Grab your neighbors, cousins, and mailman! Come out to celebrate spring (we lived!) with some great musicians this week..
Tonight Friday April 18!
THE GOURDS w/ special guest PATRICK SWEENY- SOLO
“..the Gourds have also moved past bluegrass as an endpoint and have begun using it as a base for forays into other sounds and styles..the Gourds have more than a few tricks up their sleeves. For them, being underestimated just means they can surprise you more.” -Pitchfork
Cover of Snoop Dogg’s Gin and Juice- The Gourds
9:30 pm @ High Noon Saloon 268-1122 $10 adv – 18+ BUY TICKETS NOW!
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This Monday April 21
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS ( featuring: Kathryn Calder, Neko Case, John Collins, Kurt Dahle, Todd Fancey, Carl Newman, and Blaine Thurier ) w/ special guests OKKERVIL RIVER
Challengers- The New Pornographers
8:00 pm @ Orpheum Theater 255-6005 $22 adv/ $25 dos – all ages, TICKETS STILL LEFT SO BUY THEM NOW- BEFORE THEY ARE OUT! $1.00 per ticket to benefit AIDS Network
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Tuesday April 22
MAC LETHAL, THE ROTTEN AMERICAN PIE TOUR featuring special guests GRIEVES + F STOKES TEF MAN of the L.O.S.T S.O.U.L.S and DJ SKU
“Fitting perfectly articulated rhymes to efficiently catchy beats in an accent as Middle American as canned peaches, he’s a contemporary cross between a folk singer and a stand-up comic.” -Rolling Stone
9:30 pm @ High Noon Saloon 268-1122 $10 adv – 18+ BUY TICKETS NOW!
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This Wednesday April 23
A Solo Performance by COLIN MELOY of The Decemberists w /special guest LAURA GIBSON
“Without a full band around him, Meloy projects his voice and lets his guitar sparkle and chime, doing greater justice to his ear for folk-y essentials.” -Onion AV Club
O Valencia, on Letterman- Colin Meloy with The Decemberists
7:30 pm @ Barrymore Theatre 241-8864 $20 adv – all ages BUY TICKETS NOW! $1.00 per ticket to benefit Liberty Tree
Win 2 tix to this show by being the 3rd person to email me, MJ@TrueEndeavors.com, with the subject heading “Colin Meloy is Mine”. I’ll shoot you an email back if you’re our winner!
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