6/27/08

Friday

Please. Okay, why am I even bothering to give you the rundown of potentially decent-to-awesome shows happening in town tonight when Candlebox, yes, fucking CANDLEBOX is one of those options CANDLEBOX DO YOU HEAR ME CANDLEBOX! Candlebox. You know you fucking loved them once. I still have a thing for long-haired men in flannel. Oh swoon! If they've gone nü metal I'll be PISSED! Hold the boat - I'm looking into this... google image search... Candlebox...

Oh god, look! They cut their hair and lost the flannel and they're still totally hot!



Are these really the same dudes we left far behind in '94? Go see for yourselves.

Candlebox (from Seattle - yes, they still live in Seattle, did you know Seattle has this, like, really cool grunge scene? Yeah, I get all my music news from backissues of Spin circa 1991-1993) with The Kings Royal (from Santa Monica) @ The Rock, 18/22 bucks, 7:00. The Rock has weak, expensive drinks which means it's not a real rock club and yet I say this show would be absolutely worth seeing.

Daughters of the Sun, The Screens, StrangeLights, Whitesand/Badlands, Vern with DJs Double Trouble upstairs @ Stasiu's, 5 bucks, 8:00.

Enormous Quartet @ Cafe Maude, zero bucks, 9:00.

Flamin' Oh's @ Withrow Ballroom in Stillwater, 6 bucks, 8:00. $1 tap beer 8-9PM.

Rick Springfield (Malibu) @ Mystic Lake, 35/45 bucks, 8:00. Have you heard of this guy? My friend Angela in Denver says he's really good. He's from Malibu. Have you heard of this guy?

The Magnolias, Tim Casey & the Martyrs and Ten Ton Bridge @ 7th St Entry, 10/12 bucks, 8:00.

Rank Strangers, Liz Rognesand The Buzzard Brothers @ Eagles Aerie 33 (Eastside St. Paul), 5 bucks, 8:00.

Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs @ Eagles Club - The Nest, zero bucks, 7:00.

Big Trouble @ 331 Club, zero bucks, 9:00. Plus $2.50 Rum and Cokes.

Dosh, POS and Kill the Vultures @ First Ave, 10/12 bucks, 8:00.

Dragich and the Polemics, Courtney Yasmineh and Laura Meyer @ Terminal Bar, 5 bucks, 9:00.

Dark Field, Chokecherry, The Suits and Andrew Broder @ the Hex, zero bucks, 9:00.

Mommy s3z No, Downcast and The No-No's @ Big V's, 5 bucks, 9:00.

The Diplomats of Solid Sound (Iowa City), Norsemen, Chrash Flood (Davenport), Manimal Quartet and DJ Rock the Monkey @ Triple Rock, 6/8 bucks, 9:00.

Economy Team, Moxie Motive (Chicago), The Sextons and Old James @ Uptown Bar, 5 bucks, 9:00.

Uptown Pride Bock Party with Tina Schlieske and Band, Dykes Do Drag, Black Blondie, All the Pretty Horses and Rope Trick @ Bryant between 29th St and Lake, zero bucks, 6-10:30.

Dragons Power Up!, Gospel Gossip and City on the Make @ Eclipse Records, 4 bucks, 7:00.

Hayden and Haley Bonar @ the Cedar, 12/15 bucks, 8:00.

The Dad In Common, The Blind Shake, Heatdeath and Paul Metzger @ Turf Club, to enter you may pay with one lock of Rick Springfield's hair, 9:00.

Aby Wolf, Ghostband and Thank You @ Kitty Cat Klub, 5 bucks.