Sure, it’s the night before New Year’s Eve, but go ahead and get the party started by heading down to Stickyz and dancing into the wee hours to the swamp- and punk-flavored country rock of New Orleans’ own Dash Rip Rock. The rowdy live act is still fronted by longtime member Bill Davis, electrifying audiences with their boogie bar rock and good-timing tunes such as “Let’s Go Smoke Some Pot.” No word on the opening act, but expect the music at 9:30 p.m. with a $6 cover for the 18-and-up night. A night with Dash Rip Rock is a perfect way to send 2011 out the door one night early. (And New Year’s Eve is on a Saturday so you can sleep all day before heading out to celebrate the coming of 2012.)
Seemingly at least once a week in 2011, the Rev Room brought local music fans some of the best in local rock, and a night before the end of the year, the River Market club celebrates the wealth of local talent with its End of the Year Music Dump. Okay, perhaps the name isn’t the best description of what one will find, if they head down to the Rev Room for this night of music, but the bands include Fayetteville rock group Amsterdam, Little Rock rock outfit Grand Facade, Fayetteville alternative rockers Chasing Pictures, Little Rock rock ‘n’ roll act The Revolutioners and Little Rock rock band The Supporting Cast. The music starts at 8:30 p.m. with a $5 cover for 21 and over, and a $10 cover for 18-20.
Coming to The Afterthought is Mojo Depot, the Little Rock group consisting of Tyndall Jackson on guitar, Rob Moore on vocals and guitar, Jason Adams on drums and John Wright on bass, that has been making music for more than 25 years, creating original jammy blues rock and covering selections from The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers, Robert Earl Keen and others. The shot of Mojo starts at 9 p.m. with a $7 cover. It’ll be a fun night and a perfect warm up to New Year’s Eve.
Here’s Dash Rip Rock with their “Let’s Go Smoke Some Pot”:
With the Arkansas Razorbacks taking on New Mexico in War Memorial Stadium with a 6 p.m. kickoff, there are not a lot of local bars and nightclubs attempting to compete with the all-day and all-night party that will be War Memorial Golf Course. But The Afterthought has Mojo Depot, the Little Rock group consisting of Tyndall Jackson on guitar, Rob Moore on vocals and guitar, Jason Adams on drums and John Wright on bass, that has been making music for more than 25 years, creating original jammy blues rock and covering selections from The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers, Robert Earl Keen and others. The music is at 9 p.m. with a $7 cover.
It’s hard what to make of R. Stevie Moore. The lo-fi, DIY artist has released more than 400 albums in his career. Of course, he refers to his albums as his sound diary, and the music is a collection of the weird and wonderful, the amazing and avant-garde, dabbling in genres as wide ranging as spoken word, power pop, punk, experimental rock, jangling folk and symphonic. It’s dazzling and head scratching music — a lo-fi Brian Wilson or DIY Sgt. Pepper. The artist’s first-ever tour — most of his albums were recorded in his New Jersey apartment — includes a stop at White Water Tavern. The music starts at 10 p.m. with opening act Sea Nanners, the Little Rock band formerly known as Reptar that is known for their driving Americana sound.
Cajun’s Wharf gets a shot of mojo with a visit from Mojo Depot with the music starting at 9 p.m. Mojo Depot, the Little Rock group consisting of Tyndall Jackson on guitar, Rob Moore on vocals and guitar, Jason Adams on drums and John Wright on bass, has been making music for more than 25 years, creating original jammy blues rock and covering selections from The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers, Robert Earl Keen and others. Formed as The Loose Change, the band headed to California and released a debut album Phantom Train and followed it up with Crazy to Believe before returning to Little Rock.
Since scoring his first Top 10 country hit with 2003′s “Honesty (Write Me a List),” Tennessee-bred country musician Rodney Atkins has released a string of No. 1 country hits, including “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows),” “Watching You,” “These Are My People” and “Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)” from his second album, and “It’s America” from his third album. A fourth album is forthcoming, and Atkins already has a Top 40 country hit from it with “Take a Back Road.” Atkins performs at Magic Springs Water and Theme Park‘s Pepsi Concert Series. The show is at Timberwood Amphitheater with concert gates opening at 6 p.m., and the show starting at 8 p.m. General main gate admission is $44.99 for the day, and tickets after 4 p.m. are available for $22.50.
Riverfest continues in downtown Little Rock along the Arkansas River. Get the full lineup of artists and times here.
Another White Water Tavern favorite who lives out of state returns with a visits from Kevin Gordon for a full band show and a night of his self-described “indie swamp” music. The music starts at 10 p.m. The Nashville, Tenn., singer/songwriter is currently touring and raising money so he can release his latest work, the 11-track Gloryland. A superior songwriter, Gordon writes about watching the sun going down and fast trains taking away the blame, and his rustic tunes mixing blues and rock ‘n’ roll have been covered by Keith Richards, Levon Helm and Webb Wilder.
The perfect warbeast would probably be a rabid grizzly bear, but it’s also the name of a Dallas thrash metal act Warbeast, who is visiting Downtown Music. The five piece act with twin, dueling guitars was formally known as Texas Metal Alliance but changed their name to Warbeast, and it was a change for the better. As the band says, “Metal means high speed riffing, thunderous double bass, roaring vocals and plenty of blazing guitar solos.” Sounds like a head-banging good time. Joining Warbeast will be two local acts who also like to do a little heavy metal head-banging: Russellville heavy metal act JudgeMENTAL and Little Rock Southern-flavored metal band Sychosys. The doors open at 7:30 p.m. with the music at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 at the door.
Mojo Depot, the Little Rock group consisting of Tyndall Jackson on guitar, Rob Moore on vocals and guitar, Jason Adams on drums and John Wright on bass, comes to The Afterthought. The music starts at 9 p.m. with a $7 cover. The band has been making music for more than 25 years, creating original jammy blues rock and covering selections from The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers, Robert Earl Keen and others.
Here’s Kevin Gordon with his “Watching the Sun Go Down”
Colin Hay might’ve contributed a tune to the Garden State soundtrack (“I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You”) but all people remember about that album is The Shins. And anyhow, Hay is probably better known as the lead singer of Australian new wave band Men at Work, a blast from the ’80s known for such tunes as “Who Can It Be Now?,” “Down Under” and the Cold War anthem “It’s a Mistake” (the band’s best song). So expect a bunch of solo tunes (His latest solo endeavor is Gathering Mercury.) from Hay plus hopefully a Men at Work classic or two when he visits Juanita’s. The doors open at 8 p.m. with the music at 9 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 day of show.
Blood, Sweat & Tears, and The Buckinghams at the University of Central Arkansas’ Reynolds Performance Hall is an unlikely pairing. But the ’60s American rock ‘n’ roll sound of The Buckinghams, known for hits such as “Kind of a Drag” and “Hey Baby, They’re Playing Our Song,” and the jazz rock with a touch of pop of Blood, Sweat & Tears, known for hits such as “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” and “Spinning Wheel,” is a double shot of nostalgia for Baby Boomers. The show kicks off at 7:30 p.m. with The Buckinghams opening and last till 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $30, $35 and $40.
For a band that’s been kicking around for more than 25 years, Mojo Depot still, well, kicks it, this week bringing their original jammy blues rock plus covers of The Rolling Stones, Robert Earl Keen and others to Stickyz. There’s no opening act with the music starting at 9:30 p.m. with a $5 cover for the 21-and-up show. The Little Rock group consists of Tyndall Jackson on guitar, Rob Moore on vocals and guitar, Jason Adams on drums and John Wright on bass, and was formed as The Loose Change before heading to California and releasing their debut album Phantom Train and following it up with Crazy to Believe before returning to Little Rock.
Jersey ska punk outfit Streetlight Manifesto is influenced in part by the Stand By Me soundtrack and Nirvana, and is coming to Downtown Music as part of their The Ship of Fools Tour. The band is self-described as “one part rock, one part ska, with influences from Latin, klezmer, folk, world, funk, jazz and classical thrown in.” The doors open at 6:30 p.m., and tickets are $15 in advance and $17 at the door. The opening acts are Terrible Things, a pop rock group consisting of ex-Taking Back Sunday veteran Fred Mascherino, Coheed and Cambria alumnus Josh Eppard, and Hot Rod Circuit guitarist Andy Jackson; Massachusetts pop rock band A Loss for Words, and Oregon punk country outfit Larry and His Flask.
The last time pop country duo Sugarland visited the metro, it was as the opening act on Keith Urban’s Escape Together World Tour appearance at Verizon Arena. Now, the Country Music Association’s 2010 Vocal Duo of the year returns to Verizon Arena as headliners on their The Incredible Machine Tour 2011. The Grammy winner’s October 2010 album The Incredible Machine has spawned two Top 20 single already. The pair’s fourth album and sound is sweet pop country, borrowing big classic rock hooks for tunes about heartland culture sung in a sweet Southern drawl. Joining Sugarland will be openers Little Big Town, a country music vocal group known for Top 10 hits such as “Little White Church,” and Casey James, a third-place finalist in American Idol season nine. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the music at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25.75, $45.75 and $55.75, and available at the Verizon Arena Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, charge by phone at (800) 745-3000 or on line at www.ticketmaster.com. (Expect to pay more through Ticketmaster.)
The rock sound of New Orleans comes to Rev Room with visits from two vets of the Crescent City scene: Cowboy Mouth and Dash Rip Rock. Tickets are $10 for the 18-and-up show with the music starting at 9 p.m. Drummer Fred LeBlanc is the master of ceremonies for Cowboy Mouth, sitting front and center on his drum stool and leading the party-hearty band through its collection of rock, punk, country, blues, Zydeco and whatever else fits into their musical casserole. Dash Rip Rock kicks out a swampy version of Southern rock, rockabilly and punk. (And LeBlanc was actually an early member of the trio.) The rowdy live act is still fronted by longtime member Bill Davis, electrifying audiences with their swamp boogie bar rock and good-timing tunes such as “Let’s Go (Smoke Some Pot).”
Mojo Depot, the Little Rock group consisting of Tyndall Jackson on guitar, Rob Moore on vocals and guitar, Jason Adams on drums and John Wright on bass, continues to gig around town more than 25 years after their founding, this time at The Afterthought. Expect a dose of original jammy blues rock from the outfit, along with selections from The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers, Robert Earl Keen and others. The music starts at 9 p.m.; cover is $7.
Who knew they still played videos on VH1? Apparently the channel still devotes a sliver of its programming to “video hits” when it’s not busy with “celebrities” in rehab and Basketball Wives. At least Austin, Texas, alternative rock band Alpha Rev‘s “New Morning” made the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown. The tune is the title track from the major label debut by the atmospheric band so expect a heavy dose of tunes from the album when Alpha Rev visits Stickyz. Admission is $7 for the 21-and-up show starting at 9 p.m.
Downtown Music becomes the center of underground music in Little Rock over the weekend with Knuckfest. The doors open at 6 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and tickets are $25 for a three-day pass or $10 for Friday night and $15 each for Saturday and Sunday. Friday night’s bands include Ashes of Augustine, Fallen Empire, Legions Await, Wraith, A DarkEnd Era, Crankbait and Zucura. Saturday’s bands include Snakedriver, God City Destroyers, Jungle Juice, Motives, The Muddlestuds, Second-Rate, Safe to Shore, Something to Stand For, Mailbomber, The Kill Crazies, Pull Trigger and Mind’s Eye. And Sunday’s lineup includes ShadowVein, Word Within, From Which We Came, Through the Looking Glass, My Hands to War and And the Angels Were Silent.
Here’s Dash Rip Rock with their semi-famous “Let’s Go (Smoke Some Pot)”:
The Moving Front have finished their latest album, Everyday Dissonance, and the band is throwing a party at White Water Tavern to mark the occasion. Three years in the making, The Moving Front used Scott Cook (Ashtray Babyhead, The Kicks, Kyoto Boom) to fill in for Jeff Matika, who joined Green Day as a touring guitarist, for the album. Of course, Cook penned a tune with one Julian Lennon, which led to Cook being in and out of Little Rock during the recording of the album at Lucky Dog Audio. Then founding member and guitar wizard Mark Lewis moved back to Austin, Texas. But through it all, The Moving Front got it done and are celebrating another slice of post-punk rock. The CD release show might include all the special guests who played on the album as well. Also included in the night is Magic Hassle and Joshua of Velvet Kente, kicking off the music at 9 p.m. Cover is $5.
Mojo Depot, the Little Rock group consisting of Tyndall Jackson on guitar, Rob Moore on vocals and guitar, Jason Adams on drums and John Wright on bass, earlier this year celebrated 25 years of making music as a band. Formed as The Loose Change, the band headed to California and released a debut album, Phantom Train, and followed it up with Crazy to Believe before returning to Little Rock. Expect a dose of original jammy blues rock from the outfit, along with selections from The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers, Robert Earl Keen and others as Mojo Depot visits Sticky Fingerz. The opening act is to be announced, but expect the music at 9:30 p.m. with cover to be announced for the 21-and-up show. P.S. The band will be releasing a brand-new Mojo Depot CD.
Legendary New Orleans roots rock band The Iguanas is getting a little Treme love, with their Super Ball “Is This Love?” tune being featured in the David Simon-penned HBO drama’s “All On a Mardi Gras Day.” In fact, John Goodman’s character even quotes from it (and generally sum up love): “Sad but it’s pretty like New Orleans/I hate to see it come apart at the seams.” Formed in 1989, the act bears witness to New Orleans’ diverse musical happenings, blending blues, R&B, zydeco, Cajun and Chicano into their grooving roots rock sound. The quartet, and two-time Offbeat Magazine Best Country/Folk/Roots Rock Performer, visits Sticky Fingerz. There’s no confirmed opening act at this time, but expect the music at 9 p.m. with cover $10 for the 21-and-up show.
Main Street institution Juanita’s will host a trio of central Arkansas bands with appearances by Afternoon Delight, Siversa and Underclaire. It’s an all-ages show with cover $5 and the music starting at 10 p.m. Russellville’s Afternoon Delight’s name recalls the Starland Vocal Band’s 1976 No. 1 hit, but the quartet kicks out some seriously heavy, blues-soaked hard rock. Underclaire is known for their minimalist alternative rock, and Siversa is a relatively new local alternative rock band that includes former members of After The Tragedy, creating punchy, technically proficient rock. It’ll be the farewell show for Siversa’s drummer Derrick Price as the band unveils a new drummer.
The Peabody Little Rock continues to worship the power and the glory of a Friday night under the stars with their weekly RiverTop Party on the hotel’s back patio overlooking the Arkansas River. This week it’s a twin dose of DJs with DJ Kookieman and DJ Tre’ Day. By day, Telly Noel is a marketing expert, but by night he is DJ Kookieman, drawing upon his more than 10-year career as a radio DJ at hip-hop stations Power 92.3 and the former Hot 96.5. Travis “Tre’ Day” Rowan is a current favorite afternoon DJ on Power 92.3. The 21-and-up party starts at 8 p.m. and lasts until 1 a.m. with admission $5.
Mojo Depot, the Little Rock group consisting of Tyndall Jackson on guitar, Rob Moore on vocals and guitar, Jason Adams on drums and John Wright on bass, is marking 25 years of creating music with an anniversary show at White Water Tavern. Formed as The Loose Change, White Water is one of the first clubs the band ever played before heading to California and releasing a debut album, Phantom Train, and following it up with Crazy to Believe before returning to Little Rock. Expect a dose of original jammy blues rock from the outfit, along with selections from The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers, Robert Earl Keen and others.
Downtown Music welcomes a trio of central Arkansas heavy rock bands. Russellville’s Dirtyfinger is an oddity: a three-piece heavy metal band. But even with three members, the band kicks out a furious sound on tunes such as the double-bass drum filled “Contamination” and the atmospheric, jabbing rock of “Shadow Government.” Also on the bill are Southern-flavored metal band Sychosys with their workingman’s metal influenced by bands such as Pantera, Black Label Society and Black Sabbath, and Tull’s Livid, a band whose heavy rock borders on heavy metal: throbbing, melodic bass lines intertwined with a pacing drum beat and flashy yet economically employed fills, and stabbing power chords and bluesy but technical solos. The music is at 8 p.m. with a $7 cover.
Cybertribe presents Wicked 3 at The Village with headliners Datsik and Reid Speed. It’ll be Canadian dubstep artist Datsik’s first visit to Little Rock while female DJ Reid Speed will be returning to create her hype-y, dubstep anthems. Joining the out of towners will be local DJs Justin Sane, Sleek, Sleepy Genius, Ewell, Rucker, Digital Love, Blake Taylor, Haze, Paul Grass, P-Malpractice and T-Rea. The music starts at 9 p.m. with the doors opening at 8:30 p.m. General admission tickets are $15 advance and $20 at the door. VIP tickets are $20 advance and $25 at the door.
Here’s The Iguanas in action with their “Boom Boom Boom”:
Giving you the music a day early: Austin, Texas, indie rock band The Rocketboys are coming to Stickyz. The band’s latest is the self-released Build Anyway. So what does the band sound like? Well, the Austin American-Statesman describes the band’s music as “clear, ringing guitars and full-bodied keyboard arrangements, hard-driving [...]
Giving you the music a day early: The pop-flavored R&B group that brought the world “Cool It Now” is on the road for their 30th anniversary tour as New Edition visits Verizon Arena. Tickets are $58.15, $68.40 and $79.40 with fellow R&B act After 7 and R&B artist El Debarge [...]
Giving you the music a day early: Kris Allen at Magic Springs Water and Theme Park‘s Timberwood Amphitheater. This Arkansas resident won the eighth season of American Idol and will be promoting his new album Thank You Camellia. The concert gates open at 6 p.m. with an 8 p.m. showtime. [...]
Giving you the music a day early: Acadiana is a hotbed of Cajun music so let’s talk about Ryan Brunet of Cajun music creators Ryan Brunet and The Malfecteurs, who will be playing White Water Tavern with the music starting at 9:30 p.m. with a $7 cover. At the age [...]
Giving you the music a day early: Wussy is coming to Stickyz. So what does that mean? Well, Wussy is a Cincinnati rock band. Sometimes with pedal steel. Sometimes with a clavinet. Sometimes with harpsichord. It’s really hard categorizing them so let’s don’t. Just enjoy Wussy for what they are [...]
Giving you the music a day early: People who write off Nada Surf as a MTV-promoted one-hit wonder because of 1996′s “Popular” haven’t been paying attention for the past 16 years. The New York City trio’s buzzing guitar attack, pop choruses and harmonies have been featured on six subsequent albums, [...]
Giving you the music a day early: Scott H. Biram and Lydia Loveless at Stickyz — this is going to be quite a show. Why? Biram is a 21st-century blues sorcerer, throwing blues, psychobilly, country and punk in a jar with a few gulps of whiskey, violently shaking it and [...]
Giving you the music a day early: Jeez, it was about time. It has been since December that the self-proclaimed King of the Country Western Troubadours played Little Rock. Fortunately, Unknown Hinson returns with a show at Juanita’s. The doors open at 7:30 p.m. with the music starting at 8:30 [...]
Giving you the music a day early: Here’s a little-known fact: Outside of the city of Tahlequah, Okla., is a public use area titled No Head Hollow Public Use Area. No lie. The city is also the capital of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation. Now, why are we [...]
Giving you the music a day early: It’s going to get heavy at Downtown Music. How heavy? Well, how heavy does a show that includes At Wars End, Reticient and The Revolutioners sound? Oh yeah, not that heavy if you don’t know what the bands sound like. Well, here’s a [...]
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