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Friday’s Music

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Rooney.

Giving you the music a day early:

The pop-melody injected rock ‘n’ roll sound of Los Angeles outfit Rooney returns to Juanita’s. The band, known for their love of Beatles pop, Tom Petty rock, Queen bombastic operatic rock and Beach Boys harmonies, released their third album Eureka on June 8. Joining the group will be The Young Veins, a California rock band consisting of Ryan Ross and Jon Walker, the former lead guitarist and bassist, respectively, of Panic! at the Disco; and Brooklyn dance rock duo Black Gold. The 18-and-up show starts at 9 p.m. with tickets $13 advance and $15 day of show.

Onestone Productions is joining forces with Big Brown and Big Wink Entertainment to present The Ultimate Old School Party at Revolution Music Room, an event being headlined by the hip-hop group Whodini. Known for their ground-breaking rap anthems “Friends,” ‘Freaks Come Out at Night” and “Five Minutes of Funk” from their 1984 album Escape, Whodini is old-school rap at its best. Joining the hip-hop act will be a who’s who of Little Rock talent, including Little Rock trumpeter extraordinaire Rodney Block and the Real Music Lovers featuring Jeron, Ultimate Groove featuring Tawanna Campbell and local hip hop star 607. The music starts at 8 p.m. with tickets $25 advance and $30 day of show, and VIP tickets $50 advance and $60 day of show.

Damn Bullets — Joe Sundell on vocals, guitar, banjo and harmonica, DJ Bennett on bass and vocals, and Graeme Higgins on drums — are still electrified and still boogieing, working up a fever with their collection of rock ‘n’ roll, delta blues, rockabilly, folk and bluegrass. In the process of writing new tunes for a new album (The band has already polished off the excellent “Fool’s Gold,” the sound of The Beach Boys meeting The Band.), the Damn Bullets play White Water Tavern. Sharing the bill is Austin, Texas, act Sad Daddy, a “new old-time country outfit” Sundell formed with Hot Springs singer/songwriter Brian Martin and bassist Melissa Carper of The Carper Family in Austin.

Speaking of musical graduations in Little Rock, Texas metalcore act Sky Eats Airplane graduates to headlining a show at The Village. Blending hardcore punk and heavy metal influences into an aggressive sonic annihilation filled with electronica flourishes, the Texas quintet produced an incendiary live show. Local support will be provided by Little Rock hardcore/pop punk outfit Safe to Shore, central Arkansas hardcore band My Hands to War, El Dorado hardcore outfit Fear the Aftermath and Maumelle electronica metal group The Science of Sleep, who released an EP The World Awaits in December 2009. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the music starting at 7 p.m. General admission tickets are $12 advance and 415 at the door.

Downtown Music has new ownership in Samantha Allen (replacing founder Alan Wells), and the night is celebrated with Memphis melodic black metal band Epoch of Unlight, Arkansas doom and gloom black metal group Fallen Empire, Little Rock hard rock/metal act Iron Tongue, Little Rock hardcore metal band A DarkEnd Era (formerly known as A Darkened Era) and Fort Smith death metal quartet Macrocosm. There will be an open house of sorts from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. with food and drink specials. The music will start around 8 p.m. with a $5 cover, and the music blaring till around 2 a.m.

The Arkansas Community Arts Cooperative celebrates its First Friday by unveiling its featured artist for July, Little Rock artist John Kushmaul. The opening of the monthlong show will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with refreshments including Thai green curry bowls and Vietnamese coffee with donations encouraged. Kushmaul’s first solo show since 2008 will include 30 oil paintings (all for sale) Kushmaul created through collaborations with photographers and other artists from Arkansas and from around the country. The show will be displayed until July 31. Kushmaul has works in the permanent collections of the Historic Arkansas Museum, the Governor’s Mansion and the Central Arkansas Library System.

Here’s Rooney with their video to the tune “Tell Me Soon”:

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Saturday’s Music

Friday, February 19th, 2010

John Cowan. Photo by Carol and William Johnson.

Giving you the music a day early:

According to John Cowan, his music has been described as “bluegrass, newgrass, gospelgrass and rock ‘n’ rollgrass,” but the former lead singer of New Grass Revival — a experimental bluegrass group that included Sam Bush, Bela Fleck and Pat Flynn — is simply trying to take acoustic music to places its never been before. And it’s with his new group The John Cowan Band that Cowan is warping bluegrass and blending musical genres. Cowan and band visit Juanita’s, with Chris Denny as the opening act. The cover for the 18-and-up show is $10, and expect the music at 9 p.m.

Fayetteville’s Boom Kinetic create dance-y pop rock music that is surprisingly original (with roots in ’80s pop music masterminds such as Toto and Men at Work) when playing their high-energy music, but also play a ton of pop covers, from Tears For Fears to MGMT. Boom Kinetic visits Sticky Fingerz. There’s no opening act with the music starting at 9 p.m. with $8 early admission for the 21-and-up show.

Raised in Oakland, Calif., but chilling in New Orleans now, rapper G-Eazy creates his music in his dorm room, listens to The Beatles and A Tribe Called Quest every day, performs with a live band and wears skinny jeans — but he’s no hipster, Of course, this is all according to his online bio. Decide for yourself who G-Eazy is when he visits Revolution Music Room. The opening acts are DJ Shawn Lee and local hip hop god, entrepreneur and CNN star 607, with the music starting at 9 p.m. for the 18-and-up show. Cover is $7.

Sixteen years after Nirvana dissolved following Kurt Cobain’s suicide, the Chicago-based Nirvana tribute band Nevermind (named after Nirvana’s explosive, pioneering 1991 sophomore album) continues the music of the seminal alternative rock band. Comprised of three brothers — J., Sam and Alex Veldman — Nevermind recreates the Nirvana sound (with 70-plus Nirvana tunes in their catalogue) and stage presence of the Seattle-based band, running through the “hits” — “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” “Heart-Shaped Box” — while hitting the deep-album cuts — “On a Plain,” “School” — that slapped early ’90s music in the face. Nevermind return to Little Rock, this time with a show at The Village. The doors open at 7:30 p.m. with the music kicking off at 8 p.m., and general admission tickets are $10 advance and $13 at the door.

Here’s a shot of John Cowan in action with the tune “Good Woman’s Love”:

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Wednesday’s Music

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Swiss Family Knives.

Giving you the music a day early:

Little Rock’s Swiss Family Knives have some new tunes to unveil, including the eaten alive drive of “Colorblind” and the roaring roll of “Lucky” to add to their collection of indie rock tunes sprinkled with keyboard textures. Expect the quintet — Adam Hogg on keyboards and vocals, Collin Buchanan on guitar, Sean Nadji and bass and vocals, Brian Hughes on drums, and Jeff Lagios on guitar and vocals — to unveil these new tunes during a show at Juanita’s. The party includes Jamie Randolph & The Darkhorse, a Memphis outfit making a name for themselves with their musical melding of indie rock and alt country. The show starts at 9 p.m. with a $6 cover for the 18-and-up show.

T.C. Edwards — the subject of Mike Poe’s long-awaited documentary TC & me … a Little Rockumentary and a heavy metal lover — is celebrating a birthday so Poe is throwing him a party at The Village titled A Little Rock-Umental Occasion while hoping to raise money to finish the project. Invited is a smorgasbord of Little Rock music with hip hop represented by Ear Fear (607 and Bobby) and Epiphany; indie rock by The See; punkabilly by Ace Spade & The Whores of Babylon, and Josh the Devil and the Sinners; garage-y punk by Crisco Kids; metal by Iron Tongue and Zucura; and DJ G-Force on the turntables. The all-ages party kicks off at 8 p.m. with a $10 cover, and the occasion is also a ’80s theme night party, with patrons asked to dress as their favorite ’80s icon, with winners receiving killer prize packages.

Here’s a shot of Epiphany in action with his tune “5 Dollas”:

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Saturday’s Music

Friday, January 29th, 2010

The O.D. Part 2.

Giving you the music a day early:

The last time The O.D. was held at Cornerstone Pub, eight talented, local hip hop artists took the stage to showcase real rap with their beats and rhymes. The O.D. Part 2 promises more of the same in the best local hip hop with artists 607, Cat Daddy, Rah HoWard, Mista Mayhemm, Carteaire Custom, Big Drew, Shea Marie and Mike Streezy. Hosted by Epiphany with DJ KP on the turntables, the event kicks off at 9 p.m. with a $10 cover for the 21-and-up show.

100.3 The Edge presents Los Angeles heavy rock Earshot at Juanita’s with opening act Parabelle, featuring Kevin Matisyn, the former lead singer of Evans Blue, kicking off the night at 9 p.m. with a $6 cover for the 18-and-up show. Formed in 1999, the five-piece Earshot is known for their extensive touring schedule, delivering their blend of hard rock and alternative metal.

Combining reggae and dance hall with punk rock and ska, the music of Sublime lit the charts and MTV on fire in the late ’90s with tunes such as “Santeria” and “What I Got,” catapulting the group to fame even after the death of lead singer Bradley Nowell in 1996. While Nowell is gone, Athens, Ga., five piece Wrong Way — A Tribute to Sublime carries on the legacy of the group, drawing from a set list of 40-odd Sublime songs and recreating the live energy of the ska punk band. Wrong Way visits Sticky Fingerz with an opening act to be announced. The music will start at 9:30 p.m. with a $7 cover for the 21-and-up show.

The Red Dirt country rockers Jason Boland & the Stragglers are still touring behind their 2008 release, Comal County Blue, an album that hit the top 40 of the country music album charts. Expect a boot-stomping good time with music blending country and rock when Boland and company visit Revolution Music Room. The opening act is to be announced, but expect the music to start at 9 p.m. with tickets $10 advance and $12 day of show for the 18-and-up concert.

Here’s a shot of Jason Boland & the Stragglers live in Kansas City with their tune “Drinkin’s Song”:

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