TONIGHT!
What better way to spend Valentine's Day than rocking out with your lover at the Helio Sequence show tonight? The Portland band recently released its fifth album, and stops here in the 'Kan to play it for us. Pretty nice of them, huh? Read our story about the band here, and our story about The Center — the new venue the band will be performing at — here. ($12, All-ages)
Also tonight:
Knitting Factory, Leftover Salmon, North Mississippi All-Stars (All-ages)
The Hop!, Heaven and Hell Cabaret (All-ages)
FRIDAY!
Since Pickwick changed its sound from run-of-the-mill folk outfit to full-fledged soul band, they've been making audiences' jaws drop left and right — including here in Spokane. The band plays its biggest show here yet — a benefit for the soon-to-be all-ages venue The Bartlett — on Friday night with ex-Spokie Kevin Long and Seattle singer Sera Cahoone at the Bing Crosby Theater. ($25, All-ages)
Also Friday:
Jones Radiator, The Strangers (21)
Mootsy's, Friends with Benefits Show feat. Deadones USA, Hotbox and Satin Rulz (21)
SATURDAY!
Maybe you feel like getting drunk. And maybe, when you’re drunk, you’re going to want to rock out and yell and make a scene. Then you should probably be at this weekend’s Nashville Pussy show at The Center, a band that mostly writes songs about drinking, drugs, sex and fights. On lyrical content alone, there’s almost no doubt that this band’s albums already reside in the CD collections of many a Spokanite. But the band has won over more than just fans of the cowpunk style after their songs have been picked up as soundtrack music, dictating moments of rage/fury/insanity in shows like The Sopranos and Entourage. ($12, 21 and over)
Since 2003, the band What Made Milwaukee Famous (not from Milwaukee, by the way) has shopped its danceable brand of rock ‘n’ roll around the music world. If you remember ’90s bands like the Refreshments or Superdrag — bands that fused pop and hooky, irresistible rock perfectly — you’re in for a treat with WMMF’s songs like “Sultan” and “Gone and Done It Now.” That sound has landed them on the gigantic stages at Sasquatch, Bonnaroo and Austin City Limits over the years. And, after five years of relative silence, WMMF released its third album in November and they’re coming to Spokane to show us just how radical it is. See them at Mootsy's Saturday night. ($5, 21 and over)
Also Saturday:
Boots Bakery & Lounge, Soul Brunch with DJ Darkside Som (All-ages)
The Hop!, Benefit concert for Growling Joe Warner and the Boys and Girls Club of Spokane (All-ages)
Jones Radiator, Dead Serious Lovers, Elan Toby (21)
Nyne, God Des and She, MJ the Inhuman Beatbox (21)
The Shop, Sweet Rebel D (All-ages)
*** ALSO***
There was a mixup in this week's print listings for the shows at Zola and MAX at Mirabeau. The online listings are correct, so double-check there.
