Music Forecast: Seven Lions, Marrow, Sky Smeed, Midcoast Takeover
Seven Lions
Jeff Montalvo is here to prove that EDM can offer a full concert experience. The Santa Barbara producer and DJ has been the force behind several major remixes. (His breakout was a version of Above & Beyond featuring Zoë Johnston’s “You Got to Go.”) He’s one of EDM’s rising stars, with a must-see live show. Watch his fine-boned, longhaired form sway and contort to the beats he lays down while his hands work effortlessly over his controls. It’s enough to help even the most tightly wound among us cut loose.
The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Friday, February 5
Marrow, Sima Cunningham
Marrow is in the process of zipping up its full-length debut, and if it’s anything like the Chicago four-piece’s first EP, expect a blissful marriage of female and male singing and spirited pop. Fellow Chicagoan Sima Cunningham is also on this tour in support of The Wolf That Eats the Sheep, an album of delicate and smooth Americana songs.
Thursday, February 4
The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
Sky Smeed, Truckstop Honeymoon
Last March, Sky Smeed released Drive All Night, an album that revealed the then-32-year-old’s growth. It’s full of personal elements camouflaged as folksy anecdotes in songs such as “Talkin’ Medical Marijuana Blues” and “Smoke ‘n’ Spice.” Live, Smeed is bottomless charm — his personality is made for the stage. Folk duo and real-life married couple Truckstop Honeymoon is also on deck, so dust off your dancing boots.
Friday, February 5
Knuckleheads Saloon, 2517 Rochester
Midcoast Takeover with the Hillbenders, Nicholas St. James, the Hardship Letters, the Brad Cunningham Band
The Midwest Musical Foundation’s annual SXSW fundraiser is well under way. Pop in Saturday at Knuckleheads to sample from this year’s fresh talent in country and Americana, with the whiskey-barrel-voiced Nicholas St. James, the down-in-the-mouth (but ever-so-talented) Hardship Letters, the energetic Hillbenders and the sweet-sounding Brad Cunningham Band.
Saturday, February 6
Knuckleheads Saloon, 2517 Rochester
More shows
Thursday, February 4
John D. Hale & Cole Porter Band: Knuckleheads, 2517 Rochester
Sarah Potenza, Meghan Linsey: Knuckleheads, 2517 Rochester
The Family Bed, Histories, Wallclouds, Pamona: Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main
Brett Jackson Quartet: Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Friday, February 5
Havok, Nevalra, Final Drive, Damned by the Pope: Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
Clothe, Aikido Bray, Squibs, Arkutec, Jipetto, Kemper, cxpacetic : Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence
Kip Moore, Chase Bryant: Uptown, 3700 Broadway
Big Bill Morganfield, Levee Town, Amanda Fish Band: Knuckleheads, 2517 Rochester
Max Berry: The Blue Room, 1616 E. 18th St.
Tim Whitmer, Electric Tinks, Boogaloo 7: Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Saturday, February 6
Bob Marley’s Birthday Bash with Soul Rebel and the Beast: Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Trae the Truth, My Brother’s Keeper: Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
Rumpke Mountain Boys, Tyler Gregory: Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence
Copper Threading, Kansas City Hustle, Good Time Charlie: Davey’s Uptown Rambler’s Club, 3402 Main
Deborah Brown Quartet featuring the Polish All-Stars: The Blue Room, 1616 E. 18th St.
Sunday, February 7
Inside Music Series with violinist Vadim Fluzman: Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway
627 Big Band: Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Monday, February 8
Ala Mode: The Tank Room, 1813 Grand
Joey Origami, Kliing Jones, Shod Da Kidd, Phresh, Eli Sev, Bam Keith, 1Bounce: Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
Desmond Jones, the Band that Saved the World: Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence
Everette DeVan: The Blue Room, 1616 E. 18th St.
Stan Kessler Quintet: Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Tuesday, February 9
Mobile Death Camp, Troglodyte, Meatshank: Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
John Paul’s Flying Circus: The Blue Room, 1616 E. 18th St.
Wednesday, February 10
The Appleseed Collective: Knuckleheads, 2517 Rochester
Keys N Krates: Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence
STS9: Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Black Breath, Theories, Torn the Fuck Apart, Uberficker: Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
Hotel Coffee Band, Four Arm Shiver, 88er: Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence
