Sting, Hippo Campus and P.O.S. lead a bouncy concert week
STING
The new 57th & 9th marks a welcome return to form for Sting, sufferer of such recent misfortunes as a Broadway flop and an unrequited lute fetish. But the album — named for the New York cross streets where the studio at which it was recorded is located — isn’t a nostalgic indulgence. It’s a brisk, 37-minute collection of snarling guitar riffs, energetic melodies and even a lovely folk ballad (“South on the Great North Road”). It feels like the man’s truest album in more than a decade, and we’re happier for it. Joe Sumner (one of Sting’s kids) and the Last Banoleros open on Thursday at the Uptown.
8 p.m. Thursday, February 16, at the Uptown, 3700 Broadway
HIPPO CAMPUS, MAGIC CITY HIPPIES
Hippo Campus is full of youth, full of bouncing, buoyant choruses and beats that have been dusted with the power to make you dance far longer than you’d planned. And the St. Paul, Minnesota, quartet is still blossoming in its adolescence: The band formed in 2013, when its members were still in high school, and has managed to garner some notable attention — enough to yield a contract with New York’s Grand Jury Records (and Transgressive in the U.K.) — without even having a full-length album. That’s all going to change on February 24, when a debut titled Landmark arrives. If you want to get hip to this buzz-worthy band before the bees swarm, get to RecordBar Friday night. Miami’s Magic City Hippies opens.
8 p.m. Friday, February 17, at RecordBar, 1520 Grand
P.O.S., CESCHI
It’s not enough to call P.O.S.’s Chill, Dummy a comeback. In 2014, after spending a year on dialysis, the 35-year-old Minneapolis rapper and Doomtree collective co-founder underwent a kidney transplant. The medical emergency meant that the nationwide tour in support of his acclaimed 2012 album, We Don’t Even Live Here, was canceled, and the three years after his transplant have largely been spent in recovery. It wasn’t until 2016 that he was finally able to get back in the studio to record what would eventually become his most personal record to date — one that more than makes up for the lost time. Friday, find P.O.S. back on his feet at the Riot Room. Hip-hop artist Ceschi opens.
7 p.m. Friday, February 17, at Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16
T.J. and the Tattletales
7:30 p.m., B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ, 1205 E. 85th St.
Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool 60th Anniversary
6 p.m., Blue Room, 1615 E. 18th St.
The Trace
7 p.m., Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main
Guitar Elation
6 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Cartwright, Clark & Straight
10:30 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Skillet, Sick Puppies, Devour the Day
7:30 p.m., Midland, 1228 Main
Muna, Lo Moon
7 p.m., RecordBar, 1520 Grand
Gigantic, Wendy Moira, Gnarly Davidson
10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Pain of Salvation, Port Noire, more
7 p.m., Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Magic City Hippies
8 p.m. Friday, February 17, RecordBar, 1520 Grand
Amanda Fish
9 p.m., B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ, 1205 E. 85th St.
Indigo Hour: Da Truth
5 p.m., Blue Room, 1615 E. 18th St.
Bowdog, featuring Matt Otto and Danny Embrey
8:30 p.m., Blue Room, 1615 E. 18th St.
Starhaven Rounders
9 p.m., the Brick, 1727 McGee
Mayan, Pipe Dream, American Slim, Grim
7:30 p.m., Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main
Kathleen Holeman
2 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Tim Whitmer Quartet
8:30 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Ryan Thielman Quartet
8:30 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Boogaloo 7
10 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
2 Proud 2 Beg
10 p.m., Kelly’s, 500 Westport Rd.
Billy Joe Shaver with Outlaw Jim & Justa Billy
8:30 p.m., Knuckleheads, 2517 Rochester
Outlaw Jim & the Whiskey Benders
10:30 p.m., Knuckleheads, 2517 Rochester
Akkilles, La Guerre, Wild Eye
9 p.m., MiniBar, 3810 Broadway
Clowder, Perry Hadduck
6 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence
The Phantastics, Chris Meck and the Guilty Birds, Bemsha
10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Dose of Fun
7:30 p.m., Uptown, 3700 Broadway
Raelyn Nelson Band
7 p.m., Tank Room, 1813 Grand
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18
Mama Ray’s Jazz Meets Blues Jam
2 p.m., B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ, 1205 E. 85th St.
Four Fried Chickens and a Coke
9 p.m., B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ, 1205 E. 85th St.
Ida McBeth
8:30 p.m., Blue Room, 1615 E. 18th St.
Witch Jail, Mr. & Mrs.
9 p.m., the Brick, 1727 McGee
21 Years of Winter, Charlie Bionic, Varna Cross
8 p.m., Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main
Robert Glasper
8 p.m., Folly, 300 W. 12th St.
Born of Osiris
6 p.m., Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Kathleen Holeman
2:30 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
OJT
6 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Michael Shults Sextet
8:30 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Steve Lambert Quartet
10:30 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Money for Nothin’
10 p.m., Kelly’s, 500 Westport Rd.
Platinum Express
8:30 p.m., Knuckleheads, 2517 Rochester
Red Cities, Dark Satellites
9 p.m., MiniBar, 3810 Broadway
The Abnorm, Duncan Burnett, more
6 p.m., RecordBar, 1520 Grand
Old Fangled, Kory Quinn & David Lipkind, Michael Maher
6 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Faultfinder
10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Origin, Unmerciful, more
8 p.m., Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
Abbamania
8 p.m., Uptown, 3700 Broadway
Frances and the Foundation
7 p.m., Tank Room, 1813 Grand
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19
The Confessors
6 p.m., B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ, 1205 E. 85th St.
Overkill & Nile
7 p.m., Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Paul Shinn Trio
2:30 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Oak Trio
6 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Steve Lambert Quintet
10:30 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Tift Merritt with Ray Bonneville
8 p.m., Knuckleheads, 2517 Rochester
Karma Vision, Trunkweed
10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20
Ben Leifer
7 p.m., Blue Room, 1615 E. 18th St.
You Blew It All, All Get Out, Free Through
7 p.m., Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main
Blind Pilot
8 p.m., Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Molly Hammer Duo
12 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Matt Hopper Trio
6 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Todd Strait Trio
10:30 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Breaking Local
8 p.m., Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21
Nick Schnebelen
7 p.m., B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ, 1205 E. 85th St.
Strfkr
7:30 p.m., Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Chris Hazelton Trio
7 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Perkins, Spaits & Strait
11:30 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Partybaby, Potty Mouth
7 p.m., RecordBar, 1520 Grand
Industrial POP Tour, with Aesthetic Perfection
7 p.m., Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22
Greasehouse Boogie Band
7 p.m., B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ, 1205 E. 85th St.
Man vs. Animals, Megacoil, Stone Grower, Bloom
8 p.m., Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main
OJT
6 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Ernest Melton Quartet
10:30 p.m., Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Brandenburg and Beyond
6 p.m., Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway
Bob Walkenhorst & Friends
6 p.m., RecordBar, 1520 Grand
Pink Talking Fish, 3 Son Green, Brandon Draper
7 p.m., Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
Dylan Guthrie and the Good Time Guys
7 p.m., Tank Room, 1813 Grand
