The world’s ultimate '80s rock impersonation act, Hairball, rawked the Ramada Convention Center in downtown Eau Claire on Friday, March 30. Hairball recreates the good-time party atmosphere of a decadent decade with unmatched authenticity ...
Held on Sunday, March 11, this year's Lust for Blues benifit for the Chippewa Valley Blues Society featured Mary Cutrufello, Howard "Guitar" Luedtke, and Ross William Perry.
Saturday, March 3 closed out the 2012 installments of Decadent Cabaret at the House of Rock. It was the third night of Eau Claire's longest-running locally-focused rock music festival, notorious for landmark moments and phenomenal performances in the
Friday, March 2 saw one of the 2012 installments of Decadent Cabaret at the House of Rock. It was the second night of Eau Claire's longest-running locally-focused rock music festival, notorious for landmark moments and phenomenal performances ...
On Saturday, February 25, UW-Eau Claire's student radio station held a local showcase concert which featured artists from the area: The Daredevil Christopher Wright, Zoo Animal, Kalispell, Adelyn Rose, and Backward Thinker's Society ...
On Wednesday, February 15, local favorites Gaelic Storm returned to the State Theatre in downtown Eau Claire. Gaelic Storm's last release Cabbage held the #1 spot on the Billboard World Music Album Chart for three consecutive weeks in 2010 ...
On Saturday, Feb. 11, Dead Dogs and Bewilderebeest hosted their Cowboys & Indians Show at The Waterfront Bar & Grill in Menomonie. Artist Jason Anhorn painted live on stage.
On Friday, Feb. 10, The Island of Dr. Lee played one of their first live shows, this time at the Mousetrap in support of The Perennials and Electrolyte Empire. The band is local sound engineer and musician Jaime Hansen's latest experiment, tapping...
Local jam band legends Day Old Bread reunited on Friday, Feb. 3 at the Mousetrap on Barstow Street. Bill, Billy, Dave, Nate and Dan cordially invited fans and friends to a night of righteous guitar riffs served with a side of awesome.
On Sunday, January 29, "Nuthin But Cash" took place at Shari's Chippewa Club in Durand. A benefit for Blues on the Chippewa, this event featured area musicians offering their renditions of Johnny Cash songs, plus raffles and a silent auction.
On Saturday, January 7 Sue Orfield (sax), Luke Fischer (acoustic guitar, vocals) Olaf Lind (fiddle) and Randy Sinz (upright bass), performed at Obession Chocolates. They are an eclectic blend of Americana, jazz, and world music.
On Thursday, December 15, all were welcome to join the "Margaret and Malls" bus for an hour ride-a-long, sing-a-long Christmas cheer accompanied by two zany local accordion guys, aka Squeeze This.
On Thursday, December 15, Local electro indie pop rockers Laarks played their first show in Eau Claire in about nine months (we think). However long it was, welcome back Ian, Brian, Kyle, and Zach to the House of Rock. Also featured were ...
Some say the Drunk Drivers are the fathers of all Eau Claire party bands. Even if a band came and went before the Drivers existed, it was all a premonition of what the Drivers would someday be. While was have not data to back this up, we do know ...
Volume One was lucky enough to get a photographer into Zorn Arena to document Bon Iver's first hometown show since 2008. Check out sound check, the crowd, opener Lianne la Havas, and of course, the band.
On Friday, December 2, UWEC's top shelf jazz band (Jazz 1) took to the stage in the Gantner Concert Hall, Haas Fine Arts Center. And the jazz, just flowed, baby. The UW-Eau Claire Jazz Studies Area boasts five big bands and 20 combos.
Emulating the famous "Last Waltz" rock concert performed by The Band (originally held on Thanksgiving, 1976), more than twenty local musicians and performers – including Billy Angell, Sue Orfield, Noel Hanson, Trevor Ives, Sarah Maurer ...
From before daybreak to after sales began at 7am Friday morning – people waiting in line at UW-Eau Claire to buy tickets for Bon Iver's duo of hometown shows. The line sprawled through UWEC's Zorn Arena, out the back, and well beyond.
On Friday, October 21 Geoffrey Keezer, a 2010 and 2009 Grammy-nominated pianist and composer born in Eau Claire, played to benefit the ECASD. He has worked with virtually all the living legends of jazz and has appeared on countless recordings as both
Ghouls and ghosts delight in this dark carnival of fright. Loaded with haunted houses, amusement park rides, creepy merchants of the macabre, a human freak show, haunted hayride, an asylum, live bands and much more. The fun continues ...
Blues great James Solberg took to the stage behind the State Theatre's velvety curtains on Monday, Sept. 26 for the latest installment of the Back Stage Concert Series. Solberg was joined by local favorite Sue Orfield and he had Charlie Bingham ...
On Friday, September 23, Mike Perry performed material from the two CD Clodhopper Monologue release as well as new material from upcoming book projects at the Mabel Tainter in Menomonie.
On Thursday Sept. 8, the Back Stage Concert Series kicked off a new season with Eau Claire tin-can folksers The Heart Pills opening things up for Minneapolis favorites Halloween, Alaska. At the Back Stage Concert Series, the bands, the audience ...
On Saturday, July 30, Dead Dogs, (featuring local trumpet phenom Jeff Walk) and Adelyn Rose performed at the House Rock. Gentle Guest also performed (not pictured).
On Thursday, June 21, Meridene, The Michael Rambo Project and Greg Gilbertson played at the Phoenix Park labyrinth for Volume One's Sounds Like Summer Concert Series.
Even the super hot heat couldn't keep people away from the Phark on Thursday, June 29. The show featured Phil Circle in the pre-show, then Magic Mama took over, and the Milwaukee band (with EC roots) Conrad Plymouth closed the night.
On Thursday, June 23 Charlie Roth played at The Fire House in Eau Claire. Charlie Roth is a driving force of Americana, Folk, Blues, Country & Celtic. He is best at telling a story with his rich baritone ...
The 2011 Sounds Like Summer Concert Series in downtown Eau Claire's Phoenix Park kicked off on Thursday, June 2 with a stripped down South Farwell, Beacon James, and a preshow set from Brian Butler.
The Chippewa Valley Blues Society is presenting a summer of Blues Performances on Tuesday Night at Owen Park featuring great local and regional blues bands. Lucas K and the Coolhand Saints performed on Tuesday, May 31.
On Thursday April 28, the Backstage Concert Series returned with Eau Claire bluegrass assassins EverGreen Grass Band at the helm. Opening the show was local alt-folksters Beacon James. This was the last Backstage Concert Series ...
On Saturday, April 2, two bands played within walking distance of each other in downtown Eau Claire. The high-energy jazz group, "Jayson Collins Sextet" played at Acoustic Cafe while local indie folk project, "Our Gray Wake" played at Infinitea Teaho
Local bluesternative rock duo Do it Yourself Daisy is best described as if The Black Keys met The White Stripes and "decided to be less talented". DIY Daisy celebrated their self-titled CD's release with local tin can folk punk band ...
For the latest installment of the Back Stage Concert Series, local metalheads No Loving Place played one of their popular acoustic sets, and singer/songwriter Brian Bethke debuted a brand new band.
On Friday, March 18, local tin can folk punk band The Heart Pills performed with Duluth gritty folk band Dirty Horse and local acoustic blues musician Matt Vold at the House of Rock. Photos are of Dirty Horse and Matt Vold.
On Saturday, March 12, WHYS Radio's 5th Annual St. Patrick's Day Fundraiser was good green fun for folks of all ages on . Eau Claire's Shortest Sidewalk Parade, a lovely tradition, left from their Kappus Bldg. headquarters and ended at ...
This photo set shows a few bands from Saturday night. Rumor has it, the 2011 installment of our very own mid-winter music festival – Decadent Cabaret – broke last year’s attendance record. Here’s the complete set list ...
Rumor has it, the 2011 installment of our very own mid-winter music festival – Decadent Cabaret – broke last year’s attendance record. This photo set shows a few bands from Friday night. Here’s the complete set list ...
On Saturday, February 26, Locally-focused WPR music radio show Local Independence featured several great local bands at the brand new Oxford theatre: The Daredevil Christopher Wright, Laarks, Meridene, the Heart Pills, Small Cities and Wisconsin Buil
It's Rocky Horror time again! On Friday, Feb 19, the public was once again invited to dress up as their favorite character, dance to the Time Warp, and be a part of the many nutty antics. Local diva Miss Dee-Lovely led the show.
Minneapolis's Zoo Animal and local favorites Laarks took to the stage of State Theatre on Friday, Feb. 11. At the Backstage Concert Series, the bands, the audience, and the bar are all right on the State Theatre stage among the bricks, rigging ...
Local band Laarks' keyboard-driven electro-indie stylings rocked the Oxford on Tuesday, Dec 28. Also playing was local pop rock band Meridene who attack with charging guitar, sprawling keys and high-intesntiy percussion. Jon Sunde, guitarist for Th
At the first 2010 installment of the Back Stage Concert Series, S. Carey (of Bon Iver fame) and Peter Wolf Crier, took to the stage on the stage at The State Theatre. The Back Stage Concert Series is a collaboration of Volume One and The State ...
On Thursday, Nov 25 a cast of nearly thirty Eau Claire musicians took on the roles of The Band plus guests such as Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Muddy Waters, the Staples Singers, Neil Diamond, Van Morrison, Paul Butterfield, and more....
San Fransisco thrash punk band D.R.I. (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles) performed with local and regional metal and punk bands at the House of Rock on Sunday, Nov 21.
DANCE au jus – a tasteful dance party in Menomonie's Acoustic Café on Friday Nov. 19 – featured four deejays (Dave Hannigan, DJ Pete, Double A, and Aaron Arnold) spinning electro-pop, house, hip-hop, and more. Dance friendly projections ...
On Wednesday, November 3, The Shillelagh Lads unleashed their new CD upon the people of Dooley's Irish Pub. The Lads – Eau Claire's only traditional Irish Pub band – take live interaction to another level. Everyone who walks into a…
Photos were taken at the State Theater on Thursday, Oct 14. According to Elton John, who duets with Brandi Carlile on the song, "Caroline," "Brandi has an amazing voice. So, there you go.
The last Sounds Like Summer Concert series concert for 2010 happened on Thursday, August 26th down in Phoenix Park. The line up included More Amore, The Heart Pills, and Duncan Ninja.
On Thursday, July 15 Volume One's concert series continued at Phoenix Park. The Gentle Guest plays backwater, stomping indie rock with a countrified tinge featuring old-world instrumentation, fronted by Eric Rykal ...
June 24’s installment of the Sounds Like Summer Concert series in Phoenix Park saw reggae, dancehall, ska, jazz, soul, funk, rock and hip hop act Irie Sol along with funksters Downers Grove. And a huge crowd.
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