The merchandise-moving Dirty Jerzey Bandit’s science-dropping loopness embody the underground hip-hop spirit found in Company Flow’s most Rawkus recordings. The Ewing hip-hopper raps supreme at The All Call Inn (214 Weber Ave., Ewing) tomorrow night. Show starts at 9. To Live & Die in NJ open. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.
The Philly trio’s twisted experimental prog-punk crosses the boundaries between vintage metal, jazz-fusion, hard rock and math-core. Watch out for their “kung-fu grip,” deejay effects and carnival-core crashing on “Two Left Feet” when they open for The Whyte Stuff at McGuinn’s Place (1781 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence) tomorrow night. Recommended if you dig At The Drive-In, Wolfmother and System of the Down. Show starts at 9. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.
The confused college-rock melodies and lo-fi instrumentation found in these Filthadelphians’ fuzzy geek-pop sounds a lot like Pavement. And that’s always awesome. Also fun for music nerds into Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr. and hipless Beck. The trio play Championship Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) tomorrow night. Show starts at 8. John Geoff, The Passion Movement, Deluxe Thumps, Talain Rayne and GARDENhead open. Tickets cost $8. 21-plus.
The Spring Lake bluesman and electric guitar virtuoso once shared a bill with Bonnie Raitt at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s “Tribute to Muddy Waters.” Now he’s headlining The Record Collector (358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown) with two sets set for tomorrow night. Pretty neat, huh? Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 at the door. All-ages.
The folk-pop six-piece mold Latin-jazz influences into a smash of alt-rock gypsy music that doesn’t quite fit in any particular genre. The Mariachi horns are nice. So is the Eastern European-inspired Flamenco-styled guitar playing. Truly a one-of-a-kind musical experience around these parts – and it’s being given away for free at Triumph Brewery (138 Nassau St., Princeton) tomorrow night. The show starts at 9. The gang’s also playing The Trash Bar (256 Grand St., New York) in Brooklyn at 8 p.m. Saturday. 21-plus for both.
Known for their to-the-note renditions of Grateful Dead shows, the Philly band has inserted “Hard To Handle” into their jam-folk repertoire at a Jan. 21 concert in Ardmore, Pa. The Dead recalibrated its own version of the Otis Redding classic in more than 90 shows in the late-’60s-early-’70. Based on its last show, Splintered Sunlight fans going to tomorrow night’s performance at The Stone Pony (913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park) could also expect renditions of “Scarlet Begonias” and “Casey Jones.” Show starts at 7:30. The Ronnie Penque Band, From The Ground and Definite No round out the bill. Tickets cost $10. All-ages.
The New Englander’s Four Tet-tilizing tubular belling and manic-minimalistic RJD2-y trip-hop clacks symbolize a darker, multi-media-motivated, movie-scene-influenced version of modern psych-tronica. Also for fans of Portishead, Boards of Canada and Mogwai. The duo headline Asbury Lanes (209 4th Ave., Asbury Park) tomorrow night. Show starts at 8. Black Wine and Cavalier Rose and the Barnstormers play, too. Tickets cost $10. 21-plus.
The barbaric Burlco brain-bashers release the beast on Championships Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) Saturday afternoon. It’s metal – and it’s heavy-as-hell. Imagine a typhoon of guitar shreds and lighting-fast drumming crashing into your skull with enough power to mash it into pudding. Don’t tell anyone, but there’s fancy guitar sweeps in their ammunition, too. Show starts at noon. Total Ruination, I Am The Trireme, Decaying Crypts, Gravelight, Within Dying Days, Acrasia, Carcinogen and Hollow Lies round out the bill. Tickets cost $10. All-ages.
It’s Rotton versus Strummer for the rock ’n’ roll trainees at McGuinn’s Place (1781 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence) on Saturday, as the teens perform an epic cover combat between The Sex Pistols and The Clash. Fighting punk-rock law is cool. Show starts at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $5. All-ages.
The city reggae icon’s island boogies warm up any frigid weekend. On Saturday, he’ll headline McGuinn’s Place’s (1781 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence) late-night show. Members of United One will be there, too, to enhance the global grooves. Show starts at 9. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.
Brash, brazen and vulgar anti-punk you’d hear fleeing L.A. circa 1994 – think Butt Trumpet and L7 without the smash-mouth, chick-rock, beat downs beatification – has these Jersey-rock offenders turning a def ear to anything clean cut and cuddly in the music industry these days. Also for fans of the Dead Milkmen and The Vandals. The foursome open for Bildo & the Reacharounds at Championship Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) Saturday night. Show starts at 9. Double Or Nothing, Common Enemy and Loafass play, too. Tickets cost $8. 21-plus.
The Brooklynites rodeo road show – think honky-tonking Southern Culture on the Skids with cow-girlie Alison Krauss sharing the vocals – dosey-doe’s into The Record Collector (358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown) Saturday night. Also for fans of Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn’s “Relater.” Show starts at 7:30. Laura Baird opens. Tickets cost $12 in advance, $14 at the door. All-ages.
The 42-year-old Lemonheads singer tends to candy-coat grief in his folk-pop ditties – giving life’s mostly complicated inner struggles a sunny disposition. But who cares about Ray’s shames these days. The real question is, will wife and British Calvin Klein model, Elizabeth Moses, warming up to a cup of joe at Torp’s Deli on Sunday across the street from Mr. Dando’s performance at The Record Collector (358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown)? Be cool, right? Show starts at 6:30 p.m. The Candles open. Tickets cost $20 in advance, $25 at the door. All-ages.
The metallic smooth criminals moonwalks into Asbury Lanes (209 4th Ave., Asbury Park) this weekend with a Jacko impression that’ll wake the dead. And in this case, hopefully it’s the King of Pop who crotch-grabs from the grave Sunday night to “Thiller-Night” these Brooklyn beat-killers into Bubbles chow. Show starts at 9. Sweetheart opens. Tickets cost $10. 21-plus.
The United One guitarist’s idealistic folk-punk acoustic strums – and the accompanying of a couple Bad Religion, Bob Marley and Bob Dylan reanimations – make for the model modern-day workingman’s happy hour. The city musician - who also played in Towers Open Fire – hits Championships Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) with Kyle McGill Wednesday evening. The free show starts at 6. 21-plus.
The city spin thing – and his crew in the Trenton House Society sometimes – fight the beat with an arsenal of pop-techno, trance dreamscapes and club cuts that could pass for both Simian Mobile Disco and the Guru Josh Project. And Wednesday night at McGuinn’s Place (1781 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence) it’s going to be ’80s night so maybe a Depeche Mode or Cure remix will be order. Show starts at 9. Tickets cost $2. 21-plus.
Scott Frost’s On The Beat concert listing appears in The Trentonian every Thursday. If your band is playing around town, email the On the Beat web line at djscott111@aol.com.
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