Ruby Ruth and Mule Ranch are raising money to record their debut album of superb local folkster country tunes, and they are going about it in perhaps the best way possible: by putting on a show. The show in question will be at the Arcata Playhouse this evening at 7:30 p.m., and the tickets will […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Oct. 24
It’s a good idea to support arts and music programs for the youths out there, especially those growing up in a society which is increasingly hostile to creative expression. In that spirit, I am going to steer you to McKinleyville High School, where at 7 p.m. you can experience the first performance of the ArMack […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, 20
Tonight is a very good night for those of you out there who appreciate improvisation music done right by two champions of the punk to cosmic soul train and a next-gen, more modern acolyte of the form. I am speaking about Mike Watt, founding bassist of pioneering punk act the Minutemen, guitarist Joe Baiza of […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Oct. 19
Lots of business is going down this Saturday night, so I thought I’d mix things up a bit and recommend a show outside of my normal route and field of interest. Bloody Kisses is a burlesque performance presented by Duchess Burlesque and inspired by the words of that creepy, born again and dead now vampire […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Oct. 18
I am hot and cold about the NPR Tiny Desk Concerts. Some I really enjoy, where the artist(s) appreciate the medium and don’t overindulge to squash the intimacy of the form. Others just seem like annoying showboating. But my brother loves them, and I defer to his judgment, particular when it comes to soul and […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Oct. 17
Well, the E-40 show at the Van Duzer Theatre looks to be sold out, but that’s of little matter, as there is an absolute scorcher happening down at the Miniplex at 6 p.m. Set the controls to the violent center of creation, as psychedelic drone rangers Carlton Melton are back in town, and bringing the […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Oct. 16
It’s the last night for Jenny Scheinman Presents All Species Parade at the Arcata Playhouse at 7 p.m. This is a love-letter suite of songs for her native Humboldt County, so it behooves us to give this gal a listen, because she is one of the treasures of our home who has broken containment and […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Oct. 15
Hey daddios, daddiettes and all hep-cats in between, it’s Tuesday night, so that means another freebie at the Speakeasy by one of our most talented groups of jazz-bos, the Opera Alley Cats. Music starts at 7 p.m. (what is it with that hour and this week?) and a responsible cocktail or two will only enhance […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Oct. 14
Here’s an interesting one happening at Humbrews at 8 p.m. Czech group Uz Jsme Doma (“We are home,” according to Google translate) is a mash-up band of punky prog, jazz and Eastern European tones, who have been around long enough to have toured the world and once been considered youthful subversives in their native, well, […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Oct. 13
DuffyxUhlmann is an acoustic guitar duo featuring two players from the modern alternative scene, most notably having been associated with Perfume Genius and Hand Habits. They will be joined by local music master John Wood, of Black Keys fame, for a night of some genuinely intense musical frisson. The spot is the Sanctuary, a perfect […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Oct. 12
The Miniplex is the place to be tonight if you are looking for the sort of dreamy pop music that makes one gaze down in reflection at one’s navel or shoes. Seattle’s MØAA plays a series of nocturnal submissions designed to make the mind fill in unreal spaces between the buildings of bedsore reality. And […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Oct. 11
I love a good show at the Arcata Veterans Hall, and tonight’s line-up can’t be beat, especially the headliners. I’m talking about the return of the Bow-Legged Buzzards, my favorite rot-gut country thrashers led by the devil’s own fiddler himself, Phill Irvine. Rounding out the bill are mega-riffsters Ultramafic and Marble Jar, for whom I […]