Girls rock this week.
There are a couple of female powered acts happening this week as live music gives way to Christmas music.
First
of all, Victoria based metal band Unleash the Archers return to the
Slice, Nov. 26 with Caste of Shadows and Order of Chaos.
Unleash the
Archers are currently touring the United States in support of their
2012 EP “Defy The Sky.” Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door
which begins at 9 p.m.
On the more pop side of the musical
spectrum, Juno nominated Vancouver based indie-rock band Mother Mother
return to Lethbridge to play Average Joes with USS, Dec. 2.
They have
a couple catchy earworms of singles “Let’s Fall in Love” and
“Infinitesimal” off their 2012 CD “Sticks,” but also have a brand new
hit on their hands with “Get Out The Way,” which was released to radio
in July. They have just released a new album out called “Very Good Bad
Thing.” The show begins at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $35 in advance.
There
are a lot of excellent local shows including local blues rock band Zojo
Black’s CD release party at the Slice, Nov. 28 with special guests the
Silvertuns. Another excellent local rock show features the New Weather
Machine with Mormon Girls and Swift Current progressive rock band the
Moon Runners at the Slice, Nov. 29. And Who’s Yer Daddy return to the
Front Row pub, Nov. 29 to rock the joint.
Local experimental rock band Toques and Beards play the Owl Acoustic Lounge the same night with the Yeah Dads and the Broads.
There
are also a couple of excellent country gigs including country rock band
Jo Hikk returning to Casino Lethbridge Friday and Saturday.
The Old Man River Band are playing a Movember show at the Lethbridge College Cave on Nov. 27.
Tis the season for fundraisers beginning this week. There is a Save
Chinatown fundraiser at Scores, Nov. 29 featuring the Desert Wind Belly
Dancers. Admission is $10. It runs from 6-9 p.m.
But the big
fundraiser of the week is at the Yates Theatre, Dec. 2 when the Huron
Carole returns to Lethbridge for the second year in a row to raise money
for Lethbridge Food banks.
It is a similar line up to last year as
host Tom Jackson will be bringing country singer Beverley Mahood on the
tour along with jazz/ R and B singer Shannon Gaye, up and coming country
starts One More Girl and newcomer, Winnipeg songwriter Don Amero.
The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $53.50.
The
Lethbridge Symphony also has a couple of concerts this week as they
feature the 2014 Kids Choir presentation, Nov. 26 and Nov. 27. Tickets
cost five dollars each. The theme this year is appropriately, “Holidays
and Traditions.”
As it is the end of the month, The Owl Acoustic Lounge has their monthly comedy open mic, Nov. 26 beginning at 9 p.m.
And
the Lethbridge Folk Club has cancelled their bluegrass jams on the
first and third Fridays of every month due to lack of interest. Open
mics still take place at the Wolf’s Den ( 1502 -2nd Avenue South) on the
second and fourth Fridays.
However they are holding smaller
concerts in the Wolf’s Den. The first one is Charlie Ewing, who will be
performing, Dec. 5. Admission is $25 for guests and $20 for members.
There is an open mic at the Smokehouse on Saturday, Nov. 29 with mark Hall, Raz Bruce and Rick Maddeaux. It begins at 9 p.m.
Though
it is out of town, Nova Scotia folk/ country singer Old Man Luedecke
will be playing Fort Macleod, Dec. 2 at the Fort Macleod Allied Arts
building at #232 24th Street. The show begins at 7 p.m.
For more information on these events, check www.labeat for more details plus interviews with Mother Mother, Unleash the Archers, Billy West at the Lethbridge Entertainment Expo and tomorrow, Tom Jackson about bringing the Hurone Carol food bank fundraiser back to Lethbridge.
— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor