Blogs: Posts Tagged ‘ live music preview ’

Friday !!! (Chk-Chk-Chk) (Social) Maia and the Makeshift, Kindergarten Friends (Orlando Brewing) Pretty Lights (House of Blues) Zap Dragon, Kelly Craven, Derek & Addison (Austin’s) Daniel Holley, the Medics, Animals in the Attic (Benefit Show for South Africa @ Copper Rocket) Orlando Jamtown’s Orlando Jamdown Dos Emery (Park Ave CDs) Pop Head, Black Tent...
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This is what Sammy O’Hagar, my colleague over at MetalSucks, had to say about Tombs’ first album: Tombs are what it would sound like if a sludgecore band got put through the black metal ringer wearing a Godflesh shirt. But that doesn’t do them justice. The guitars are warm (even when chilly blackened tremolo...
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Vein Cranes record release party, with Hungry Gayze (Peacock Room) Mike Watt (Social) Zoroaster, Junior Bruce, Sterile Prophet (Back Booth; yes, Weedeater cancelled) Gordon Lightfoot (Plaza) Roy Jay (McRaney’s) Adelle Cotton performance and discussion on songrwriting (Urban Rethink)
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You know that Cave Singers guitarist Derek Fudesco used to be in Pretty Girls Make Graves and the Murder City Devils. You also know that Cave Singers sounds exactly like neither of those bands. Why? Because the Cave Singers’ secret weapon is vocalist Pete Quirk, a man possessed of the raw and expansive sort...
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Maximino, Dark Sea of Awareness (Bar-B-Q Bar)   Sugar+ Gold, Yip Deciever, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, Telethon, Rich Aucoin (Back Booth)   The Moon is a Disco Ball continue their folk adventure through space. (Uncle Lou’s)   Vetiver, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion (Social)
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Vancouver’s Dead Ghosts play garage rock. Not the sweet, sunshine-y pop that some people call garage rock. Not the soulful, shake-your-ass stuff that some people call garage rock. No, Dead Ghosts play gnarly, red-lined, falling-apart-at-the-seams garage rock. Yeah, you can shake your ass to it, and yeah, you can sing along to it,...
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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (Beacham) The “Metalliance” tour features Helmet running through the entirety of Meantime, but, more importantly, it includes the almighty St. Vitus. (Firestone) If you missed Hymn For Her at Lowebow Fest on Saturday, you get another chance tonight. (Audubon Park Market)
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Friday The Bloody Jug Band, SugarFreeMusic, Alex Hayes, Sarah Purser (Back Booth) Whiskey & Co, Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves, Roberto Aguilar, Bartender Brian (Will’s) Mandy Sloan, Rochele Medrozo, Gabrielle Fequiere (Not For Sale: A Benefit to End Modern-Day Slavery @ Sleeping Moon) The Rules, Summer Bungalow (Stardust) Lone Hymnal, Lonesome City Travelers,...
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Confession: When it comes to post-Hot Water Music bands, I’m fairly partial to the Draft‘s burly, rootsy take on punk rock. But since the Draft is in the past, and Chris Wollard is firmly focused on Chris Wollard & the Ship Thieves, I gotta say, they’re filling the gap quite nicely. A little more...
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Kids Beating Cancer benefit, with Bob on Blonde, the Plush Monsters, Jeff & Chris from Mumpsy, Colors (Dungeon Lounge)   Capsule, Khann, Demoter (Will’s) Marc Broussard (Plaza) Britt Daley (Back Booth)
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