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Weekly Live Music Roundup, 4/6-4/12

Monday, 4/6

Pit Lord / Gutted Alive (metal) - Bug Jar, 7P ($13, 18+)

Stickmen(prog rock) - Lovin’ Cup, 7:30P ($40/$50, all ages)

The Last Ten Seconds of LIfe / Traitors / Nailed Shut / Amatera / 9MM Mouthwash - Photo City, 6P ($25+, 18+) 

Deco & Diesel (blues) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages) 


Tuesday, 4/7

Kath Bloom with David Shapiro / Clinton’s Folly / Veeder & Tunis (folk/old time) - Abilene, 6P ($10, all ages)



Wednesday, 4/8

The Eric Weinholtz Trio (Americana/soul/country) - Abilene, 7P ($10, all ages)

Jeff Riales & The Silvertone Express (blues/rock) -Record Archive, 5-8P (FREE, all ages)

Dark Blue (jazz) - Bop Shop Records, 8P ($25, all ages)

JUMP ( Van Halen tribute) - The Theater at Innovation Square, 6P ($38+, all ages)

Popular Music Collective Night with Swift Dragon /Longshadow / Pluto is a Planet / Rats in Training - Lovin’ Cup, 7P ($5, all ages)

Margaret Explosion (jazz)- The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)



Thursday, 4/9

Dunes / Reddy Hollow(alt/indie rock) - Bug Jar, 8P ($12, 18+)

The Front Porch Project (folk/Americana) -Abilene, 7P ($5, all ages)

Mountain of Woe / Omnithea / Casual Asphyxia / Switchyard / Grenadine (experimental/noise) - The Psychic Garden, 6P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)

London Undrgrnd Rave - Photo City, 7:30P ($15+, 18+) 

Ignatius - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Tower of Power Tribute - Three Heads Brewing, 7P ($20, 21+)



Friday, 4/10

ULTRAFEST Night 1 w/ Nox Novacula / Cemetery Echo / Prometheus / Vampiric Crypt / Komrads DJ Set - Bug Jar, 7P ($18, 18+)

Ali Lou / Iggy Marino / Katie Haverly / Cammy Enaharo - Lovin’ Cup, 7P ($10, all ages)

Brule County Bad Boys / Texas Headphones (country/rock) - LUX, 10P ($5, 21+)

bug crush (indie), volena (indie folk), georgie (banjo) - Bar Bad Ending, 7P ($10, 21+)

Calabash (funk/rock) - Abilene, 8P ($15, all ages)

The Downstrokes (garage/punk) - Record Archive, 4-7P (FREE, all ages)

Brownie Points / Debatably Stable / Hospital x Games / Painspresent / the Last Word (emo/hardcore/punk) –The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)

Truth / Athena / Wood / Thromb / Mcthuggin - Photo City, 7P ($35+, 18+) 

Citrus Dance party (DJ) - The Club at Water Street, 9P ($15+, 21+)

Benny Bleu (folk/old time) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Bellwether Breaks / Sarah De Valliere & The Rhythemwell -Three Heads Brewing, 7P ($10, 21+)

Hemlock for Socrates / Silver Rein (goth/darkwave) - The Flying Squirrel, 7P ($10, all ages)


Saturday, 4/11

ULTRAFEST Night 2 w/ Nuclear Addicts / War Lovers / Street Trash / Bomb Vest / Full Blast / Oneway Terror - Bug Jar, 5P ($18, 18+)

Jazz Goons / Brainwash Victim - Skylark, 9P ($10, 21+)

stratosphere (alternative rock) /  dead pets (emo) / shark arms (pop punk) - Bar Bad Ending, 7P ($10, 21+)

Left-Handed Second Baseman / Compass & Moon (indie/folk/rock) - Abilene, 7P ($10, all ages)

Lou Grassi with Ken Filiano and Kenny Wessel (jazz) - Bop Shop Records, 8P ($25, all ages)

Phonecall / Athena Rajnai & Friends / Briana Horton (folk/indie) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)

DirtySnatcha / Mport / Bluff Baby / Nocturnxl / Squeejii / Wagna - Photo City, 7:30P ($20+, 18+) 

Gunshine / TYKIN / Ready to Strike (alt/rock) - Montage, 7P ($25+, 16+)

Singing River - Lovin’ Cup, 7:30P ($15+, all ages)

Rich Thompson trio (jazz) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

The John Payton Project - Three Heads Brewing, 7P ($10, 21+)




Sunday, 4/12

Goat Farm / CPS / Putz / Cloud Chaser (alt/metal/rock) -Bug Jar, 7P ($10, 18+)

Lotus (electronic/jam) - Anthology, 7P ($30, all ages)

Primaldivision / Lord Loss / Structural Defect / Imperfect /Eyesore - Photo City, 5P ($20+, 18+) 

Clutch / Corrosion of Conformity / JD Pinkus - Kodak Center, 7:30P ($30+, all ages)

Mike Kaupa Jazz Kuartet - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Weekly Live Music Roundup, 3/30-4/5

Monday, 3/30

Stephen Guerra / Penn Watson / Ken Luk (Brazilian Choro) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)


Tuesday, 3/31

Trans Day of Visibility w/ Chores / Comfort Object / DJ Scarlett.fire -LUX, 7P ($5, 21+)

Beatles Night featuring Don Christiano and Walt O’Brien - Abilene, 7P ($10, all ages)

Nolie / Pena / Vien Kohl (folk/indie/slowcore) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)

Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel w/ Perilous / Cupid’s Boomerang / Remedy Three / DJ Darkwave (post punk/goth) - Photo City, 8P ($20+, 18+) 



Wednesday, 4/1

Alice Wallace (singer/songwriter) - Abilene, 7P ($10, all ages)

Deepak Thettu (experimental) - Record Archive, 6P (FREE, all ages)

Rob Smith & Mike Gladstone - Lovin’ Cup, 6P ($10, all ages)

Mel Henderson and Gerry Youngman - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)



Thursday, 4/2

Ellen Pieroni and the Encyclopedia of Soul (funk/jam) -Abilene, 7:30P ($15, all ages)

Top 40 / Hip Hop night -Photo City, 7:30P ($7+, 18+) 

Ignatius -The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)



Friday, 4/3

Kids That Fly /The Braymores / All Day Future (indie rock) - Bug Jar, 8P ($15, 18+)

Public Water Supply - LUX, 10P ($5, 21+)

Cloud Lounging Experience (hip hop) - Bar Bad Ending, 7P ($10, 21+)

The Dart Brothers / Drew Kiddo and the Blackouts (alt/country/indie rock) - Abilene, 7:30P ($15, all ages)

Humungo (rock n’ Roll) - Fairport Brewing Company (University Ave), 8P (FREE, 21+)

Picknumberthreemylord / Comfort Object / Brandy Melville / Letsblowupnewjersey/ Painspresent (hardcore/punk) - The Psychic Garden, 7P ($10 NOTAFLOF, all ages)

Mike Doughty - Anthology, 8P ($30, all ages)

Thurlow- Record Archive, 4-7P (FREE, all ages)

Alice Howe & Freebo (rock) - Bop Shop Records, 8P ($25, all ages)

The Widdler / Die by the Sword / Volume Unit / Nnamba / Dub’l Forte / Lurk3r / Vinnybo - Photo City, 7P ($30+, 18+) 

Exhorder / Isomorphist / Hardon /Skin Lab (metal) - Montage, 6P ($25+, 16+)

YK Niece - Water Street, 7:30P ($50+, 21+)

Inside Out - Lovin’ Cup, 7:30P ($5, all ages)

Dean Keller’s Soul Jazz Joint - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

Hello City (Barenaked Ladies Tribute) - Three Heads Brewing, 7P ($20, 21+)



Saturday, 4/4

Fox 45 / Ratkind / Avowal / Dolly Sods (metal/alt rock)- Bug Jar, 8P ($10, 18+)

Decent Dudes / Patient Basement / No Take Backs /  Winning the Lottery / Anybody Else (emo/pop punk ) Montage, 6P ($15 pre sale, $20 at door, 16+)

Bear Bones / Nate Coffey - Abilene, 8P ($15, all ages)

I Don’t Know How But They Found Me / Jerry Big’s World Famous Band - Anthology, 8P ($30, 16+)

Crimewave Post Punk + Darkwave Party - Photo City, 9P ($15+, 18+) 

Aweful Kanawful / The Rhino Chasers (rock n roll) - Skylark, 9P ($10, 21+)

I Love R&B - Water Street, 9P ($25+, 21+)

Frenchy And The Punk / Architrave / Ryan Flynn (synth pop/post punk) - Bar Bad Ending, 7P ($10, 21+)

Pat McGee - Lovin’ Cup, 7P ($25+, all ages)

Rissa the Righter (R&B/soul/rap) - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)

The Medicinals - Three Heads Brewing, 7P ($20, 21+)

Wendy Eisenberg - Bookeater, 7P ($10, all ages)


Sunday, 4/5

Classical Guitar Night - The Little Theater Cafe, 7P (FREE, all ages)