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The Relevant Ballads: Live Underground Music
-by Z.V. House
Our top pick this week is the Boise Community Radio benefit show TONIGHT at the Visual Arts Collective. Headlining are hometown heroes Built to Spill with J&L Defer, Beautician and Bales of Hey! opening. All proceeds from this event will be put towards getting Radio Boise on the air giving the Treasure Valley its only independent community based radio station. Tickets are $15 and the show starts at 9pm, 21+.
Also this week Juntura will be playing with Pink Mountain Tops on Tuesday at Neurolux. $5, 8pm 21+. Wednesday The Universal will be playing at Neurolux with the earth shattering Red Fang. $10, 8pm 21+
See you at the rock show!
Z.V. House front A Seasonal Disguise and loves his new organ.
ed. note: The Relevant Ballads will return in January, Z.V. will be touring in Ireland with Boise’s The Very Most.
Relevant Ballads: Live and Local Music
-by Z.V. House
Top pick this week is the Flying M Coffee Garage’s Friday show featuring Boise’s brilliant The Universal and New York’s The Electric Tickle Machine. If you’ve been looking for an excuse to make it out to the M or some of Nampa’s great thrift stores this could just be it! All ages, $3, music starts at 8pm.
Also this week…Gizzard Stone will be rocking Neurolux with out of towner Andy Davis on Wednesday. 21+, $5 at the door. On Friday Pussy Gutt will be celebrating the release of their newest record at the Neurolux. This band always puts on one helluva show and I’m sure this night will be no exception. Beautician will also be performing and it’s only $3 to get in for all those 21+.
See you at the rock show!
Z.V. House enjoys dancing in giant bubbles with psychedelic lights
The Relevant Ballads: Live and Local Music
-by Z.V. House
Top pick this week is the Halloween extravaganza at the Visual Arts Collective. This event is happening on both October 30th and on Halloween itself. Both nights will feature an absolute extravaganza with music by Nollifur and live performances by the Red Light Variety Show. Friday Le Fleur will be opening and Saturday Pussygutt will be kicking things off. Doors at 8pm both nights and it’s $15.
Also this week…
Tuesday VAC will be hosting a benefit for Conservation Voters for Idaho with 21 musicians covering the works of local songwriter Bill Coffey. Tickets are $10 at the door or $20 with a one year membership to Conservation Voters for Idaho and it all gets started at 6:30.
Wednesday Larry & His Flask and ReVoLtReVoLt will be playing at Neurolux $3 at the door. Also on Wednesday The Daredevil Christopher Wright, Spondee and A Seasonal Disguise will also be playing at VAC, doors at 8pm $5. Thursday at VAC La Knots, ReVoLtReVoLt and The Pack AD. Be there at 8pm and its $5 to get in.
Note: All shows in the Relevant Ballads this week are 21 and over.
Z.V. House is looking forward to melting faces on Wednesday.
The Relevant Ballads: This week in live music
-by Z.V. House
Thursday seems to be the night for music with three delicious shows! Spondee will be playing at Liquid starting at 9pm and the show is free to all those 21+. Visual Arts Collective is hosting Mirah, Norfolk and Western, who are playing with Boise’s tremendous Fauxbois. $10 at the doors which open at 8pm, 21+. Last but not least Weatherbox, Little Brazil and Mousey Brown will be playing at the Flying M Coffeegarage in Nampa. Show starts at 8pm is $3 and open to all ages.
Busy Thursday? Monday (tonight!) Low-Fi will be playing with Keaton Collective at Hijinx starting at 9pm. $3 at the door 21+. Saturday Central City Music Company, Idle Chatter and Tuck Nelson will be playing at The Plank. Free to get in, music starts at 9pm.
Z.V. House fronts Boise band A Seasonal Disguise and has an advanced case of “House Lateness Syndrome” a selective genetic condition plaguing his father, his father’s father before him.
The Relevant Ballads
-by Z.V. House
Too much going on this week to wast time with a silly introduction, into the fray we go!
Our top pick for the week is the Finn Riggins/Le Fleur “duel” album release party Friday October 9th at the Visual Arts Collective. Boise’s own Vagerfly and A Seasonal Disguise as well as Portland’s Jared Mees & The Grown Children and Boy Eats Drum Machine will join these two super groups of Boise’s music scene to celebrate the dual release of their new albums. Be there at 8pm, $5 to get in, 21+. For those of you with kids, Finn Riggins will also be doing an all ages in store performance at the Record Exchange on Tuesday. If you purchase a copy of their new album Vs. Wilderness at this show you’ll get free entrance into the album release party at the VAC.
Need something to fill up the other nights of your week? Thursday October 8th Night Genes are having a CD release party at the VAC. Thomas Paul and Chad Cooke will also be performing. Go down, check it out doors at 8pm and it’s only $5 to get in. Also on Thursday Utah’s absolutely incredible Band of Annuals will be playing at the Flying M in Nampa. This show starts at 8pm is $2 to attend and features locals Neo Tundra Cowboy and Two Girls.
Three fantastic shows Saturday! Low-fi and Blacksmith will be at Neurolux $3 at the door. The Unit Breed, The Universal and Good Friday will be rocking VAC, doors at 8pm and only $5. And last but not least The Murders will be playing at the Flying M Coffee Garage in Nampa starting at 8pm, $2.
Before we leave you to your jam packed week of awesome underground music, we here at The Relevant Ballads would like to give a shout out to Boise Community Radio and congratulate them for getting a $227,000 grant! This will go a long way to bringing independent terrestrial radio to the Boise area.
See you at the rock show!
Z.V. House fronts A Seasonal Disguise and likes to run in the fog.
The Relevant Ballads
–by Z.V. House
Just back from a whirlwind weekend on the road, here’s this week’s live underground music roundup. Wednesday Slim Cessna’s Auto Club and Poke will be playing at Neurolux. Tickets are $8 in advance and can be purchased at the Record Exchange. Otherwise it’ll cost you $10 at the door which will start shaking with music around 8pm. Sonic Minstrel and The Very Most will be playing at Liquid on Thursday. Music starts at 9pm and is free. Friday Matt Hopper, Hello Kavita, Sunshine and the Valley will be playing at the Bouquet. This sure to be rad show will only costs you $5 and starts at 9pm.
Look for a special feature next week on the Finn Riggins/Le Fleur “duel” cd release which is coming up on October 9th.
Z.V. House thinks Mikey’s Gyros in Moscow, ID is the bees knees. He also plays music in A Seasonal Disguise, The Very Most and Spondee.
The Relevant Ballads
Thursday A Seasonal Disguise, The Murders and Soul Serene will be playing at Liquid. The show is free and starts at 9pm. Friday Matt Hopper, The Devil Whale and Night Genes will be performing at VAC. Tickets are $5 at the doors which open at 8pm. On Saturday Talk Demonic, Church and Boise’s own darling Finn Riggins . Any one of these bands guarantees an epic show, a night with all three is sure to be an experience that will stick with you for some time to come. I for one am already losing sleep knowing that I’ll be out of town for this show. Doors are at 8pm and tickets are $5 in advance and $8 at the door.
See you at the rock show!
Z.V. House fronts Boise’s A Seasonal Disguise and likes getting lost in a wash of analog delay.
The Relevant Ballads
- by Z.V. House
There’s a grand plethora of great local music happening this week! So let’s get right to it! Our top pick this week is for the Built To Spill/Jensen benefit show Thursday at Neurolux. For those of you who don’t know several members of the Jensen family were involved in a car accident and have looming medical expenses from the wreck. All proceeds from this concert are being donated to the Jensen family. Also playing are Disco Doom and locals The Very Most. Tickets are $18 at the door and can be bought in advance for $15 before at the Record Exchange.
Looking for something to do the rest of the week? Check out this other great local original music! Tuesday Spanish for 100 is playing at the Visual Arts Collective (VAC) with locals Low-Fi and The Universal. Tickets are $5 at the doors which open at 8pm. Wednesday Ninja Academy is playing with locals ReVoLtReVoLt and Mere Cat at Gusto’s. Show is $5 and starts at 9pm. Friday The Murders, Lullaby Polar, and The Chutes are performing at VAC. It’ only $3 to get in and doors are at 8pm! Saturday Neurolux will feature Scott Niblett and the mighty La Knots for the low low price of $5.
Also don’t forget the Hyde Park street fair is happening all weekend starting on Sunday. For more details click here.
Hope to see you out there this week!
Z.V. House fronts Boise’s A Seasonal Disguise, and is the very mostest bass player in The Very Most.
