Phish play tonight at the Oak Mountain Amphitheatre. Photo by Danny Clinch.
VENUE: Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
TIME: 7:30 pm
BAND: Phish
COVER: $55-$75
Phish
“It was the type of evening — an entirely mesmerizing and moving two-set concert filled with superb musicianship and incredible improvisation — that made the undying devotion of the “phans” seem quite logical. As the group moved through one blistering jam after another, and filled the set list with an equal number of surprises and expected treats, it not only became increasingly easy to understand why someone would follow Phish from city to city — it also started to sound like a very good idea.”
— Jim Harrington (Oakland Tribune)
VENUE: Bottletree Cafe
TIME: 9:00 pm
BAND: Death in The Park / The Green Seed / Kill Baby Kill / Fistful of Beard
COVER: $10
Death in The Park
“For those who aren’t familiar with Death In The Park, they are a rock/indie five piece based in Montgomery, Alabama and are signed to End Sounds. Made up of the previous front man for Hot Rod Circuit, Andy Jackson (guitar, vocals) alongside Aaron Holmes (drums), Ronnie Gardner (guitar), Derrick Karg (guitar) and Jake Sloan (bass) these five guys have certainly stepped up to the plate and produced a high quality standard of work showing their true passion and dedication for music.”
— The Sound Alarm
The Green Seed
“Like their heroes, A Tribe Called Quest, The Green Seed aims to create hip-hop that’s smart and infectious, exuding a positive vibe. No angry street rants, no gangsta anthems, no sexist screeds.”
— Mary Colurso (AL.com)
Kill Baby Kill
“What’s the hell is going on in Alabama? That state has produced some of the most interesting surf-instrumental reverb minds around. One of the finest examples is Kill, Baby…Kill, the five-fingers of death in music form. Their debut recording, the EP titled SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK, is five tracks of high voltage instro music. It’s not just power surf; the prefix ‘mega’ can be applied with absolute sincerity.”
— Gravediggers Local 16
Fistful of Beard
“These cats just dropped their debut, self titled EP this month and I couldn’t be more pleasantly surprised how good this thing is. The EP is fueled by 5 quality tracks delivering elements of crunchy guitars, familiar angst melodies, and a heartfelt ballad. Yes, a common formula, but their subtle differences separate themselves from the genre. ”
— Front Porch Musings
VENUE: Moonlight on the Mountain
TIME: 7:30 pm
BAND: Blue Mother Tupelo
COVER: $12
Blue Mother Tupelo
“This husband-wife team craft their homemade CDs by layering instruments & emphasizing their soulful, harmonic, mountain-blues vocals. I love their rustic, earthy, gritty, groove-soaked sound. individualistic & ear-opening… This little treasure is staying real close to my stereo for days to come.”
— Robert K. Oermann (Music Row Magazine)
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.
