Listings 11/17-11/23

Issue #19

Bar Tabac at Randy’s Roadhouse, photo by Leland Anderson

As always, please sound off in the comments and let people know what you’re excited about this week.

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This week’s live music events:

Wednesday 11/17

• Dr. Sweets and Ireland Woods, Twin Sisters, 6 pm: folk

• Hockey Teeth, Underground Coffeehouse, 7 pm: indie rock

Thursday 11/18

• WWU Wind Symphony, WWU PAC, 8 pm: classical

• JPEGMafia, Wild Buffalo, 9 pm: hip-hop

• Cat Valley, Linda From Work, Separatr, Shakedown, 9 pm: rock

Friday 11/19

• Cardova, Aslan, 3 pm

• Will Byrne, Skylarks, 5 pm: acoustic covers and originals

• TBA, Lighthouse Grill, 5:30 pm: jazz/ lounge

• Free Harmony, Fireside, 7 pm: rock and pop covers

• Analog Brass, Chvrns, Slap Serif, Viking Union, 7 pm: brass band, hip-hop

• Traesti Darling, Honey Moon, 8 pm: singer-songwriter

• Sir Mix-A-Lot, Wild Buffalo, 9 pm: hip-hop

• Vacuum, Vanishment, Maldisdeun, Shakedown, 9 pm: metal

Saturday 11/20

• TBA, Lighthouse Grill, 5:30 pm: jazz/ lounge

• Ari Hoenig Trio, Firehouse PAC, 7 pm: jazz

• The Rhetorician, Munch Ink, Bird Senses Danger, Iggy Poop, Viking Union, 7 pm: hip-hop, rock

• Anissa Quintet, Skylark’s, 8 pm: jazz

• Marie (The Band), Snowy River, 8 pm: folk

• Noah Gundersen, The Black Tones, Petty or Not, Wild Buffalo, 8:30 pm: rock

• Moorea Masa and the Mood, The Harris Twins, Shakedown, 9 pm: R&B/ soul

Sunday 11/21

• Ira Echo Latin Jazz Band, Kulshan, 5 pm: Latin jazz

Monday 11/22

• One Lane Bridge, Kulshan, 6 pm: rock covers

Tuesday 11/23

• Gunhild Carling, Hotel Leo, 6:30 pm: swing

Picks of the Week:
It’s great to see AS Productions bringing live local music back to campus in a big way. Both nights of their big festival have a great variety of local acts. The Wild Buffalo has a big weekend and it appears that there may even still be some tickets left for Sir Mix-A-Lot, which is surprising. Cat Valley just released their new EP and it seems to be getting a lot of buzz, not just locally. You can celebrate with them on Thursday at the Shakedown.

You may have seen Gunhild Carling on this quasi-viral video, somehow playing swing on the bagpipes. No word on if she’s bringing the bagpipes to the Hotel Leo this week or just sticking to trombone and trumpet but either way it should be a highlight for swing fans.

Ongoing weekly events:

• Wednesday Aaron Guest on piano, Boundary, 6 pm

• Wednesday Open Mic, Honeymoon, 8:30 pm

• Thursday Open Mic, KPop Chicken, 5-9 pm

• Thursday Irish Session, Uisce, 7-9:30

• Friday Open Mic, Snowy River, 8 pm

• Saturday Singer’s Saturday, Fireside, 3:30-6:30

• Saturday Otto’s Hour, local music on KZAX 94.9, 6-7 pm

• Sunday Open Mic Culture Cafe, 7 pm

• Monday Irish Session, Greene’s Corner, 6-8 pm

• Monday Miles Harris Boundary Bay 6-8

• Tuesday Lindy at the Leo, 6 pm: swing dancing

• Tuesday jazz at Makeworth Market 7-9

• Tuesday The Local Jam 102.3 7-8 pm: local music on the radio

• Tuesday Paul Klein on piano, Boundary, 6 pm

News and Upcoming Events:

Miles Harris has a new gig. He’ll be playing solo every Monday out on the deck at Boundary for your listening and dining pleasure. If you know your Bellingham music history you know that Mondays at Boundary have a tradition of incubating some cool musical communities.

Culture Cafe has a new open mic night starting up on Sundays.

Not strictly local but I’m digging this EP by a couple of ex-locals. If you remember Racetrack or Lands Farther East (or just enjoy high energy guitar pop), check out Pacey.

Still looking for any new artists who want to be profiled here. If you’ve started a new musical project in the last few years, let’s tell people about it! Also I’m still planning to do another Bandcamp roundup in time for the next Bandcamp Friday, so if you’ve released any music in the last year let me know.

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