Weekend Concert Preview

Sorry I've been gone so much, its been a somewhat hectic week. Anyway, there's a lot of great shows this weekend, so enjoy. As always, all shows are all ages unless otherwise noted, and bold shows are the ones I recommend. Genre descriptions refer to the bands in the order that they were listed.

Friday:

Elephant Micah (go to Last.fm to stream stuff), Oh Foot. Some somewhat dark, very good folk music, and some light, peaceful folk from a Davis band. 1430 Alice St. (Davis), 7pm. Free.

David Bazan. Kind of a mainstream alternative singer-songwriter guy. Blue Lamp (Sac), 9pm. Price uncertain, 21+.

Breathe Owl Breathe, Sea of Bees. Standard folk, and some hazy, slightly trippy folk. Luigi's Fungarden (Sac), 8:30pm. $6.

Deke Dickerson, Mae McCoy and the Neon Stars. Surf country and some staight country. Old Ironsides (Sac), 9pm. $12, 21+.

Blue Cranes, Elders, Brittney & Zach. Jazz show, pretty experimental sounding stuff, if you are into that kind of thing, should be a great show. 209 2nd St. (Davis), 8pm. $7.

Ten Mile Tide, Thaw Jack Frost. Folky bluegrass, and some jammin' blues rock. Marylin's (Sac), 9pm. $8, 21+.

Saturday and Sunday after the jump!

Weekend Concert Preview

These are this weekend's shows in the Davis and Sacramento area. Recommended shows are in bold. Descriptions of the bands are in the order that I listed the bands. All shows are all ages unless otherwise noted.

Friday:

Pistol Pete, NoBunny, The Ponteens. I'm busy tonight, but if I were around, this is definitely the show I would be at. Pistol Pete has a real heavy blues sound, with some almost metal sounding virtuoso guitar, a la Stevie Vai and Joe Satriani. No Bunny plays extremely catchy upbeat pop-punk, very reminiscent of The Ramones. He's from Oakland, and he's embarking on a national tour, so catch him now. The Poonteens are a pretty traditional punk 3-piece, with serious chops and some catchy songs. Highly recommend that you get to this show.The Hub @ Sol Collective (Sac), 8:30. $5.

Sea Of Bees, Early and Often. If the other show wasn't your bag, this one will be pretty decent too. Good folk rock/indie rock, and some kinda whiny grunge/indie rock. 16th Street Cafe (formerly the Java Lounge, Sac), 8pm. $6.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Psychedelic alt-rock, done very well. Harlow's (Sac), 9:30. $20, 21+.

Moomaw, Jay Shaner, Magic No. 9. Spacey Americana/folk, and some pretty run of the mill guitar folk. Fox and Goose (Sac), 9pm. $5, 21+.

Saturday and Sunday's shows after the jump!

New Feature: Weekend Concert Preview

This marks the first installment of a weekly feature which will come out each Thursday, a round-up of the weekend's (that includes Friday) live music in the Sacramento/Davis area. Shows in bold are ones that I recommend, and I'll also have a top show for each weekend, which will get a more in depth write up. All shows are all ages unless noted. Here goes.

Friday:

Sister Crayon, Whats Up, Chelsea Wolfe, The New Humans, Pregnant, Ross Hammond, Two Sheds, Thousands. SN&R holds a benefit concert for Doctors Without Boarders in Haiti at 6pm at Luigi's Fun Garden (Sac). Musically, it's all over the place, but it'll be a good show. $10.

Rudresh Mahanthappa, Mark Dresser and Gerry Hemingway (jazz combo) at the TCS Building on the UCD campus. Free.

Garage Jazz Architects, Tin Can Notes, Noland Ford. Some jazz, some pop. Luna's Cafe (Sac), 8pm. $6.

Lots more after the jump!