Yes, there are two big dance funk and electro gigs going down for those inclined that way — Fantastic Negrito at Humbrews at 8:30, and Mark Farina at Arcata Theatre Lounge around the same time (both $30) — but I tend to be inclined towards the underground, and the real heads around here dig Open […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, May 7
The Miniplex hosts an aural circus of esoterica and electronics tonight at 9 p.m. Lucy and Lucille, the digital side project of K Records’ Ruby Fray, blends dissonance and harmony into a looped sound that evokes a sort of smoky nostalgia which plays well to the soundtrack crowd, of which I count myself a citizen, […]
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A Little History, a Little Dancing
On May 5, 1862, the badly outnumbered Mexican army won an unlikely victory against the invading French during the Battle of Puebla. The significance of the short-lived victory took shape in the following year as the French established themselves as rulers with the capture of Mexico City. In a rallying sign of solidarity as far […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, April 8
Chi-town’s Zigtebra has its genesis in the LGBTQ dance scene where members Joe Zeph and Emily Rose met in a troupe called Pure Magical Love. It plays the Outer Space tonight at 7 p.m. with support from local reformed shoegazers Persephone and singer-songwriter duo Blood Honey filling in at the last minute for another fine […]
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Great Artists, Appreciative Crowds, Beautiful Place
We have a busy week this week. The Redwood Coast Music Festival will be in full swing from Thursday through Sunday with live American roots music invading Eureka venues with a passionate intensity matched only perhaps by the tidal drift of neighboring Humboldt Bay. The bands and details are too many to mention in this […]