Apr 11, 08 | 8:13 am 90s Brit-Pop meets 70s Punk Rock meets Y2K Williamsburg We Were The States release debut album merging The Walkmen, Oasis, Dead Boys, Murder City Devils, et al. “The building blocks of this spry full-length debut are dynamic left turns slathered in the Lower East Side guitar fuzz of Television by way of The Strokes. Opener “Up Your Sleeve” sets the scene with a badgering garage rock riff from The Sonics’ playbook that repeatedly burns itself down to the wick.” -- Austin Chronicle...
If you haven’t been to 930 Blues Café recently, they have redesigned for a new “blues-ier” look, with more seating and bar space. New Orleans jazz musician James Medious is up for happy hour, 5:30-8 p.m. each Friday and Saturday this month, followed by Jackie Bell at 9 p.m. The featured performer after Miss Jackie this weekend is the Stevie J Blues Eruption. Next Friday and Saturday Bill Perry headlines....
The 26th Annual Mal’s St. Paddy’s Week kicks off Saturday, March 8, with They Might Be Giants at Hal & Mal’s. The catchy, fun-loving ’80s alternative duo will be performing all their hits from their 25-year career. You might remember their songs “Birdhouse in Your Soul,” “Don’t Let’s Start” and the Grammy-winning, “Malcolm in the Middle” theme song “Boss of Me.” There will be events at Hal & Mal’s every day next week, leading up to the parade next Saturday, March 15, at noon in downtown Jackson. Hot on the list of “Mal-functions” is the Marching ...
Over the past 10 years, the entertainment quality of television has risen to nearly surpass that of cinema. TV shows such as “The Sopranos” and “The Office” offer better drama and comedy than you will see in any movie playing at your local multiplex today. Movie studios are now adapting television series to the big screen, a reversal in the general spin-off hierarchy. Only a couple years ago, “My Big Fat Greek Life” was trying to capitalize on the success of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding.” Adapted-from-TV-movies in the works include “Arrested Development” and “Jericho.” I’ll pause and let the one person reading this who’s actually seen “Jericho” give his confused buddy a high five....
The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra will host their Bravo V: Appalachian Spring concert at Thalia Mara Hall this Saturday, 7:30 p.m. $25-$40. The Americana tribute will feature choirs from Tougaloo College and dramatic vocal presentation by Jackson State University Concert Chorale. The MSO will have the more intimate Chamber IV: Treasures and Gems, the following Saturday, April 12. Go to http://www.msorchestra.com for tickets.
If you missed Concerto Copenhagen for their Mississippi Academy of Ancient Music concert six weeks ago, you can catch their leader John Holloway, Jaap ter Linden and Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord/cello/violin) for an encore performance at St. Philip’s Church on Old Canton Road Monday, April 14, 7:30 p.m. $15, $5 students, 601-852-4848.
We’ll have two national acts downtown, on Wednesday, April 9. International super-group Nappy Roots will join Kamikaze at Hal & Mal’s for the biggest hip-hop show to hit Jackson in quite a ...
Let’s make room for the older lions of the music scene. The younger ones often get the most notice, but many times it’s the elders who have the fiercest roar. Silver Lion’s 20/20 is a duo that has been together less than a year, but the group includes two veterans of Deep South blues and punk. Guitarist and vocalist Chet Weise and drummer Craig “Sweet Dog” Pickering offer their own take on the “punk blues.”...
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Apr 11, 08 | 9:28 am With Humble Praise L.W.: Yay, Pastor Tonya!!!! I love "Taste of Heaven" too, but I think my favorite is "Rain"....
Apr 04, 08 | 9:25 am Jubilee Jam Gigs Hitting Pollstar - June 13-14 ladd: No, just that the artist would need to be someone that's going to be a draw for the 14-25 age group. Like the metal band Everescence (sp?) or someone similar.
Or ... ZZ Top....
Apr 04, 08 | 9:20 am Jubilee Jam Gigs Hitting Pollstar - June 13-14 Drexel73: "are you saying there aren't any female under-30 rock artists to choose from??? "
- No, just that the artist would need to be someone that's going to be a draw for the 14-25 age group. Like the metal band Everescence (sp?) or someone similar.
I...
Apr 04, 08 | 7:28 am Jubilee Jam Gigs Hitting Pollstar - June 13-14 Kamikaze: Well Laurel..when you outsource your booking to an outside promoter this can happen..Ive always been under the impression that a knowledgable group of folks here could program that festival. But its the inferiority complex we fight with here that...
Apr 04, 08 | 6:55 am Jubilee Jam Gigs Hitting Pollstar - June 13-14 Izzy aka Laurel Isbister: Also, I'm running out of patience with this notion that because the jam has been struggling somehow that means they can't program women artists. That makes no sense...I don't get it. I do know from talking with someone on the committee that the...
