WHAT: The Dreamfakers, Thin Souls
WHERE: Cowboy Monkey ($5)
WHEN: Monday, January 13th at 8:30 p.m.
Cowboy Monkey is hosting the Dreamfakers, which is a band made up of Adam Schmitt, Darren Cooper, Paul Chastain and John Richardson. They’ll be performing songs by Three Hour Tour, Adam Schmitt, Velvet Crush and Paul Chastain. Early show on a Monday night is something you can do.
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EDITOR’S PICK: THE GREAT COVER UP
The Highdive ($5-7) — Thursday, January 16th, Friday, January 17th, and Sunday, January 19th
Yep, it’s that time of the year again. January has rolled around, which means The Great Cover Up is here. Now in it’s 23rd year (whoa), TGCU is five nights. Five! No excuse not to make it out to at least a few of these. This week, they’ll go down on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
You can head over to the Facebook event (linked above), to see al the acts who are set to perform on each night. Price varies, but you’ll pay either $5 or $7, which isn’t bad at all. There are also deals for the whole Cover Up if you’re going to multiple nights. This should be a good time.
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WHAT: Kid Slim, The Specktators, Matt Easton, C.H.I.
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($10 advance/$12 door)
WHEN: Thursday, January 16th at 9:30 p.m.
Hip-hop/pop act out of Chicago, Kid Slim, and the Specktators are on their “Finally Here” tour, and it stops through Urbana on Thursday night. They’ll be joined by Matt Easton and C.H.I. for support.
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WHAT: Tim Larson, Bret Conlin, Jeff Arrigo, Jon Tracey, Mark Laughlin
WHERE: Error Records ($5)
WHEN: Friday, January 17th at 8 p.m.
A handful of singer-songwriters are taking the stage at Error Records on Friday night. Lead by Tim Larson, this all-acoustic show looks to be pretty straightforward. Check out the links for the artists on the Facebook event if you’re interested in finding out more about each of these before the show on Friday night.
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WHAT: Ryley Walker
WHERE: indi-go Artist Co-op
WHEN: Friday, January 17th at 8 p.m.
Ryley is a 24 year-old singer/songwriter and guitarist from Chicago. He’s performing at Chicago’s Tomorrow Never Knows Fest, and has picked up a date here in C-U as well. He has a new album coming out later this year, so I would imagine his material will be made up of those songs. Check him out in a cool space at indi go this week.
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WHAT: The Krank Daddies
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($5)
WHEN: Friday, January 17th at 9:30 p.m.
The Krank Daddies make their return to C-U this week on Friday night at Mike ‘N Molly’s. A show presented by Surfabilly Freakout, the show starts post-Illini game, so roughly 9:30 p.m. Pretty good show for only $5 is a good way to go on a Friday night if you’re wanting to see some high-octane rock ‘n roll.
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WHAT: Scowler, Life in Vacuum, Enta, Gnargoyle
WHERE: Error Records ($5)
WHEN: Saturday, January 18th at 7 p.m.
A bunch of hardcore/punk bands performong on Saturday night at Error Records. Noise/post-hardcore band Life in Vacuum. They have a new tape out on local label Skeletal Lightning, so I would imagine you could pick that up at the show if you’re interested. They’ll be joined by Milwaukee’s Scowler, local post-hardcore band Enta and locals Gnargoyle. There might be another band added, but that’s where they’re at right now.
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WHAT: The Monster I’ve Met, The Circuit Theory, Upon a Broken Throne
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($7)
WHEN: Saturday, January 18th at 5:30 p.m.
Plenty of bands lined up over at the Canopy Club for Prepare for the Flood Metalfest 2014. Check out the link above for all the bands listed for Saturday night.
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WHAT: K Theory, DJ Belly, ###, Krucial
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($12 advance/$15 door)
WHEN: Sunday, January 19th at 9 p.m.
Electro/hip-hop trio K Theory make their way through to Canopy Club on Sunday night. They’ll be joined by local DJ Belly, ### and Krucial. Check out K Theory’s Facebook page for all their mixes and remixes to prepare.