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, Aug. 8
Humbrews continues its August tradition of celebrating the music of the Grateful Dead with the first night of Daze Between Fest at 8:30 p.m. For a mere $10, you can enjoy a night of mostly acoustic tunes from the previously mentioned group, as well as the Jerry Garcia Band, performed by Jerry’s Kids — not the […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Aug. 6
I don’t know how many fans of early ’90s rap-rock and nu-metal are around, but if you are among them, prick up your ears for this gig at Humbrews at 8 p.m. Hed PE are veterans of the eclectic electric scene that formed in the wake of Faith No More’s late ’80s and early ’90s […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Aug. 1
It’s the first day of the mighty month of August, and as good a day as any to celebrate festival culture. If you are headed down to the 36th installment of Reggae on the River, or interested in such, I hope you have a great time. There’s plenty of info about it found elsewhere, so […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, July 30
Cory Hanson of psych-band Wand fame, blew a very big hole into the landscape for himself two years ago with the release of his acclaimed record Western Cum on Drag City Records. Since then, he has been only building on his fascinating take on psychedelia and rock weirdness. This is wall-melting death trip music, with […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, June 24
Humbrews is hosting Live Dead & Brothers, an “All-Star Appreciation of the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers.” This basically boils down to a big band full of musicians from Dead and Allman Bros. satellite bands, gathering to play from the song books of two of the biggest godfather groups of the American jam genre. […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, May 24
It’s the official beginning to the Kinetic weekend, which of course means that there’s a Rutabaga Ball happening somewhere around these parts. This year’s somewhere is the Eureka Theater, where for $20 at 7 p.m. you can join the happy hordes of racers and partiers. If you’re in the mood for another style of weirdness, […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, May 17
If you feel like learning something before grooving out, go to keet.org to register for a seat at the Arcata Playhouse for a free screening of the new documentary We Want the Funk! about the history of that groovy, butt-rattling genre of music. Afterward, you can enjoy a set of some of that good stuff […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, April 24
Jay Si is the stage name of New York State to Portland, Oregon, transplant Jeff Chilton, who fronts a funk powerhouse from that city called Jay Si Proof. Expect a mix of high-energy dance tracks and mellow groove intermissions at their show tonight at Humbrews at 8:30 p.m. ($15, $12 advance). Similarly sonically aligned Soul […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, April 11
There’s a slap-dance night of tightwire funk and bounceable jams happening at Humbrews at 8:30 p.m. for those of you itching to boogie. Seattle’s instrumental funk ‘n soul band True Loves joins forces with local mothership Object Heavy to make the floor rippled and body strengthen with the healing frequencies of the Groove. Early tickets […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, March 28
Speaking of cumbia music and Latin grooves, if you really want to dance your ass down to a nub with some of the finest beat chugging sound blasters in the country, swing over to Humbrews at 9 p.m. for a hefty dose of Makenu, who have set the marker many times over for the county […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, March 25
Recalling viral music trends and archiving them in the mind seems at odds with the transient nature of the medium — and the flashbang attention span economy it represents — but for those of you who remember, there was a sea shanty thing kicking around about a while ago, starting with a cover of “The […]