WHAT: Jack Johnson, Kirby Jayes, Tyler Kimble
WHERE: The Clark Bar (free)
WHEN: Tuesday, October 16th at 7:00 p.m.
The C-U Singer-Songwriter collecitve shows continue this week with a trio of musicians. Jack Johnson is joined by An Evening With Your Mother’s Kirby Jayes, as well as Tyler Kimble of The Mourning After.
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WHAT: Ceschi, Louis Logic, Robkilla
WHERE: Red Herring ($4)
WHEN: Wednesday, October 17th at 9:00 p.m.
This hip-hop show is going down at the Red Herring midway through the week. Ceschi has been in quite a few other acts, including psych-rock outfit Anonymous Inc., hardcore metal band Dead By Wednesday and his lo-fi synth pop group w/ producers Blue Sky Black Death called Deadpan Darling. Robkilla is no stranger to C-U, having performed at several venues around town. Louis Logic has collaborations with artists like Jedi Mind Tricks, MF DOOM and Malik B of the Roots. Pretty impressive stuff to check out at this show.
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WHAT: Zach Vinson, An Evening With Your Mother, Year of the Bobcat
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($5)
WHEN: Thursday, October 18th at 8:00 p.m.
Zach Vinson puts together some jangly indie-pop tunes that will be stopping through C-U later this week. He’ll have some good company to join him in that effort with a local group of jangle poppers themselves in An Evening With Your Mother and Year of the Bobcat. We’ll have a closer look at this show when we talk to Vinson later this week. For now, check out his track “Love Is Where” here.
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WHAT: Leftover Salmon 
WHERE: Canopy Club ($15 advance/$17 door)
WHEN: Thursday, October 18th at 9:00 p.m.
Dubbed the “Colorado slam grass pioneers,” Leftover Salmon bring their bluegrass infused rock music to Canopy Club later this week. Their new recortd Aquatic Hitchhiker is the name of their new album for 2012, produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos. Liz will have a preview of this show ready to go for later this week, so if you’re looking for a better look at these guys, stay tuned and we’ll have it for you.
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EDITOR’S PICK: BLITZEN TRAPPER, PSYCHIC TWIN
The Highdive ($15 advance/$18 door) — Thursday, October 18th at 9:30 p.m.
The next installment of our Smile Politely Show Series is coming up this Thursday with a doozy. Folk-rockers Blitzen Trapper make their way through C-U to The Highdive with one of our local favorites Psychic Twin in what should be our biggest single-show of the series so far (outside of Pygmalion and the local showcase back in June). We’re pretty excited for this one.
You might know these guys from what is probably the most noteworthy record of their catalog in 2008’s acclaimed Furr, and they have been pumping out more of the same Americana-infused folk music since that time, as well as some awesome albums prior. Their last record came out last year, entiteld American Goldwing. They have been a Sub Pop Records staple since Furr and have released albums on that label ever since.
We’ll have an interview with the band to preview this show later in the week, plus you should pay attention to our Twitter account and the SPlog for exclusive ticket giveaways. Check out frontman Eric Earley’s rendition of The Band’s classic “Up on Cripple Creek” below.
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WHAT: That’s No Moon, The Kickback, Thin Gin 
WHERE: Cowboy Monkey ($5)
WHEN: Friday, October 19th at 10:00 p.m.
Pretty solid bill from top to bottom with this one at Cowboy to close out the work week with dance-rock local outfit That’s No Moon. They’ll be accompanied by The Kickback who hail from the Windy City, and Thin Gin, who are celebrating their EP release for this show.
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WHAT: Videotape, Love Toy, Motes
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($5)
WHEN: Friday, October 19th at 10:00 p.m.
Chicago fuzz-space-rock outfit Videotape should fll the space in the upstairs of Mike ‘N Molly’s quite well with their sound on Friday night. They’ll be joined by local blues rockers Love Toy and noise-poppers Motes. Pretty great bill going on as the shows begin to move upstairs at Mike ‘N Molly’s for the winter.
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WHAT: Mazes, Fred Thomas, Charles and the Gnarlies 
WHERE: Parasol Records (free)
WHEN: Saturday, October 20th at 3:00 p.m.
The next installment of the community swap will be this weekend over at Parasol. There will be clothes, artwork, housewares, homemade things, prints, jewelry, records, books, and more being sold from noon to 3 p.m., then the music starts. Mazes from Chicago perform before their show over at Cowboy later that night, Fred Thomas of Saturday Looks Good To Me, and locals Charles and the Gnarlies will play starting at 3 p.m.
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WHAT: Mazes, The Fights, Lonely Trailer
WHERE: Cowboy Monkey ($5)
WHEN: Saturday, October 20th at 10:00 p.m.
Mazes will play the C-U Flea early in the day and then head over to play this one at Cowboy Monkey. Mazes are from Chicago and includes Caroline Donovan and songwriter Edward Anderson from The 1900s. We’re familiar with the Lonely Trailer, but a new local band The Fights will be performing on this bill as well, so definitely a show worth checking out.
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WHAT: Empty Isle, Hank., The Longhairs 
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($5)
WHEN: Saturday, October 20th at 10:00 p.m.
Skuzz rockers out of Chicago Empty Isle headline this Saturday night show at MIke ‘N Molly’s and have a pretty interesting sound. They blend a lot of different types of rock into one lumped full of something between alt-emo and post-punk. It’s hard to put a finger on it, but after listening to their demos they have on Bandcamp from earlier this year, they fit well with this bill in Hank and The Longhairs (side project of The Living Blue).
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WHAT: Boilerman, Midstress, Horrible Things, Strong City, Sleepyhead
WHERE: Red Herring ($5)
WHEN: Sunday, October 21st at 9:00 p.m.
A whole slew of punk bands taking over the Red Herring to round out the week entirely on a Sunday night. Boilerman is from Chicago and Midstress and Horrible Things act as the local support, while out of state acts Strong City (of Iowa) and Sleepyhead (Minnesota) join in. Should get rowdy.