Sometimes I have nothing to accompany me as I type up this column other than the howling ghosts of regret and loneliness that course through the space between my ears like a cruel, spectral turbine. And sometimes I have some swanky new tunes to accompany the ceaseless screams from the abyss torn into existence by […]
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Coverage of the music scene in Humboldt County with upcoming shows from locals and out-of-town acts, reviews, interviews and more.
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Nov. 8
Speaking of Cadillac Ranch, that big-sound country swing act will be overseeing a fundraiser for Playhouse Arts at the Arcata Playhouse at 7 p.m. Come mingle and spend some dough for a good cause, namely keeping the lights on for our local art and music scene. This country cabaret will be packed with guest stars […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Nov. 7
The Logger Bar presents a one-off kick-off to the dirty weekend with One Night Stand Country Band, featuring members of Rooster McClintock, the Lost Dogs, Big 8 and Cadillac Ranch. There’s no cover for this 8 p.m. show, so bring some extra scratch to tip the bartenders and musicians.
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Nov. 6
The Outer Space is hosting an indie rock showcase tonight at 7 p.m. Portland’s Tradie will share the stage with local acts The Cowtown Sound, Mold and Fig, for those of you out there inclined toward gentle jams and bedroom poetry. Considering we are hitting the three-decade mark of indie rock as a genre name, […]
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Hog of the Forsaken
Now that we have burst through the membrane of the macabre month of sweet decay and symbolic death, it’s time to settle into the darker reality of standard-time long nights and the spectacle of a (sort of) election in a country that is fairly anti-democratic. It’s all well and good in my household — I […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Nov. 1
Celebrate the beginning of the Weekend of the Dead with a fantastic psychedelic show at the Miniplex at 8:30 p.m. Magic Castles from Minneapolis brings to mind the post-British Invasion, West Coast sound of the late-’60s with some analog excellence that is perfectly matched with local night trippers Western Extra. This is a must-hear for […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Oct. 31
As usual, there are many, many, many events going on all over the county. In years past I detailed quite a few of them, but lately I’ve remembered that this column isn’t called the calendar for a reason, so I’m only going to detail two shows, all live music with great bands, in an area […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Oct. 30
Starting at 7 p.m., it’s the beginning of the end for this year’s iteration of the Haunted Kinetic Lab of Horrors, the annual guided haunted house run-through at the Kinetic Sculpture Lab at Eighth and N streets in Arcata. I heard a rumor that DJ Red will be spinning his stuff for those of you […]
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The King in Yellow
Written in the last decade of the 19th century, Robert W. Chambers’ The King in Yellow inhabits a high-water mark in the lineage of weird fiction and is like nothing else in the canon, including the other published works by the author himself. Only a couple of the stories follow the titular theme to its […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Oct. 28
There’s a good pre-Halloween warm-up over at the Miniplex tonight at 8 p.m. Portland’s Dancing Plague will be sharing the stage with Aux Animaux from Sweden, for a program of haunting and spooky darkwave and industrial sounds. After the live acts pack up, local DJ crew Hispanic! at the Disco will be rolling out a […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Oct. 26
Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka is hosting the Mosaic Vocal Ensemble at 4 p.m. today, for a program of a cappella music that includes Benjamin Britten’s Hymn to St. Cecilia, a popular piece from the World War II-era with words by W.H. Auden, among other works ($20). Back at the Logger Bar at 8:30 p.m. […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Oct. 25
Folk, country and bluegrass singer-songwriter Michael Hagen has been performing solo in our county under the name Oak Top for quite some time now, but all that is coming to an end, as Hagen is set to begin the next phase of his life in Tennessee. Come celebrate his swan song Cali show at the […]