It’s Evansville is starting a new recurring feature that will spotlight local and regional musicians that are playing shows around Evansville. If you are a local musician, contact It’s Evansville editor Justin Williams to schedule your profile.

What’s the name of your band and what’s the origin of it?

Matt Camp: The name of the band is “Pieces of the Day” it was (and still is) a song title for a song I wrote.

How long have you been together?

Matt Camp: We’ve been at it for two years now.

Who is in the band and what instruments do they play?

Matt Camp: I am on Lead guitar and backing vocals. Shawn Brashear does Lead vocals and acoustic guitar. Corey Overby plays the drums. Daryl Nurrenbern plays bass. Keyboard player coming soon!!

How did you get together?

Matt Camp: I met Shawn at music store in Owensboro. We jammed there once and knew there was a future there making music.I started making phone calls. I called Corey first. I played with in another band years before. I called Daryl next. I saw him play at least three years before and liked his playing. It took a while but I tracked him down. I got lucky. They were the first people I called to be the rhythm section and they both accepted!

What type of music do you prefer playing?

Matt Camp: We all have different taste(not even necessarily what “Pieces of the Day” plays) The music we play live really just reflects what our frontman excels at.

What band(s) do you most sound like?

Matt Camp: Hard to say. We cover everything from Al Green to Aerosmith and from Dave Matthews to Nine Inch Nails.

Where is the best place to play in town and why?

Matt Camp: I think I’ll leave this one alone. We all have our preferences for different reasons but we have been treated great ALMOST everywhere. We don’t want to rub any bar owners who may read this the wrong way.

What is your favorite song to play live? Why?

Matt Camp: We love doing Dave Mathhews and U2 for sure.

Who’s your favorite local band (besides your own)?

Matt Camp: We don’t really get to see a lot of other bands because we’ve been so busy but there are definitely a lot of musicians in this town with huge talent that we respect. I could name some but once again I’m afraid I’d forget someone. The amount of talent in this little town no one has heard of is remarkable!!

What are your musical aspirations?

Matt Camp: To increase our popularity and keep trying to make our shows steadily more and more entertaining for everyone who come out to see us.

Where can we see you play around town?

Matt Camp: We are currently playing O’Brian’s, Woody’s, Fast Eddy’s, Club Royale and Deerhead.

It’s Evansville is starting a new recurring feature that will spotlight local and regional musicians that are playing shows around Evansville. If you are a local musician, contact It’s Evansville editor Justin Williams to schedule your profile.

What’s the name of your band and what’s the origin of it?

Keith: Metal Mascarade ball. The origin is that we all went into space and got blasted with cosmic radiation!!

Chuck: I came up with it. I thought a Rock Show should be like a Masquerade Ballroom Ball but in a freaking metal way. Hence, the Mascarade Ball. You get the music and the show. Everyone dresses up in their best metal clothes. I changed the spelling to fit with Mascara like in the make up we wear.

Continue reading Music Spotlight: The Metal Mascarade Ball…

Even though the weather has made a turn for the worse, don’t let that keep you from heading out to celebrate the weekend. Here’s what’s up:

Friday

• Reitz is putting on Alice In Wonderland at 7PM. Tickets are $5-$7
• Boney June’s has show at 7PM featuring Walt Whitmam, Hollywood Handgrenade, Throat and As the Light Dims.
• Wired has Junior Revolution, Ferris The Destroyer, Valiant Few and Geronimo at 7PM.
• The Devonshires are at Hoosier’s Lounge at 8PM.
• Bob Ballard is performing at Quarter Note at 8PM.
• The Jimmies are at Club Royale at 8:30PM.
• USI’s foreign film series continues with a showing of “The Namesake” at 8PM.
• Adam Blythe is at Ri-Ra at 9:30PM.
• JEB and The Fever are at The Duck Inn at 10PM.
• Donkey Punch is at Cecil’s at 10PM.
• Uno Yoko is at Fast Eddy’s at 10PM.
• Andy Norvell is at Fox & Hound at 10PM.
• Six Hills Giant is at O’Brians at 10PM.
• Woody’s has Splendid Chaos at 10PM.
• Panacea is at Lanhucks at 10:30PM.
• Little Cheers has Bosko at 10:30PM.

Saturday

• Reitz is putting on Alice In Wonderland at 7PM. Tickets are $5-$7
• 1123 hos a show at 7PM featuring Counter Clockwise, Polluted Playground and Counterpunch.
• Boney June’s has a show at 7PM featuring Hammertorch, Intentions To Break, and Three Questions.
• Wired has Born Empty and Memories of Tomorrow at 7PM.
• The Devonshires are at Hoosier’s Lounge at 8PM.
• Bob Ballard is performing at Quarter Note at 8PM.
• Ryan Gibbens is at Ri-Ra at 8PM.
• The Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra performs at the Victory Theater at 8PM.
• Namasté is Deerhead at 9PM.
• Kasper is at The Duck Inn at 10PM.
• Never Been Caught is at Fast Eddy’s at 10PM.
• Six Hills Giant is at O’Brians at 10PM.
• Woody’s has Pop Tart Monkey’s at 10PM.
• Donkey Punch is at Cecil’s at 10PM.
• Panacea is at Lanhucks at 10:30PM.
• Ri-Ra has Philpot at 10:30PM.
• Little Cheers has Scott Winzinger at 10:30PM.

Movies

Opening this weekend:

• Beowulf
• Southland Tales
• Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium

photo courtesy of Six Hill’s Giant

It’s Evansville is starting a new recurring feature that will spotlight local and regional musicians that are playing shows around Evansville. If you are a local musician, contact It’s Evansville editor Justin Williams to schedule your profile.

What’s the name of your group and what’s the origin of it?

Cynthia McDonald & Bob Green! We’ve never really come up with a name - since it’s just the two of us. My CD is titled, “Jazzafloozie”, so sometimes that’s how people refer to us. I guess Bob could be Jazz…I’m definitely a floozie.

How long have you been together?

We started working together about 3 years ago.

Continue reading Music Spotlight: Cynthia McDonald & Bob Green…

The weekend has arrived. Here’s what’s going on.

Friday

• 1123 has a show at 7PM featuring Oh So Obvious, This Is Critical and From Rise To Ruin.
• The Rollergirls of Southern Indiana are having their calendar release party at Boney Junes tonight at 7PM.
• Boney June’s also has a show tonight featuring Be My Doppelganger, The Armed Forces and Counter Clockwise at 7PM.
• Wired has Riot Like Words, As Forever Fades and New World Army at 7PM.
• USI’s foreign film series continues with a showing of Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cavito (The Good the Bad and the Ugly) at 7:30PM.
• Black Widow is at Hoosier’s Lounge at 8PM.
• Bob Ballard is playing Quarter Note at 8PM.
• Club Royale has The Beat Daddy’s at 8:30PM.
• Monktrane is at Deerhead at 9PM.
• Time Out Lounge has Rachel & The Jimmies at 9PM.
• Ri-Ra has Adam Blythe at 9:30PM.
• Hello Dave is at The Duck Inn at 10PM.
• Static is at Fast Eddy’s at 10PM.
• Pieces of the Day are at Woody’s at 10PM.
• 32 Leaves is at Lanhucks at 10:30PM.
• Bosko is at Little Cheers at 10:30PM.

Saturday

• 1123 has a show featuring Machine, The Path, Anthem for A Massacre and Displacement at 7PM.
• Boney June’s has g9 Family at 7PM.
• Comedian Jeff Dunham is at The Victory Theatre at 8PM.
• Black Widow is at Hoosier’s Lounge at 8PM.
• Bob Ballard is playing Quarter Note at 8PM.
• The Smoke Rings at are Deerhead at 9PM.
• The John Hussman Trio is at Chilly Willy’s at 10PM.
• Secretariat and Lithium are playing at Duck Inn at 10PM.
• Static is at Fast Eddy’s at 10PM.
• Pieces of the Day are at Woody’s at 10PM.
• 32 Leaves is at Lanhucks at 10:30PM.

Movies

Opening this weekend:

• Horror flick P2
• Tom Cruise and Robert Redford in Lions for Lambs
• Vince Vaugh in Fred Claus

photo courtesy of Pieces of the Day

The weekend is here. There’s a lot of live entertainment this weekend, so go out and support your local musicians.

Friday

• Boney June’s has a show at 7PM featuring World in White, The Stockholm Robot, Oh, So Obvious and Slick Nicolas.
• Wired has a show at 7PM featuring Backseat Goodbye, Ladybug Landslide, Arts & Sciences and Paul Osburn.
• Bellina Band is at Hoosiers Lounge at 8PM.
• Bob Ballard is playing Quarter Note at 8PM.
• The USI Foreign Film series kicks off with a screening of Adanggaman at 7:30PM.
• Everyday Atlas is at Duck Inn at the Duck Inn at 10PM.
• Fast Eddy’s has Stompbox 40 at 10PM.
• Andy Norvell is at Fox & Hound at 10PM.
• Pieces of the Day is at O’Brians at 10PM.
• Bosko is at Little Cheers at 10:30PM.

Saturday

• The Step It Up rally is at the Civic Center at 10AM.
• 1123 has a show at 7PM featuring Laudie, The Introduction, Black Predator, Whydhe Write, Jones Capone the Mixmaster.
• Boney Junes has Blinded Black, Emarosa, APWDF, Escaping Memory and Rise of Carrion at 7PM.
• Wired Coffee House has Rue Royale and Jake Fuller at 7PM.
• The 80s Scene Reunion Show featuring Stop the Car, Matinee Idol, and Dang Heathens and Kentucky Prophet is at the Art Colony Gallery at 8PM. Admission is $8.
• Bellina Band is at Hoosiers Lounge at 8PM.
• Ryan Gibbens is at Ri-Ra at 8PM.
• Cheap Date is at Chaser’s in Newburgh at 9PM.
• Panacea is at Deerhead at 9PM.
• Deja Vu is at Smitty’s at 9PM.
• Chilly Willy’s has John Hussman Trio at 10PM.
• Stompbox 40 is at Fast Eddy’s at 10PM.
• Pieces of the Day is at O’Brians at 10PM.
• Woody’s has Gonzo’s Toybox at 10PM.
• Nocturnal is at Lanhucks at 10:30PM.
• Hard Sunday is at Ri-Ra at 10:30PM.
• Scott Winzinger is at Little Cheers at 10:30PM.

Movies

Opening this weekend:

• Russel Crowe & Denzel Washington in American Gangster.
• Jerry Seinfeld’s Bee Movie.
• John & Joan Cusack in Martian Child.

Photo courtesy of Backseat Goodbye

Country superstar Martina McBride has announced her winter tour schedule, and Roberts Stadium is on the agenda. With songs such as This One’s For The Girls, Independence Day and Anyway, Martina McBride has been a country staple for over 15 years. She has sold more than 16 million albums and charted 22 Top 10 singles.

McBride’s winter tour will open in Evansville on January 18, 2008. No word when tickets go on sale. Opening for McBride will be Jack Ingram and Nashville’s Lady Antebellum.

You going?

The weekend is here! Many of the local bars are having halloween parties this weekend, so wear a mask while you’re out listening to the local music.

Friday

• Boo! On Main Street begins at 4PM.
• Wired has a show at 7PM featuring The Apprentice, Mission 6, and The Stockholm Report.
• Boney June’s has a show at 8PM featuring Exesion, Harkonin, Kingdom and Dunwich.
• Hoosier’s Lounge has 10 Most Wanted at 8PM.
• Static is playing at Club Royale at 8:30PM.
• Charlene Blay and the 2nd Edition is at Deerhead at 9PM.
• Six More Miles is at The Duck Inn at 10PM.
• Gonzo’s Toybox is at Fast Eddy’s at 10PM.
• Six Hills Giant is at O’Brians at 10PM.
• Pieces of the Day is at Woody’s at 10PM.
• Bullock’s has Akacia at 10:30PM.
• Bosko is at Little Cheers at 10:30PM.

Saturday

• Boo at the Zoo is at Mesker from 5 to 8PM.
• Wired has a show featuring AM Syndicate and Pretty Saro at 7PM.
• Boney June’s has The Blank Tapes, Big Turtle and Samuel Rice at 8PM.
• Hoosier’s Lounge has 10 Most Wanted at 8PM.
• Ryan Gibbens is at Ri-Ra at 8PM.
• The John Hussman Trio is at Chilly Willy’s at 10PM.
• Old Union is at The Duck Inn at 10PM.
• Pieces of the Day is at Woody’s at 10PM.
• Gonzo’s Toybox is at Fast Eddy’s at 10PM.
• Bullock’s has Akacia at 10:30PM.
• Rebel Fuel Tank is at Lanhucks at 10:30PM.

Movies

• Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited
• Dan In Real Life
• Saw IV

photo courtesy of -pottymouth-

I hope you get to enjoy your weekend. I’ll be buried at It’s Evansville headquarters. Have a drink on me.

Friday

• Wired has a show tonight at 7PM. featuring Gentlemen & Scholars, Pensive and Slick Nicolas.
• Boney June’s has a show at 8PM featuring Third Man Down, Fighting Through and Interrupted By A Nightmare.
• Quarter Note has Bob Ballard at 8PM.
• Nathan Mowery is at Ri-Ra at 8PM.
• Club Royale has The Beat Daddy’s at 8:30PM.
• Muzaic is at Deerhead at 9PM.
• JEB is at The Duck Inn at 10PM.
• Uno Yoko is at Fast Eddy’s at 10PM.
• Andy Norvell is at Fox & Hound at 10PM.
• Stompbox 40 is at O’Brians at 10PM.
• Panacea is at Lanhucks at 10:30PM.
• Little Cheers has Bosko at 10:30PM.

Saturday

• It’s open mic night at Wired starting at 7PM.
• Boney Junes has a show at 8PM featuring Walt Whitman, The Burial Gorilla Monsoon and Zombie Chickens from Outer Space.
• Bob Ballard is at Quarter Note at 8PM.
• Ryan Gibbens is at Ri-Ra at 8PM.
• Club Royale has The Beat Daddy’s at 8:30PM.
• Namasté is at Deerhead at 9PM.
• Quasimojo is at Smitty’s at 9PM.
• The John Hussman Trio is at Chilly Willy’s at 10PM.
• Fast Eddy’s has Six Hills Giant at 10PM.
• Stompbox 40 is at O’Brians at 10PM.
• Panacea is at Lanhucks at 10:30PM.

Movies

Opening this weekend.

• My pick: Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan in Gone Baby Gone.
• Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro in Thing We Lost In The Fire.
• Josh Hartnett starring in 30 Days Of Night.
• Rendition featuring Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon.

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photo courtesy of Bosko

Sorry for being behind today. Let’s go out, drink and listen to music to make up for it.

Friday

• The Angel Mounds Music Festival is going on right now. Go check it out.
• The Winner’s Circle, First Class Prodigy and Oh So Obvious are Wired at 7PM.
• The Osmond Brothers are at Hoosier’s Lounge at 7:30PM.
• Light Travels Faster, Quin The Eskimo, Justin Waddington and Onward to Iowa are at Boney June’s at 8PM.
• J Cameron is at The Jungle at 8PM.
• Nathan Mowery is at Ri-Ra at 8PM.
• The Hog-Maw Blues Band is at Deerhead at 9PM.
• Cheap Date is at Smitty’s at 9PM.
• Uno Yoko is at Time Out at 9PM.
• Bonepony is at The Duck Inn at 10PM.
• Static is playing Fast Eddy’s at 10PM.
• The Osmond Brothers are playing again at Hoosier’s Lounge at 10PM.
• Six Hills Giant is at Woody’s at 10PM.
• Nocturnal is at Cecils at 10PM.
• Panacea is at Lanhucks at 10:30PM.
• Bosko is at Little Cheers at 10:30PM.

Saturday

• The Angel Mounds Music Festival picks back up at noon.
• There is a show at 1123 at 7PM featuring Modern Life Is War, Trap Them, Trash Talk and Hollywood Handgrenade.
• The Osmond Brothers are at Hoosier’s Lounge at 7:30PM.
• ZZ Top and Travis Tritt is at Roberts Stadium at 7:30PM.
• Carl Rodenberg is at Tommie’s Place at 7PM.
• A Promise Worth Dying For and 4-Seamer are playing Boney June’s at 8PM.
• The Evansville Philharmonic presents the “Classical Mystery Tour-A Tribute to the Beatles” at 8PM at the Victory Theatre.
• Ryan Gibbens is at Ri-Ra at 8PM.
• Pieces of the Day is at Deerhead at 9PM.
• Cheap Date is at Smitty’s at 9PM.
• The John Hussman Trio is at Chilly Willy’s at 10PM.
• Nocturnal is at Cecils at 10PM.
• Rich Hardesty is at The Duck Inn at 10PM.
• Static is playing Fast Eddy’s at 10PM.
• The Osmond Brothers are playing again at Hoosier’s Lounge at 10PM.
• Pfreak Show is at Woody’s at 10PM.
• Nocturnal is at Cecils at 10PM.
• Panacea is at Lanhucks at 10:30PM.
• Bosko is at Ri-Ra at 10:30PM.
• Scott Winzinger is at Little Cheers at 10:30PM.

Movies

Opening this weekend:

• Sean Astin in The Final Season
• Evan Rachel Wood in Across The Universe. Cool soundtrack. Subpar movie.
• Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg star in We Own The Night

photo courtesy of First Class Prodigy