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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