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ALBINO!, San Francisco’s award-winning Afrobeat ensemble (http://www.albinoband.com/), brings its trademark high-energy grooves and explosive stage show  to Marilyn’s on K June 26th.  The ten piece West African funk band is touring in support of their newly released studio album Peralta House. Their album release tour will stretch from coast to coast and beyond, including several dates in both Hawaii and Alaska.

The Cured is a Southern California based realistic rendition of the 80′s super band The Cure. The band performs a true to era 1989 Cure concert complete with costumes, lights, effects and of course the songs. They will be at Marilyn’s on K Street on Saturday July 12. You don’t need to wear black. You just need to like The Cure. And that part is easy. The show is at 9:00 PM. Read more about The Cured on their web site.

 “I had heard these guys were good, but I was unprepared for how good they actually are. I was struck speechless from the moment when they came on stage to the end of their show. It was like being taken back in a time machine.” – Richard Blade (Iconic Los Angeles 80′s music DJ. For VH1, KROQ, STAR FM and Sirius)
   “I saw The Cure last year and I have to say that I enjoyed The Cured much more. They ARE The Cure in their 80′s heyday. They play all the memorable hits that Robert Smith and the current version of The Cure won’t do any more.” – Robin Roth (popular San Diego DJ )
   ”Close your eyes and you might think you were listening to a Cure show, take a peek and you might think you were at a Cure show. Hauntingly close”- Steve West (famous 80′s radio personality -91x FM San Diego)

The annual Sacramento “Sammies” music awards show is coming up, and several showcase shows have been announced to show off some of the nominees. Here is the schedule:

Friday, June 6 – Old Ironsides
21+, $5, 8 p.m.
Be Brave Bold Robot, The Ancient Sons, Rowdy Kate

Sunday, June 8 – Press Club
21+, $5, 8 p.m.
Pets, The Happy Medium, Two Playa Game, Resynthesize

Wednesday, June 11 – Press Club
21+, 8 p.m.
State Cap, Tribe of Levi

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You could stay home. Or maybe go to one of these killer shows!

• The Distillery: The Secretions, Final Summation, Capt 9′s & the Knickerbocker Trio, and The Mission Satelite
• Old Ironsides: Rowdy Kate, Red Meat, and the Tip Top Trio
• The Torch Club: Stacie Eakes and the Superfreaks
• Marilyns: Jackie Greene

A local show at Marilyn’s with Drew Harrison, Sherman Baker, Larisa Bryski, Adam Donald, Bobby Zoppi, Dave Naves and more. From 8 to 10, Drew Harrison will give his performance “as John Lennon.” Then, from 10:15 until 1:00 a.m., the other performers offer tribute by performing Lennon’s songs.

When: Friday, December 7, 2007, 8:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. 

More details on the Marilyn’s web site here.

The Missus and I went to the Sammies folk/acoustic showcase last weekend to see the nominated artists in that category. The are holding a series of similar events for the different genres that they will give awards for. This one was at Marilyn’s on K Street, a really nice place that we will definitely go back to more often.

We saw the five nominees in the folk/acoustic category perform:

Justin Farren (he was great! Really hot on his acoustic guitar and very strong vocals, The songs were quirky, even odd,  but they were hella catchy and very entertaining)

Be Brave Bold Robot (interesting folk-pop-rock, they reminded me a bit of the Barenaked Ladies. They were good, above average, but a bit strange. In a pretty good way though)

Christopher Fairman (he was not folk, more rock. There was not much to grab me lyrically or musically, mostly just a couple chords extended into a song with no real hooks to speak of. The good news: the Daisy Spot guy played guitar and he can play that thing!)

Coolfield (heartfelt folk but kind of low-key. In all fairness, I should note that they were missing one of the two members due to illness)

Chelsea Wolfe (she has a great Fiona Apple style voice but her songs are more folky. They were good, intricate enought to hold our interest. Overall she was pretty good and should have performed more than four songs)

The awards will be given out at the Sammies show next month at the Crest Theater.