Holly Golightly and The Brokeoffs.
Giving you the music a day early:
Holly Golightly started her career as co-founder of the all-girl garage act Thee Headcoatees, and the English artist has released, since her 1995 solo debut, a total of 14 albums of primitive, electric country blues. Golightly has also guest starred on albums with Rocket From The Crypt and others; still, she is probably more familiar to American audiences for her work with The White Stripes on “It’s True That We Love One Another.” But it’s Holly Golightly and The Brokeoffs who will showcase Golightly’s solo collection of blues, rock ‘n’ roll and folk at Sticky Fingerz. Local roots rocker Brian Martin is the opener at 9 p.m. with tickets $7 for the 21-and-up show.
North Little Rock cigar box luthier Bluesboy Jag will return to White Water Tavern to showcase his award-winning hill country blues. A musician of more than 30 years and a regular blues picker at central Arkansas clubs, Jag began creating his handmade, electric cigar box guitars about six years ago, using wooden cigar boxes. Jag also builds cigar box amps, ukuleles, cookie tin banjos and foot drums. Also on the bill are Smokestack & The Foothill Fury, a one-man band known for his frenzied blend of punk/country/blues.
Before Save Ferris and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, there were the original purveyors of ska punk, bands like Voodoo Glow Skulls, who powered their ska with a punk velocity. And Voodoo Glow Skulls, who first formed in the Inland Empire of California in the late ’80s, will visit Vino’s to showcase their celebratory ska mixed with aggressive punk music. Tickets are $13 advance and $15 at the door. Also on the bill are Arizona punk rock band Authority Zero and California punk rock band Left Alone.
The Indie Chile tour with Casino, The Ganjas and Intimate Stranger is on the road after holding the first ever Chilean showcase at South by Southwest, including a stop at Revolution Music Room. The show starts at 9 p.m. with an $8 cover for the 18-and-up showcase. Casino first formed in 2003, and the rock trio will be touring in support of their third studio album, the band’s first with any English lyrics. The Ganjas have been together for more than 10 years, and their neo-psychedelic rock is responsible for the band being one of Chile’s biggest indie acts. The band has played with Jesus & Mary Chain and R.E.M. With a Chilean guitarist and English/Croatian singer/bassist, Intimate Stranger is a quartet known for their international rock sound.
Here’s Holly Golightly and The Brokeoffs with their tune “On the Fire”:
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