EDITOR’S PICK: PHOX, GRANDKIDS, MINOR CHARACTERS, COLD FRONTS
Mike ‘N Molly’s ($7) — Thursday, March 7th at 7 p.m.
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WHAT: Yonder Mountain String Band, The Deadly Gentlemen
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($20 advance/$25 door)
WHEN: Thursday, March 7th at 8:30 p.m.
Jam-folk legends Yonder Mountain String Band are no strangers to Canopy Club and are stopping through this week. When I think of jam and bluegrass, I want it to be warm outside where it makes it more enjoyable, but this will have to do. This show is bound to be packed as well. We’ll be taking a closer look at this show later on this week as a preview.
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WHAT: Dan Hubbard, Kate Myers, Lonely Trailer, Huckleberry Fate
WHERE: Cowboy Monkey ($5)
WHEN: Friday, March 8th at 8:30 p.m.
Dan Hubbard & The Humadors out of Bloomington bring their own version of folk/blues to Cowboy Monkey with locals Lonely Trailer and Huckleberry Fate with the addition of Indy’s Kate Myers. Hubbard and his gang have a few other dates lined up in the next few months, but you can catch them here in town before you’re unable to for a while.
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WHAT: Ill Gates, DJ Solo, Positive Vibr8ions, D1rty No1ze and Durt Russell
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($10 advance/$12 door)
WHEN: Friday, March 8th at 9 p.m.
Chalice Dubs Masquerade is back with a handful of acts to pump up Canopy Club on Friday. Toronto’s Ill Gates headlines with his share of bass and dub music.
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WHAT: Laughboy, Chest Pain, Soap Scum, Earth Witch
WHERE: Red Herring ($4)
WHEN: Saturday, March 9th at 2 p.m.
An afternoon show is always a good way to mix things up, especially on a weekend. Noise/punkers Laughboy (ex-Diamond Stretch member Greg Clow) leads this one with Texas crew Chest Palm, Soap Scum, and locals Earth Witch.
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WHAT: Psychic Twin, ProLogic Rebel Base Ensemble, Federal Crimes
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($7)
WHEN: Saturday, March 9th at 9 p.m.
Psychic Twin has been recieving a ton of love from the internet recently. Two track debuts from Stereogum just about sums up how much the blogosphere is buzzing for these new tracks they’re releasing. “Strangers” b/w “Dream State” is getting a release on C-U’s own Polyvinyl Records at the beginning of April, and I’m sure this show will be a chance to see a bunch of other new tracks as well, live in person.
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WHAT: Hoodie Allen, Aer, Jared Evan
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($20 advance)
WHEN: Saturday, March 9th at 9:30 p.m.
Steven Markowitz, aka Hoodie Allen, has been enlisted to perform for this Alzheimer’s Benefit show at Canopy Club this weekend, sponsored by a sorority on the U of I campus. Comparisons come from Asher Roth (naturally) as a white rapper, and although it’s along the same lines, there are differences between the two. He released his last album in 2012 entitled All American, which debuted #1 on the iTunes charts, if that means anything anymore.
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WHAT: Canoe Canoe, Sonny Stubble, Love Toy
WHERE: Cowboy Monkey ($5)
WHEN: Saturday, March 9th at 9:30 p.m.
Canoe Canoe hails from Chicago and started out when ex-Santah bassist Otto Stuparitz and Tony Jones decided to record some songs together. It then became a full-time project, which is coming through Champaign this weekend. We’ll take a closer look at this show later in the week, as Maggie is set to discuss the project with Stuparitz.
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WHAT: Enta, Foxing, Jeremy Wuan, Mountain Babies, Joseph Toth
WHERE: Red Herring ($5)
WHEN: Sunday, March 10th at 9 p.m.
Sunday punk show going down over at Red Herring. Busy weekend for that venue with back-to-back shows, this one featuring local post-punk outfit Enta, St. Louis’s Foxing, amongst a bunch of others. You can check out one of our favorite tracks from 2012 from Enta, entitled “Become,” over at that article.
