Nightspots
Tuesday Sep 21, 2010
The Ark: Aimee Mann
Sold Out. A cofounder of the early 80s New Wave band ’Til Tuesday who first gained mainstream attention when 8 of her songs were featured on the soundtrack of the 1999 film Magnolia, Mann is a veteran pop-rock singer-songwriter who specializes in spare, sharply incised snapshots of human relationships in varying states of disrepair. Her new CD, Smilers, a collection of spare, vivid, tuneful portraits of the inner lives of assorted marginalized eccentrics. She is accompanied by an acoustic trio. $40.
The Blind Pig: Margot and the Nuclear So & So’s
Critically acclaimed chamber pop-rock sextet from Indianapolis. Opening acts are The Lonely Forest, a Seattle-area postpunk pop quartet fronted by the passionate vocals of singer- songwriter John Van Deusen, and Cameron McGill & What Army, a Chicago psychedelic folk-rock trio. Advance tickets: $12 ($14 at the door).
The Habitat Ultralounge: Scotty Alexander
Singer-pianist.
The Savoy:
TBA.
Zal Gaz Grotto: Paul Klinger’s Easy Street Jazz Band
Dixieland and swing by this local ensemble led by saxophonist and trumpeter Klinger.
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