The Weekly Nod
by Gabe - November 21, 2008 5:37pm
Last week was a rough one here in Worcester as far as live music goes, so much so that we here at the Weekly Nod took our columns name literally and pretty much slept through the week, missing our column deadline, and woke up just a few hours ago in time to get in something of a preview for this weekend here in the city that oversleeps. Rebounding from a week that was really no great shakes here in Worcester musically the clubs this weekend have all sorts of great ear candy coming your way.
Tammany Hall has a great show on Friday with Uncle Billy’s Smokehouse who return to Worcester fresh off their appearance at Voodoo Fest in New Orleans. They are joined by The Howl who made some noise of their own this week being nominated for a Boston Music Award for best blues act.
On Saturday The Lucky Dog welcomes 2007 WBCN Rock N Roll Rumble winners Township to their stage for what should be a great show of new sounds mixed with old classic rock. Township is one of the true great “rock” bands out there right now and if you are a fan of live rock music you should be at the Dog on Saturday. It’s a treat to have them in Worcester.
Across town at Ralph’s Saturday is another chapter in the ongoing Invictus music festival which has been presenting great shows here in Worcester at venues such as Ralph’s and Tammany Hall as well as up the Pike in Boston at places like Church. Tonight it’s The cd release party for The Wandas who are joined by HO-AG and Necktie Party. Noise experimenters HO-AG in particular are of note due to the major inroads they have been making nationally over the past couple years.
Of course the coming week marks the start of the holiday season where from now until the 1st of January the weekend and weekdays start to blur a little bit. You can kick off the holidays right on Wednesday night at the Lucky Dog with the tried and true bill of Huck and the Curtain Society who will help you show up at Grandma’s the next day for turkey just a little bug eyed and with a stamp still on your hand.
So let’s not sleep on this weekend Worcester. It’s going to be a good one.