A last minute show at the Tea Bazaar tonight! Animental will play on the back porch, starting around 9pm. Animental are a loud, psychedelic metal/performance art group from Brooklyn. Last Spring I wrote a review of Megan Eckman’s documentary on the band’s first tour for The Declaration. And here’s an animation by Sara Shapouri of [...]

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Tonight at the Tea Bazaar: Double Muslims. From the tea house site:

Soulful experimentation? Guitar, drums, cello, and saxophone. WIRE magazine says: “Great instrumental outfit from Knoxville, Tennessee… They do something like a hybridisation of Sun City Girls and Minutement (at their most Beefhearty). Which is not to say that all the music occurs at quite [...]

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(plök at dust)
I uploaded some photos from a few summer shows over the weekend.
You can check them out them out here.

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(photo by Ramsey Arnaoot)
I had the pleasure of seeing The Extraordinaires perform their Ribbons of War musical Friday night and, I must say, it was absolutely amazing. You need to go see it tomorrow night, as they are only in town for two nights. It will be fun for people familiar with the band and [...]

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Sorry this is last minute, but there’s awesome stuff going on tonight:
The Extraordinaires will present their musical version of Ribbons of War at Live Arts. This will be great. If you miss it tonight, don’t fret, they’ll do it again Saturday night. 8pm.
And: Captain Ahab and Doofgoblin will play at the Tea Bazaar. This will [...]

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(the fingerpainters)
Tonight The Fingerpainters and Six O’clock Saints will play at Atomic Burrito.

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Tonight: the anniversary of the Orbit Wednesday Music Showcase. Things start at 3pm, so come out sometime after that for lots of local music.
Here’s the schedule:3PM – Lola Mullin 3:45 – Travis Elliott and Friends 4:45 – Mariana Bell 5:45 – Jay Pun & Morwenna Lasko 6:45 – 6 Day Bender 7:45 – DJ XSV [...]

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Tonight Leaves in Blood will play at the Tea Bazaar. Word is that they are from Providence and feature a member of Buddyship.

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Tonight Mike Tamburo, Tusk Lord and Layne Garrett will play at the Tea Bazaar. Read about Tamburo and listen to a song in my C-VILLE column.

And RPG, Horsefang and HRM will rock the Outback Lodge.

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There’s lots going on this Wednesday.
Pterodactyl, Truman Sparks and The Cinnamon Band will be playing at Saxx. Ptereodactyl have come through town a few times, and they rock. And of course Truman Sparks rocks, too. And I’ve heard good things about The Cinnamon Band
The Brimstone Howl and The Points will play at Atomic Burrito. Brother [...]

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