Dr. Dog @ The Bijou Tonite

Hailing from the City of Brotherly Love, Dr. Dog is a psychedelic rock outfit including members Toby Leaman (bass), Scott McMicken (lead guitar), Frank McElroy (rhythm guitar), Zach Miller (keyboard), and Eric Slick (drums). Forming around the beginning of the millennium, Dr. Dog got their start rocking around Philly and in 2004 opened up for My Morning Jacket. In 2009 the boys signed with Anti-Records and released their full-length album "Shame, Shame." They continue touring to support their most recent release. Opening up tonite will be The Head and the Heart. Recently signed to Sub-Pop records, the Seattle natives have quickly gained the notoriety that they deserve. Taking cues from the Beatles, CSN&Y, and adding their own folk twist The Head and the Heart create a collage of sounds old, new, pleasing, and inspiring.

Happening This Week

01/31 Dr. Dog, The Head and the Heart @ The Bijou
          Ian Thomas @ Preservation Pub
          Zero Point @ Barley's
02/01 Robin Trower @ The Bijou
          Langhorne Slim, Bobby Bare Jr. @ Square Room
          Jolie Holland & Kyp Malone (of TV on the Radio) @ Relix Theatre
02/02 KJO Jazz Lunch: The Music of McCoy Tyner feat Barry Roseman
          @ Square Room
          Sound Off Round 5: Tribute to Madonna
          Jesse Payne, Graham Wilkinson and the Underground Township
          @ Preservation Pub
02/03 NOFX, Bouncing Souls, Cobra Skulls, Old Man Markley @ Valarium
          Brantley Gilbert, Tyler Bryant @ The Bijou
          Brain Dead Morons @ Pilot Light
          Six Day Bender, The Whiskey Gentry @ Preservation Pub
          Spencer Cordon @ Barley's
02/04 First Friday Funk feat. Deep Fried Five, Jaystorm Project, Soulfinger
          @ Cider House
          Ron White @ Tennessee Theatre (2 Shows @ 7p and 10p!)
          Argentinum Astrum, Inter Arma @ Pilot Light
          The Vibraslaps, Angel Zuniga Martinez & The Lovers @ Preservation Pub
          Hackensaw Boys, New Vernacular @ Barley's
          Scott W. Lee, Laith Keilany, Kym Hawkins @ Relix Theatre
02/05 Tokyo GoGo feat. DJ Slink @ Valarium
          Mountain Heart, Monroeville @ Square Room
          Wolf at the Door, Winter Sounds @ Pilot Light
          Bob Marley Birthday Bash feat. Natti Love Joys @ Preservation Pub
          Christabel & the Jons, Blair Crimmens & the Hookers
02/06 Hurricanes of Love, Criswell Collective @ Pilot Light

Happening This Week

Sorry I'm late ya'll... Here's what's going on the rest of the week...

01/19 Frontier Ruckus, Whistle Pigs @ Preservation Pub
          Distant, Mount Caramel @ Pilot Light
01/20 Two Fresh, Mux Mool, Body Language, Meatball Madness @ Cider House
          Whiskey of the Damned, Uncle Mountain @ Preservation Pub
          Family Psychic, Empress Hotel @ Pilot Light
          Shortwave Society @ Barley's
01/21 Boombox, Heyoka, Magma Blood @ Valarium
          Doco, Milele Roots @ Preservation Pub
          Faux Ferocious, Black Painter @ Pilot Light
          Beardsley Farm Benefit @ Barley's
01/22 Midnite Voyage Live feat. The Malah and J Mo @ Cider House
          Tokyo GoGo w/ DJ Slink @ Valarium
          Black Lillies CD Release @ Bijou Theatre
          Madre, Sons of the Southside, Oh No No @ Preservation Pub
          Hush Arbors, Jason Ajemian, Bear Hands @ Pilot Light
          Drunk Uncles @ Barley's
01/23 Evan Stone, The Mumbles @ Preservation Pub
          No Age, Rene Hell, Dirty Knees @ Pilot Light
          Naughty Knots @ Barley's

Happening This Week

01/10 Blue Man Group @ The Tennessee Theatre
          Caspian Hat Dance @ Preservation Pub
01/11 Blue Man Group @ The Tennessee Theatre
          Woody Pines, Pete Stein @ Preservation Pub
01/12 Blue Man Group @ The Tennessee Theatre
          Sound Off Round 4: Run DMC Tribute @ Square Room
          Hilary Hawke and the Flipsides, The Itchy Hearts @ Preservation Pub
01/13 Railroad Earth, Greensky Bluegrass @ The Bijou
          Channing & Quinn, Now You See Them @ Preservation Pub
          BallyHoo! @ The Cider House
01/14 Soft Opening, Fecal Japan @ Pilot Light
          Ralphie May @ The Tennessee Theatre
          Stereofidelics, Overzealous @ Preservation Pub
          The Black Cadillacs, Jonathan Sexton & The Big Love Choir, Gnarly Whals
          @ The Cider House
01/15 Tabula Rasa, Atheling @ Pilot Light
          Tessla Rossa, Jompson Brothers, Cadillac Saints @ Preservation Pub
          Midnite Voyage Live w/ Spook Nasy, Freq Mods, Bassel, KRRS24
          @ The Cider House
          Tokyo GoGo w/ DJ Slink, DVDJ Toro, DJ Mask @ The Valarium
01/16

Ferd Moyse @ Barley's

Ferd Moyse brings his fire fiddle skills to Barley's Taproom this evening. Being one of the latest additions to the Hackensaw Boys and also a guest on The Mayhem String Band's latest album, Ferd has been tearing up the Americana circuit for awhile now. Ferd has played Knoxville numerous times, most notably are the Ferd's Friday appearances made on WDVX. This will be a great opportunity to see the fiddler live and solo, showing off the skills that have made him and underground, Americana icon.

K.J.O. Jazz Lunch: Tribute to Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon was a California-born tenor saxophonist, as well as an actor. Playing with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, Gordon is regarded as one of the finest jazz musicians ever. The "Sophisticated Giant's" career spanned over 50 years and he has been largely credited with establishing the modern jazz sound.

Today, the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra will play a lunchtime concert celebrating Gordon's life and career. Tickets are $15.00 and includes the price of a box lunch. Tickets to the lunch concerts usually sell pretty fast so make sure to get yours.

Happening This Week

01/03
01/04 Open Mic @ Preservation Pub
01/05 K.J.O. Jazz Lunch: Tribute to Dexter Gordon @ Square Room
          Brock Henderson's Brockaroos, Jennifer Nicely @ Preservation Pub
01/06 Spencer Cordon @ Barley's
          We Are the States, Brenn, Kopecky Family Band @ Preservation Pub
01/07 Opiate (TOOL cover band), Luminoth, Interdimensional @ Valarium
          New Power Trio @ Barley's
          Cutthroat Shamrock, Children of Spy @ Preservation Pub
01/08 Midnite Voyage Live w/ Sour Kandi, Dr. Steam, Squarewave @ Cider House
          Medford's Black Record Collection (Farewell Show) @ Barley's
          Elvis' Birthday w/ White Lightnin' Burlesque, Bar Stool Romeo's @ Preservation Pub
01/09 Ferd Moyse (of the Hackensaw Boys) @ Barley's