WHAT: Your Oyster is the World, El Capitano
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($1)
WHEN: Monday, February 17th at 9:30 p.m.
The Monday Night House Party at Canopy Club continues this week with a couple more bands slated. Your Oyster is the World and El Capitano are the entertainment for this evening.
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WHAT: Aviator, Our Lady, Slam Dinner, Loses the Mighty
WHERE: Error Records ($5)
WHEN: Wednesday, February 19th at 8 p.m.
Local label Skeletal Lightning has a band on their roster coming through town called Aviator. That post-hardcore outfit is joined by Springfield’s Our Lady, Slam Dinner, an ambient hardcore band Loses the Mighty.
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WHAT: The Collective, T.R.U.T.H., O.G., Josi
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($7)
WHEN: Thursday, February 20th at 10 p.m.
Some hip-hop is going down on Thursday night at Canopy Club. This show features four acts, including T.R.U.T.H., which was featured on the Aaron Ammons Project. Read up on that here.
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WHAT: Two Knights, GRYSCL, The Stars, They Beckon
WHERE: Error Records ($5)
WHEN: Friday, February 21st at 8 p.m.
A trio of bands taking Error Records on this Friday includes Memphis screamo outfit GRYSCL, Denton punk crew Two Knights, and local punk outfit The Stars, They Beckon. Two Knights is featured on the lineup for this year’s Skeletal Lightning Fest Two. Check them out if you’re interested before the fest.
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WHAT: Arkansas Dogjaw, A Cool Hand
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($7)
WHEN: Friday, February 21st at 9 p.m.
A couple of locals taking the stage at Mike ‘N Molly’s on Friday night. Indie/prog-rock outfit Arkansas Dogjaw is joined by indie rock band A Cool Hand.
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WHAT: Hard Kiss, The Keylocks
WHERE: Cowboy Monkey ($5)
WHEN: Friday, February 21st at 9:30 p.m.
Locals the Keylocks are joined on Friday night by a trio from Chicago, Hard Kiss. You can download Hard Kiss’ album Hot Trash for free over at their website, and read up on the Keylocks from a piece Jason Brown did not too long ago when their new album Anxiety & Innuendo dropped in 2013.
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EDITOR’S PICK: EARTH WITCH, ROOMRUNNER, MULTICULT, WITHERSHINS
Error Records ($5) — Saturday, February 22nd at 8 p.m.
A really great bill top to bottom takes Editor’s Pick this week, as two locals bookend a couple of Baltimore crews this weekend at Error Records. Earth Witch is a local stoner/sludge rock band on the coattails of their solid Earthbound EP from last year. Roomrunner released their most recent LP last year called Ideal Cities, which you can read up on over at Pitchfork. Multicult is a noise trio (also from Baltimore), and opening things up is local shoegaze crew Withershins, who are hard at work on their new LP and follow up to the terrific Silver Cities.
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WHAT: Midnight Conspiracy, Autograf, Disflow, Rami Moon, Amplifi
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($10)
WHEN: Saturday, February 22nd at 8 p.m.
EDM/dubstep party happening at the Canopy Club on Saturday night will greatly contrast with the show I just discussed (above). Pretty much in every way, too.
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WHAT: Matters, Thud, Marathon, Dr. Responsible, Orbital Plexus
WHERE: Thee Deathtower ($5)
WHEN: Saturday, February 22nd at 9 p.m.
Carbondale’s Matters are in C-U and playing with a handful of others on Saturday night. They’re joined by Thud, locals Marathon and Dr. Responsible, and Orbital Plexus.
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WHAT: Waterfowl, The Dirty Gentlemen, Neoga Blacksmith
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($7)
WHEN: Saturday, February 22nd at 9 p.m.
Peoria/Pekin outfit the Dirty Gentlemen are making their C-U debut on Saturday night at Mike ‘N Molly’s. They’re sandwiched between locals Waterfowl and Neoga Blacksmith for this one.
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WHAT: The Apache Relay, The Lonely Wild, Promised Land Sound
WHERE: The Highdive ($10)
WHEN: Sunday, February 23rd at 8 p.m.
Indie rockers The Apache Relay are stopping through C-U on a Sunday night for a show this week. They have their new LP ready to go, and are releasing that into the world this upcoming April, so I would imagine a lot of their material they perform on Sunday will be from that. We’ll be running an interview later in the week to preview the show.
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WHAT: Paper Diamond, LOUDPVCK, Branchez
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($18 advance/$20 door)
WHEN: Sunday, February 23rd at 9 p.m.
Paper Diamond is back in C-U for another show at the Canopy Club on Sunday night. It’s been a little while, but you can check out an article of ours from 2012 here to preview the show.