There are two mini-fest gigs tonight, so choose wisely. At 7 p.m. at the Bodyworks Alpha Annex in Eureka there is a battle of the bands in the style of local metal, featuring Image Pit, Something Wicked, Malicious Algorithm, Psyop Victim, Grug! and Death Doula, along with raffles, live boxing matches (!) and refreshments. Tickets […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, March 15
Seattle trio Biblioteka struts a wide line across a garage rock and punk frontier littered with chewed-up bubblegum pop and distorted grunge debris. Big sounds and big fun come wrapped up in a tight, bombastic package, like a TNT glitter-bomb. Tonight at 9 p.m. at the Miniplex, you can park yourself at ground zero and […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Feb. 27
Emily Robb’s latest release If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection is a rolling tone jeremiad preaching the lost gospel virtues of Old Testament instrumental guitar sounds. Fuzz and vibrato scraps of treble-sliding hacksaw blues are fleshed into a chaotic prophet’s new vision of revelation. Basically, an evening of rapture for all lovers of […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Jan. 26
DJ Kreepeeo is curating Phonk Crypt at the Miniplex tonight at 10 p.m. Expect a clubby appreciation of the mix-tape culture of the ’90s -’00s Dirty South sound, with all the grimy crunk and horror-show beauty that put underground rap on the map from Memphis to Houston. It’s a $5-$10 sliding scale but (loud enough […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Jan. 19
The Trinidad Town Hall is hosting the RLAD Jazz Quartet with special guest Rob Diggins on the “synth violin” with an evening of music under the inscrutable banner title J.G. “Jes Grew” Bach and Jazz Fusion. No idea what that’s all about. However, I do know the playersare all top notch and the program includes […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Nov. 13
Bella Union Records was founded in the U.K. 25 years ago by the bassist and guitar player for the highly influential band Cocteau Twins, whose dreamy pop sounds trickle across the label’s artist roster. One such act oozing that sound is Toronto’s Tallies who will be making a pit stop at the Miniplex tonight at […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Nov. 5
While many aspects we took for granted from the world of just-a-few-years-ago seem permanently gone, some patterns and cycles have reemerged with welcome colors into our drab-yet-distressing world of the present. One such treasure is the welcome return to our land of the Japanese psyche-music collective Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., a […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Nov. 3
The Basement opened its doors again recently after a long layoff due to … well, the circumstances we all got keelhauled by over the last few years. I didn’t get a chance to mark the occasion at the time, so I am instead suggesting that those of you who, like myself, missed the joint should […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Oct. 27
Body Academics is a queer multimedia collective from Portland that will be taking over the Miniplex tonight for a double-feature showing of the group’s original sci fi musical Evil Babylon. The film, which I have read involves an evangelical race car driver whose interplanetary travels help unbind him from a background of religious repression, stars […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Oct. 20
Tengger is a traveling family band with roots in Japan and South Korea. The name comes from the Mongolian language, meaning “unlimited expanse of sky.” Which fits the droning and gorgeous sound castles built by this family of three, including the young son Raai. The group will be making a roost at the Miniplex tonight, […]
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Movies Tonight: Wednesday, Oct. 18
Movie night! Two features but you have to pick one because the 7:30 p.m. showtimes clash. The Arcata Theatre Lounge is playing Killer Klowns from Outer Space, which is a certified kult klassic. Get there a bit earlier if you want to snag a seat, and 6 p.m. is a good time to settle in […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Oct. 14
As we ramp up to a weekday Halloween — a Tuesday, no less — we must remember that the entire month of October is open spooky season, and the weekends are our quarry. Tonight is no exception, with local odd pop outfit Cemetery Boys throwing a costume-friendly party at the Miniplex at 9 p.m. Advance […]