You made it to the second day of the week. Only 3 more days to go! Help keep the work week blues at bay with one of these super fun shows!
Wild Party w/ The Well Reds and Sugar On The Dashboard @ The Drunken Unicorn
Wild Party, made up of vocalist Lincoln Kreifels, guitarist Lucas Hughes, bassist Ethan Kaufmann, and drummer Cary LaScala are still a young band, but they have already been around the block and across the pond. The band were thrust into the spotlight early in their career when they were offered a gig to support The Wombats on tour across the UK in 2010. Without label support, Wild Party seized the moment and took a DIY approach, releasing tracks and video content online, and gaining a fan base before inking a deal with indie/rock label Old Friends Records in November 2013. Look out for their debut album Phantom Pop, featuring new single “When I Get Older”, in October.
Tickets are $8. Show is 18+. Doors are 8:30pm.
Mustered Courage / Sailing to Denver @ Smith’s Olde Bar
Mustered Courage is a bluegrass band from Melbourne, Australia that combines the three key ingredients of delicious four-part harmonies, virtuosic pickin’ and brilliant song-writing. This combination creates their unique take on bluegrass—a sound that has been captivating festival audiences Australia wide. In 2012, Mustered Courage played at every major folk festival in Australia. Through these experiences, these young song-writing pickers slowly earned a reputation for being one of the hottest, exciting and innovative bluegrass bands in the country.
Tickets are $10. Doors open 8pm. Show is 18+. Online, phone, and outlet sales close at 2pm.
Ed Roland and the Sweet Tea Project @ Eddie’s Attic
For the past two decades, Atlanta native Ed Roland has been the front man and heart of the platinum-selling rock band Collective Soul. He has written seven #1 radio hits, and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. For Roland’s new project, Ed Roland and The Sweet Tea Project, he teamed up with a group of friends and musicians for a new approach to his classic hit-making style.
Tickets are $12 in advance, $16 at the door. Table seats are $15 each and must be purchased in multiples of 4. Doors open at 6:30pm. Online, phone, and outlet sales close at 5pm.
Simon Joyner w/ special guests @ 529
Simon Joyner is an Omaha native who first came to prominence as part of the lo-fi movement in the early ’90s alongside contemporaries such as Will Oldham, Smog, the Mountain Goats, and Dump. He is often referred to as a forefather of the Omaha indie music scene, and is a major influence on his friend, Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes. Although he tours only occasionally, Joyner is a songwriter’s songwriter. Following the mercurial path of heroes like Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and Lou Reed, Joyner has been releasing sometimes delicate and mournful and other times dissonant, but always literate and demanding songs since the early ’90s. Joyner is now working on his thirteenth full-length album.
Tickets are $7. Doors open at 9pm. Online, phone, and outlet sales close at 6pm.
Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes @ The EARL
The Clairy Browne experience is like a vivid flashback to the sixties, one that transports you straight onto the set of Shindig but with a darker undercurrent, with shades of David Lynch or Federico Fellini piercing through. Her smoky voice channels aching and longing as three shimmying, bouffant haired singers in sequined dresses harmonize along with her. To the left, a baritone sax wails and shudders as the soul claps rise and fall in and out of a blaze of sound. The diva in front of her band raises her eyes to the ceiling, fist clenched tightly to her heart. The dancing ends over the roar of the crowd, they stand there entranced, sweating, and waiting: a typical dramatic moment for Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes.
Tickets are $18. Doors open at 7pm. Online, phone, and outlet sales close at 6pm.
