TONIGHT!
There are times when Nathan Belt walks onstage and is just another Nashville recording artist with a handful of country-inspired songs. But many times, like this Friday, he walks onstage as Elvis Presley. In head-to-toe leather and sparkling jumpsuits, Belt tours to casinos across the country doing his best rendition of the King. He sings and dances, walks out to kiss ladies in the crowd. And, like local Elvis tribute artist Ben Klein, Belt has competed in the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist contest in Memphis — which means he’s about as legit as you can be in the world of Elvis mimicry. Watch him perform tonight at Coeur d'Alene Casino (18+)
Also:
Bing Crosby Theater, Fling at the Bing (see our story about the revitalization of the Bing Crosby Theater here) (All-ages)
Baby Bar, Bad Mood, Rich Hands (21)
SATURDAY!
Members of the Los Angeles-based pop group Détective have taken the philosophy of French film director Jean-Luc Godard and his counterparts to heart, applying it to their music with stunning accuracy. All they needed was a guy and a girl. It’s an aesthetic that sticks: The group’s main talent consists simply of songwriter James Greer and singer Guylaine Vivarat, and their sound rests fittingly between the 1960s art-pop of Vivarat’s native France and the ’90s garage rock of Greer’s past. Read our story about the band here, and see them at Jones Radiator. (21)
Also:
Bing Crosby Theater, Fling at the Bing
Boots Bakery, Clusterf--k, Catholic Guilt, Space Movies (All-ages)
Carr's Corner, Thou Shall Kill, Rutah, Fueling the Heathen, Ichabod, Skinwalker (21)
Mootsy's, My Pinky Has a Name, Locke, Ben Ham (21)
SUNDAY!
Portland Cello Project — also known as PCP — is a high-energy cello group that breathes new life into its instruments, updating what it’s like to be a classical musician today. Unlike so many of its classical counterparts, the PCP performs upbeat covers of pop hits like Outkast’s “Hey Ya,” Kanye’s “All Of The Lights,” Radiohead’s “Karma Police” and a few jams by Adele and Rihanna. In an attempt to constantly mix things up and keep performances fresh, the cellists have been known to add anywhere from a full choir to a section of winds, horns and percussion depending on the requirements of a particular song. However they do it, Portland Cello Project shows that there is no Top 40 song they can’t tackle. See them on Sunday at The Center — Spokane's newest rock club, which you can read all about here.
