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Issue:December 2012 Year: 2012
this oneDecember 2012 Upcoming
By Bob Bahr
December
1 is a day that features a wide range of choices in music in the
Kentuckiana area, from the horrorcore extremes of Twiztid through all
the usual rock and Americana to the sweet bluegrass of Mountain
Heart, coming to the Paul W. Ogle Cultural Center on that
day. The group has collected a bevy of IBMA nominations, from
"Entertainer of the Year" (2003, 2004, 2005), "Vocal
Group of the Year" (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) and
"Instrumental Group of the Year" (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006) to Emerging Artist of The Year in 1999, which they won. They've
evolved into what critics refer to as "acoustic overdrive,"
mixing in rock, jazz, blues and country. They're touring behind That
Just Happened. Check with the Olge Center for ticket info.
Blues
Frequent
Louisville performer J. J. Grey and MOFRO will help close out
2012 with a show at Headliners on the 29th. The very busy guy and his
band have recorded two albums in the last two years, 2010's Georgia
Warhorse and 2011's Brighter Days. The Georgia Warhorse
label might fit, as the band will have just completed a tour of
Europe prior to the Headliners gig and in January, they'll be off on
a Jam Cruise. Check out the video of them at Portland's Waterfront
Blues Festival (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-jdBMF8pRQ)
for taste of what they sound like currently. Tickets are $20 adv/ $22
DoS.
Tix: $20 adv/$22 Dos
Country
The
Possum, a.k.a. George Jones, will bring all those tunes
and that voice to the Horseshoe Casino on December 1. Jones, of
course, has also been called the greatest country singer ever, among
his other accolades, which have included "No Show Jones," a
remnant of his years overdoing alcohol, now in his past. He will
likely sing most, if not all, of his No. 1 Country hits, including
"White Lightning," "She Thinks I Still Care" and
"He Stopped Loving Her Today." It's you chance to see a
genuine legend and, given his age, there won't be a whole lot more of
those. Tickets are $40-$75.
Tix: $40,$50,$75
Did
you ever go to the Colonial Garden to dance the night away?
While the building is still there (at least for now), the business is
long closed, so a group of Louisville bands have decided to have a
Colonial Garden Reunion show. The lineup - as of this writing
- is Slyk,
Dalton, Rare Breed and Moe
Bear And Full Throttle. (It's been a while
since we've seen Moe Bear out and about.) The whole thing will go
down at Expo 5, de facto home of Louisville Venue
Reunion shows (Toy Tiger in January, probably), on December 15.
Grab you boots and leather vests and head on out for a
memory-refresher night of fun. Tickets are $10
Tix: $10
Heavy
Rock
Plainly,
there is a substantial audience for the various subgenres of heavy
rock/metal, ranging from death metal to speed metal to metalcore and
beyond. That's why Terry Harper books so many shows, including the
metalcore at the Vernon Club on December 9, featuring Columbus.
Ohio's Like
Moths To Flames, Massachusett-based
Ice
Nine Kills, Findley, Ohio's The
Plot In You, Assassins and Horizons.
Like Moths to Flames has one full-length, When We Don't Exist.
Tickets are $12.
Tix: $12
Po
The
entirely unforgettable Antsy McClain & the Trailer Park
Troubadours return to Hardin County Schools Performing Arts
Center on December 1 for a concert of Antsy's best tunes about living
in a trailer park and other adventures from the 47% of the nation.
Take note that Antsy is a humorist and illustrator as well as a
songwriter and he has connections - Tommy Emmanuel has played
on his albums and Lindsey Buckingham has done some harmony for
him. His latest album, Living The Dream, is about a man who
sees his own mortality and takes his friends for some ice cream.
Check with the Performing Acts Center for ticket info.
Rap/Hip-Hop/Urban
It's
been a couple of years since the Twiztid boys were in town,
(Possibly due to unspecified threats? Unpaid tickets? Outstanding
warrants? Who knows?). This trip, they're bringing only (Hed) pe,
Lil Wyte and Potluck to the Headliners show on December 1.
Their fan base crosses over to the Juggalos (fans of Insane Clown
Posse); both groups mine the same vein of angry disillusionment
and violence in their music, while fostering a sense of family among
the fans. Their latest is Abominationz, available for sale at
the show. Tickets are $20.
Tix: $20
Rock
For
those folks not in need of anger management, the Dave Matthews
Band, purveyors of life-affirming, fun jams, will be at Yum!
Center at December 4. The band has been through some hard times,
notably the death of saxophonist LeRoi Moore from injuries
sustained in an auto accident. There's a brand new CD, Away From
The World, to entice you to Yum!, if anything else was needed.
With a stack of Grammy nominations (with one win for "So Much To
Say") plus racks of other awards, including the Chairman's Award
from the NAACP, it's clear the DMB appeals to a very large audience
and is here for the long haul. Bestir yourself for some fun times at
Yum! Tickets range from $72.40-$88.45.
Tix: $72.40-$88.45
Psychedelic
rock 'n' roll, from Nashville? Yes, not LA or New York, circa 1968
but Nashvegas, in the form of Vinyl Soup. Actually, they
sometimes call it retro-psychedelic but that's really a given.
They're working on a new album, so they've scheduled a stop in the
tiny Hideaway Saloon on December 6 to try out the new tunes. Five
bucks will get in you.
Tix: $5
Yes,
it's the "Knights In White Satin" crew, all grown old and
back on the road, in this case stopping in at Horseshoe Southern
Indiana on December 7.Of course, not everybody from the first or
second configuration of The Moody Blues will be there, just
one from the first iteration - Graeme Edge - and two
from the second, Justin Hayward and John Lodge. Be that
as it may, they'll recreate the old sound on the old songs, including
most of your favorites from their many albums. As we note often here
in Louisville, if you didn't seen them when they were at the height
of their success, then catch them now will you still can, so you can
say you saw them. Tickets run$50-$65
Tix: $50,$60,$65
With
their last charting single in 2001 ("Wait") and the
last new album (BackBooth) a live acoustic project from 2008,
Seven Mary Three seems to be on the backside of their career,
now some two decades away from their beginnings in college,
Nonetheless, they have a collection of hit tunes to play for you when
they hit Jim Porter's Good Time Emporium on December 7, with Nerver
opening. Definitely a show of 7M3 fans. Tickets are $15.
Tix: $15
In
the music business, while performers and bands come and mostly go,
there are those few institutions that remain vibrant, decade after
decade, usually by drawing upon whatever current performers present
themselves. New Orleans' Preservation Hall Jazz Band is the
template for that kind of institution. We should note that they have
a Louisville connection in Jim James, has performed with the group on
several occasions. The PHJB will play some of that sweet N'Orleans
jazz music at The Brown Theatre on December 8, with The Trey
Mcintyre Project opening. Definitely a must-see show. Tickets are
$25 and up.
Tix: $25 and u
It
seems to be the case that December is a good month for ribute bands
to put together shows, as there are so many. First up this
month is Cincinnati's Signs Of Life: The Essence of Pink
Floyd show at Headliners on December 8. These guys have been
touring around the Midwest and Southeast for a while since their
beginning in 2010. Since they haven't stopped in Louisville before,
it's up to you to decide if you love Pink Floyd enough to chance it.
Tickets are $15 adv/$18 Dos
Tix: $15adv/$18Dos
LA-based
Indie rockers Silversun Pickups have a new CD, Neck Of The
Woods, that they'd like to play for you when they come to the Brown
Theatre on December 9. Although they started out as A Couple Of
Couples, which became Silversun Pickup following a line-up change
(ah, romance). Both of their last two albums have reached the Top Ten
on the American charts, the 2009 single "Panic Switch"
hitting the top of the US Indie chart. They get compared to The
Smashing Pumpkins and Coheed And Cambria, if that's a
help. Tickets are $27.50.
Tix: $27.50
Jessica
Lea Mayfield and her brother David Mayfield will come to
Zanzabar for a little family show on December 11. Mayfield, who got
her first important connection when a copy of her home-recorded first
record got into the hands of Dan Auberbach of the Black
Keys, who produced her debut CD, With Blasphemy So Heartfelt.
The opening track, "Kiss Me Again," was featured on "Gossip
Girl" and Mayfield made her network debut on The David Letterman
show. (Video
here) Not a bad beginning to a career,
all-in-all. Her voice would not be out of place on a Freakwater
record and her songs are a fit for Chris Knight. T. Hardy
Morris will open. Tickets are $12.
Tix: $12
The
Australian techno electro-industrial band Angelspit –
now based in New York and London – leads the Wall Street
Massacre Tour into the Phoenix Hill on December 13, along with
MyParasites and Cyanotic, We're talking black, white
and red here, all done up Giger-eseque, with machine pounding drum
and bass via keys. In short, the not-so-distant cousin of loud metal,
without guitars but with lots of attitude. They're touring in support
of Like It? Lick it. Tickets are $10.
Tix: $10
When
it comes to tribute shows, Wayne Young has been at it longer
than about anybody around town, putting on the terrific Eric
Clapton Tribute regularly. Wayne, of course, has the chops to
pull it off and he has the standing, expertise and connections to
assemble a first-class band to back him up, usually his regular band,
currently tagged The New Legends. The show happens at Jim
Porter's on December 21. Jenny And The Jets will open.
Check with Porter's for ticket info.
The
Uncle Alberts is a conglomeration of Louisville musicians who
really like Paul McCartney and Wings, and so they are going
to have a tribute to Cute Paul and Wings at Headliners on December
22. Based on a general knowledge of the kind of players who make up
these tribute bands here, we can safely say that you will hear
generally faithful renditions of the songs, or at least close enough
that your memory can fill in all the holes. Tickets will be only $10.
Tix: $10
Nothing
like a little metalcore to set you right for the upcoming Christmas
celebrations. Okay, I'm being sarcastic but if you like metalcore,
then Knoxville's Straight Line Stitch, heading into the
Phoenix Hill Tavern on December 22 could be your best Christmas gift
this year, given that they haven't been here for a couple of years.
They have a new (to us) album, The Fight of Our Lives, their
fourth full-length, that reached No. 5 on the Billboard
Heatseekers chart and No. 34 on the Top Independent
Albums chart, so it'll be all new to attendees. Check with the
Phoenix for ticket info.
December
is, indeed, rife with rumours this year - Rumours An All-star
Fleetwood Mac Tribute, that is. By the time this show gets
underway, we will have lost track of the number of tribute shows
happening in town this year - it certainly seems that a number of
players have decided to do tribute shows. It must be something in the
air. Nonetheless. if you didn't get your fill of Fleetwood Mac
when Lindsey Buckingham was in town in November, this is your
chance to top off. At Headliners Music Hall on December 28.
Tix: $10
The
Velcro Pygmies set up camp for their usual New Year's Eve set of
shows at the Phoenix Hill Tavern, on December 28 and 29. For a lot of
folks, these are the shows to close out a year with, since TVP have
rowdy down to a fine art. Mooseknuckle and Missled are
also on the bill. Check with the Phoenix for ticket info.,
The
Queers is a.) a band been around a long, long time b.) a
cable mini-series c.) an activist political group. Answer: at least
a.) and maybe b.) and c.), depending on your choice of slurs. In any
case, the band of that name, which has had the existence of the
farmer's old axe, has been at it since 1982 when Joe King (aka
Joe Queer) put together the first (of many) configurations.
Often described as "The Ramones Meet The Beach Boys," there
have many, many albums, off with covers included. The past and
present personnel list is bigger than some high school graduating
classes, with only Joe Queer as the integral member. The current
configuration will play the Diamond Pub on Barret on December 29,
with The Manges and Vice Tricks also on the bill.
Roots-Rock
Cannibal
Corpse will top a five-band bill of hard and heavy rock and death
metal at Headliners Music on December 3. Cannibal Corpse has had the
benefit of being attacked (in 1996) by members of Congress as well as
various ranking Conservative figures in the country, usually on the
grounds that they were degrading the moral fiber of American Youth.
They survived the attacks handily, putting out twelve albums that
went right along with the whole Zombi- and Vampire-fication of the
American entertainment establishment. Their latest records is
Torture, though we don't know if that's the effect or only the
title. Also on the bill are Created To Kill, Hour of Penance,
Misery Index and End It With A Shotgun. Go and be relieved
of your anger in a safe way. Tickets are $20.
Tix: $20
Ohio
native Josh Krajcik started out in the traditional way in the
music business, playing solo gigs, then he put together a band and
started gigging. His route diverted when he auditioned for and got on
first edition of "The X-Factor," singing "At Last."
He made it to the finals, with the mentoring of Nicole Sherzinger.
So we know that he can sing. He's currently working on his third
album and touring to take some advantage of his television celebrity.
He and his band will be at Headliners on December 12. Tickets are $14
adv/$16 Dos.
Tix: $14/$16
Purveyors
of old-timey music — right down to the fedora and bowtie –
Pokey Lafarge and the South City Three return to
Louisville for a show with the Whiskey Bent Valley Boys and
the Dirt Daubers at Headliners on December 14. Pokey,
who briefly called Louisville home before moving on (another
old-timey musician habit) has a new CD,Live in Holland, which
he will gladly sell you. Drawing on material from his other two CDs
plus his repertoire of old-time tunes, he'll entertain you in that
early Twentieth Century way, perhaps akin to Leon Redbone,
only with an individual Pokey-ness. The Whiskey Bent Valley Boys play
oldn-timey bluegrass-ish while Paducah's The Dirt Daubers, fronted by
J.D. Wilkes of the Legendary Shack Shakers are more old
country bluegrass with just a hint of blues. Altogether, it'll be an
evening of exploration of the roots of Americana. Tickets are $12
adv/$15 DoS
Tix: $12 adv/$15 Dos
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Blues
Tix: $20 adv/$22 Dos
Country
Tix: $40,$50,$75
Tix: $10
Heavy Rock
Tix: $12
Po
Rap/Hip-Hop/Urban
Tix: $20
Rock
Tix: $72.40-$88.45
Tix: $5
Tix: $50,$60,$65
Tix: $15
Tix: $25 and u
Tix: $15adv/$18Dos
Tix: $27.50
Tix: $12
Tix: $10
Tix: $10
Tix: $10
Roots-Rock
Tix: $20
Tix: $14/$16
Tix: $12 adv/$15 Dos