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Live Music Listings, May 13-20, 2013

It is our goal to provide as comprehensive a list as possible. If you have an upcoming show in Lexington that you would like to see mentioned in our weekly listings, e-mail the details to info@tadoo.com with “LIVE MUSIC LISTING” in the subject line, at least 10 days in prior to the event. We recommend confirming these details with the …

Musings from a local Beer Guru

This is the first in a series of guest blog posts by local folks on topics they love. Thanks to Seth Collins for kicking off the series. Since time immemorial, people have been getting together with friends to enjoy beer. No one knows exactly when it was discovered, but it dates back at least to the ancient Sumerians, where the …

Several local theater organizations will present new plays this weekend, many running throughout the month of May. Click the links below for more information on these shows! Actors Guild: “William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead” Featuring lots of funny, lots of fighting, and lots of blood, this play follows a zombie invasion of the Globe Theatre, which pits ‘afflicted’ townsfolk …

I had the great fortune travel to Austin in late April for Austin Psych Fest, the 6th annual 3-day outdoor music festival featuring more than 50 bands, curated and organized by the fine folks of the Reverberation Appreciation Society (a crew that includes Black Angels members Christian Bland and Alex Maas). Above is a Spotify playlist of some of the highlights …

Live Music Listings, May 7 – 13, 2013

Live Music Listings, April 23-29

Weekend Music Listings, April 18-22

This year, tadoo opted to skip South by Southwest — one of the world’s largest and most sprawling music, film and technology festival/conferences — for one of Austin, Texas’s smaller, more concentrated music events, the 6th annual Austin Psych Fest (April 26-28). With Austin being one of the country’s leading live music hubs, we feel it’s our duty to go …

April 20 is Record Store Day, an event that has become a national holiday among audiophiles and local record store enthusiasts. Several Lexington businesses will celebrate, including CD Central, which will feature a full day of special deals, Record Store Day releases, live music, food and more; Natasha’s Bistro, which will host a free screening of the documentary “Last Shop …

Below is tadoo’s guide to April 2013 Gallery Hop exhibits on April 19, 2013. If we’ve left something off, please let us know ~ email info@tadoo.com with GALLERY HOP in the subject line. (Note: some of these events may not be “official” gallery hop events.) Ann Tower Gallery : Nori Hall, Waterscapes Artist’s Attic: Marianna Pacsuta, Figures in Oil Awesome …

WRFL’s 5th annual multi-venue festival Boomslang: A Celebration of Sound & Art has released a sneak peek at this year’s line-up. The festival will take place Sept. 20-22 and will feature esteemed spoken word poet Saul Williams, Detroit electronica duo ADULT., experimental noise artist Graham Lambkin and Jason Lescalleet, and innovative guitar tapper Marnie Stern. Locrian, Dent May, ITAL and …

Actors Crispin Glover, Michael Shannon coming to Lexington

The Lexington film scene has gained increasing momentum in recent years, and two recent announcements from the Friends of the Kentucky Theatre and the Lexington Film League show that there’s no sign of that slowing down anytime soon. Friends of the Kentucky Theatre are bringing Academy Award-winning actor Michael Shannon, a Lexington native, to town on Friday, April 26 coinciding with …

Live Music Listings, April 9 – 15

Live Music Listings, April 2-8, 2013

Live Music Listings, Mar. 26 – Apr. 1

TUESDAY, MARCH 26 Minnesota / Deaf Scene / Prothotype Cosmic Charlie’s 388 Woodland Ave., 10 p.m., 18+, $8-$10 Open Mic Night Al’s Bar, 601 North Limestone Street, 9 p.m. Hosted by local singer/songwriter Warren Byrom. 2-for-1 PBR and wells all night. Yee Koo / Chalaque / Walter Carson Al’s Sidecar, 607 N Limestone St., 10 p.m., 21+ Twiztid, Hed(pe) Buster’s, …

tadoo Lounge Sesh Photos

Photos from the March 21 tadoo Lounge Session featuring A Tribe Called Quest Tribute and banjoist Sam Gleaves! See more photos from the evening on our Facebook page — brownie points if you share ‘em!

Steampunk Invasion of Lexington

The Night Circus is Coming to Town. By Katie McCarthy On April 20, the Red Mile’s Round Barn will be transformed into a big top when the Night Circus Gala comes to town. Based around the popular 2011 book “The Night Circus” and presented by One Book One Bluegrass in conjunction with the Lexington Public Library, the event will include …

LexArts announces a Call for Artists for East End Mural Project

In association with Tweens Nutrition, Fitness Coalition and the Lexington East End Equity Partnership, LexArts is seeking local muralists to create an outdoor mural on the side of the E. Third Street building that houses Pak-N-Save. The mural, which has been allotted a $12,000 budget, is part of a corner store transformation project incentivizing corner stores to carry more nutritious food, …

Up-and-coming Detroit "trap-pop" band Jamaican Queens will play at Al's Bar on Monday.

THURSDAY, MARCH 21 Joe Robinson Buster’s, 899 Manchester Ave., 9 p.m., $10, 18+ Holler Poets Benefit featuring Matt Duncan Al’s Bar, 601 N. Limestone, 9 p.m., all ages. Official after party for the signing and release of Rebecca Howell’s new book “Render.” Cliftones Cosmic Charlie’s 388 Woodland Ave., 10 p.m., 18+, $5. Lex Philharmonic: Orchestra Stars Downtown Arts Center, 141 …

Interviewed by tadoo correspondant Donald Mason Universally acclaimed cellist Yo Yo Ma will make his first Kentucky appearance in more than five years on Wednesday, March 20 at the EKU Center for the Arts. In advance of his performance, Ma took some time to answer a few questions for tadoo.com. Visit our Contests and Giveaways page to enter to win a …

not(2)BIG arts competition announces call to artists

The MS Rezny Studio and Gallery has announced a call for artists for the second bi-annual not(2)BIG arts competition, a juried show open to all artists working in the contemporary arts. Submissions may be in any medium, so long as they are completely original work (i.e., no copies or reproductions of bigger work) and are not bigger than 12 inches in …

Live Music Listings, March 12 – 18

Joel McHale Talks of Gross Pop-Culture at UK

(review of comedian Joel HcHale’s performance at the Singeltary Center) Photo and review by Erik A. Carlson He’d jokingly surmised there wasn’t much going on in Lexington beyond that we’d found that bourbon-marinated horsemeat slathered with Jif Peanut Butter was exactly the diet needed to produce championship basketball teams when a true look of shock overtook comic Joel McHale’s face. …

WRFL celebrates 25 years on the air

Read more about WRFL’s 25th anniversary celebration, taking place at Al’s Bar this Friday, here! Around 2 p.m. on March 7, 1988, the University of Kentucky college radio station WRFL 88.1 first bounded onto the airwaves, with the track “C’mon Every Beatbox” by Big Audio Dynamite, a British group started by the ex-guitarist and singer for The Clash, Mick Jones. That first …

Lexington-based noise pioneers Hair Police will play a show in celebration of college radio station WRFL's 25th anniversary at Al's on Friday. Photo from YouAintNoPicasso.com

THURSDAY, MARCH 7 Nerves Junior; Vinyl Thief Al’s Bar, 601 North Limestone Street, 9 p.m. Beaux Arts Beats Battle with Nemo Achida Cosmic Charlie’s, 388 Woodland Ave., 10 p.m. Local First Free Concert series: Patrick McNeese Band Farish Theater, 140 E. Main St., 7 p.m. Ronn Crowder Friends & Company, 841 Lane Allen Rd., 5-7 p.m. Big Chill Friends & …

Review: Branford Marsalis at the EKU Center, 2/26/13

Photo and review by tadoo.com correspondent Donald Mason Playing to a well-attended crowd in Richmond KY, Branford starts off with a somber yet soulful intro. Though Branford is the leader of the band, collectively they are 4 MFs Playing Music. The crew consists of Joey Calderazzo on piano, Eric Revis on upright bass and Justin Faulkner on the drum kit. All …

Forecastle 2013: The Black Keys, Jim James, Animal Collective and more!

Forecastle Festival, Louisville’s annual 3-day outdoor festival focusing on music, art and activism, has announced their initial 2013 line-up. The festival will take place July 12-14, and will feature three days of outdoor concerts at the Waterfront Park as well as a handful of late-night shows on the historic steamboat The Belle of Louisville and other locations in Louisville. Additionally, …

tadoo’s friends in Louisville have offered to help bridge the Louisville / Lexington divide by ponying up with some ticket giveaways to some sweet upcoming shows! Click here for more tadoo.com contests and giveaways. In Flagranti with JP Source and OK DJs Friday, March 8, 2013 Zanzabar, Louisville The influences of internationally-acclaimed DJ duo (and founders of Codek Records) In …

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