Nerdcore rapper MC Chris will be at Bottletree tonight with Powerglove and Ritchie Branson.
VENUE: Bottletree Cafe
TIME: 9:00 pm
BAND: MC Chris / Powerglove / Ritchie Branson
COVER: $15
MC Chris
“As the break-beats ricocheted off the corrugated steel walls of Emo’s, an outdoor rock club, a bantamweight rapper named MC Chris strutted on stage in supersize black work shorts, spraying the crowd with volleys of rat-a-tat rhymes. With each burst, the audience of more than 400 bobbed in unison. Their T-shirts soggy on a sweltering night, some fans thrust fists in the air and hooted approvingly. Others reverently mouthed the rhymes under their breath, as if reciting a novena. It could have been any other hip-hop show, but little details seemed off, like the songs that sampled the epically cheesy rock band REO Speedwagon, or that name-checked detritus from 1980s-era pop culture, like Boba Fett, “The Goonies” and Dungeons & Dragons. Or the fan in the back wearing a full-body foam armor suit modeled after the cybernetic commando from the video game Halo.”
— Alex Williams (The New York Times)
Powerglove
“Powerglove derive their name from the Nintendo Entertainment Peripheral, the “powerglove.” And yes, the band are as over top and ridiculous as that very gimmicky idea. Playing a very stylized form of “nintendocore,” Powerglove utilize power metal aesthetics along with a myriad of digital sounds. However, unlike most bands in their genre, the usage of “8-bit” sounds are not so prevalent. Instead, the band has a solid metal background, with the electronica elements being used for detailing.”
— sputnikmusic.com
Ritchie Branson
VENUE: Avondale Brewery
TIME: 12:00 pm
BAND: Southbound Music Festival
COVER: $10
Southbound Music Festival
A full day of local music awaits you in Avondale, courtesy of Birmingham Mountain Radio’s Southbound show, which airs Sundays from 7-9 p.m. Here’s the lineup:
12:00 -The Matchcoats
12:40- Jon Poor Band
1:40 – Lauren-Michael Sellers
2:20 – St Paul and the Broken Bones
3:10 – Acousticats
3:55 – Belle Adair
4:55 – Jesse Payne
5:40 – The Avery Ellis Exhibit(s)
6:40 – An Atlas To Follow
7:30 – Voices In the Trees
8:30 – The Grenadines (acoustic)
9:20 – Sanyasi
10:10 – The Green Seed
11:00 – Vulture Whale
VENUE: Moonlight on the Mountain
TIME: 7:30 pm
BAND: Joanna Cotten / Greg Barnhill
COVER: $12
Joanna Cotten
“…if anybody ought to have been able to pull off a commercially viable union of country and R&B this decade, it’s Cotten. She has the pipes (potent, Arkansas-raised and Juilliard-trained), the attitude (like a strutting, platinum-blond gospel diva set loose in a rock club) and the background (a childhood of singing soulful country any old place from Beale Street to Nashville).”
— Jewly Hight (Nashville Scene)
Greg Barnhill
From Greg Barnhill bio: Originally from New Orleans, Barnhill has been writing and performing his entire life. Artists from Etta James, Martina McBride, and Jessica Simpson to Chicago, Tim McGraw, Lee Ann Womack, Leona Lewis and many in between have embraced his songs. “Walkaway Joe,” recorded by Trisha Yearwood and Don Henley, was a significant milestone to his career. The song went on to earn him a Grammy nomination as well as the respect of his peers that follows him today.
VENUE: Zydeco
TIME: 9:30 pm
BAND: Up Until Now / Higher Learning
COVER: $10
Up Until Now
From Up Until Now bio: Jay Murphy of Up Until Now has so far lived his life completely centered and orbiting around music. He comes from a collective past involved in bands with genres of reggae, world beat, rock, hip hop, funk, electro-pop,and even heavy metal. With this new project, he distills the pure essence in music that has always driven him, and channels it into electronic dance music with the sole purpose of making bodies move.
Higher Learning
From Higher Learning bio: Higher Learning is an exploration in sound. They seek to paint a picture in your mind with audio, and every song is a different image. With a sonic palette of rock, electronica, jazz, hip hop, ambient, and world music, Higher Learning utilizes many styles to create a finely tuned, stereo atmosphere. So open up your subwoofers and let the textures flow out!
About Sam George
Sam George is editor-in-chief of You Hear This, and the former editor of r3vrb.com, BHAM.FM, and Birmingham Weekly. He is also a contributing writer at Weld for Birmingham and B-Metro magazine.
