Humboldt Brews celebrates Local Band Night with surf rockers The Mother Vines, whose sound, at least on the track “Wild Free Country,” inspired agreeable head-nodding by the people who happened to be sitting around my living room while I wrote this. Also Dead Drift, a band without a Facebook or Google profile — apparently they’re […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Avant-Garde, Twangy and Influential Options
A-town #1To a certain group of avant-garde rock fans — do you count yourself among them? — Dead Rider and Free Salamander Exhibit are legend. Dead Rider pulls off loopy time signatures, seemingly random distortion and oddball bits of sound here and there, all while maintaining a sound hypnotic enough you can’t turn away. Reminds […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: The Siren Calls
Mmmmmmmonday. It’s not always a bad thing! Tonight for example, the Siren’s Song Tavern is the site once again of a fun, fun show, this time with Ruby Pins, all quiet vocals and louder sounds that wander the pop gamut, Silver Shadows, described as “Veruca Salt meets Lush,” and our very own Monster Women. All […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Remembering Tina, Festive Festivals, Burlesque, Dreamy Pop and Sludge
Tina Fraser Photo by Bob Doran On a serious note — although I sense the event will be as much celebration as memorial — a bunch of former/current denizens of the Humboldt County punk scene are hosting Tina Bina Boob Ops Wake, a gig/remembrance for Tina Fraser, who passed away from cancer earlier this year. […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Dig Deep, Dance Hard, Goth Out (VIDEO)
When’s the last time you went to the Digger? Exactly. What a perfect opportunity to head out to the Clam Beach Inn — with your designated driver, natch — and witness Humboldt skate rockers Imperial Destructo, the punk-blues (emphasis on punk) stylings of Nebraska’s Saint Christopher and the dirty folk of Montana’s Whiskey Hooves (see video above). […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Old Friends, Young Voices
Trinidadians, take note: The Westhaven Center for the Arts looks to be hopping this weekend. Tonight at 7 p.m., the RLA Trio (Tim Randles, Mike LaBolle and Bobby Amirkhan) performs with guest singer Claire Bent , reputed to be “the finest young jazz singer in town.” Cover is $5 to $10 sliding scale. On Saturday […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: A-Town’s Biggish Name Options
Two fine Arcata shows await your attendance tonight. How’re you feeling, Humboldt? Christian Lee Hutson is one of a new generation of American singer-songwriters clearly drawn toward the traditional, but not hampered by tradition. His music has a certain elegance, more Bulleit than Jack, which likely accounts for the 24-year-old Huston’s having already shared stages […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Labor of Love
Here are things Tacocat, Ponytime and Chastity Belt have in common: Seattle A certain danceability to their various forms of pop/punk/rock Members in the “supergroup” band Childbirth. Julia Shapiro (guitar, vocals), Bree McKenna (bass, vocals) and Stacy Peck (drums) are clearly having fun, but dead serious about kicking ass, lyrically and musically. Favorite tracks include […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Would You Like To Have Your Face Melted?
Fourth of July fireworks a distant memory? Do you need more explosions? No worries! A-town will literally (literally!) blow up when the experimental sludge ferocity of Tacoma’s Lozen and punk-noise brilliance of Los Angeles’ Qui (who boasted The Jesus Lizard’s David Yow as a band mate for a time and still work with him when […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: A splash of this, a dash of that
Let’s say you wanted to create a band perfectly suited to play at Humboldt Brews… Its members would be from Colorado. They’d inspire dancing. They’d have instrumental chops that they’d use to showcase an understanding of folk music ranging from “gipsy” to “full-on mountain stomps.” They’d probably be produced by Dan Rodriguez of Elephant Revival. […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Rock at the ‘bi
Oh, Nipplepotamus! Why would you play a show at the Alibi when I am out of town? Fans of the band are already ramping up for the trio’s Alien Scene album release show. For those inexperienced with the band’s hypnotic twist on surfy-psychedelic-indie-rock — go get yourself some. (If Alien Scene were subject to old-school […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: In Which We Celebrate the Freedom to Describe Oneself
Siren’s Song boasts “exotic dancer in full effect” for the tavern’s July 4 party. What constitutes “full effect” remains to be seen, but hopefully the offering is more original than it sounds. Speaking of sounds, those will be in attendance as well, specifically the “synthesized, rhythmic bass poetry” of Hypha, Wu Wei (a 21-year-old Los-Angeles-to-Humboldt-County […]