Didi, Bathroom Laws, DUD Thursday, Aug. 30 Kaiju This is a free show, with an array of indie punk bands, so you cant go wrong. Didi plays experimental noise-pop with an impactful, ominous post-punk lean. Bathroom Laws is pure punk driven by activism. And DUD brings golden-hooked, fuzzy, 90s-style indie to the mix. Kaiju is the place to catch under-the-radar rock and punk, and, this is something you shouldnt miss.
A Night of Traditional Bluegrass & Old Time Mountain Music Friday, Aug. 31 Headliners Music Hall Featuring Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers, Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys, as well as Whiskey Bent Valley Boys, this concert is devoted to a style that is historically rooted to our state. Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers is a multi-generational family band, Ralph Stanley II carries on his fathers legacy (who was a bluegrass innovator) with Clinch Mountain Boys, while Whiskey Bent Valley Boys are a younger band carrying on the genre to a new generation.
U.S. Girls Tuesday, Sept. 4 Zanzabar With an oddball, experimental pop prowess, Meghan Remys project U.S. Girls is sharp, catchy, unpredictable and, really, just kind of different from everything else, in an age where its hard to be different than everything else, without doing something completely off the rails. Based around her work on a reel-to-reel, a once muffled, harsh sound has given way to something more accessible, although with the same sort of art-pop heart that she started with.
This article appears in August 29, 2018.
