Local metal gods Machete have decided to hold a CD release party at Eureka’s Red Fox Tavern. This seems an odd venue choice to those of us in A-town, but the addition of Dragged by Horses and The Fire Demons to the bill makes sense. Should be a hot, hot show!

Saturday, June 7 at 9 p.m. $6.

KSLG 94.1 FM turned seven, and to celebrate such an occasion, they threw a party at Hum Brews. After being warned by at least one DJ that I shouldn’t say anything mean about The Monster Women, Dynamite Sweater or any of the festivities occurring that night, I decided to pay some respect to the station that I should probably be thanking for having this job and thought about it for about five minutes before deciding to do it anyway, and go for broke.

More here.

“Too bad they’re done,” he says. “This pretty good!”

Reading to anticipate in the May 6, 2008 Arcata Eye Scene section:

Daniel Lewis experiences a sudden and meaningful realization.

Josh Duke can’t get no satisfaction.

Ross Rowley explains why “cover band” is not, in fact, a derogatory term.

The omnipresent TMc|Eye breaks it down – or rather, takes photos of those who do.

Wow, do we get some bad press releases. We’re talking serious fodder for compulsive proofreaders. Or anyone with a grasp of the English language.

If this weren’t such a small town, I’d post the most recent example.

Instead, please enjoy one of the Eye’s favorite sites.

The Beat Nun
Last week, we highlighted Maddy Shernock, The Beat Nun. She’s been playing music her whole life – dad’s in Play Dead and introduced her to the Kodály Method, plus she’s been part of Redwood Children’s Chorus since she was two. Now 18, Maddy ended up with the Beat Nun moniker thanks to a friend who argued Beat poetry facts with her. Maddy insists her live shows (next one, Saturday at Muddy’s) are better than her recorded music (of which she has a great deal), but even her MySpace site overflows with lovely melodies, sparsely constructed, but layered to create a compelling complexity some compare – reasonably – to Coco Rosie.

“I can’t describe it,” Maddy said. “You just have to listen.”

Listen now.

The Beat Nun_Wouldn’t It Be Nice

The Cowboy Junkies perform in HSU’s Van Duzer Theatre, Thursday, May 1. (707) 826-3928.

A tour through Northern California is all too appropriate for Cowboy Junkies. Two decades into their career, the music sounds as alive today as it did when we first heard them on a college radio station. For Margo Timmins, brothers Michael and Pete, and lifelong friend Alan Anton, the music has always been the first priority. By making the music they want to make, Cowboy Junkies have filled the proverbial cellar with music that continues to age like, well, you know the saying. Read the rest of this entry »

There are some nights where you just don’t know what to do with yourself. It’s Saturday night, Tegan and Sara are playing, and you just can’t bring yourself to go. See a pair of hot twins strum chords you could teach a monkey to play? Read the rest of this entry »

I realized that I was in trouble when after a long exaggerated rant about the elitist piety of MRR and their rejection of my Eureka/Arcata scene report, I was asked, “Well, what is the “SCENE”?” At that very instant I gasped! Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes people send CDs. Rarely, said person(s) include a handwritten, articulate note. Metabolic Monster (aka Tyler and the Ellipses‘ Jimmy Phan) is one such person. The effort put forth should have prompted a sooner listen to his CD, but so it goes. The larger point here is, it’s beautiful.

Check out “Oakscrew” from The Minor Imperfections:

“Oakscrew” by Metabolic Monster