman, the busy cult-famous rapper and occasional presidential candidate whose prodigious output eclipses his early claim to fame, 2000’s “Because I Got High.” The man tours relentlessly and kicks out blunt wrapped comedy jams nearly yearly, so he’s a legend in my […]