Here’s what’s going on this weekend.

Friday

• The Warrick County summer musical Copacabana has a showing tonight at 7:30PM at Castle High.
• Club Baja has Crash, a Dave Matthews tribute band at 10PM.
• Never Been Caught is at Fast Eddy’s at 10PM.
• Andy Norvell is at Fox & Hound at 10PM.
• Gonzo’s Toybox is at Woody’s at 10PM.

Saturday

• The Warrick County summer musical Copacabana has a showing tonight at 7:30PM at Castle High.
• Anywhere But Here is at Club Baja at 10PM.
• The Tunestones are at Crawdaddy’s at 10PM.
• Pieces of the Day is at O’Brian’s at 10PM.
• Gonzo’s Toybox is at Woody’s at 10PM.

Movies

New in theaters this week:

• The remake of Hairspray. It just looks awful to me.
• Adam Sandler’s I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. It looks equally as awful.

photo courtesy of Crash

• Switchfoot & Reliant K are coming to town in October. No word on when tickets go on sale.
• Two Evansville women were arrested for dealing prescription painkillers. Be sure to click through and check out the one chick’s awesome neck tattoo.
• Seatbelts don’t work too well when they break during a crash.
• A Colts assistant coach’s house was broken into and his Super Bowl ring was stolen.

photo courtesy of expletivization

Here’s what’s going on this evening.

• The Evansville Otters are playing this evening at Bosse Field. First pitch is at 7:05PM.
• Ri-Ra is having trivia at 8PM.
• Lindsey Williams is playing Old Chicago at 9:30PM.
• Someplace Else has a Guitar Hero contest at 10PM.

Sorry I missed out on Friday evening’s activities, but I will make it up to you by listing some stuff happening on Sunday. Fair?

Saturday

• Today from 9AM to 3PM it’s Bowl For The Cure at Willow Lanes. The event is to raise money for a cure for breast cancer.
• There is live music on the back lawn of the Evansville Museum from 6PM to 8PM.
• The Evansville Bluecats are wrapping up their season at 7:05PM at Roberts Stadium. They play the Bloomington Extreme.
• The EVSC presents their summer musical, 42nd Street, at The Centre starting at 7:30PM.
• Bosko is at Club Baja starting at 10PM.
• Gonzo’s Toybox is playing Fast Eddy’s starting at 10PM.
• BSR is in town to play O’Brians starting at 10PM.

Sunday

• Family Fun Day runs from 10AM to 3PM at Mesker Park Zoo.
• The EVSC summer musical, 42nd Street, has a matinee at 2PM at The Centre.
• Hanover Fist is playing Smitty’s at 6PM.
• Hinder, Papa Roach, Buckcherry and The Exies are performing at Roberts Stadium starting at 7PM.
• It’s punk rock night at Lanhucks starting at 8PM.
• Club Baja has Lindsey Williams at 9PM.

Movies

New in theaters this weekend:

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
• Elisha Cuthbert’s Captivity

photo courtesy of Spin

There’s a lot happening in Evansville this weekend. Here’s a few suggestions.

Friday

• 1123 has metal bands Blacklisted and This Is Hell starting at 8PM.
• For the more mellow in the audience, the Jungle has live blues starting at 8PM.
• The Pits are at Time Out Lounge starting at 9PM.
• Most interesting thing of the weekend? Here Come The Mummies is at Baja starting at 10PM.
• You can most likely find my brother at Fast Eddy’s listening to Gonzos Toybox.
• Ri Ra has Static starting at 10:30PM.

Saturday

• The Pits are at Time Out Lounge starting at 9PM.
• Rich Hardesty will be at the Duck Inn starting at 10PM.
• Gonzos is at Fast Eddy’s at 10PM.
• Oxygen has Never Been Caught starting at 10PM.

Movies

Opening this weekend are John Cusack’s 1408, Evan Almighty, and Sir Ben Kingsley’s You Kill Me. My pick of the week is A Mighty Heart, the Daniel Pearl film starring Angelina Jolie.

photo courtesy of Here Come The Mummies

It’s the weekend. Get out of the house and do something.

Friday

• If you wait until after the Friday afternoon traffic rush, you should be able to get over to the W.C. Handy Blues & BBQ Festival in Henderson this evening. If you can’t make it today, it runs from noon to 9PM tomorrow as well.
• Sinclair, Overzealous, A Promise Worth Dying For, In Line of Fire and Flee the Seen is at Wired starting at 7PM.
• Jazz group Monktrane is playing at Deerfield starting at 9PM.
• Never Labeled is playing at Bullock’s starting at 10PM.
• Cecil’s has Nocturnal starting at 10PM.
• Andy Norvell will be at Fox & Hound starting at 10PM.
• Fast Eddy’s has Static starting at 10PM.

Saturday

• There is a car show from 9AM to 3PM at the Evansville riverfront tomorrow morning. For more info, contact Joe Goebel at 812-455-7689.
• If you want to watch UFC 72, Jillians, Hooters, Fox & Hound and Show Me’s are all showing it. Since the event is in Ireland, the event stars at 2PM.
• Ash Tree Lane, Something to Call a Hero, Dessent, This Dwelling Place and Ken Spond are playing at Wired starting at 7PM.
• Paradigum, Mindset Evolution and Best Selling Authors are playing the Duck Inn starting at 10PM.
• Never Labeled and Shatter The Odds are playing at Bullock’s starting at 10PM.
• Cecil’s has Nocturnal starting at 10PM.
• Fast Eddy’s has Static starting at 10PM.
• Bosko is doing a CD release party at Club Baja starting at 10PM.
• Ri Ra has The Gooch and John & Justin starting at 10:30PM.

Not going to one of these events? What are you going to be up to this weekend?

photo courtesy of Bosko Web site

One of the things many people notice about the Evansville music scene is that it is known for its cover bands. It seems like anytime you walk into a bar you’re going to be hearing the same cover of a Guns N Roses or Big & Rich song. Not all bands are doing cover songs, though. We caught up with Stephen Horning, the lead singer of Namasté. Namasté is a local band playing all original tunes.

How long has Namasté been together?

We’re coming up on our 9th year. We got together more out of necessity than anything. There aren’t that many musicians around the area that play the style of music we do. I was actually coming back from Boston where I had lived for quite a while. I was trying to figure out what to do with my musical abilities and I ran out of money. A buddy of mine had met a few of the guys from the band. They were, at the time, playing in a cover band around town. He introduced them to me the night I came back from Boston and we decided to start jamming together.

Did you start out playing original music or as a cover band?

The original intention was to play original music. We used covers to get to know each other since we all knew how to play the songs. We started writing songs immediately, and as soon as we had enough original material to play a show with, we started trying to get gigs.

Continue reading Interview: Stephen Horning of Namasté…

Who saw this coming? I’ve got news about another modern rock act coming to Evansville this summer. It just came across from Geffen Records that Papa Roach will be coming to Roberts Stadium this summer as well. Papa Roach will be playing Roberts Stadium July 15 with opening act Hinder.

You may know Papa Roach from their mainstream hits, Last Resort, Scars or from the opening theme of WWE Raw.

No word on when tickets will be going on sale, but I’ll be sure to let you know.

image courtesy of Geffen

I was having a conversation the other day about how the only acts that tend to come to down are mainstream country acts (see Brad Paisley) or washed up rockers (see Ted Nugent). It’s frustrating at a 20-something who likes listening to modern and indie rock that I have to drive 2-3 hours to listen to music I like.

Every now and then, SMG and the other local promoters throw people like me a bone, and in this case, it is the just announced show at Roberts Stadium fearing Tool in June. Tool produced one of my favorite albums of the 90’s with their 1996 release Ænima and has been producing great albums since.

The concert will be at Roberts Stadium June 17 starting at 8PM. Tickets can be purchased at The Roberts Stadium and The Centre box offices or Ticketmaster starting at 10PM on Saturday.

We here at It’s Evansville like to support things that are a little different and unique. We like unique music. We like artists that think outside of the box. We like food that goes beyond the standard chain food. We also like a group of girls who skate and slam into each other. That is certainly different, and we support it!

The Demolition City Roller Derby team is having a benefit show this weekend to help get the team off the ground and hopefully playing matches in the near future. The benefit will be at Lanhucks (321 E Columbia Evansville, IN 47711 812-424-0830) Sunday night at 8PM. The team will be there as well as several local bands such as Stationary Odyssey, eXesion and my personal favorite, The Pretentious Wankers. Besides listening to live music and roller derby chicks, Lanhucks will also have PBR for $1.50.

Cover is $3 at the door.

We interviewed the co-founder of the team, Molly Hartshorn, last month. You can read about it here.