Folks, the big spooky is finally here and I’m not talking about the midterms on Tuesday. There are plenty of doings transpiring under the waning gibbous moon tonight, so I have focused on a few musical treats before pulling my disappearing trick for the week: Find a goodie and enjoy. The Miniplex is hosting an […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Oct. 30
The Shanty is putting on a free All-Hallows Eve-eve show tonight at 8 p.m., with local combat thrash band Psyop Victim providing local support for Los Lonely Stars, a Los Saicos cover band from Los Angeles. Meanwhile a half hour later at Humbrews, Poor Man’s Whiskey will be taking over with Dark Side of the […]
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The Candyman Can
As is often the case during this time of year, I was watching a horror film recently — nothing special, a French rip-off of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 Dracula movie — when I found myself so bored by the stupidity of the whole thing that I slipped into a sort of dream state. I think […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Oct. 26
The music associated with Steely Dead should be pretty easy for many people to figure out, but in case there’s any confusion, this Denver-based jam band fills its sets with songs by two very different but similarly adored bands from the ’70s: Steely Dan and the Grateful Dead. And although both now-defunct bands are known […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Oct. 25
Jazz and worship musician and hymn writer Dan Damon is putting on a performance of his devotional music at First United Methodist Church in Eureka at 4 p.m. I believe this is a “donations welcome” type of event, although I haven’t found a suggested amount as of press time.
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Oct. 24
Blues, soul, folk and Americana singer/songwriter Chris Pierce will be at the Old Steeple tonight at 7:30 p.m. Pierce has toured and released albums for the last three decades, sharing some big stages with artists like Neil Young and B.B. King. The man plays a lot of instruments and has a big voice, which is […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Oct. 23
Etana is the stage name of Shauna McKenzie, a Grammy-nominated singer originally from Jamaica whose reggae vocals have been winning fans around the world for nearly two decades. Tonight, she will be bringing her neo-soul reggae sound to Humbrews at 9 p.m. Tickets are going for $25 in advance, $30 at the door, so plan […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Oct. 22
Caveman Dave is a one-man band whose main instruments are guitar and vocals. Therecordings I listened to feature some programmed backing rhythm tracks and both acoustic and electric guitars, along with hybrids like the cigar box guitar. He lives and teaches music lessons in Eugene, Oregon, and regularly tours the coast hitting bars and pubs […]
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Dream a Little Dream
Do you ever wonder why it seems so much easier for Americans to fantasize about an apocalypse than a revolution? Or why we are more attracted to entertainment with visions of post-apocalyptic scarcity and violence rather than a peaceful, cohesive, post-revolutionary society that nurtures a livable future? For most of this new century, our culture […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Oct. 17
Nothing screams freedom quite like an all-ages punk show during the beginning of the school year. Tonight’s line-up at the Siren’s Song Tavern looks like fun, fun, fun and then some. Groove and thrash punk act SNAKEHEAD has twisted down the coast from Crescent City — or Crooked Titty, as my sister calls it — […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Oct. 16
The jazz residency collective After Hours presents “Three: The Evolution of the Piano Trio,” with music spanning the works of Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans and beyond. Swing by the Arcata Playhouse by 7 p.m. to hear the goods delivered by Matt Seno on keys, bassist Lee Phillips and the young prodigy Ramsey Isaacs on the […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Oct.15
If you are in the mood to hear some of the best local folk and bluegrass — and simply can’t wait a week and a day for their show at the Siren’s Song Tavern with The Pine Box Boys — come over to the Basement around 7:30 p.m. to enjoy some songs by Elderberry Rust […]