Can you keep up after last weeks intense run? Oh yes you can! Summer is rolling around and that means tour schedules will slow down- so get it while it’s hot (or at least before you have to travel 4 hrs. for a touring band and a beer)!
Friday May 2
THE DIRTBOMBS with special guests DAN SARTAIN & TERRIBLE TWOS
Genre: Rock
“..rock and roll at its pure, shaggy best. If you’re tired of that, you’re tired of life…” -Splendid
Chains of Love- The Dirtbombs
10:00 pm @ High Noon Saloon 608-268-1122 $12 adv – 21+
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Saturday May 3
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB with special guests THE DUKE SPIRIT
Genre: Rock
“..proclamations about life and the Devil growled over careful acoustic strums and tiny wisps of pedal steel…” -Pitchfork
Saturday 9:30 pm @ High Noon Saloon 608- 268-1122 $16 adv / $18 dos – 18+
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Sunday May 4
RA RA RIOT + THE LITTLE ONES with special guests HEY CHAMP
Genre: Indie/ Folk Rock
“Ra Ra Riot – a band of Syracuse University students past, present and on hiatus – find that balance — already in its short life, literally putting heartbeats and pacemakers into the stuffing of all of the songs that they’ve thus far put to their name – an explosive tag of cheerful and misleading aggression…” -Daytrotter
Dying is Fine- Ra Ra Riot
Four Free Ra Ra Riot Downloads from Daytrotter
“The Little Ones..are here for you to feel better about yourself, once the cabin fever has lost its control and you’re free to go. They taunt everything from the waist down — on everyone within a 10-mile radius — to not go on and freak out all over the place with euphoric spasms becoming dancing and universally recognized getting down…” -Daytrotter
Lovers Who Uncover- The Little Ones
Four The Little Ones Free Song Downloads From Daytrotter Sessions
Three The Little Ones Free Song Downloads
8:00 pm @ The Annex 608- 256-7750 $10 adv – 18+
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Monday May 5
HIGH NOON SALOON CELEBRATES FOUR YEARS featuring DEAD MEADOW with special guests DARK FOG & DROIDS ATTACK
Genre: Indie/ Psychadelic
“..the band can strum hypnotic, Eastern-tinged folk as it well as it pounds hypnotic, Sabbath-style riffs.” -Onion AV Club
What Needs Must Be- Dead Meadow
Five Free Dead Meadow Song Downloads
9:00 pm @ High Noon Saloon 608- 268-1122 $8 adv / $10 dos – 18+
$1.50 PBR bottles all night & FREE Pizza from Glass Nickel!
Thanks to WORT FM and The Onion!
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Tuesday May 6
TEGAN AND SARA Out of Hibernation Tour with special guest AN HORSE
Genre: Indie/ Pop/ Alternative
“..defying conventional notions of rock rhythm, and featuring songs that seem to go through at least three melodic changes before recycling.” -Onion AV Club
Walking With A Ghost- Tegan and Sara
Free Tegan and Sara Song Download
7:30 pm @ Barrymore Theatre 608-241-8864 $25 adv – all ages
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Thursday May 8
JIM WHITE with VID LIBERT
Genre: Americana/ Alternative/ Country
“With accompaniment as varied as vocals from Ollabelle and Brazilian percussion from Mauro Refosco, White still keeps us off balance with rich, unpredictable textures that convey lost-in-the-backwoods disorientation.” -Billboard
If Jesus Drove a Motor Home- Jim White
Listen to NPR World Cafe – March 5, 2008 Jim White in-studio performance/ interview
8:00pm @ Orpheum Stage Door 608.255.8755 $15 adv $17 dos – all ages
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No giveaway on this post darlins’ but check back on Monday- that one’s a guarantee! Continue reading
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