Sun - 01/15

Cowboy Monkey - FCAB/Screaming Bloody Murder/The Confines - $4 - 10pm

Rose Bowl Tavern - Crystal River Band - Free - 9pm (Country)

Mon - 01/16

Bentley’s Pub - Michael Davis (Singer, Keyboardist) - Free - 7pm

Canopy Club - Elsinore Rehearsals - Free - 9pm

Cowboy Monkey - Open Mic - Free - 10pm

Iron Post - Paradocs - Cover - 7:30pm

Office - Finga Lickin’ - Free - 10pm

Tue - 01/17

Canopy Club - Open Jam/Open Mic - Free 21+/$2 21-under - 10pm

Cowboy Monkey - Molehill/Mad Mardigan/Kevin Mohl & The Burning Sensation - $4 - 10pm

Espresso Royale Urbana - Open Stage - Free - 8pm

The Highdive - Sub Version/DJ Evily/DJ Twinscin - 10pm

Rose Bowl Tavern - Crystal River Band - Free - 9pm (Country)

Verde Gallery - Bluegrass Jam - Free - 7-9:30pm

White Horse Inn - Jesse Greenlee/Larry Gates - Free - 9:30pm

Wed - 01/18

Bentley’s Pub - Traditional Irish Music - Free - 7pm

Canopy Club - Ambitious Pie Party/Holy Fuck/Pulsar47/Theory of Everything - $5 - 9pm

Iron Post - Megan Johns - Cover - 8pm

Rose Bowl Tavern - Ed O’Hara & Friends - Free - 9pm

Tommy G’s - The Kilborn Alley Blues Band - 10pm

Tracks - K-Truth with Akdamoe - 10pm

Thu - 01/19

Aroma - Mike Mangione - Free - 8pm

Canopy Club - Beat Kitchen/Chicago Afrobeat Project/Alma Afrobeat Ensemble - $5 - 9pm

Cowboy Monkey - Live Band Karaoke - $4 - 10pm

Illini Union - Lake Effect/Pencils Down/TBA - $4 students /$5 public - 8pm

Iron Post - UofI #1 Big Band - Cover - 9pm

Rose Bowl Tavern - Caleb - Free - 9pm

Fri - 01/20

Cowboy Monkey - TBA - $2 - 5:30pm

Cowboy Monkey - The Living Blue/Dressy Bessy/The Reputation - $8 - 10pm

The Highdive - ?uestlove of The Roots/DJ Delayney/Highdive resident-DJ Tim Williams - $10 - 9pm (3-hour set by ?uestlove)

Sat - 01/21

Cowboy Monkey - Buddy Nuisance/Fotomana - $4 - 10pm

Illini Union - Forgetting Paris/The Romeros/Hell in the Pacific - $4 students /$5 public - 9pm

This has to be one of the most honest and genuine actions I’ve ever heard of an artist doing. Jane Siberry is letting her fans choose the price they pay on her albums.  ALL of her albums.  Wow, yes, this far surpasses Bono helping the starving AIDS-ridden children of Africa or whatever the hell it is that he does.

From BigO Worldwide:

SIBERRY LETS FANS DECIDE ON VALUE OF HER MUSIC

Canadian singer-songwriter Jane Siberry is offering all her catalog of albums for download with a self-pricing policy. That means you decide how much you want to pay for it when you download from her site at janesiberry.com. Siberry has sold her house and is living a simpler life in a rented room in Vancouver. “…I started feeling it was wrong to withold my music for money - as strange as that may sound! - and if I need to find another way to make money, I will,” she said. “If I don’t make money, I accept that.” This is truly an alternative lifestyle that record companies will not like.

Here’s an excerpt of her open-letter to her fans:

You decide what feels right to your gut. If you download for free, perhaps you’ll buy an extra CD at an indie band’s concert. Or if you don’t go with your gut feeling, you might sleep poorly, wake up grumpy, put your shoes on backwards and fall over. Whatever. You’ll know what to do.

You get four options when you complete the transaction for her album:

1. free (gift from Jane)
2. self-determined (pay now)
3. self-determined (pay later so you are truly educated in your decision)
4. standard (today’s going rate is about .99)

I’ve never listened to the woman’s music, but I suggest we all give her a try.

Who: Mad Science Fair , Triple Whip (debut as a duo), Phyllis, Stood Up
When: January 14th
Where: Canopy Club
Cost: $5
Other:

Tuesday, February 23, 9:30 pm

Mr. Blotto, Big Wu

Canopy Club, Urbana, IL

$10 at the door, $8 in advance

Ages 18+

Buy Tickets Here

Just a reminder to the Chicago folk, Tapes ‘n Tapes will be playing their chicago date this weekend at Schuba’s on the Saturday 14th. Joining them at the Tomorrow Never Knows Fest will be chin up chin up, pit er pat, and lake holiday. You can read a review and interesting lyrics to a cover of “Ring Of Fire” here, at EARFARM.