Even more local action tonight, all within block-party distance. The New Pelicans are back at it again at Wrangletown Cider, with doors at 7 p.m. and music a half an hour later, terminating by 10 p.m. Southern roots and soul are likely on the docket ($10) A later-lasting show begins at Humbrews at 8 p.m., […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, March 19
Don’t ask me how, but we have hit the shoreline of the second season of the year and considering the windy wake of this winter’s wet wallop, not a moment too soon. There are many ways to celebrate this shift, from the internal reset to the journal entry to a nude, screaming barbaric yawp and […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, March 3
Many years ago, when I was a teenager, I snagged a ticket to one of Eureka’s various blues music by the bay festivals, where as an aspiring bass player I had hoped to study some of the low end wranglers jamming in the assorted rhythm sections under the blue skies. A lot of acts played […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Feb. 29
One of the stranger and more cinematic acts to break into the fringes of the American mainstream, a band that can be called Dadaist without flinching, is back on the road and coming to Humboldt. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is possibly the only group to ever work the word “tintinnabulation” into a catchy song and have […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Feb. 23
Humbrews is hosting a night of local skanking and grooves when ska-mongers Checkered Past join forces with Caribbean Jazz Odyssey to keep the dancefloor bouncing. It’s $10 to get in, 9 p.m. is the advertised starting time and DJ Burnt Reynolds will preside over the in-between vibes.
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Feb. 10
The Outer Space is hosting a Punks for Palestine benefit show tonight at 7:30 p.m., with bands Vegan Slaughterhouse, The Groomers, Brain Dead Rejects and Heart Eyes putting in their best effort for a good cause. The door is $5-$10 sliding scale, and the proceeds go to the American Near East Refugee Aid, providing relief […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Feb. 1
Comedy-rap curio Afroman is back in town tonight at 9 p.m. at Humbrews. Best known for his 2000 track “Because I Got High,” Afroman has kept the faith with touring in support of a steady stream of new material. He’s even running for president and, according to his website, has a fairly progressive platform, highlighting […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Jan. 28
Hey hey, it’s another Grateful Getdown matinee show at Humbrews today at 3 p.m., overseen by some of this county’s greatest G. Dead interpreters. Last night’s 9 p.m. gig was for adults of drinking age only but today’s hoedown is for dead people of all ages. As was the case on Saturday, $10 is the […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Jan. 21
If you are a fan of the sort of music that is brewed up in jammy cauldrons for the purpose of making kombucha tonics of festival-friendly tunes whose experimentation never strays too far from note-filled dance grooves and good vibration flavors, then this is your night. Your only quarrel is figuring out how to navigate […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Jan. 20
Tonight belongs to hip hop, at least over at Humbrews, anyway. From 6 to 9 p.m., there will be an all-ages cypher hosted by Chill Will and DJ Burnt Reynolds. Then, after an hour-long reset, the 21-and-over crowd takes over, where for $10 you can enjoy performances by ATG, RA HMPT and Area Sound, all […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Jan. 6
Humbrews is hosting a 50th birthday bash for musician Rob Amerman at 9 p.m. tonight. The lineup features local heavies Former Chimps, War Möth and The Big Mahoff. Rob himself will be playing fuzzed-out instrumentals on guitar in a dynamic duo featuring the drummer Crash Landing. If this is of interest to you, consider stopping […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 15
Hot on the heels of the Hip Hop Humboldt Holiday hoedown earlier this month comes another group cypher with a lot of the same names on the marquee. This one’s at Humbrews and it comes in two stages, so listen up. 6-9 p.m. is the free all-ages Fatbol cypher. After 9:30 p.m., however, it’s $10 […]