This Week in Music

Monday, July 13
Critic’s Pick:
Open Mic Night at the Southgate House with Billy Catfish, 9 pm, Free, Ages 21+…NKU students to be filming for a documentary

Mad Hatter Hardcore Blowout! with Apollo and Ares, Marks of Sin, Five Stories Falling, I Call Treason, Achilles Desent and Arms of Masses, 6:30 pm, $5

Jazz Ensemble at the Northside Tavern, 10 pm, Free

The Rockwern Summer Concert Series on Fountain Square with the Frank Simon Band, Noon

Tuesday, July 14
Magnolia Electric Co., The Donkeys and Kim Taylor at the Southgate House, 9 pm, $13 at the door, All Ages

Video Daughters, The Atriums and Come On Caboose at Northside Tavern, 10 pm, Free

CD Releases of Note:
Critic’s Pick: Baby Teeth, Hustle Beach Single
Clutch, Strange Cousins from the West
Dandy Warhols, The Dandy Warhols Are Sound
Critic’s Pick: The Dead Weather, Horehound
Critic’s Pick: Pearl Jam, The Lowdown
Robin Trower, What Lies Beneath

Wednesday, July 15
Critic’s Pick:
Cross Canadian Ragweed and The Magpies at Bogarts, 8 pm

Colin Hay and Peter Mulvey at the Southgate House, 8 pm, $25 at the door, Ages 18+…Also at the Southgate House: in the Parlour, Corduroy Road, Paleface and Holy Ghost Tent Revival, 9 pm, $5/21+, $8/18-20 and The Crisp Brothers in the Lounge, 9 pm, Free, 21+

Monkeytonk at Northside Tavern, 10 pm, Free

World Wide Wednesday on Fountain Square, “An Evening in Eastern Europe” with Russian Duo, Romanian Nai player Nikolae Haheu and singer Ilona Kononenko

Thursday, July 16
Critic’s Pick:
Split Lip Rayfield at the Southgate House, 9:30 pm, $13 at the door, Ages 18+…Also at the Southgate House: in the Parlour, Daikaiju, Mad Anthony and Swear Jar, 9:30 pm, $5/21+, $8/18-20 and Hillbilly Thursday in the Lounge with the Mt. Pleasant String Band, 9 pm, Free

Hot Action Cop, Javelin Dance Tour Kickoff!, Losanti, Look Afraid, Rococo Revival Parlor and Kings to Me at the Mad Hatter, 7 pm, $8

Len’s Lounge at Northside Tavern, 10 pm, Free

Fountain Square’s Acoustic Thursday with Wild Carrot (feat. Pam Temple of WNKU) at 11:45 am, Free

Friday, July 17
Benjy Davis and Tony Lucca at the Southgate House, 9 pm, $12 at the door, Ages 18+…Also at the Southgate House: in the Parlour, The Dust Feel, Come On Caboose, Jackie Futon and the Pensive Dracula Friendship Club and Ravenous Jim, 9:30 pm, $5/21+, $8/18-20 and Jerry King and the Rivertown Ramblers in the Lounge, 9 pm, Free

Critic’s Pick:
Cincy Scene B-Day Party at the Mad Hatter with The Koala Fires, Hazle Weatherfield, Gold Shoes, The Host and Charlie Hustle (he’s playing MidPoint 2009), 8 pm, $5

Critic’s Pick:
MidPoint’s Indie Summer on Fountain Square with Wussy, Roundhead, The Tigerlilies and Pasquali, 7 pm, Free…followed by the Open Mic Singer/Songwriter Night at 11 pm

Critic’s Pick:
Abiyah, J. Dorsey Blues Revival and Iolite at Northside Tavern, 10 pm, Free

Saturday, July 18
Dandelion Death, Banderas, Asylum on the Hill and Arliss Perry at the Southgate House, 9 pm, $5/21+, $8/18-20…Also and the Southgate House: in the Parlour, Giant Wow (they’re playing MidPoint 2009), New Vega and 20th Century Tokyo Princess, 10 pm, $5/21+, $8/18-20 and Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three in the Lounge, 9 pm, Free 

Chakras, One Finger Grip, Saints and Serpents, Intruder, Audio Logic, Hybridiem and Still Pioneer at the Mad Hatter, 7:30 pm, $5

Pris and DJ Empirical at Northside Tavern, 10 pm, Free