~Olga L.
We’ve had some fantastic shows recently, and this next one is not to be missed. The Felice Brothers are coming up for a night of Folk-Rock, Cajun and Carnivalia. Just two years old, the band has received quite a bit of notice on everything from NPR to Pitchfork to the best of the musical […]
Category Archives: Past Shows
Drinking Whiskey from a Rubber Boot: The Felice Brothers
Fredrik
Monday, November 10th, 8 p.m.
Bug Jar, $5
Fredrik (sweden)
+ Andy Gilmore (rochester)
++ DJing by Michael Neault
Fredrik - 1986
Fredrik - Hei Hei
Fredrik - Angora Sleepwalking
Fredrik -
Stereogum - Band to Watch - The band says “Black Fur” is about “small wooden labyrinths, luck and the nature of animosity,” and “Alina’s Place” is about “failing to […]
Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise at the Bug Jar October 17th
+ The Music Tapes (Julian Koster)
++October 17th
+++The Bug Jar
$10|12
Doors at 9pm
Click here for tickets.
We couldn’t be more excited to be presenting this one of a kind show. Julian Koster of Neutral Milk Hotel will be bringing his gang of fellow musicians, a 7 foot metronome and some other pretty impressive instruments, the likes of which […]
Trust Me About Jonathan Richman, I’m Your Friend and I Care
~Olga Lukomsky
Jonathan Richman - Live
Bug Jar | Tuesday, Oct. 21st
Doors @ 9pm | $14 over, $16 under
Jonathan Richman - Velvet Underground
Jonathan Richman - Everyday Clothes
Jonathan Richman - Parties in the U.S.A.
With so much new music being released nowadays, it’s hard to figure out what deserves your attention and listening devotion. Some of us go […]
Ra Ra Riot Re-Re-Return
+ Ra Ra Riot
++ Walter Meego
+++ Jon Moses
Bug Jar | Saturday, Sept. 6
Doors @ 9pm | $8 over, $10 under
Hi friends,
Ra Ra Riot is coming back to see us. If you haven’t heard them, they’re a 5 piece, with members from all over the East coast, who happened to meet at school in […]
Lake + Desolation Wilderness
(K Records)
Lake - Behave
Lake - Helicopter
Lake - Moving road
I can’t think of a better band to help usher in the end of fall than Lake. The name, as the music also suggests, feels like a body of water; a walk in the woods or crisp fall breeze blowing all around you. There’s a faint reminder […]
Black Diamond Heavies
Right, so you’ve resolved to roll your own cigarettes, drink cheap bourbon and date men that remind you of Tom Waits. Ladies (and gentlemen) the next step is to come see Black Diamond Heavies. A raw and dirty duo, Reverent James Leg and Van Campbell have created a culmination of garage rock, soul, and old […]
Summertime singers: Jana Hunter, Matteah Baim, Noa Babayof, Sharon Van Etten
Sunday, July 13th. Doors at 7pm, music at 8 p.m.
http://www.myspace.com/janahunter
http://www.myspace.com/sharonvanetten
http://www.myspace.com/noababayof
http://www.myspace.com/matteahbaim
Fallen Idols - Phil Spector, Joe Meek, Jack Nitzsche & Andrew Loog Oldham
Fallen Idols: The music of Phil Spector, Jack Nitzsche, Joe Meek & Andrew Loog Oldham
Curated by Michael Neault.
Monday, June 30th, 8 p.m. @ Bug Jar — FREE
Phil Spector was the first producer to take pop music seriously when everyone else denounced it as an annoying fad. In the face of adversity, he was a […]
Jeremy Jay: pure storybook.
Saturday, July 19th, Bug Jar
Jeremy Jay (K Records)
+ A Wonderful
++ Black Umbrella
Doors 8 p.m., music 9 p.m. | $5
Jeremy Jay - Airwalker
Jeremy Jay - Breaking the Ice
From the K Records web site:
Jeremy Jay lives in Angel town, next to Larchmont where he hangs out. He’s tall (6′3) blond (really) and handsome and wants a cat […]

