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Mike Bennett writesFriday iPod/MP3 Shuffle—Happy Birthday Phil May Edition
The Pretty Things were formed by Phil May and Dick Taylor after the latter left The Rolling Stones. The Pretties started off as the sleazier alternative to the Stones, playing hard R & B laced rock ‘n’ roll, with great songs such as “Rosalyn” and “L.S.D.”. Like many ’60s bands, The Pretty Things gravitated towards psychedelia and experimentation and May really spearheaded those efforts, culminating in a classic rock opera. S.F. Sorrow, which was recorded before The Who’s Tommy. That didn’t hit and the Pretties settled into more of a blues rock groove. May has been the constant, and when I got to see them at The House of Blues, they didn’t disappoint. Let’s pay tribute to this underrated British rocker, by grabbing your iPod or MP3 player, hitting shuffle, and sharing the first 10 songs that come up.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesWeekly Voyages: Friday 11/09 to Thursday 11/15
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Friday November 9
Shovels & Rope, Husky
Abbey Pub: 10:30pm
The Swellers, Diamond Youth, Pentimento
Beat Kitchen: 7:30pm
Flava of the Month
Beauty Bar: 9pm, 21+
Rome
Bottom Lounge: 8pm
Supersuckers, The Handcuffs, The Dead On
Double Door: 9pm, 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, 21+
Allen Stone, Selah Sue, Tingsek
Lincoln Hall: 9pm, 18+
Escort, The Right Now
Metro: 9pm, 18+
Asleep at the Wheel
The Old Town School of Folk Music: 7pm
Bhangra Night
The Old Town School of Folk Music: 8:30pm
James McMurtry and The Gourds
Park West: 7:30pm
MIA & The Bear
Reggies Music Joint: 5:30pm, 21+
Bushoong, The Rockers Galore, Scattergun
Reggies Music Joint: 10pm, 21+
Juice, Robust, Qwel, Old Irbing, Hellsent, DJ Alo
Reggies Rock Club: 9pm, 18+
Mainframe
Rodan: 10pm, 21+
Hank & Cupcakes, Republic of Lights, The Kickback
Schubas: 10pm, 18+
Homework, ElleQelle
SmartBar: 10pm, 21+
Sonny Landreth w/ Diamond Jim Greene
SPACE: 8pm
Vinnie Paz & Ill Bill, Matlock & Moodswangz, Verbal Kent, Apollo Brown
Subterranean: 10pm
Mark Farina, Derrick Carter, Jon Huang, Zebo, Mayhem
The Mid: 10:00 pm, 21+
Blunted Beats
The Whistler: 9:30pm, 21+
Kid Ink
The Vic: 7:30pm
Mike Bennett writesFriday iPod/MP3 Shuffle—Happy Birthday k.d. lang Edition
k.d. lang was alt-country before the term was invented. Similar to Robbie Fulks, lang managed to affectionately spoof country while upholding its best traditions, and with her great band the Reclines, she made some increasingly wonderful records. However, her politics (and her lesbianism) effectively forced her out of the genre, but she soldiered on, penning a big hit in “Constant Craving”, and establishing herself was one of the best singers of her generation. And, as her album last year showed, she’s still at her peak. Let’s celebrate k.d.‘s birthday by grabbing your iPod or MP3 player, hitting shuffle and sharing the first 10 songs that come up.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesWeekly Voyages: Friday 11/02 to Thursday 11/08
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Friday November 2
Prof, Sweatshop Union, The Highest Low
Abbey Pub: 9pm, 21+
The Ben Miller Band, The Shams Band, Gabe Liebowitz
Beat Kitchen: 9pm
Mazi, Nathan Drew Larsen, Scotty Brandon, Phil Stone, Samone
Beauty Bar: 9pm, 21+
Crystal Castles, Health, Kontravoid
Congress Theater: 6:30pm
Jess Godwin, Living In Pretend, Julian Bell, Funky Hot Grits, DJ Sgnik
Double Door: 8:30pm, 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, 21+
Sweet Cobra, Planetsexploder, The Party Downers, The Earth Program
Empty Bottle: 9:30pm, 21+
Devil In A Woodpile, The Paulina Hollers
Hideout: 10pm, 21+
Milo Greene, Bahamas
Lincoln Hall: 10pm, 18+
The Hood Internet, My Gold Mask, Psalm One, BBU, Oscillator Bug
Metro: 9pm, 18+
The Wallflowers
Park West: 8:30pm
The Black Tape, Goliathon, Mutts and Friends
Reggies Music Joint: 8:30pm, 21+
Jimbo Delta
Reggies Music Joint: 5:30pm, 21+
Freddie Gibbs, Boldy James, Showyousuck, Rice the Sound Transmitter
Reggies Rock Club: 10:30pm, 18+
Blood on the Dance Floor, Jeffree Star, New Years Day, Davey Suicide
Reggies Rock Club: 5:30pm
The Mashup
Rodan: 10pm, 21+
Tamaryn, Young Prisms
Schubas: 10pm, 21+
Panthu Du Prince
SmartBar: 10pm, 21+
Jeffrey Foucault
SPACE: 7pm
The Charlie Hunter and Scott Amendola Duo
SPACE: 10pm
Blood Red Boots, Train Company
Subterranean: 8:30pm
The Magician, Jerome LOL, Zebo, Redux DJs
The Mid: 10pm, 21+
Whistler Tips
The Whistler: 9:30pm, 21+
Jason Crock writesCHIRP Welcomes Daniel Johnston to the Bottom Lounge This Saturday!
CHIRP is proud to welcome Daniel Johnston for a performance at Bottom Lounge on Saturday, November 3rd. The artist and musician’s most recent project is Space Ducks: An Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness, a comic book drawn and written by Johnston, released along with an iPad game and soundtrack album featuring new songs from Johnston and other artists like Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Eleanor Friedberger, Deer Tick, and more.
This show will be a chance to see him play these and more songs from his many releases over a 20-year career that saw him celebrated by Kurt Cobain, covered by artists like Beck and Tom Waits, and having been the subject of an award-winning documentary film (The Devil and Daniel Johnston).
The 17-and-older-show starts at 8 PM with opener Felix and Lyons. For more information, visit bottomlounge.com.