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September 2010
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Wed. September 8 8:30 PM
Wed. September 8 8:30 PM
High Noon Saloon & 89.9FM WORT presents
The Big Strong Men
8:30PM / $7 cover / 21 and up
Ask The Ragbirds how to describe their hard-to-define Folk Rock and World fusion and they’ll tell you it’s “infectious global groove”. Led by fiery front-woman Erin Zindle (called “Highly Impressive” by USA TODAY), they put on a show that is designed to engage the audience on many levels - to get people thinking, listening and dancing. The musical roots of The Ragbirds sound are complex - with Gypsy, Middle-Eastern, Americana, Rock, and Latin influences, all stirred with a Celtic fiddler’s bow. In live performances the band incorporates variations on traditional African drum pieces, each member trading their instrument for a hand drum. The Ragbirds craft their songs carefully weaving joy and hope into honest lyrics, while keeping an ear always open to improvisation. The songs carry a positive message that appeals to listeners of all ages. For all the intensity of their live show, this is a band that is not afraid to show their softer side with acoustic tunes that are anything but typical folk.
The Ragbirds
The CosmonautsThe Big Strong Men
8:30PM / $7 cover / 21 and up
Ask The Ragbirds how to describe their hard-to-define Folk Rock and World fusion and they’ll tell you it’s “infectious global groove”. Led by fiery front-woman Erin Zindle (called “Highly Impressive” by USA TODAY), they put on a show that is designed to engage the audience on many levels - to get people thinking, listening and dancing. The musical roots of The Ragbirds sound are complex - with Gypsy, Middle-Eastern, Americana, Rock, and Latin influences, all stirred with a Celtic fiddler’s bow. In live performances the band incorporates variations on traditional African drum pieces, each member trading their instrument for a hand drum. The Ragbirds craft their songs carefully weaving joy and hope into honest lyrics, while keeping an ear always open to improvisation. The songs carry a positive message that appeals to listeners of all ages. For all the intensity of their live show, this is a band that is not afraid to show their softer side with acoustic tunes that are anything but typical folk.
The Cosmonauts play funky blues and rock n' roll.
Minneapolis’ The Big Strong Men open the show.
Thu. September 9 6:30 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
Fighting Bob Fest Pre-Party
The Pinch
Bonobo Secret Handshake
Marques Bovre & SoDangYang
6:30PM / $5 cover / 21 and up
Fighting Bob Fest is an annual Chautauqua featuring progressive speakers, networking opportunities, and entertainment. Fighting Bob Fest carries on the tradition of Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follette by providing a forum for progressive ideas on issues facing Wisconsin and the nation. Tonight’s event is a pre-party in support of the Fighting Bob Fest taking place on September 11, at the Sauk County fair grounds in Baraboo, WI.
Fighting Bob Fest Pre-Party
The Pinch
Bonobo Secret Handshake
Marques Bovre & SoDangYang
6:30PM / $5 cover / 21 and up
Fighting Bob Fest is an annual Chautauqua featuring progressive speakers, networking opportunities, and entertainment. Fighting Bob Fest carries on the tradition of Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follette by providing a forum for progressive ideas on issues facing Wisconsin and the nation. Tonight’s event is a pre-party in support of the Fighting Bob Fest taking place on September 11, at the Sauk County fair grounds in Baraboo, WI.
The Pinch play dirty boot rock, that was born in a small garage. Fans of Gomez, The Band, or Crazy Horse are sure to enjoy The Pinch’s dirty boot rock n’roll.
Bonobo Secret Handshake is a politically charged and socially motivated funk, rock and blues band.
Marques Bovre & SoDangYang is a 5-piece band based out of Madison, Wisconsin. Their receipt? Put Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, St. Francis, Amelia Earhart and Earl Hickey in blender. Shake with fire and ice. Pour into the broken vessels of humanity (salt on rim to taste). Drink.
Fri. September 10 5:30 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
The Getaway Drivers
Invincible Hi-Fi
5:30PM / $5 cover / 21 and up
The Getaway Drivers radiate edgy, melodious, alt-rock energy. Gritty western blues, lush pop ballads, driving progressive rock, sweet-tea country nostalgia and even an oddly majestic instrumental somehow find common ground in the silky, dark acoustic guitar framework; the pairing of cracked-leather and mercury smooth vocals; a personalized cello style fusing orchestral grandeur with possessed, beautifully-fractured harmonics; bluesy, growling electric guitar, spooky-sweet touches of mandolin, lap steel, and fiddle, and a relentlessly solid rhythm section. "...well beyond the standard heartland-rock sound..." (Scott Gordon, The Onion) "...The Getaway Drivers are clearly onto something...they could find themselves making inroads into a much larger market... (Tom Laskin, Isthmus)
The Getaway Drivers
Invincible Hi-Fi
5:30PM / $5 cover / 21 and up
The Getaway Drivers radiate edgy, melodious, alt-rock energy. Gritty western blues, lush pop ballads, driving progressive rock, sweet-tea country nostalgia and even an oddly majestic instrumental somehow find common ground in the silky, dark acoustic guitar framework; the pairing of cracked-leather and mercury smooth vocals; a personalized cello style fusing orchestral grandeur with possessed, beautifully-fractured harmonics; bluesy, growling electric guitar, spooky-sweet touches of mandolin, lap steel, and fiddle, and a relentlessly solid rhythm section. "...well beyond the standard heartland-rock sound..." (Scott Gordon, The Onion) "...The Getaway Drivers are clearly onto something...they could find themselves making inroads into a much larger market... (Tom Laskin, Isthmus)
Invincible Hi-Fi opens the show.
Fri. September 10 9:30 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
Steez
More Than Lights
Wook
9:30PM / $6 cover / 18 and up / $8 For Ages 18 - 20
The Madison-based five piece, Steez, is - in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions – a funk band, a jamband, a fusion band, a disco-fanged multi-beast, and a basket case. Churning out their self-described Creepfunk, a high energy, danceable variety of funk — one uniquely laced with electronic and improvisational sensibilities – Steez has garnered a loyal following throughout the Midwest. After receiving repeated acclaim for their live performances, which typically include a seamless weaving of thoughtfully composed originals and crowd pleasing covers spanning from Madonna to clever obscurities like Genialistid (Estonia). Steez was featured in the December 09 issue of Relix as a band “on the verge,” and most recently Steez was named one of the 10 most influential bands to come out of Madison in the last decade.
Steez
More Than Lights
Wook
9:30PM / $6 cover / 18 and up / $8 For Ages 18 - 20
The Madison-based five piece, Steez, is - in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions – a funk band, a jamband, a fusion band, a disco-fanged multi-beast, and a basket case. Churning out their self-described Creepfunk, a high energy, danceable variety of funk — one uniquely laced with electronic and improvisational sensibilities – Steez has garnered a loyal following throughout the Midwest. After receiving repeated acclaim for their live performances, which typically include a seamless weaving of thoughtfully composed originals and crowd pleasing covers spanning from Madonna to clever obscurities like Genialistid (Estonia). Steez was featured in the December 09 issue of Relix as a band “on the verge,” and most recently Steez was named one of the 10 most influential bands to come out of Madison in the last decade.
More Than Lights blend funky rock n’ roll with hip hop.
Wook is a local jam band with a bluesy-folk funk style.
Sat. September 11 5:30 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
Ladies Must Swing!
5:30PM / $6 cover / 21 and up / Event Will Run From 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Ladies Must Swing, a big band of 19 energetic dames, will be “Jump, Jive and Wail” ing the dance party tunes and big band standards that include In the Mood, Take the A-train, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it ain’t got Ladies Must Swing!), Chattanooga Choo Choo, Tennessee Waltz, Pistol Packin’ Mama, Leap Frog, and more! Bring your dancin’ shoes and join them at the High Noon Saloon on Saturday, September 11th, 5:30p-7:00p for just $6, and kick up your heals on the High Noon’s spacious wooden dance floor! If you are dancing or just coming to listen, you will not want to miss this rousing big band dance party extravaganza!
Ladies Must Swing!
5:30PM / $6 cover / 21 and up / Event Will Run From 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Ladies Must Swing, a big band of 19 energetic dames, will be “Jump, Jive and Wail” ing the dance party tunes and big band standards that include In the Mood, Take the A-train, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it ain’t got Ladies Must Swing!), Chattanooga Choo Choo, Tennessee Waltz, Pistol Packin’ Mama, Leap Frog, and more! Bring your dancin’ shoes and join them at the High Noon Saloon on Saturday, September 11th, 5:30p-7:00p for just $6, and kick up your heals on the High Noon’s spacious wooden dance floor! If you are dancing or just coming to listen, you will not want to miss this rousing big band dance party extravaganza!
Sat. September 11 10:00 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
Nick's Picks Volume 2
Elf Lettuce with special guests:
Denny Vanesky (of Insomniac Gypsy)
& Patrick Ferguson (of Smokin' Bandits)
10:00PM / $10 cover / $8 advance / 18 and up
Nick’s picks volume two features a great deal of Grateful Dead proudly performed by Elf Lettuce and friends. There will be two full sets of Dead tunes; one acoustic and the second electric, free door prizes, free face painting, and Grateful Dead merchandise and memorabilia.
Nick's Picks Volume 2
Elf Lettuce with special guests:
Denny Vanesky (of Insomniac Gypsy)
& Patrick Ferguson (of Smokin' Bandits)
10:00PM / $10 cover / $8 advance / 18 and up
Nick’s picks volume two features a great deal of Grateful Dead proudly performed by Elf Lettuce and friends. There will be two full sets of Dead tunes; one acoustic and the second electric, free door prizes, free face painting, and Grateful Dead merchandise and memorabilia.
Sun. September 12 3:30 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
Anthony Lamarr
The Lucas Cates Band
Aaron Williams & the Hoodoo
Ida Jo
3:30PM / $5 cover / 18 and up
Anthony Lamarr is best known as “The Soundshaker”, beat boxer extraordinaire. However, lately he has launched into the realm of rock n’ roll performing with Mike Droho & The Compass Rose. Lamarr’s latest project finds him in the contemporary world of R&B with the release of his solo album “Opening Night: A Symphony From Sorrow". “His music will make your emotions skip a beat as you fathom life and adversity, fusing inspiration and refining a vivid tomorrow.”
Anthony Lamarr
The Lucas Cates Band
Aaron Williams & the Hoodoo
Ida Jo
3:30PM / $5 cover / 18 and up
Anthony Lamarr is best known as “The Soundshaker”, beat boxer extraordinaire. However, lately he has launched into the realm of rock n’ roll performing with Mike Droho & The Compass Rose. Lamarr’s latest project finds him in the contemporary world of R&B with the release of his solo album “Opening Night: A Symphony From Sorrow". “His music will make your emotions skip a beat as you fathom life and adversity, fusing inspiration and refining a vivid tomorrow.”
The Lucas Cates Band is an original acoustic rock band. Their music includes a wide range of genres, including rock, pop, alt-country, folk, jazz, funk, R&B, jam and more. Fusing three- and occasionally four-part harmonies the band creates a big sound. They are a singer/songwriter group that has the energy of a rock band that jams.
Aaron Williams and the Hoodoo’s music is unwavering. They filter blues, soul, roots, and rock through a prism of emotional authenticity. “The driving guitar and beat are the hallmark of these rocking blues lads. Williams’ guitar licks are sweltering and the groove backing it makes your heart pump quickly...It’s non-stop action…" (Blues Blast Magazine)
“…Ida Jo has been embellishing the pop compositions of local band the Compass Rose with dollops of string work for years now. On her debut CD,"Providence", her use of violin is original and unexpected…a reminder that pop instrumentation still has lots of boundaries to be pushed. To that end, Ida Jo's violin is a welcome shove.” (Rich Albertoni, Isthmus)
Sun. September 12 8:00 PM
True Endeavors presents
8:00PM / $12 cover / $10 advance / 18 and up / Tickets available at: B-Side Records, Mad City Music Exchange, Strictly Discs, High Noon Saloon
Trevor Hall’s music is an unconventional mix of acoustic rock, reggae, folk and roots-rock, all blended with a sharp pop sensibility that serves as a vibrant landscape for his thought-provoking, inspiring lyrics. Trevor’s music lives somewhere between the anthemic grooves of Matisyahu and the gentle melodies of Jack Johnson.
Trevor Hall
Cas Haley8:00PM / $12 cover / $10 advance / 18 and up / Tickets available at: B-Side Records, Mad City Music Exchange, Strictly Discs, High Noon Saloon
Trevor Hall’s music is an unconventional mix of acoustic rock, reggae, folk and roots-rock, all blended with a sharp pop sensibility that serves as a vibrant landscape for his thought-provoking, inspiring lyrics. Trevor’s music lives somewhere between the anthemic grooves of Matisyahu and the gentle melodies of Jack Johnson.
Cas Haley’s pop-inflected island grooves and crystalline voice earned him a second-place finish on America’s Got Talent. Elements of soul, blues, and pop swirl through Cas’s strong reggae beats. Meanwhile his lyrics effortlessly balance simple, spiritual truths with thoughtful reflection.
Mon. September 13 8:00 PM
True Endeavors presents
Sick Of Sarah
Little Red Wolf
8:00PM / $12 cover / $10 advance / 18 and up
Girl in a Coma Press:
Girl In A Coma
HaciendaSick Of Sarah
Little Red Wolf
8:00PM / $12 cover / $10 advance / 18 and up
Girl in a Coma Press:
”This Mexican-American all-girl trio mixes rockabilly, country, Texas blues, and a dash of the Smiths (mostly in Nina Diaz's Morrissey-influenced vocals) into a sound that's melancholy and rockin' at once.” (Phil Freeman, All Music Guide)
“There’s no debate that frontwoman Nina Diaz, whose lyrics are often inspired by literary heroes Oscar Wilde and Sylvia Plath and delivered with aplomb, is the star of the group. But the indispensable rhythm section of rock ‘n’ roll lifers Jenn Alva, and Phanie Diaz gives the band much of its boisterous charm. Girl in a Coma is the best bet to put San Antonio back on the charts as the trio of young tattooed Latinas deliver their hybrid of propulsive punk rhythms and edgy pop melodies with refreshing enthusiasm.” (Austin American-Statesman)
Hacienda Press:
“Combining Tex-Mex, straight up rock ‘n’ roll and Americana, Hacienda burst onto the indie-rock scene…Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys produced the band’s debut effort, as well as its latest album. Demonstrating a stronger sense of the band’s garage-rock style...” (NPR’s World Cafe)
Sick of Sarah is a power pop band based in Minneapolis. Their "strong-voiced punky girl-rock" has drawn comparisons to bands such as The Breeders and Sleater-Kinney.
Little Red wolf plays a feisty mix of folk, power-pop, and chamber-rock.
Tue. September 14 9:00 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
Rock Star Gomeroke
9:00PM / $5 cover / 21 and up
Everybody dreams of becoming a rock star....well now's your chance! Join The Gomers onstage and sing your favorite songs to a crowd of adoring fans. You've never seen karaoke like this before! Visit www.thegomers.net to check out their huge song list in advance, or peruse the songbooks in the club while partaking of some liquid courage. Then, take a number, and we'll get you the lyrics. Added bonus: every singer gets a free drink!
Rock Star Gomeroke
9:00PM / $5 cover / 21 and up
Everybody dreams of becoming a rock star....well now's your chance! Join The Gomers onstage and sing your favorite songs to a crowd of adoring fans. You've never seen karaoke like this before! Visit www.thegomers.net to check out their huge song list in advance, or peruse the songbooks in the club while partaking of some liquid courage. Then, take a number, and we'll get you the lyrics. Added bonus: every singer gets a free drink!
Wed. September 15 7:00 PM
True Endeavors presents
7:00PM / $15 cover / $13 advance / 21 and up / Tickets available at: B-Side Records, Mad City Music Exchange, Strictly Discs, High Noon Saloon
Mark Olson’s solo career delves into acoustic folk music that has drawn comparisons to Gram Parsons and Gene Clark. “Olson wrings songs about loss and the search for redemption out of the seeds of melancholy, transforming them into something sunny and hopeful.” (The Washington Post) “Stripped down, modern desert country music at its very best.” (All Music Guide)
Mark Olson (founding member of The Jayhawks)
Cory Chisel7:00PM / $15 cover / $13 advance / 21 and up / Tickets available at: B-Side Records, Mad City Music Exchange, Strictly Discs, High Noon Saloon
Mark Olson’s solo career delves into acoustic folk music that has drawn comparisons to Gram Parsons and Gene Clark. “Olson wrings songs about loss and the search for redemption out of the seeds of melancholy, transforming them into something sunny and hopeful.” (The Washington Post) “Stripped down, modern desert country music at its very best.” (All Music Guide)
Americana folk rock artist Cory Chisel opens the show.
Wed. September 15 9:30 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
Gary Knowledge & Willie Will's B-Day Jam
L.U.V.
9 Delegates
Bad Luck Booda
DJ Scrump Boogz
9:30PM / $10 cover / 21 and up / $5 Before 11:30pm
With Hip Hop as a solid back bone, 9 Delegates music is sure to bring their audiences a wide variety of style and flavor, from the lyrical structure of Cory O.D. Park and Sticky Starr, to the crazy vocals of Lifelessin the GOD, to the abstract rhymes of Siggie Sedge
Gary Knowledge & Willie Will's B-Day Jam
L.U.V.
9 Delegates
Bad Luck Booda
DJ Scrump Boogz
9:30PM / $10 cover / 21 and up / $5 Before 11:30pm
With Hip Hop as a solid back bone, 9 Delegates music is sure to bring their audiences a wide variety of style and flavor, from the lyrical structure of Cory O.D. Park and Sticky Starr, to the crazy vocals of Lifelessin the GOD, to the abstract rhymes of Siggie Sedge
Bad Luck Booda is an emcee who has been on the scene for sometime now. His songs reflect lessons learned, through savvy wordplay and memorable hooks.
DJ Scrump Boogz will start the night off.
Thu. September 16 8:00 PM
True Endeavors presents
8:00PM / $25 cover / 21 and up / Tickets available at: B-Side Records, Mad City Music Exchange, Strictly Discs, High Noon Saloon
Political, controversial, and always brimming with joy, folk singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked brings it all with her. Michelle’s music is raw sincerity with strident activist messages. Tonight’s performance will be with a full band, focusing on her Americana and bluegrass roots. Sure to be an amazing show!
Michelle Shocked: Roadworks 2010: American Idle
8:00PM / $25 cover / 21 and up / Tickets available at: B-Side Records, Mad City Music Exchange, Strictly Discs, High Noon Saloon
Political, controversial, and always brimming with joy, folk singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked brings it all with her. Michelle’s music is raw sincerity with strident activist messages. Tonight’s performance will be with a full band, focusing on her Americana and bluegrass roots. Sure to be an amazing show!
Fri. September 17 5:00 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
Happyoke (Rock Star Gomeroke)
5:00PM / $5 cover / 21 and up
This happy hour version of Rock Star Gomeroke really rocks! Come sing your favorite songs with The Gomers and take the edge off of your work week with 2 for 1 rail drinks and select taps. Check out the band's extensive song list in advance at www.thegomers.net, or there will be songbooks available when you arrive. Added bonus: Singers get a free drink!
Happyoke (Rock Star Gomeroke)
5:00PM / $5 cover / 21 and up
This happy hour version of Rock Star Gomeroke really rocks! Come sing your favorite songs with The Gomers and take the edge off of your work week with 2 for 1 rail drinks and select taps. Check out the band's extensive song list in advance at www.thegomers.net, or there will be songbooks available when you arrive. Added bonus: Singers get a free drink!
Fri. September 17 9:30 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
Bascom Hill
Mark Croft
9:30PM / $10 cover / 21 and up
Bascom Hill has chiseled a unique niche for themselves. Their music nods toward Jack Johnson but with more aggressive vocals. It leans towards Dave Mathews but with a tighter pop focus, plus a shot of Radiohead's willingness to take chances. Even if you’ve never heard of Bascom Hill, chances are you’ve heard their music. They have already racked up constant television placements, including America’s Next Top Model, Cheerleader Nation, MTV’s Real World, Road Rules, Engaged and Underage, Next and True Life. Clearly the unassuming Wisconsinites know a thing or two about hooks.
Bascom Hill
Mark Croft
9:30PM / $10 cover / 21 and up
Bascom Hill has chiseled a unique niche for themselves. Their music nods toward Jack Johnson but with more aggressive vocals. It leans towards Dave Mathews but with a tighter pop focus, plus a shot of Radiohead's willingness to take chances. Even if you’ve never heard of Bascom Hill, chances are you’ve heard their music. They have already racked up constant television placements, including America’s Next Top Model, Cheerleader Nation, MTV’s Real World, Road Rules, Engaged and Underage, Next and True Life. Clearly the unassuming Wisconsinites know a thing or two about hooks.
Mark Croft is an award winning original singer/songwriter who performs acoustic rock/pop and folk/Americana with driving hypnotic grooves.
Sat. September 18 7:30 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
Private Party
7:30PM / no cover / 21 and up
Private Party
7:30PM / no cover / 21 and up
Sun. September 19 3:00 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
Private Party
3:00PM / no cover / 21 and up
Private Party
3:00PM / no cover / 21 and up
Mon. September 20 8:30 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
Romero
8:30PM / $10 cover / 21 and up
“Weedeater is a sludge metal trio from the seaside city of Wilmington, N.C., the band oozes thick, incidental drones before hammering into belligerent mid-tempo thrash built primarily around metaphors involving, well, weed. More pragmatic than Sleep and more pummeling than Bongzilla, Weedeater are heavy, fluid, and direct. Bassist and frontman "Dixie" Dave Collins howls as if the bong resin covering his larynx were scraped clean with razorblades soaked in brown whiskey, and guitarist Dave "Shep" Shepherd saturates the space between Collins' meathook bass melodies with ample fuzz. Drummer Keith "Keko" Kirkum eviscerates cymbals with brutal, short-armed slaps. Weedeater traffic in uppers and downers, convictions and addictions: In short, the band lives up to its name.” (Grayson Currin, Pitchfork)
Weedeater
The AntiprismRomero
8:30PM / $10 cover / 21 and up
“Weedeater is a sludge metal trio from the seaside city of Wilmington, N.C., the band oozes thick, incidental drones before hammering into belligerent mid-tempo thrash built primarily around metaphors involving, well, weed. More pragmatic than Sleep and more pummeling than Bongzilla, Weedeater are heavy, fluid, and direct. Bassist and frontman "Dixie" Dave Collins howls as if the bong resin covering his larynx were scraped clean with razorblades soaked in brown whiskey, and guitarist Dave "Shep" Shepherd saturates the space between Collins' meathook bass melodies with ample fuzz. Drummer Keith "Keko" Kirkum eviscerates cymbals with brutal, short-armed slaps. Weedeater traffic in uppers and downers, convictions and addictions: In short, the band lives up to its name.” (Grayson Currin, Pitchfork)
The Antiprism provides mind and string bending stoner/metal that pulls influences from the last 4 decades. Riff driven, stealing a bit from the NWoBHM, but with enough originality & modern metal touches to garner a spot in today's mess. Dual vocals, double bass, sometimes off kilter beats and seasoned trade off leads. Melodic, heavy riffs intertwine with urgent, angry vocals and occult lyrics. The Antiprism explores the wide girth in the middle of the stoner spectrum. Circling metal extremities but never wholly succumbing.
Romero plays melodic stoner/metal with an old school twist. Their front man, Jeffrey Mundt, spent most the 90’s behind the drum kit for a variety of bands including Thug, and punk legends Naked Aggression. With his most recent venture, Romero, Mundt has been putting his long-time guitar play and songwriting to good use.
Tue. September 21 8:30 PM
True Endeavors presents
8:30PM / $22 cover / $20 advance / 18 and up / Tickets available at: B-Side Records, Mad City Music Exchange, Strictly Discs, High Noon Saloon
With the complexity and variety of music they have created, Built to Spill endeavors to make songs interesting to themselves and their audience. They hope that the band will remain special and that people will discover the music for themselves. Year after year, new fans show up. Just like the band members, listeners come to the music with expectations and ideals. They make up their own ideas about the songs.
Built To Spill
Revolt Revolt8:30PM / $22 cover / $20 advance / 18 and up / Tickets available at: B-Side Records, Mad City Music Exchange, Strictly Discs, High Noon Saloon
With the complexity and variety of music they have created, Built to Spill endeavors to make songs interesting to themselves and their audience. They hope that the band will remain special and that people will discover the music for themselves. Year after year, new fans show up. Just like the band members, listeners come to the music with expectations and ideals. They make up their own ideas about the songs.
Revolt Revolt has a sound that recalls classic NW guitar bands in its heavier moments and the best of 90’s indie rock as the hooks & melodies pile in. Dark and brooding in spots, breezy in others, chordata is a self-assured debut by a band just hitting their stride.
Wed. September 22 5:00 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
Private Party
5:00PM / no cover / 21 and up / Event Will Run From 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Private Party
5:00PM / no cover / 21 and up / Event Will Run From 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Wed. September 22 9:00 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
9:00PM / $12 cover / 21 and up
Nation Beat are rhythm gatherers, harvesting the fruit of 500 years of cultural crossbreeding, which is why the sounds of the northeast of Brazil and the southern United States blend together so seamlessly; NPR's All Things Considered music writer Banning Eyre calls them "the most original and alluring fusion group I have heard in years." Time Out Chicago writes: “…Nation Beat specializes in Brazilian [maracatu] and New Orleans second-line funk… …the obvious affection for their sources and sheer moxie they bring make Nation Beat’s sound near addictive.”
Nation Beat
The Handphibians and the Massamba Dance9:00PM / $12 cover / 21 and up
Nation Beat are rhythm gatherers, harvesting the fruit of 500 years of cultural crossbreeding, which is why the sounds of the northeast of Brazil and the southern United States blend together so seamlessly; NPR's All Things Considered music writer Banning Eyre calls them "the most original and alluring fusion group I have heard in years." Time Out Chicago writes: “…Nation Beat specializes in Brazilian [maracatu] and New Orleans second-line funk… …the obvious affection for their sources and sheer moxie they bring make Nation Beat’s sound near addictive.”
The Handphibians play the music of Brasilian Carnaval in live performances that are sure to make your mind take a back seat to your dancing feet! The Handphibians percussion is modeled on the Brasilian baterias of the Escolas de Samba in Rio de Janeiro, Blocos Afros of Salvador, & the Maracatu Nações of Recife. Their music is also naturally influenced by the percussion traditions of Cuba, Africa, and even good ol' Wisconsin.
Tonight The Handphibians will be performing with the Massamba Brazilian Dance Company.
Thu. September 23 9:00 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
9:00PM / $5 cover / 21 and up / The $5 Cover Is A Suggested Donation
Punk-pop, pure pop, and a wry sense of humor all meet in the sound of Eastern Conference Champions, the band from Bucks County, PA, with a serious alt-rock pedigree.
Eastern Conference Champions
A Minute Jack Forum9:00PM / $5 cover / 21 and up / The $5 Cover Is A Suggested Donation
Punk-pop, pure pop, and a wry sense of humor all meet in the sound of Eastern Conference Champions, the band from Bucks County, PA, with a serious alt-rock pedigree.
"A Minute Jack Forum charges out of the gate in a rousing combination of indie–rock blues and alt–country rhythms…A Minute Jack Forum’s originals are backed by honest lyrics packing sly truths into good, old–fashioned boogie." (John Noyd, Maximum Ink)
Fri. September 24 9:30 PM
True Endeavors presents
Tu Fawning
9:30PM / $14 cover / $12 advance / 18 and up / Tickets available at: B-Side Records, Mad City Music Exchange, Strictly Discs, High Noon Saloon
Menomena are an experimental rock band from Portland, Oregon.
Menomena
SuckersTu Fawning
9:30PM / $14 cover / $12 advance / 18 and up / Tickets available at: B-Side Records, Mad City Music Exchange, Strictly Discs, High Noon Saloon
Menomena are an experimental rock band from Portland, Oregon.
They assembled much of their debut album, I Am the Fun Blame Monster!, by using a computer program dubbed Deeler and developed by one of the bandmembers. The album's unusual packaging was in the form of a flipbook depicting the bandmembers performing. Menomena released it themselves on a very limited basis in 2003, then signed to the Portland independent label FILMguerrero for a national release in October 2004, accompanied by a national tour.
Before signing to Barsuk, the band issued Under an Hour, a three-movement instrumental record that had originally accompanied a 2004 modern dance performance in Portland. Things were a little more straightforward, however, on Friend and Foe (cover art nonwithstanding, which was designed by Craig Thompson, author of the graphic novel Blankets), which came out in early 2007. The band continued with this more focused approach, and in 2010 released their fourth album, Mines.
Brooklyn quartet, Suckers, construct songs around uplifting group chants and harmonies and an at times dub-like, always joyful synth-and-percussion based instrumentation (with some bass providing the low-end, tons of shakers).Scene-wise, you wouldn’t be off placing them square in the colorful, fertile circle of MGMT, Chairlift, and Amazing Baby, based on how they dress.
Tu Fawning is a project of Joe Haege and Corrina Repp. Having collaborated on their own, indvidual projects, Tu Fawning took shape. The end result is a hybrid of their own individual sounds coming together, but it feels and sounds so natural, as well as creating something more than the sum of it's parts.
Repp has found herself finally uninhibited to sing in front of some antiquated tribal music of hymns and ballads. Together, Haege and Repp are fully realizing their palette of piano, drums, percussion, guitar, vocals and samples, mutually and individually, they are finally able to tell the types of stories they have always wanted to, both lyrically and musically.
Sat. September 25 9:00 PM
True Endeavors presents
Turbo Fruits
The Deep Dark Woods
9:00PM / $12 cover / 18 and up
Those Darlins are a pop group, if they are any one thing, which doesn't mean anybody with ears can't hear the country and rock 'n' roll in their sound and stance. Or maybe this trio of young women, who live a long stone's throw from Nashville, Tennessee in the college town of Murfreesboro, are punks straight out of London or Cleveland, 1977.
Those Darlins &
These United States
with special guestsTurbo Fruits
The Deep Dark Woods
9:00PM / $12 cover / 18 and up
Those Darlins are a pop group, if they are any one thing, which doesn't mean anybody with ears can't hear the country and rock 'n' roll in their sound and stance. Or maybe this trio of young women, who live a long stone's throw from Nashville, Tennessee in the college town of Murfreesboro, are punks straight out of London or Cleveland, 1977.
Informed by Nashville and its intersecting indie, pop, and country scenes—and aware of the twisted tradition of Appalachian roots music that stretches back beyond the Carter Family, Those Darlins are, nevertheless, not of Nashville. They write their own songs, record in New York City with producer Jeff Curtin (whose credits include Vampire Weekend's debut), and talk convincingly about female empowerment, music history, and egalitarian ideals of performance and business. And, in practice, they are rockers. In the backyard of their shared suburban house—which is littered with musical instruments and cast-off whiskey bottles, they stick wires in the spindle holes of old LPs, hang them from the magnolia tree, and shoot them with BB guns. They're good shots.
Combining Devendra Banhart's "new weird American" eccentricity, Flaming Lips-influenced electronic bells and whistles, and a Wilco-esque twanginess, These United States create a musical melting pot that blends together a wide array of influences.
Turbo Fruits at times comes across like Credence Clearwater Revial, if they played at hardcore punk tempos. They let fly with super-strength riffs that are part fuzzed-out roar, part Nashvillian twinkle, and yet never seem to fall back on standard-issue garage-rock retroism.
The Deep Dark Woods approach their instruments with studied respect for the honored traditions of the shadowy side of roots music. Their latest release "Winter Hours" recently won Best Roots Group at the 2009 Western Canadian Music Awards, and Ensemble of the Year at the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards.
Sun. September 26 6:00 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
Private Party
6:00PM / no cover / 21 and up
Private Party
6:00PM / no cover / 21 and up
Mon. September 27 8:00 PM
True Endeavors presents
8:00PM / $10 cover / $8 advance / 18 and up
The Athens, GA-based Elf Power emerged as part of the second wave of bands linked to the Elephant 6 Recording Company collective, a coterie of likeminded lo-fi indie groups -- including the Apples (In Stereo), Neutral Milk Hotel, and the Olivia Tremor Control -- who shared musicians, ideas, and sensibilities.
Elf Power
Icarus Himself8:00PM / $10 cover / $8 advance / 18 and up
The Athens, GA-based Elf Power emerged as part of the second wave of bands linked to the Elephant 6 Recording Company collective, a coterie of likeminded lo-fi indie groups -- including the Apples (In Stereo), Neutral Milk Hotel, and the Olivia Tremor Control -- who shared musicians, ideas, and sensibilities.
Elf Power's ninth album, "In A Cave," blasts them past the familiar territories of their previous records and lands them on exciting new terrain. Granted, the Elves' sound is still founded on the bedrock attributes that make them memorable: otherworldly lyrical stances, their easy way with melody, and an overall eclectic approach towards making music. "In A Cave" finds Elf Power filtering their powerful live sound through varied, experimental recording processes and approaches; the new album plays like a spirited, exploratory series of treatments on the tried-and-true Elf Power sound.
Icarus Himself takes the refined distortion of the National Beekeepers and combines it with his wry and quirky vocals to make what can only be categorized as basement tape beauty.
His new EP “Mexico” reviewed by Bryan Sanchez from Delusions Of Adequacy: “…His newest recording, a five-song set of spectacular music, the Mexico EP is everything anyone could have asked for and more. Sounds of folk, disguised as electro-pop, disguised as psych rock, disguised as indie rock propel the release into a strength that's never foreboding. No, instead, Whetro and his two bandmates, new drummer Brad Kolberg and baritone guitar specialist Karl Christenson, spin off as many fantastically drastic twists and modifications to thrill every sense…”
Tue. September 28 9:00 PM
High Noon Saloon presents
Rock Star Gomeroke
9:00PM / $5 cover / 21 and up
Everybody dreams of becoming a rock star....well now's your chance! Join The Gomers onstage and sing your favorite songs to a crowd of adoring fans. You've never seen karaoke like this before! Visit www.thegomers.net to check out their huge song list in advance, or peruse the songbooks in the club while partaking of some liquid courage. Added bonus: every singer gets a free drink!
Rock Star Gomeroke
9:00PM / $5 cover / 21 and up
Everybody dreams of becoming a rock star....well now's your chance! Join The Gomers onstage and sing your favorite songs to a crowd of adoring fans. You've never seen karaoke like this before! Visit www.thegomers.net to check out their huge song list in advance, or peruse the songbooks in the club while partaking of some liquid courage. Added bonus: every singer gets a free drink!
Wed. September 29 8:30 PM
True Endeavors presents
8:30PM / $14 cover / $12 advance / 18 and up
Often compared to the early lo-fi eclecticism of Beck, Blitzen Trapper's music went through various genres with each record, from Neil Young-inspired alt.country to experimental pop, indie folk, and art rock.
Blitzen Trapper
Pearly Gate Music8:30PM / $14 cover / $12 advance / 18 and up
Often compared to the early lo-fi eclecticism of Beck, Blitzen Trapper's music went through various genres with each record, from Neil Young-inspired alt.country to experimental pop, indie folk, and art rock.
Before signing a record contract in 2007, the band released three albums on its own dime: an eponymous effort in 2003, Field Rexx in 2005, and the highly acclaimed Wild Mountain Nation in 2007. The latter album landed the group a record deal with Sub Pop. Their latest album, Destroyer of the Void, was released in June.
Pearly Gate Music is an incredibly gifted gentleman by the name of Zach Tillman (although he records and usually plays live with a stylistic variety of full-band options), who makes beautiful, challenging, simple-yet-complicated songs structured around his extraordinary singing, vivid lyrics, and unusual melodic sense.
Thu. September 30 9:00 PM
High Noon Saloon & 89.9FM WORT presents
9:00PM / $7 cover / 18 and up
Henhouse Prowlers, the powerhouse Chicago string band quintet, perform their brand of innovative bluegrass for audiences all across the country. They describe their sound as “new traditional” noting that much of their material is new and original, yet it touches on classic bluegrass themes such as love, loss, work, regret and death. The Prowlers’ fresh, descriptive songs have been featured in the PBS series The Ride of Our Lives, and they have just released their second CD, A Dark Rumor.
The Henhouse Prowlers
The Blackberry Bushes9:00PM / $7 cover / 18 and up
Henhouse Prowlers, the powerhouse Chicago string band quintet, perform their brand of innovative bluegrass for audiences all across the country. They describe their sound as “new traditional” noting that much of their material is new and original, yet it touches on classic bluegrass themes such as love, loss, work, regret and death. The Prowlers’ fresh, descriptive songs have been featured in the PBS series The Ride of Our Lives, and they have just released their second CD, A Dark Rumor.
The Blackberry Bushes Stringband is a high energy, soulful, Americana quartet.
The “Bushes” are a band of songwriters with a strong Bluegrass and old-time bend. They have remained loyal to their Ozark, Appalachian, and Mississippi River roots and added just a twist of West coast indie-rock.