Beast, Please!
Today (Friday) kicks off the recurring annual Beast Please Be Still
festival which runs today and tomorrow. Put on by former local Datura
Blues member Oryan Peterson-Jones, you've got some experimental and
mind-expanding music at multiple venues today and tomorrow. Things start
off early today at Northtown Coffee at 4 p.m. with Oakland musician Vinnie Byrne along with Eva L'izard and Crowey
from Portland. This kickoff of the BPBS festival is free and falls into
the experimental folk genre of sorts.
At 7 p.m. the BPBS festival continues at Blondie's in Arcata
with some classic rock and '80s covers courtesy of The Gritty Kitties and The Twisted Lickas.
It's a free show but never feel embarrassed to leave a tip for the
band. The festival has its last show of the night at The Miniplex
starting at 9 p.m. with returning festival artists Die Geister Beschwören joined by Ghoulhand and Deep Dark Light.
If I remember correctly, all three of these bands played last year's
festival. Just $5 gets you in the door for these "darkwave, ambient,
soundscapes.
Saturday
It's Day One of the North Country Fair happening in and around
the Arcata Plaza so go soak up the sun and the sound of talented local
musicians playing throughout the day... The BPBS festival wraps up tonight
with the seventh annual Production of (recurring) Dreams. Now here's the
skinny for what happens here. Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, which is
comprised of eight short bits, plays while eight bands perform,
improvising music to go along with what you (and they) are seeing. It's a
cool concept and has gone off well the past few years. Here's the
lineup: Opossum Sun Trail performing "Sunshine Through The Rain;" Five Minutes Alone performing "The Peach Orchard;" Ghoulhand performing "The Blizzard;" Die Geister Beschwören performing "The Tunnel;" The Gritty Kitties performing "Crows;" Kit Lamb performing "Mount Fuji In Red;" Deep Dark Light performing "The Weeping Demon;" and Crowey with "Village Of The Watermills." This is all happening at the Sanctuary in Arcata at 7 p.m. for $12.."
Andy Powell
North Coast Journal
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