Saturday, May 9

Craig Wright with guests Michelle Bellamy and Clay DiChiro, at Alex's, 8pm

Monday May 11



Friday May 15
T-Club at Siskiyou Brew Pub May 15 The T Club's music can best be described as Positive Reggae Influenced Dance Music. Bringing their individual influences to the table The T Club, eight members strong, fuses together dance rhythms, skanky riffs, positive vocals, eastern percussion and west coast reggae to produce a unique and beautiful audio blanket for their listeners. Special guest, Michelle Bellamy.

Tuesday, May 19

Heavyweight Dub Champion, electronica, dub and hip-hop comes to Stillwater, May 19 at 9pm.

Pete Herzog at Liquid Assets, 7pm.


Wednesday, May 20

Hardcore Punk at the Revolution on May 20 The Chariot are no longer the new kids on the block. What began, in the minds of most of the hardcore and metal underground, as the highly buzzed about reemergence of original Norma Jean singer Josh Scogin has since become a behemoth of its own distinction. Two years of touring behind the raw, unhinged and powerful bombast off Everything is Alive, Everything is Breathing, Nothing is Dead, Nothing is Bleeding and the follow-up EP, Unsung, have cemented the Southern quartets place in the modern metal landscape. The next record will definitely define who The Chariot is, Scogin says matter-of-factly about their forthcoming sophomore album. I love the previous record but it does not define us. I feel like the vision for The Chariot has never been able to be achieved until now. The Chariots hard-won and unique identity owes as much to their crazed and intense live shows as it does the settling-in of the bands present and most impressive incarnation: Scogin, drummer Jake Ryan, guitarist Jon Terry and bass player Dan Eaton. Every band starts off all gung-ho about touring and playing shows non-stop, but eventually reality sets in and people realize that not everyone is cut out for this life, reasons Scogin, by way of explanation for The Chariots rapidly evolving lineup. Member changes happen in almost every band the first few records. I can't speak for the members on why they have quit but I can honestly say it is for the best. Scogin says that the new lineup sees eye to eye on everything, particularly their chosen style of music, which had been a problem in the past. The singer previously took on the majority of the writing responsibilities, which has also changed. Last but not least, these guys are some of my best friends, he says. I think that is one of the most important things about any band. The Chariot continues to defines themselves by steering clear or easy categorization and by doing things their way like when they recorded their debut live in the studio, going against the grain of todays increasingly polished metalcore records. I have always loved old recordings, like Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis, because you hear many of the imperfections and that has always felt a little more real to me. So I was pretty persistent on recording in that same vein, even though it was not looked at as a wise decision, if you are in to making music to make money. I don't make music to make money so I did not care. Despite the bands changes in lineup, and the ever-increasing fanbase they have collected through tours like the 2006 Sounds of the Underground, that renegade artistic spirit continues to drive The Chariot and everything they do. We have never set out to sound like this band or sound like that band, we just do whatever we want to do, the sweet tea and BBQ loving singer says with typical Southern modesty. We don't care if it is the popular thing to do or if it is going to make us money or any of that nonsense, we only write music that we can feel passionate about. Everything else has nothing to do with rock and roll. (source: http://eventful.com/performers/the-chariot-/P0-001-000018962-5)

Friday May 22
Michelle Bellamy at Evo's, 10am.

Dandelion Jo at Paddy Brannan's Irish Pub, 8pm.

Pontiak is a trio of brothers from Baltimore. Their music has been described with such words as "swampy" and "low-slung". They have been known to make other bands on stage look librarian in comparison.  They will be at Stillwater, 9pm.

Saturday May 23








Vagabond Opera Returns to Ashland! Sat, May 23rd 9:00pm CD RELEASE PARTY! w/ DJ Shanti Bliss Stillwater 1951 Hwy 66 Ashland, OR 97502 http://www.stillwaterashland.com Price: $12/15 CD RELEASE PARTY! 21+ Tickets $12/$15 Show at 9pm. Two sets of Vagabond Opera http://www.stillwaterashland.com Come dance away the night with us as we release our Brand new album into the universe. Special guest DJ Shakti Bliss (Tantric Circus) http://www.djshaktibliss.blogspot.com

Kites and Crows at Liquid Assets, 8pm.

Sunday May 24
Ganga Giri and Medicine Drum at Stillwater, 9pm. $10 at the door.
Ganga Giri mixes red natural elements with fat tribal beats and dirty funky bass lines to create a unique tribal-technological deep earth dance experience. Explosive and pulsating, at times ambient and flowing, the music is a pumping percussive multi-layered experience of complex grooves and raw, deep natural sound. Ganga himself is a rhythmic didjeridu virtuoso and percussionist-- an inspired music creator who's passion brings people together in celebration of nowness in newness, a modern day corroboree for all!

Representing key elements and inspirations of Australia now, the shows are a modern/primitive multi-cultural celebration, a ‘melting pot’ unifying many musical genres and cultures, bringing audiences world-wide a reflection of today’s multicultural Australia. Ganga Giri's music has been widely & wildly appreciated by music lovers in many countries across the globe including Australia, Japan, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, New Zealand and the United States, igniting audiences in clubs, world music festivals and outdoor dance events. Carving a niche in the DJ dominated world of dance music, Ganga Giri is an energetic, innovative and incredibly live act.

Ganga Giri's full show blends an array of tribal percussion that includes Ganga's uniquely percussive style didj playing, congas, djembe, bougarabou, Nigerian talking drum, mbira and more-- add to this a drizzling of authentic indigenous moves with aboriginal dancers and hold on tight as Ganga Giri sends audiences through the roof. (From their website)

Monday May 25
Pete Herzog at Tease, 7pm.

Tuesday May 26

Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons at Stillwater
Tuesday May 26 9pm
$10 at the Door

Thursday May 28

Jeremy Hickman at Wild Goose, 8pm.

Friday May 29

Monk at Alex's with Synergy
8:00 PM



Saturday, May 30

Broadway Phil and the Shouters, at Alex's, 9pm
Broadway Phil and the Shouters have been rocking
concerts and clubs since 1994. Building on a long
tradition of West Coast blues, R&B and roots rock, the
Shouters remain a hard–driving mainstay of the independent
music scene in Oregon, California and beyond.



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