We get email. “I’m Ann from Darsombra. We are an audio-visual live performance experience (a band!), and we’ve got a show coming up in Eureka at the Ink Annex. The show is part of an eight-week cross-country tour and it marks the 20th anniversary of my bandmate Brian Daniloski‘s first tour around the country with […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Experimental Jazz, Electronic Beats, Beats, Beats!
Pianist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist producer Marco Benevento, a man who has never suffered from lack of talent and whom you might know from Garage A Trois, Surprise Me Mr. Davis and numerous other bands, brings his legacy of experimental jazz and rock to the Jambalaya. It’s $12, $10 advanced and The Getdown will apparently be playing, too. […]
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Island Buzz
Check out this morning’s NPR segment on Future Islands, a North Carolina indie band fresh from SXSW and slated for an April 7 show at Humboldt Brews ($10). The band killed it on Letterman, so get to Hum Brews early and catch them at the smallest, cheapest show they’ll probably be playing for some time.
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Tonight’s Setlist: Saturday satisfaction (and Germanic deep house future thizz)
Humboldt’s dark new wave darlings Space Biscuit play The Palm Lounge with Arcata’s Wownd following some stand-up comedy with Ben Feldman. The funny stuff starts at 8 p.m., theoretically, and the music kicks off around 10 p.m. Cover is $5 from 8 to 9:30 then a $3 to $5 suggested donation. Maybe you want to […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Get Your Friday On With Fiddles or Livetronica or Jazz or Not-Jazz
Austin heroine Carrie Rodriguez and renowned roots fiddler Luke Jacobs perform at Arcata Playhouse in support of their new album Live At The Cactus. Tickets are $15 general and $13 students. Show starts at 8 p.m. Livetronica pioneers Particle are best known for marathon sets at Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and the Austin City Limits Music […]
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It’s a Toss Up
Leave your jokes about clown college at the door — Jamie Coventry and Natasha Kaluza have the sort of hand-eye coordination usually reserved for surgeons and super heroes. They take clowning to a level so high you almost don’t want to be afraid of clowns. The San Francisco Circus Center Clown Conservatory graduates are about […]
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Aloooo-ha!
Thank you, Winter, that will be all. We’re done here. We are tossing the wool socks and sweaters. In fact, some of us are even jumping the gun and going straight into summer — a flash of sun and suddenly people are in cut-offs and flip-flops. Daylight savings? Pfft. We are on island time. If […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Choose-your-own-adventure Thursday
Let’s start in Eureka. Meskalito, a new Arcata funk ensemble, joins funk improv quintet Ultra Secret Good Guy Organization in support of Ashland’s moody alt rockers The Jawbone Club at the Palm Lounge. Show starts at 9 p.m., is free (tips appreciated, touring costs!) and 21-and-over. Moving over to A-town, Arcata mega-poppers The Wild Lungs […]
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It’s a Terrific Tuesday!
What do you need to know about The Rebirth Brass Band other than that the show is at Humboldt Brews, costs $20, starts at 9:30 p.m. and is 21-and-over? These guys are an international phenom. From the streets of New Orleans to points around the globe, The Rebirth Brass Band brings the funk so heavy […]
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Jazz Hands
Be prepared to blow your top. The Redwood Coast Jazz Festival is a weekend of jazz, blues, swing, dance and general excitement. The festivities boogie-woogie their way onto the scene with the Kick-off Dance at the Adorni Center on Thursday, March 27 at 7 p.m. Donna Landry and Swing Set open the evening, followed by […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: From Mandolins to Oscillations, Your Entertainment Options
#1 Mandolinist John Reischman, guitarist Scott Nygaard, and bassist/mandolinist Sharon Gilchrist blend traditional bluegrass and folk styles with contemporary acoustic music, reshaping old melodies and composing new music with a flair and richness that can be experienced at the Arcata Playhouse on Sunday night. Grammy winners Reischman and Nygaard have performed together regularly since the […]