MUSICLISTINGS
C O N T I N U E D
VILLAGE GREEN Blues Daddies—
9pm; n/c
WANDERING GOAT Paper Foxes &
Poli-High—9pm; rock, 21 +, n/c
WEST END TAVERN Christie &
McCallum—9pm; Country, rock, n/c
WHISKEY RIVER RANCH Jason
Michael Carroll w/Jackson
Michelson—8pm; $15/$40
WOW HALL Bambu Station, Inna
Vision, Alcyon Massive—9pm;
Reggae, $15 adv., $18 door
YUKON JACK’S Monolith—9pm;
Old School Rock, n/c
SUNDAY
10/14
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Karaoke—
9pm
BEALL CONCERT HALL Julliard
String Quartet—3pm; Chamber
Music, $17-$39
COWFISH Industry Night w/DJ
Smuve—8pm; Hip-hop, Dutch
house
COZMIC Jeff Crosby & the
Refugees—8:30pm; Rock, $5
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Jam Night—
6pm; Open mic, n/c
DIABLO’S Karaoke—9pm
GRANARY Green Mt. Bluegrass
Band—6pm; Bluegrass, n/c
HAPPY HOURS Karaoke—8:30pm
JAZZ STATION 21+ Blues Jam—
1:30pm; Blues, $5; All-Comers
Jam w/Kenny Reed—4pm; Jazz,
$3-$5; Felix Martin Trio—7:30pm;
Jazz, $10/$8
JOHN HENRY’S Broadway
Revue—10pm; Burlesque, $5
MAX’S Steve Ibach—7pm; Solo,
acoustic, n/c
MULLIGAN’S Open mic—8:30pm;
Variety; n/c
O’DONNELL’S Guitaraoke w/Neriah
Hart—7pm; Acoustic karaoke, n/c
PIZZA RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Robert Meade—7pm; R&B,
Americana, n/c
SPRINGFIELD VFW Mckenzie
Express—7pm; n/c
OPPOSITES
ATTRACT
Some bands have epic, long careers. Some bands burn bright and fizzle quickly. Some bands build a career nibbling at the edges: consistent,
successful, influential, but never quite becoming household names despite their cult following. Dinosaur Jr. is a band like that, and this career
trajectory fits a bunch of guys who look like they could just as easily change your oil as be a rock band.
This trio of power-punk-garage-proletariats have been at it on and off since ’84. Helping innovate the sludgy guitar and “I just put down my bong”
vocal sound popularized in the ’90s, their influence can be heard in thousands of bands. If you’re wondering what their 2012 release I Bet On Sky
sounds like, well, just listen to any other Dinosaur Jr. record and you’ll get the idea. These guys aren’t exactly known for range. But, despite their “We
don’t give a shit” attitude, they’re tight, raucous and a guitar-lover’s rock band without succumbing to the wanker-y connotations that can imply.
On the other side of the sonic spectrum is Shearwater from Austin, Texas. Compared to Dinosaur Jr., Shearwater are relative newcomers, but
they’re building a cult following in their own right. Featuring former members of Okkervil River, Shearwater plays highly polished, almost operatic
songs lead by vocalist Jonathan Meiburg’s strange and melodramatic voice. Their latest release, Animal Joy, is an artistically ambitious collection of
songs. Where Dinosaur Jr. let the edges fray and their hair hang unkempt, Shearwater is an acquired taste,
tailored and well manicured.
Overall, it should make for an interesting night of opposites.
Shearwater opens for Dinosaur Jr. 9 pm Wednesday, Oct.11, at WOW Hall;
$18 adv., $20 door. — William Kennedy
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