WHAT: Of Feather & Bone, Orator, Lord Grizzly
WHERE: Error Records ($5)
WHEN: Tuesday, January 20th, 8 p.m.
Things are getting very heavy at Error Records Tuesday night with Denver touring hardcore/metal band Of Feather & Bone coming through.
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WHAT: Strand of Oaks, Bully
WHERE: The Highdive ($10 advance, $12 door)
WHEN: Tuesday, January 20th, doors at 8:30 p.m.
Hard-edged folk rock from the mind of Timothy Showalter is the next up Pygmalion Show Series gig.
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WHAT: The Howl, Tomblands, Resinater
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($5)
WHEN: Wednesday, January 21st, 7:30 p.m.
The Howl are a young Chicago band who play prog-punk in the vein of The Gaslight Anthem. They return to Urbana to play the Canopy Club with locals Resinater and Tomblands.
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WHAT: The Marathon Guitarkestra, Spandrels, Stella, Sad Man
WHERE: Thee DeathTower
WHEN: Wednesday, January 21st, 8 p.m.
If you haven’t caught the Marathon Guitarkestra yet, this is your golden opportunity. As far as I know, they’re the only Guitarkestra in Illinois, and for this show they’re joined by two Indiana bands and local Sad Man.
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WHAT: Boar, Masscomm, Justin Marc Lloyd, Makers, Gadzooks The Boy
WHERE: Error Records ($5)
WHEN: Thursday, January 22nd, 8 p.m.
Bring earplugs to this if you’re not into tinnitus. Harsh noise ranging from heavily distorted to totally blown out from some touring acts along with local man-of-many-bands Jake Mott’s solo noise project Gadzooks The Boy.
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WHAT: Filibusta, Ryan Viser, Pleasure
WHERE: Canopy Club ($8)
WHEN: Thursday, January 22nd, doors at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m.
Filibusta’s Soundcloud boasts “funky glitch bass music” and added to this particular “Drop The Brass” tour are added live instruments.
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WHAT: The 24th Annual Great Cover Up
WHERE: The Highdive
WHEN: Thursday, January 22nd-Friday, January 23rd
This is the second and final weekend of this year’s Great Cover Up at the HighDive, a charity event in which local bands of all sorts cover a mystery band—nobody knows who they are covering until they play.
Thursday, January 22nd, doors at 8:30 p.m. ($7 cover) — Rebecca Rego & The Trainmen, Hi Ho Buffalo, Tara Terra, Tigerbeat, We The Animals, The Dirty Feathers
Friday, January 23rd, doors at 7 p.m. ($7 cover) — Motes, A Cool Hand, The Acme Principle, Tractor Kings, Grandkids, Elsinore
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WHAT: DJ John Hoeffleur
WHERE: Mike N Molly’s ($1)
WHEN: Friday, January 23rd, 10 p.m.
Hang out to some good tunes at Mike N Molly’s.
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WHAT: DJ Stifler
WHERE: Cowboy Monkey (free before 11 p.m.)
WHEN: Friday, January 23rd, 10 p.m.
Don’t like the tunes at MNM’s? Try out Cowboy’s live DJ.
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WHAT: Back To School Party (TBA)
WHERE: The Canopy Club (cover TBA)
WHEN: Friday, January 23rd, doors at 10 p.m., show at 10:30 p.m.
Not exactly sure what is going on for this, but if you feel the need to celebrate coming back to school, it’s your call, nerds.
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EDITOR’S PICK: SCARY AND THE SCRAPERS, CHURCHKEY, DIAPER RASH, WOLF LUV, BODY IMAGE
Dingbat Dungeon ($5) — Saturday, January 24th at 7 p.m.
Straight up punk from Chicago by Scary and the Scrapers and Churchkey, joined by mysterious Springfield hardcore babies Diaper Rash, the first appearance of the equally mysterious Champaign wolf-fronted band Wolf Luv we’ve seen in a while, as well as Body Image.
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WHAT: Mae & the Dark Days, Cody & the Gateway Drugs, Paul Kotheimer
WHERE: Mike N Molly’s ($7)
WHEN: Saturday, January 24th, doors at 8 p.m.
Acoustic guitars and lovely harmonies are easy on the ears, especially when they’re coming from Mae & the Dark Days.
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WHAT: Old Shoe, Illini Contraband, Jaik Willis
WHERE: Canopy Club ($8)
WHEN: Saturday, January 24th, doors at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m.
With a name like Old Shoe, I don’t see a reason why anyone would decide to listen to this band if the music wasn’t super good! They play some bluesy rock and they’re from Chicago.
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WHAT: 6th Street Brass Band, The Inn Keepers
WHERE: Cowboy Monkey ($5)
WHEN: Saturday, January 24th, 10 p.m.
A band within a band! 6th Street Brass Band is the funky side project of several members of the Marching Illini.
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WHAT: Michael Buratto, Penny Horses, Lonely Trailer
WHERE: Exile on Main Street
WHEN: Sunday, January 25th at 6 p.m.
A bonus show of sorts — a show hosted at Exile on Main Street — will be happening on Sunday evening. Michael Buratto is heading through town, and he’s joined by locals Penny Horses and Lonely Trailer.