Stay Up to Date on Upcoming Live Music in Boone
(Ever changing and adding shows, this calendar does not reflect all live music in Boone)
BooneLive is working towards documenting an increasing variety of live music in Boone town. In the mean time, check out some of the following shows coming up in the down town areas of Boone, North Carolina. Don’t forget to share these live music musings with your friends on the Facebooks and the smartphone things and the sexting and the twitters and the new my spaces! DO it! Support local bands, local venues, local shops, and live music in Boone!
Grass Widow
“The San Fran phenom Grass Widow,” as the New Yorker dubs this post-punk band, “inspires as its pastoral harmonies float effortlessly over trellises of spindly guitars.”
Grass Widow–Hannah Lew (bass, vocals), Raven Mahon (guitar, vocals), and Lillian Maring, (drums, vocals) write their hypnotic layered melodies collaboratively. Their haunting songs, rich in metaphor and couched in reference and allusion, are mined from the personal narratives of each. Vox duties shared equally all around complete the overall sensibility. Grass Widow has no front person but offers a fresh musical experience not based on celebrity or spectacle. Since their formation, in line with these principles, they have maintained their objective of playing age and gender-inclusive shows.
Grass Widow formed in 2007 and toured the US the following summer. Their first release came as a S/T LP on San Francisco’s Make A Mess Records in 2009, followed by a 12 inch EP on Captured Tracks and their 2nd full-length, Past Time, which came out in 2010 on Kill Rock Stars. The band toured Europe, the UK and China in 2010 and started their own record label, HLR.
In addition to The New Yorker, Grass Widow has been featured in Yeti Magazine, Nylon, ArtForum, and The New York Times, among other publications.
http://grasswidow.org/bio.php
http://grasswidow.org/videos.php
Katterwaul- Brittany Katter (Boone via Tuscon, AZ) soulful solo garage rock.
LISA FRANK- It’s happening again: Boone’s favorite bubblegum garage grrrls (and Devon) are reuniting for this one-time show.
$8 Advance tickets avail from Espresso News, 641 RPM or Loven House Underground
$10 Day of show
Great Valley- Brattleboro, VT (population 12,000) is an unlikely center for a such a strange, diverse music scene. In recent years, this tiny town has produced forward-thinking artists like Blanche Blanche Blanche, Happy Jawbone Family Band, Better Physics, Kurt and Chris Weisman, Son of Salami, and Great Valley. Feeding Tube Records is releasing their record “Continental Lunch” in January. Check out this deranged pop song “Dream Phone” featuring Zach Philips of Blanche Blanche Blanche on keys.
http://thegreatvalley.bandcamp.com/
Secret Lover- http://secretlover.bandcamp.com/
White Crime- Western Mass noisy surf punk
Raccoon Choir- (Boone) 90’s r & b-tinged, idiosyncratic synth pop
5 dollar cover