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Saturday’s Music

Published on: June 29, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: ABK, Anybody Killa, DJ Clay, Downtown Music, Kris Allen, Lucas Clayton Hunsicker Scholarship Fund's Bummer Summer, Magic Springs Water and Theme Park, Underground Summer Jam, White Water Tavern

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Kris Allen.

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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. Admission is free with a general admission ticket to the park ($44.99 per adult, and $29.99 per junior under 48 inches tall, or senior 55 or older) or season pass ($59.99).

White Water Tavern will host the Lucas Clayton Hunsicker Scholarship Fund’s Bummer Summer, a musical benefit for the fund that awards an annual scholarship to an aspiring Park View High School artist or musician. The show starts at 9 p.m. with a $10 donation at the door. Some of the performers are Isaac Alexander, Phillip Huddleston, Jack Lloyd, Mike Motley, Matt Quin and Correne Spero. Hunsicker was a Little Rock musician who died in August 2010.

The Underground Summer Jam is coming to Downtown Music. So what does that mean? ABK. Who? Anybody Killa, the American Indian rapper who specializes in spiritual rap that crosses his culture with horror themes and comedy, and is signed to Insane Clown Posse’s Psychopathic Records. So yes, it’s going to be that kind of night. The doors open at 7 p.m. with the music starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $11 in advance and $15 at the door. Who else is playing this Underground Summer Jam? Fellow ICP-related hip-hop artist DJ Clay, and Pine Bluff hip-hop/metal act Klaun VI along with IntoxXx and Down South Juggalos.

Here’s Kris Allen with his “The Vision of Love”:

The Vision of Love

Thursday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: June 20, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Bluesboy Jag Band, Stickyz, The Derailers, The Joint, The Nigh Ends, White Water Tavern, Whores

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The Derailers.

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The Derailers have been around for almost two decades now. That’s kind of hard to believe; not because the band doesn’t have staying power but 20 years is just a long time in general. Stephen King is a fan and you should be, too; that is, if you dig honky tonk music and the Bakersfield sound of Buck Owens. And who doesn’t? The quartet comes to Stickyz. No word on an opening act, but expect the music at 9 p.m. with a $10 cover for the 18-and-up show.

Here’s what Creative Loafing Atlanta said about noise rock trio Whores: “Bearing witness to a Whores show is like being crushed under the tread of a Panzer tank as it charges into battle.” If that sounds like fun, catch Whores at White Water Tavern for a massive, ferocious sound. The show starts at 10 p.m. Also on the bill will be Little Rock’s own The Nigh Ends.

North Little Rock cigar-box luthier and hill country blues master Bluesboy Jag is staying close to home tonight and playing a show at The Joint, a relatively new spot in Argenta. Well, he’s not by himself but bringing along the band — harmonica player and vocalist Jawbone Kenyon, drummer Joe Roitz and bassist Bass Joe — so it’s a Bluesboy Jag Band show. Expect the music at 8:30 p.m. with a $3. It’s a 21-and-up show. And expect some of the best blues music one can hear.

Here are The Derailers with their “Bar Exam”:

Bar Exam

Friday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: June 7, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Good Time Ramblers, Jimbo Mathus and The Tri-State Coalition, The Afterthought, White Water Tavern

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Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition.

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Catfish music for the masses. Let’s consider the phrase that Jimbo Mathus uses in describing the music that he creates as Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition. The music is the song of the South, an unruly blast of blues, country, honky tonk and rock ‘n’ roll with a hint of gospel, which means catfish music will raise hell on Saturday night and quietly bow its head Sunday morning. But don’t forget there is a little bit of New Orleans funk, Ozarks folk and gritty Memphis soul in there, too. The band is readying for the release of their Blue Light EP on July 20 and hitting White Water Tavern. The music starts at 10 p.m. with a $10 cover.

There are acoustic open nights, and jam nights, and Monday jazz nights, and Sunday jazz brunches, and science cafes, and all manner of events at The Afterthought. And then there are visits from Good Time Ramblers, the Little Rock band known for their rock-fueled country sprinkled with Texas swing, blues, folk and rock ‘n’ roll influences. It’s good-timing music for the masses. The music starts at 9 p.m., and cover is $7.

Here are Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition with their “Jimmy the Kid”:

Jimmy the Kid

Thursday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: June 6, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Brother Andy & His Big Damn Mouth, Ezra LBs, Kofi Baker's Cream Experience, Rev Room, Star & Micey, Stickyz, The Memphis Dawls, White Water Tavern

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Star & Micey.

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Holly Cole, Jana Misener and Krista Wroten are the core of The Memphis Dawls, a band that includes Jonathan McLaren on vibraphone and drums, and Nahshon Benford on trumpet, and a group plays a mingling of folk and traditional country music that also finds time for a little R&B. The Memphis Dawls are the headliners for a show at Stickyz, but let’s talk a little about the openers, fellow Memphis act Star & Micey, a soulful, folk pop trio who are releasing their I Can’t Wait EP later this summer. It’s an EP recorded by the famed Dennis Herring (Elvis Costello, Modest Mouse, Buddy Guy) at Sweet Tea Studios in Oxford, Miss. You dig The Avett Brothers? You’ll dig Star & Micey. The music starts at 9 p.m. with a $6 cover for the 18-and-up show.

I don’t know Ginger Baker, the famous drummer in bands such as Cream and Blind Faith. He’s apparently a pretty cantankerous fellow from what I’ve read and heard: Check out a 2009 Rolling Stone profile, and his biography is titled Hellraiser. But man, he’s a talented drummer. And he has a son who is also a pretty talented drummer. That son has started his own Cream tribute band, Kofi Baker’s Cream Experience, an outfit that “captures the mood and energy of the late ’60s and early ’70s; adding their own distinctive styles.” The Kofi Baker’s Cream Experience plays Rev Room. No word on the opening act, but the music starts at 8:30 p.m. with tickets $10 in advance and $15 day of for the 18-and-up show.

The newest release from Little Rock’s Thick Syrup Records is the 22-track debut of Ezra Lbs. It’s a self-titled debut featuring the music of Daniel Craig on guitar, bass and vocals; Nathan Houser on bass, guitar and vocals; and Daniel Olah on drums. The trio’s debut is a collection of tunes that is DIY rock ‘n’ roll — a little grimy punk, a little slacker lo-fi rock and a little college rock. A record release party is being held at White Water Tavern for the band’s debut. The show starts at 10 p.m. with a $5 cover. Brother Andy & His Big Damn Mouth is the opening band with their atomic-bomb-powered “white trash power pop.”

Here are Star & Micey with their “Back to the Night”:

Back to the Night

Saturday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: June 1, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: 2012 Pepsi Concert Series, Blane Howard, Bon Iver, Bubba Hernandez, Chancie Neal, Craig Campbell, Downtown Music, From Which We Came, Luke Bryan, Magic Springs Water and Theme Park, Riverfest Ampitheatre, Scale the Summit, The Staves, Today I Caught the Plague, Trace Adkins, White Water Tavern

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Luke Bryan.

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Riverfest Ampitheatre will host two concerts this weekend. First up is country musician Luke Bryan on Saturday. Presented by KSSN 96, the show starts at 7:30 p.m. and includes special guests Craig Campbell and Chancie Neal. Tickets through Ticketmaster are available for $46 and $41. Sunday, it’s indie folk band Bon Iver at 7 p.m. along with folk rock trio The Staves. Tickets through Ticketmaster are available for $49 and $38.50.

This is how Cenobio Xavier “Bubba” Hernandez III describes himself on his website: a “singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer of diverse musical endeavors.” He was a member of polka rock band Brave Combo for two decades and his newest diverse musical endeavor is his solo album Big Pounding Heart, a 12-track album of “pop rock songs with worldly rhythms careened through the garage grunge machinery” provided by Los Angeles producer and guitarist Scrote. Bubba Hernandez comes to White Water Tavern. The show starts at 9:30 p.m.

The Adventure Metal Across America Tour arrives at Downtown Music so that means headliners Scale The Summit will be playing their instrumental progressive rock from Texas. What else does it mean? Today I Caught the Plague with their Canadian progressive metal and From Which We Came with their central Arkansas progressive metal. The doors open at 7 p.m. with the music starting soon afterward. Cover is $10.

Trace Adkins was the country singer first introduced to audiences with his late-1990s country No. 1 “(This Ain’t) No Thinkin’ Thing.” Since then, he has scored Top 40 hit after Top 40 hit, including the No. 1s “Ladies Love Country Boys” and “You’re Gonna Miss This.” As part of the 2012 Pepsi Concert Series at Magic Springs Water and Theme Park, Adkins will take to the Timberwood Amphitheater at 8 p.m. Gates open at 6 p.m., and Hot Springs native and country musician Blane Howard kicks off the night at 7 p.m. Admission is free with a general admission ticket or Season Pass to Magic Springs.

Here’s Luke Bryan with his “Country Girl”:

Country Girl

Friday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: May 31, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: 3:16, Arkansas Queen, Cinders To Ascension, Dead Fingers, First Baptist Chemical, Little Rock Film Festival, More Than Sparrows, Stickyz, Sync or Swim Riverboat Party, The Heavy Pets, Toubab Krewe, Transcend, Vino's, White Water Tavern

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Dead Fingers.

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Is Alabama the new center of the rock ‘n’ roll universe? Perhaps. More evidence of this is Dead Fingers, the married duo of Kate Taylor and Taylor Hollingsworth (Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band). The duo’s music is not quite dirty Alabama rock ‘n’ roll, but more folk-y Americana and includes tunes that cover everything from John Prine and Iris DeMent duets to The Rolling Stones and The Traveling Wilburys to She and Him, and Civil Wars. For the band’s show at White Water Tavern the opening act is First Baptist Chemical with their self-described “bumpkin folk/Afrobeat.” The show starts at 9:30 p.m.

Toubab Krewe bring their mixture of traditional African rhythms crossed with Southern rock, hip-hop, reggae and country to Stickyz. The Asheville, N.C., quintet has learned the roots of West African music, journeying to Mali, Guinea and Ivory Coast in the seven years since forming, and developing their unique sound of rock meets African. The Heavy Pets are the opening act with their fusion rock that includes funk, jazz and R&B. The show starts at 9:30 p.m. with cover $11 for the 18-and-up show.

So it has been a long day at the Little Rock Film Festival. Maybe you saw Beasts Of The Southern Wild at 4:15 p.m. Friday at Riverdale 10 Cinemas? Maybe you need a party? Fortunately there is this little shindig aboard the Arkansas Queen called the Sync or Swim Riverboat Party. Passes accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Boarding at 10:30 p.m. sharp. Music by Velvet Kente, DJ Poebot and Baldego.

Four bands are joining forces for a benefit show at Vino’s for the Jacksonville firefighters and police officer who were struck by a vehicle in Jacksonville while working another accident. Sponsored by 100.3 The Edge, it’s an all-ages show starting at 7 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door, and all proceeds will go toward the men and their families. The bands include Jacksonville metal act Cinders To Ascension, Cabot rock outfit Transcend, Beebe metal group More Than Sparrows and North Carolina rock band 3:16. The night will also include a silent auction.

Here are Dead Fingers with their “Wheels and Gasoline”:

Wheels and Gasoline

Thursday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: May 30, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Arkansas International Music Video Competition, Collin vs. Adam, Color Club, Laundry For The Apocalypse, Little Rock Film Festival, Rev Room, Stickyz, The Holy Grail, The Kickass, Valient Thorr, White Water Tavern

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Valient Thorr.

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First, Valient Thorr, what a great band name. Second, Valient Thorr at Rev Room. Get your rock on with the hard-hitting music of the five-piece known for their heavy, psychedelic-flavored rock ‘n’ roll amped up with pummeling drums and lightning-quick guitar breaks. Fans of the band, including such greats as Lemmy and Joan Jett, are known as Thorriors and love “the rock ‘n’ roll saviors from Venus.” Joining Valient Thorr will be heavier-than-metal, technical hardcore band The Kickass and Southern California heavy metal band The Holy Grail. It’s an 18-and-up show kicking off at 9 p.m. with tickets $10 in advance and $12 day of.

So who are these Laundry For The Apocalypse guys playing at White Water Tavern? Well, you probably know some of the guys from this new Little Rock band: Aaron Sarlo on guitar and vocals, Matt Rice on bass, John David Hilliard on keyboards, trumpet and vocals, Drew Wilkerson on drums and vocals, and Adrian Brigman on percussion and electric washboard. The group plays music from rock to punk rock to reggae to blues. Not metal though. Joining them will be two more local acts: the noisy, weirdly awesome punk rock of the female trio Color Club and the two-dude, effects-heavy rock of Collin Vs. Adam. The show starts at 9:30 p.m. with a $5 cover.

The Little Rock Film Festival is in full swing, and this night brings the Arkansas International Music Video Competition at Stickyz. There’s an art to making music videos, and some of the best artists making these videos are from Arkansas or making videos starring Arkansas bands. The night is a concert, party and awards show with appearances and videos from Randall Shreve & the Sideshow, Epiphany, Life Size Pizza and Messy Sparkles. VJ/DJ G-Force will provide the music between acts. It’s an 18-and-up show with the event kicking off at 9 p.m. Cover is $5 for 21 and over, and $7 for 18 to 20. It’s free for pass holders.

Here are Valient Thorr with their “Sleeper Awakes”:

Sleeper Awakes

Wednesday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: May 22, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Down, Juanita's, Mike Pinto Band, Stickyz, The Useless Eaters, Three Legged Fox, Ty Segall, White Fence, White Water Tavern

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Ty Segall.

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Ty Segall is/was a member of several bands and also is a solo musician, usually playing a raw rock that recalls bands such as Stooges and the like. It’s kick-ass rock driven by ’60s-guitar rock and the stomp of punk. His newest work is titled Hair, an eight-song sonic blast that defies categorization. Joining Segall for a date at White Water Tavern will be White Fence, the blown-speaker garage rock of Tim Presley who recorded Hair with Segall, and The Useless Eaters, the Nashville, Tenn., full-on rock of Seth Sutton and band. It’s an all-ages show that starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10.

It has been almost five years since New Orleans heavy metal act Down has released new material. Well, that’s all about to change as the supergroup (members are in or were in groups such as Crowbar, Corrosion of Conformity, EyeHateGod and Pantera) is preparing for the release of four EPs during the next few years, and the first one — a six-tune EP — is coming later this summer. New and old tunes will be delivered with a crushing blow when the band visits Juanita’s. The doors open at 8 p.m. with general admission tickets $25. The music starts at 9 p.m.

Who thought an artist would create reggae, surf and ska music in Pennsylvania? Well, that’s exactly where Mike Pinto started. Of course, now Pinto is in San Diego, and now it’s the Mike Pinto Band — Pinto on guitar and vocals along with bassist Matt Brein and drummer Todd Elrod — that is creating grooving Southern California music influenced by roots, reggae, ska and surf, and it’s the Mike Pinto Band that visits Stickyz. The opening act is Three Legged Fox, a band that strangely is also a reggae band from Pennsylvania. The music starts at 9 p.m. with tickets for the all-ages show $8 in advance and $10 day of.

Here’s Ty Segall with his “Goodbye Bread”:

Goodbye Bread

Friday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: May 17, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Austin Lucas, Glossary, Hinder, Juanita's, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Rev Room, The Dreaming, Trapt, Wanda Jackson, White Water Tavern

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Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires.

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Those opening piano chords in “Trouble Won’t Last Always” from Tennessee-based Glossary‘s October 2011 album Long Live All Of Us tells you quickly the 12-track record is going to be a rollicking good time filled with boogie R&B, horn-filled soul and pedal steel-laced country. And it’s all Southern-blessed rock ‘n’ roll the band delivers on record and live, including at a White Water Tavern show. Also on the bill will be dirty Alabama rock ‘n’ roll act Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires and folk punk singer/songwriter Austin Lucas. The music starts at 9 p.m.

The last few years have been kind to the First Lady of Rockabilly: Wanda Jackson. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009 and then her home of Oklahoma City named a street after her. Jackson is a rock ‘n’ roll legend, the queen of rock who scored a Top 40 hit with “Let’s Have a Party” in 1960 and later had a string of country hits. But during the last few years her career and her influence have undergone a revival, playing U.S. and European festivals and recording a new album, The Party Ain’t Over, with Jack White that includes a rollicking cover of Bob Dylan’s “Thunder on the Mountain.” Jackson pays a visit to Rev Room. It’s an all-ages show with the music starting at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 day of show.

“Lips of an Angel” is the 2006 smash that Oklahoma post-grunge band Hinder is known for by the masses. But fans of the band know that power ballad is just the tip of the band’s sound. There is also the glamlike “All American Nightmare” (the title track of the band’s 2010 album) and other hard-hitting rock anthems such as “Use Me.” Joining Hinder for a Juanita’s show presented by 100.3 The Edge will be two California rock bands: Trapt and The Dreaming. The doors open at 9 p.m. with the music starting at 10 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 day of show.

Here are Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires with their “Everything You Took”:

Everything You Took

Thursday’s Music

by sstewart

Published on: May 16, 2012

Categories: General

Tags: Bluesboy Jag, Booyah! Dad, Cornerstone Pub, Foul Play Cabaret, Josh Abbott Band, Rev Room, Rob Baird, The Afterthought, Tiger High, White Water Tavern

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Tiger High.

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These guys in Memphis-based Tiger High have quite the musical pedigree. Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jake Vest was in Jack Oblivian and The Trashed Romeos, and drummer Greg Roberson was in Reigning Sound, Arthur Lee’s Love, The Trashed Romeos, Jack Oblivian and Compulsive Gamblers. The duo are joined by two of Vest’s longtime musical partners: brother Toby Vest and Greg Faison, and the quartet create infectious garage rock with power pop melodies that you can dance to on their Myth Is This album. Joining Tiger High for a White Water Tavern show will be the full-on dance rock/punk assault of Little Rock’s Booyah! Dad and the burlesque show of Hot Springs’ Foul Play Cabaret. The night gets going at 9:30 p.m.

Jack White’s new album hit No. 1 on iTunes’ all-genres album chart. What was the No. 2 album behind it for a while? The independent release Small Town Family Dream from Texas country — with a touch of Red Dirt — group Josh Abbott Band. The band’s new album also hit No. 5 on Billboard‘s Top Country Albums Chart. Abbott and band are coming to Rev Room. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door with the music starting at 9 p.m. with opening act Rob Baird and his Americana/country hybrid music found on his new album I Swear It’s the Truth. It’s an all-ages show.

North Little Rock cigar-box luthier and hill country blues master Bluesboy Jag is busy this weekend. Thursday night he and band — harmonica player and vocalist Jawbone Kenyon, drummer Joe Roitz and bassist Bass Joe — play The Afterthought at 8 p.m. There’s no cover. Friday night the band plays Cornerstone Pub at 8 p.m., and Saturday the band plays Levy United Methodist Church for an Amboy Community Food Pantry benefit beginning at 2 p.m.

Here are Tiger High with their “Carry My Love”:

Carry My Love

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