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Bud Light Music Stage
8 p.m.: Black Tuesday
9 p.m.: Grams and Krieger
10 p.m.: Mr. Boogie Woogie (Holland)
11 p.m.: Crosscut Saw
Midnight: Whole Lotta Zep
Kicking things off on the Bud Light Music Stage tonight at 8
p.m. is Black Tuesday, a trio that injects a laid-back vibe
into its pastiche of everything from ska rhythms to minimalist
two-chord vamps. At 9 p.m., longtime collaborators Grams and
Krieger mix it up with a genre-hopping set of country blues, roots
rock and R&B. Mr. Boogie Woogie, a Dutch piano player whose
name says it all, winters in Tucson each year. He’s up at 10
p.m., followed at 11 p.m. by the rockin’ blues of
Crosscut Saw. Find you own Valhalla at midnight, when Led
Zeppelin tribute band Whole Lotta Zep hits the stage.
KRQ Stage
8 p.m.: Triple Double Band
9 p.m.: The Hounds
10 p.m.: Hipster Daddy-O
11 p.m.: Cosmic Slop
Midnight: Spirit Familia
With a new CD coming out on May 1, the Triple Double Band and
their soulful, bluesy reggae-rock will have you dancing and smiling at
8 p.m., and the riddims continue at 9 p.m. with The
Hounds, who toss a bit of a hip-hop thang (along with nods to
Sublime) into their soulful, bluesy reggae-rock. At 10 p.m.,
Hipster Daddy-O toss a horn section into bed with high-octane
rockabilly-inspired rock. Lascivious, George Clinton-style funk is up
at 11 p.m. courtesy of Cosmic Slop, and at midnight,
Spirit Familia close the stage with their unique brand of
reggae/funk/Latin.
Zia/Mountain Stage
8 p.m.: Mozart’s Sister
9 p.m.: The Runaway Five
10 p.m.: Sunday Afternoon
11 p.m.: Skitn
Midnight: Rootz Underground (Jamaica)
The coed trio Mozart’s Sister, who clearly have some
Pretenders albums in their collections, get things rockin’ on this
outdoor stage at 8 p.m. The Runaway Five manage to sound
modern even though they’re all about the new wave of the
1980s—and they have a Ronald Reagan obsession to show for it.
They’re on at 9 p.m., just prior to perennial UA faves Sunday
Afternoon, who should appeal to fans of Live, Pearl Jam and the
Dave Matthews Band, at 10 p.m. At 11 p.m., Skitn rock some beach-reggae grooves, and at midnight, straight outta
Kingston, Jamaica, Rootz Underground let us all in on why
they’re one of the most promising young reggae bands in the world right
now. (For more on Rootz Underground, see Page CC6.)
Tejano/La Preciosa Stage
8 p.m.: Nudoz
9 p.m.: Nudoz
10 p.m.: Ritmo Tejano
11 p.m.: 4th Nivel
Midnight: 4th Nivel
The Tejano/La Preciosa Stage is the Club Crawl™ home base for
Mexican rock and Tejano tonight. Things get rolling at 8 p.m. with Nudoz, who apply Latin rhythms to rock and pop to fine
effect. At 10 p.m., Ritmo Tejano mix it up with Tejano,
Tex-Mex and conjunto. And starting at 11 p.m., 4th Nivel close out the night with Latin, rock, pop and cumbias.
Rialto Theatre
8 p.m.: Andrew Collberg
8:45 p.m.: Lonna Kelley (Phoenix)
10 p.m.: M. Ward (Portland, Ore.)
Midnight: The Jons
This historic Crawl hub boasts a to-die-for lineup tonight.
Andrew Collberg‘s set of winning, Lennon-esque songs starts
things off at 8 p.m. Phoenix’s Lonna Kelley, who takes
the stage at 8:45 p.m., specializes in sultry, heartbreaking
songs to smoke cigarettes by. “Discovered” several years ago by Howe
Gelb, who released his debut album in 2000, M. Ward, who
performs a full-length set starting at 10 p.m., has continued to
garner deserved accolades for his ancient-sounding but timeless songs
of woe and hope. His latest is this year’s Hold Time. (For more
on M. Ward, see Page CC5.) At midnight, The Jons demonstrate why they’ve been called “the Mexican Beatles.” Note:
Club Crawl™ wristband entry for this show will be granted on a
first-come, first-serve basis. If you’d like to guarantee a spot, the
Rialto is selling tickets specifically for this show for $20 to $22.
Each ticket also includes a wristband.
Club Congress
9 p.m.: Young Mothers
10 p.m.: R’Cougar
11 p.m.: Blind Divine
Midnight: The Static Session
1 a.m.: Flagrante Delicto
Things get cooking on the indoor club stage at this venerable
downtown hotspot with a pair of promising, young indie-rock bands:
Young Mothers, who sound a bit like The Decemberists one minute,
and Built to Spill the next, at 9 p.m.; and R’Cougar, who
should appeal to fans of Pinback and The Sea and Cake, at 9 p.m. You are probably familiar with acclaimed visual artist Daniel Martin
Diaz, but tonight, his haunting, goth-y band, Blind Divine,
performs on the stage he designed, at 10 p.m. The Static
Session, which features former members of The Year of Acceleration,
specialize in Brit-inspired shoegaze pop. They’ll take over at 11
p.m., followed at midnight by the creepy carnival-rock
sounds of Flagrante Delicto.
Congress Outdoor Stage
8 p.m.: Low Ones
9 p.m.: Crossing Sarnoff
10 p.m.: Haley Jane
11 p.m.: Lydian and the Amphybians
Midnight: Mostly Bears
The outdoor stage at Congress tonight features a typically eclectic
collection of acts, starting at 8 p.m. with the minimalist folk
rock of Low Ones. Crossing Sarnoff play a brand of pop
that pays homage to the songcraft of the ’70s. They’re on at 9
p.m., just prior to the Americana folk-pop of Haley Jane, at
10 p.m. Lydian and the Amphybians trade in sprawling, rootsy
dream-pop at 11 p.m. Armed with one of the best singers in town
in Brian Lopez, Mostly Bears veer seamlessly from an Arcade
Fire-style tribal-drum jam to a convincing Amy Winehouse cover in the
blink of an eye, at midnight.
Mostly Bears:
Maynards
9 to 11 p.m.: Batucaxé
Nosh on a gourmet pizza, and dance your ass off. This new downtown
eatery and market, located in the Historic Train Depot on Toole Avenue,
features the massive samba drum and dance ensemble
Batucaxé from 9 to 11 p.m.
The District
8:30 p.m.: Al Perry
9:30 p.m.: Tracy Shedd
10:30 p.m.: La Cerca
11:30 p.m.: Naim Amor
12:30 a.m.: Al Foul
Considering this downtown watering hole doesn’t normally host live
music, The District sure has landed a doozy of a lineup tonight. Fresh
off the release of a covers EP recorded with the legendary engineer
Jack Miller, the similarly legendary Al Perry serves up some
serious twang in all its forms at 8:30 p.m. As great as
singer-songwriter Tracy Shedd‘s releases on TeenBeat Records
are, she’s even better live, where her guitarist husband, James
Tritten, provides animated guitar-noise freak-outs behind her sturdy,
patient songs. She’s up at 9:30 p.m., just before the
ever-shifting La Cerca unloads a passel of great melodic
indie-rock tunes, at 10:30 p.m. Naim Amor is like a Zelig
of popular music: He can fit right in just about anywhere. Find out
what he’s got up his sleeve tonight at 11:30 p.m., when
he performs a set of his own material before joining Al Foul,
the best damn rockabilly singer in Tucson, at 12:30 a.m.
Sports on Congress
9 p.m.: Test 1
9:45 p.m.: Black 1
10:30 p.m.: MC Shaun Harris w/ DJ Tarzan
11:15 p.m.: Big Meridox w/ DJ Bonus
Midnight: Get Loose w/ DJs Bonus and Hometown Herm
You know how every other current rap song is always talking about
“da club”? Well, tonight, Sports on Congress is that club, with an
all-night schedule of hip-hop and R&B: Test 1 at 9
p.m.; Black 1 of the Hometown Heroez collective at 9:45
p.m.; soulful MC Shaun Harris with DJ Tarzan at 10:30
p.m.; Big Meridox with DJ Bonus at 11:15 p.m.; then
DJ Bonus and DJ Hometown Herm team up for session of funky-ass
R&B and old-school hip-hop at midnight.
Vaudeville
Church of Rock RevelationsHosted by the Rev. Larry
9 p.m.: Love Mound
10 p.m.: Thunderosa (Austin)
11 p.m.: Great American Tragedy
Midnight: Hellrancho (Phoenix)
1 a.m.: Split Hoof (Austin)
As usual, Vaudeville is your home of the hard ‘n’ heavy as the Rev.
Larry preaches to the choir of the Church of Rock Revelations. Hint:
Bring earplugs. His lineup for tonight: louder-than-a-jackhammer
boogie-blues-rock from Love Mound at 9 p.m.; the return
of the mighty Austin-via-Tucson stompers Thunderosa at 10
p.m. (welcome back, A.J.!); the Rev. Larry himself grabs his bass
at 11 p.m. as part of the scary punk-metal combo Great
American Tragedy; Phoenix-based Motorhead and Tad worshipers
Hellrancho at midnight; and Austin’s Split Hoof,
who would have fit right in on a bill with Deep Purple and ZZ Top back
in 1973, at 1 a.m.
Split Hoof:
O’Malleys
8 p.m.: Standby Red 5
9 p.m.: Ethos
10 p.m.: Fracture the Times
11 p.m.: Augustine
Midnight: Four Five Six
O’Malley’s typically draws a youthful crowd, so it’s somewhat
appropriate that a crop of mostly young bands would take the stage
there tonight. Starting things off at 8 p.m., Standby Red
5 offers songs melodic and pretty enough that you don’t miss a
human voice, followed by Ethos, who will bring reggae/rock to
the stage at 9 p.m. Singer Molly Barry fronts Fracture the
Times, a new pop band co-founded by ex-Versus the Mirror guitarist
Gabe Borquez, who play at 10 p.m., followed by guitar-poppers
Augustine at 11 p.m. At midnight, it’s Four
Five Six, a slightly jazzy act featuring Mike DeCicco (Musica
Obscura) that marries minimalist pop with shoegaze outbursts.
The Hut
8:30 p.m.: Katastro (Phoenix)
9:30 p.m.: RAC (Phoenix)
10:30 p.m.: Rasta Sauce
11:30 p.m.: Hecker
12:30 a.m.: Another Day (Phoenix)
Three of the five of the acts on The Hut’s indoor stage tonight are
from the Phoenix area—but don’t hold that against ’em. Mesa’s
Katastro gets things underway at 8:30 p.m. with a potent
blend of funky R&B and island-inspired grooves that’ll have you all
kinds of hot and bothered. Glendale’s RAC do that skate-reggae
thing that Sublime gave to the world at 9:30 p.m., followed by
the likeminded Tucsonans of Rasta Sauce at 10:30 p.m. Tucson’s Hecker is a jazzy, funky power trio that sounds sorta
like the Minutemen minus the punk. They take over at 11:30 p.m.,
then check out Phoenix’s best reggae/rock group, Another
Day, at 12:30 a.m.
The Hut Outdoor Stage
8 p.m.: Geoffrey J.
9 p.m.: Dirty Me
10 p.m.: Cadillac Mountain
11 p.m.: The El Camino Royales
Midnight: UpRooted
The outdoor stage at The Hut (just look for the giant tiki head!)
tonight features a varied lineup of acts that find common ground under
the umbrella of Americana. Rootsy roadhouse rocker Geoffrey J. gets the show rolling at 8 p.m., just prior to Dirty
Me—a five piece country band that evolved from the Silver
Thread Trio, featuring the vocals of Laura Kepner-Adney—at 9
p.m. Cadillac Mountain treats you to a dose of traditional
bluegrass at 10 p.m., right before The El Camino Royales get you to do the shimmy with their take on surf and rockabilly, at
11 p.m. Finish off the night with feel-good vibes of
UpRooted at midnight.
Sharks
8:30 p.m.: Gaza Strip
9:45 p.m.: Los Nawdy Dawgs
11 p.m.: Avenida 6
Midnight: DJ Chucky Chingon
Joke-rockers or serious songwriters with a sense of humor? You
decide when Gaza Strip plays at 8:30 p.m., followed at
9:45 p.m. by Santana lovers Los Dawdy Dawgs. Imagine what
it would be like if Santana met Café Tacuba cruising on South
Sixth Avenue when Avenida 6 starts their set at 11 p.m. DJ Chucky Chingon spins his wheels at midnight.
Los Nawdy Dawgs:
Winsett Park
7 to 9 p.m.: Desert Bluegrass Association
This outdoor park on Fourth Ave. will tonight feature a lineup of
bluegrass acts curated by the Desert Bluegrass Association from
7 to 9 p.m.
Martin’s
7 to 9 p.m.: Salvador Duran
Wanna be serenaded by an operatic Mexican folk singer while chowing
down on some killer carne asada? Look no further than Martin’s, where
the amazing Salvador Duran will perform from 7 to 9
p.m.
Café Passe
7 p.m. Terraformation
8 p.m.: Duo Sonido
This Fourth Avenue hotspot, which features tasty takes on classic
café fare, also features a pair of interesting musical acts
tonight: Terraformation, who are surprisingly accurate when they
claim they sound like “Ennio Morricone playing Tetris with Tortoise at
DJ Shadow’s mom’s house,” at 7 p.m.; and Duo Sonido, who
tackle pretty much every genre of music, all within the lounge idiom,
at 8 p.m.
Delectables
7 to 10 p.m.: Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl
An acoustic guitar, a piano and the lovely voice of Amy Ross are all
Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl need to impress with their
stripped-down singer-songwriter fare. They’ll perform at this Fourth
Avenue eatery from 7 to 10 p.m.
Chocolate Iguana
7 to 9 p.m.: Stefan George
What better way to fuel up than with a couple shots of espresso,
some delicious chocolate and a grab bag of soul, blues and country,
courtesy of Tucson mainstay Stefan George, who performs from
7 to 9 p.m.?
Magpies
7 to 9 p.m.: Phil Borzillo
Enjoy the country blues of Phil Borzillo from 7 to 9
p.m. tonight on the patio of this perennial Best Pizza winner in
our Best of Tucson™ readers’ poll.
Enoteca
6 to 9 p.m.: Lamont Arthur
Lamont Arthur applies his gospel background to jazz standards
from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight at this downtown Italian eatery and
wine bar.
Cushing Street Bar and Restaurant
7 to 10 p.m. Jeff Lewis and Friends
A slightly off-the-beaten-path downtown mainstay, Cushing Street
will tonight host Jeff Lewis and Friends from 7 to 10
p.m.
Casa Vicente
7 to 9 p.m.: Sentido
On their MySpace page, Sentido “invites you to experience its
modern and traditionally undulating rhythms that naturally captivate
heart and soul.” Check them out over tapas at Casa Vicente from 7 to
9 p.m.
Shot in the Dark Café
7:30 p.m.: Mark Bockel
8:30 p.m.: Special Guest
9:30 p.m.: Pat Rickert
Red Room at Grill
10 p.m.: Cassette Culture
11 p.m.: Gamma Like Very Ultra
Midnight: Gabriel Sullivan
Cassette Culture offers a bit of “electroacoustic/rock” at
10 p.m., followed by the experimental avant-rock, post-punk
noise of Gamma Like Very Ultra at 11 p.m. As a member of
the wildly divergent bands The American Black Lung (punk) and The Fell
City Shouts (Tom Waits-inspired), Gabriel Sullivan has us
wondering what he’s got up his sleeve for his upcoming solo debut, due
out sometime this summer. He’ll end things at midnight.
Plus more music at:
• Twelve Tribes
• Kelly’s Market
• Café Theatre
• Burger City
This article appears in Apr 16-22, 2009.