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Queens indie rockers The Beets headline a free show at The Terrace Club in Princeton Thursday night.
Karma Bat! The Lawrence bunches’ psycho-silly-sassed-out-carny-punk is like a trip on the Tilt-A-Whirl with Cinder Block and Gogol Bordello. Also cool if you dig Oingo Boingo, Skakin Pickle and riding the Gravitron backwards 10 times in a row. The gang plays McGuinn’s Place (1781 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence) tomorrow night. Show starts at 9. Burning Jersey and Conetic Culture play, too. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.
The Toms River horror-punking Grave(s)-robbers release the ghouls - and a host of Dan-zingers - on Championships Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) tomorrow night. For fans of The Misfits and Blitzkid. Show starts at 9. Sorrow Night, Silver Hounds, The Zombie Mafia and The Mad Splatter play, too. Tickets cost $8. 21-plus.
The Grammy-winning folk activist, Yippie sympathizer and actress – remember Gov. Arnold’s 1994 flopper, “Junior?” – recorded a collection of Beatles in 2008. Hopefully a few are found on the hit list of show tunes and “Turn, Turn, Turning” hippie standards the 70-year-old freedom singer is known for when headlining McCarter Theatre (91 University Place, Princeton) tomorrow night. Show starts at 8. Tickets cost $20. All-ages.
The high-spirited, all-female folk trio strum Mississippi-style bluegrass and gospel with a roaring ’20s soul that’ll remind you of the music on the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack. It’s hand-clapping fun – and on its way to drive the devil right out of The Record Collector (358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown) tomorrow night. Show starts at 7:30. Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 at the door. All-ages.
The Irish-rock superstars get crunk at The Stone Pony (913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park) tomorrow night. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. The Stolen Rhodes and The Fullers open. Tickets cost $15 in advance, $20 at the door. All-ages.
The Central Jersey punk rockers play with Mark This Day, The Raidz, The Coastline, The Creetons, Count To Four, Rushmore and Foul-Play! at Championships Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) Saturday afternoon. Show starts at noon. Tickets cost $10. All-ages.
Expected not to survive a post-high school break-up, the Hightstown hell raisers are back with six new songs on a digital release ready to drop on Saturday with a reunion show of sorts in the Mill Hill Basement (300 S. Broad St., Trenton). “Off,” the crew first release in a couple years, is a mult-layered punk-rock romp that vaults between math-core erratics, pit-inducing openings and melodic, duel-vocal choruses in a heavier Circa Survive sort of way. Also fun for fans of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Thursday and Sunny Day Real Estate, but angrier and more in-your-face. The guys tell On the Beat they’ve been concentrating on college and haven’t scheduled any other shows other than Saturday’s all-ages punk party, so it might be the only time this year to see one of Mercer County’s more talented hardcore outfits in their element – going crazy by rocking a one-“Off” live show of new material. Show starts at 5 p.m. Return To Gold (ex-Save Your Strength), The Glory Days, Exit She Calls and Forever Is Fleeting round out the bill. Tickets cost $10. All-ages.
There’s a multi-generational protest parade on tap Saturday night when the folk God’s Family Legacy Tour rolls into McCarter Theatre (91 University Place, Princeton) Saturday. Sort of Partridge Family with a socially-conscious-going-green theme. Thinking “Waltons,” too. Arlo’s baby girl, Cathy Guthrie - who’s in a band with Willie Nelson’s kid, Amy - is on the tour, along with siblings Abe, Annie, Sarah Lee and a litter of third-generation tikes who’ll probably join in on the jug, washboard, stovepipe, kazoo and wash-tub bass. Show starts at 8. Ticket cost $40 and $48. All-ages.
A live rendition of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” has earned top billing of this local cover band’s MySpace page with 288 plays. That dwarfs the amount of spins Queen’s “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” and Cindy Lauper’s “Time After Time” has gotten, but does expose the group’s diversified tastes and resume of quality copies expected to be showcased at McGuinn’s Place (1781 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence) on Saturday night. Show starts at 9. Tickets cost $5. 21-plus.
The Plainfield rockers “live for the night, live for the mood” with a modern spin on ’60s psychedelics. One of Little Steven’s favorite “Underground Garage” bands, the guys will debut brand-new CD, “Act Your Rage,” at The Record Collector (358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown) Saturday night. For fans of The Yardbirds and Supergrass. Show starts at 7:30. Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 at the door. All-ages.
The thrash-metal California-sound-killas’ avalanching “In The Dead of Winter Tour” with Bind Witness and Years of the Red Sky crashes Championships Sports Bar and Grill (931 Chambers St., Trenton) Sunday afternoon. Show starts at noon. Sicker Than Most, Within Dying Days, Mass Punishment, The Waking Alley, A Dream Wirth Dying For, Amica, Burial Mound and Dear Dallas round out the bill. Tickets cost $12 in advance, $14 at the door. All-ages.
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.
