TONIGHT!
There are a lot of things you could say about Pony Time that wouldn’t be quite on target: that they’re genius in the way that they evoke a bygone 1960s garage rock sound. That they’re revivalists, that they're like the White Stripes. You could say those things — but you’d be dramatically overselling Pony Time. In fact, even Stacy Peck, Pony Time’s drummer, doesn’t make an effort to class up the band’s backstory. “We're just a couple of grown adults playing punk rock music." Read our interview with the band here, and check them out tonight at Mootsy's with Stickers, BBBBandits and 66beat. ($5, Gotta be 21)
Also tonight:
John's Alley, Fareed Haque and Mathgames (21)
Nyne, Rough Congress, DJ Mayhem
SATURDAY!
Knitting Factory, Volbeat, Danko Jones, Spoken (All ages)
Mootsys, Music for Arlea and Hutch feat. Belt of Vapor, DJ Parafyn, MC Locke and Bad Penmanship (21)
SUNDAY!
At his most recent performance in Spokane in November 2010, Josh Ritter beamed out from the Knitting Factory stage with his signature grin and the crowd screamed back, welcoming him home. Four days earlier, on tour in Canada, his marriage had ended. Plenty of good has happened in the two years since: Ritter published a novel, started another one, found new love and became a father. But his new album, released March 5, comes from those dark days in the aftermath of his divorce. Read our story about Ritter's latest work here and check him out at the Knitting Factory on Sunday night with The Royal City Band and Lake Street Drive. (All ages)
Also Sunday:
Northern Quest, Boz Scaggs (18)
