Music

Music you need to hear: August 11-24

Friday, August 13

Delilah Why

Cheapside Bar & Grill, 10:00 P.M. 21+.

Nashville’s three-piece southern rock outfit Delilah Why warms my heart, because I am a southern man who adores the early Black Crowes,who won’t turn off a Skynryd song when it comes on the radio, and who is pretty damn sure the Faces were a better British blues band than the Stones. That last point is controversial, but if you share at least one of the above attributes, don’t miss this gig. They’re know what they’re doing. —Keith Halladay

Saturday, August 14

The Hot Seats

Al’s Bar, 9:00 P.M. All ages.

Why, just the other day I was returning from Hanson’s Drug, fresh
from bolting down an ice-cold sarsaparilla and full with sugar and gaiety,
when I thought I’d look in on the old boys at the club. After some jokes
and tomfoolery a friend burst in with a bottle of corn liquor, another fella
withdrew a banjo from who-knows-where, and the ensuing racket was just
about the most perfect song I’d heard in my young life. —Buck Edwards

Tuesday, August 17

Turbo A.C.’s w/ The Loaded Nuns and Corsairs

Buster’s, 9:00 P.M. $5. 18+.

At turns as menacing as Iggy Pop and as degenerate as Sid Vicious,
New York’s Turbo A.C.’s scorch their amplifiers in a cheap Buster’s show.
Lexington’s Loaded Nuns, on the other hand, are as menacing as Sid Vicious
and as degenerate as Iggy Pop, and also scorch their amplifiers. —BE

Thursday, August 19

Michelle Malone

Natasha’s, 9:00 P.M. $8. All ages.

The title track from Malone’s latest release, Debris, opens with the
lament, “kids: they grow up to be like you.” If your child grows up to be
like Michelle Malone, then your child plays intelligent country-tinged rock
and sings with freshness and honesty. Congratulate yourself, parent: you’ve
done well. Celebrate with a trip to Natasha’s. —KH

Friday, August 20

Business Time w/ Chakras

Buster’s, 9:00 P.M. $5. 18+.

Business Time is a more than competent cover band from Lexington that has a knack for veering into some nice hard grooves. The band describes its sound as the cosmic love child of Keith Richards and Iggy Pop. Me, I hear more of a classic southern rock vibe—more Allman Brothers than Iggy, and more hard booze than cosmic love—but I like it nonetheless. —Northrup Centre

Saturday, August 21

O-Zone

Natasha’s, 9:00 P.M. $10. All ages.

O-Zone is a Lexington quintet playing soft jazz in the Spyro Gyra vein. This is adult contemporary territory, and not my particular strong suit, but O-Zone plays their part well. The laid back sax and mellow keyboards are sure to melt the ice in your bourbon. One gets the sense, after hearing their cover of Al Jarreau’s “We’re in this Love together,” that the band might be able to pull off a version of perhaps the quintessential AM radio soft rock hit of all time, Lionel Ritchie’s “Easy (Like Sunday Morning).” Coming from me, that’s high praise. —NC

Sunday, August 22

Little Gold w/Inoculist and (Wooden) Wand

Al’s Bar, 8:00 P.M. $5. All ages.

Psychedelic rock has grown increasingly complicated since its heyday in the 60s.  One genre was born out of the ashes of whatever preceded it, another came back to life by way of a seedy basement revival, another vanished in a puff of questionable smoke.

The taxonomy has sprawled into such a mindboggling swamp that saying a couple of psych-rock bands will be playing Saturday, Aug. 22 at Al’s Bar won’t work.  We’ve got to dig deeper.

Up first: Little Gold.  These Brooklynites specialize in psychedelic tunes infused with southern swagger and a head for pop harmonies.  Western grit meets smoke and a catchy hook.

Fellow New Yorkers Inoculist marry hazy pop songs with old-world folk.  Trading off on male and female vocals, the four-piece recreates the sound of Peter, Paul and Mary for the modern indie world.

And then there is James Jackson Toth of (Wooden) Wand, subject to his own evolutionary history.  To cut the story short, he began in New York with the freak-folk collective of Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice and ended up moving to Lexington in 2010.  Somewhere along the way, he garnered a curious pair of parentheses.

But here we are, mouths crammed with too many genres and ears primed for filling, however ambiguous the music may be. —Megan Neff

Other gigs around town

Wednesday, Aug. 11

Daikaiju w/ Vampire Squid, and Prehistoric Horse

Al’s Bar, 8 P.M. $5.

Jarrod Dickenson

Natasha’s Bistro, 9 P.M. $5.

Thursday, Aug. 12

The Bleats w/Chopper Brown and Pinky Means

Al’s Bar, 9 P.M.

Rough Customers with Swino

The Green Lantern, 9 P.M.

Friday, Aug. 13

The NEC w/The Butchers and Jovontaes

Al’s Bar, 9 P.M. $5.

Englishman with Cheyenne Mize and The Spinning Leaves

Natasha’s Bistro, 9 P.M. $5.

Taildragger with Lost River Cavemen

The Green Lantern, 9 P.M. $5.

Ford Theater Reunion with The Seedy Seeds

Cosmic Charlie’s, 10:00 P.M.

Saturday, Aug. 14

The Hot Seats w/The Sour Mashers Jug Band

Al’s Bar, 9 P.M. $5.

Roller Girls of Central Kentucky After Party with Husky Burnette and Argo Lynn

Buster’s, 11 P.M. $5.

Deadstring Brothers

The Green Lantern, 9 P.M.

Sunday, Aug. 15

Dylan Sneed w/Craig Ramsey

Al’s Bar, 8 P.M.

Afroman with 28 North

Cosmic Charlie’s

Monday, Aug. 16

Shot Baker with The Infected

Cosmic Charlie’s

Cedric Watson with Beth McKee

Kentucky Theater, Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, 7 P.M.  $10. $5 students.

Tuesday, Aug. 17

The All-Girl Boy’s Choir with The Black Shades

Cosmic Charlie’s

Wednesday, Aug. 18

The Barry Mando Project with MAS Trio

Al’s Bar, 9 P.M. $3.

Kobra and the Lotus with Oxford Farm Report and Karma Theory

Buster’s, 9 P.M. $7.

Klime

Cosmic Charlie’s

Thursday, Aug. 19

Tillers with The Rainjunkies

The Green Lantern, 9 P.M.

Unknown Hinson

Cosmic Charlie’s

Friday, Aug. 20

The Biters with The Booze and Swino

Al’s Bar, 9 P.M.

Blueberries with Rebel Without a Cause

The Green Lantern, 9 P.M.

The Yellowbelts with the Dirty Socialites

Cosmic Charlie’s

Saturday, Aug. 21

Brown Sugar: A Devine Intervention and Disco Damie Production

Al’s Bar, 9 P.M.

The Slagsmiths with the Sooners

Buster’s, 10 P.M.  $5.

The Bleats with the Girly Girl Burlesque Show

The Green Lantern, 9 P.M.

Sunday, Aug. 22

Ugly Radio Rebellion with Ike Willis

Cosmic Charlie’s

Monday, Aug. 23

Sarin McHugh & The Everymen with The Gudwalls

Al’s Bar, 9 P.M. Free.

Neutral Uke Hotel with Tense Kids

Cosmic Charlie’s

Jesse Malin with The Vespers

Kentucky Theater, Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, 7 P.M. $10, $5 students.

Tuesday, Aug. 24

Fair City Lights with Astor  Place Riot and Skinny Duvall

Buster’s, 9 P.M. $10.

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