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Bring end to Boone boredom through summer nightlife |
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
by LINDSAY CRAVEN
Lifestyles Reporter
Summers in Boone can really make you question why those summer classes seemed like a good idea when you signed up.
Everyone is home for vacation, campus is a ghost town and there seems to be nothing going on anywhere that could pose as any kind of entertainment.
Have no fear, there are some extracurricular escape going on right outside the borders of campus that can bring an end to your summertime woes.
Boone Saloon:
June 7
Lovewhip
Massachusetts’
Lovewhip has a sound inspired by everything from Blondie to Beck and
Sean Paul to the B52’s. The project began with
frontwoman/guitarist/singer Erin Harpe and bassist Jim Countryman.
“Lovewhip is
dance music. We are part of Boston's underground but up-and-coming
electro scene and they create a live show that is rooted in fun with
the passionate vocals and dance moves of the soulful electro-rock diva,
Erin Harpe a.k.a. Empress Erin,” Countryman said.
“Able to get any
room going by shaking her infamous booty, [Harpe] also rips out
screaming electric guitar riffs as she taunts and teases the crowd.
People should come to the Lovewhip show because they need it. Get your
freak on to forget the mess the world is in. Come on out and dance,” he
said.
June 8
Sky Hi
Tennessee funk band Sky Hi began with Ryan Sowder, Tim Hawkins and Aaron Heffron in 2001.
The band
consists of lead vocalist Dee Roberts, guitarist/vocalist Ron Cook,
keyboardist/vocalist Andrew Dolfie, bassist/vocalist Tim Hawkins,
saxophonist/vocalist/samples Aaron Heffron, saxophonist/vocalist Nick
Timmerman, drummer Dave Singleton and saxophonist/flutist/
harmonicas/vocalist Nate Heffron.
Sky Hi’s influences include Stevie Wonder, James Brown and Otis Redding.
June 9
The Eclectic Collective
Boston’s Eclectic Collective began in 2001 as an acoustic duo, The Kaizen Komplex, and has since grown into an eight-piece band.
The band has released a 10-song debut, which showcases the band’s wide range of influences and talents.
June 10
The Melvin Sparks Band
New York soul artist Melvin Sparks has been performing for over 30 years. He’s recorded seven albums.
Melvin Sparks plays guitar with “Big” Paul Wolstencroft on B3 organ and “Double Foot” Shawn Hill on drums.
Black Cat Burrito
June 6
The Actuaries with the C Monsters
Boone natives
The Actuaries is made up of guitarist/vocalist Josh Cole, guitarist
Nathan Sheets, bassist Dustin Walker, keyboardist Steve Dave, drummer
Adam Cole and tambourine/handclaps and hypemaker Cody Lamanack.
“I guess if I
had to describe our band I would say that we're a rock n' roll band
that plays songs about how when the going gets tough, you just gotta
keep on keepin' on,” Cole said.
The Actuaries are a rock band whose influences include The Kinks, Neil Young and The Flying Burrito Bros.
The Actuaries give good reason for everyone to make it out to their show Wednesday night.
“It'll be an
unforgettable night of rock n' roll majesty including sexy,
sweat-drenched cowboy shirts, and we'll be giving out free Twizzlers,”
Cole said.
Why Twizzlers,
you ask? We feel that, of all candy, Twizzlers represent our sound the
most, because a.) they're chewy and delicious, b.) they're full of
twists and turns, and c.) they can be used as a straw.”
Vocalist/guitarist
Brent Bishop and bassist Scott Rogers formed another Boone band, the C
Monsters.
Wednesday’s band lineup will differ from the usual for the C
Monsters with Bishop and Kaysie Cozart teaming up with Thomas McNeely.
“I think we have
a sort of Indie Rock sound with some various styles mixed in,” Bishop
said. “We have everything from piano, violin, synthesizers and
sometimes cello mixed in our sound.”
The band’s influences include Wolf Parade, Animal Collective and Arcade Fire.
June 7
Absolute Funk with DJ Flo
DJ Dance Party
June 8
Buck Gooter with Ca$hio and Richard Fronteer aka DJ Piss
Virginia’s Buck
Gooter is multi-instrumentalist Billy Brat and guitarist/vocalist Terry
Turtle. The band has released three records and tours throughout the
East Coast.
June 10
Three More Shallows with Human Pippi Armstrong
San Francisco
band Three More Shallows is made up of Dee Kesler. Chavo Fraser and
Jason Gonzales. Their latest album, “Book of Bad Breaks” was released
April of this year, and the band has been touring throughout the East
Coast in support of it.
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