Tonight's Show:
w/ New Empire
Sunday, February 12th - 9pm
TICKETS: $10.00
Jenny Owen Youngs, singer/songwriter and natural history enthusiast, returns with her third studio album, AN UNWAVERING BAND OF LIGHT. Produced by longtime collaborator Dan Romer (Ingrid Michaelson,...
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w/ Bloodcow
Monday, February 13th - 9pm
TICKETS: $22 ADV / $25 DOS
Formed in the Bay Area of Northern California in 1983 under the moniker of Legacy, Testament grew up at the same time as Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth, being one of the five bands forming the core of what would become the world famous thrash metal scene. But from the beginning Testament trod a unique path, making sure that their extraordinary musicianship, intuitive feel for harmonies amidst the savagery established itself as a stand alone sound.
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Tuesday, February 14th - 9pm
TICKETS: $14 ADV / $16 DOS
A one-woman orchestra. She uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of cello, to create lush, beautiful and otherworldly music.
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w/ Ava Luna
Wednesday, February 15th - 9pm
TICKETS: $10.00
Twin Sister create the kind of hypnotic pop you’ve been dreaming about since Galaxie 500 fizzled, cut with Tusk-era Fleetwood Mac thump, and a shot of Lynchian weirdness for good measure. Formed on Long Island in 2008, the band wrote and recorded extensively for two years before their second EP, Color Your Life, began garnering widespread critical acclaim, earning the band writeups in the New York Times, Spin Magazine, Pitchfork, Gorilla vs Bear, and hundreds more.
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Thursday, February 16th - 9pm
TICKETS: $8.00
After a highly successful 2011 The Ragbirds are kicking off a new year with the release of their 4th studio effort, Travelin’ Machine on January 1st, 2012. In this exciting mew album the band has seamlessly blended a wide palette of musical genres into a fresh and cohesive 10-track package that is full of life and energy.
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w/ Pennyhawk And Ramona & The Swimsuits
Friday, February 17th - 9pm
TICKETS: $10.00
Leslie Hall initially caught the hearts & eyes of America’s children when she began posting images of her world famous gem sweater collection on the interweb. Word of mouth quickly grew and within a month Leslie received over 2 million unique hits to her website, which left her with a $800 bill for exceeding her bandwidth.
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w/ Sludgebucket, The End In Red, & Sin
Saturday, February 18th - 9pm
TICKETS: $8 at the door
It’s not often that you come across a group of musicians brave enough to pay a tribute to the deep, intricate, raw and powerful music of Tool. Four local musicians from Des Moines, IA have taken on the challenge out of a longtime passion for Tool’s music and mysticism to create ‘Saturn Ascends.
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Monday, February 20th - 8pm - 21+
NO COVER CHARGE
MarQ Manner and David Leibowitz host the monthly Music Quiz nights at The Waiting Room Lounge. Done in traditional pub quiz format, teams of four or less will compete for prizes and bragging rights.
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w/ The Kris Lager Band
Tuesday, February 21st - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Kris Lager Band is a Nebraska born group who have dedicated their lives to playing Soulful, original music. With Lager on guitar and vocals and Jeremiah Weir on keys and percussion, the guys have a chemistry that comes from playing well over 1,000 shows together and the word is getting out that they are both powerful and unique.
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w/ The Movement & Kids These Days
Wednesday, February 22nd - 9pm
TICKETS: $15.00
Often dubbed “road warriors”, SOJA has brought their unique sound and stage show to nearly every city in North America, as well as many cities throughout Europe, South America, the Pacific Islands and the Caribbean. With no signs of slowing down.
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w/ Kobrakyle, $pencelove, Morri$, & Greg Enemy
Thursday, February 23rd - 9:30pm - 18+
TICKETS: $5 or FREE for 21+ before 10:30pm
Dude. Fresh Prince Theme.
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w/ Artillery Funk, That Leeg, & Holla K
Friday, February 24th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
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We Be Lions is an original band with a collaboration of artists who have different musical tastes and backgrounds. Several of the members you may have seen playing in the upbeat hip hop rock group Slang 5 the past 8 years.
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w/ Snake Island, Traveling Mercies, & Landing On The Moon
Saturday, February 25th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Rock Paper Dynamite is a pure rock band. They don’t need a scene to belong to.
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w/ We The Kings, The Downtown Fiction, & Anarbor
Monday, February 27th - 6:30pm
TICKETS: $17 ADV / $18 DOS
Mayday Parade takes their music seriously. In 2010, Songkick, the web’s live music bible, recognized them as the hardest working band of 2010, with 194 bookings and 74,000 miles on the road.
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w/ The Prairies & Bear Stories
Tuesday, February 28th - 9pm
TICKETS: $5 at the door
Places We Slept is a local three-piece garage rocker who released a catchy seven-inch record this year entitled “Id rather you not know me”. If you haven’t heard of it, its about time you check it out.
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The Sex Show 2
Wednesday, February 29th - 9pm
NO COVER CHARGE
OK Party brings you another another night of sexy and seductive sketch comedy…and this time we’re making it a leap year three-way! Not only will OK Party perform sketches, but our good friends Do It With Us and 19eightyStar Comedy are coming along for the ride. Lots of laughs, lots of love…and it is all FREE!
Thursday, March 1st - 8pm
TICKETS: $15 ADV / $18 DOS
Christian Webster, commonly known as “Chris Webby”, is a 23-year-old hip-hop artist from Norwalk, CT that has been deemed an innovator and pioneer of new school hip-hop. Webby first began honing his lyrical abilities in middle school and soon realized that rapping could become more than hobby.
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Friday, March 2nd - 9pm
TICKETS: $12 ADV / $14 DOS
Formed over 10 years ago, Cornmeal has grown from humble beginnings into a nationally recognized live music institution. 10 years together is no simple task these days, especially when the last five have seen the band spending over half the year on the road.
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w/ 10 O'Clock Scholars & John Klemmensen
Saturday, March 3rd - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Epic sonic landscapes composed of the beefiest bass tones, soaring guitar riffs, lush synth textures, primal percussion, and an honest message delivered from a familiar voice. This is The Seen.
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w/ The Pack AD
Tuesday, March 6th - 9pm
TICKETS: $8 ADV / $10 DOS
Elliott BROOD have always been time travellers. The Toronto trio writes songs steeped in history that feel very present.
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w/ Criteria, Little Brazil, The Photo Atlas, Great American Desert, & DJ Kobrakyle
Friday, March 9th - 9pm
TICKETS: $5 at the door
That’s right. The Waiting Room is turning 5 years old.
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w/ Marksmen & Christie Dupree
Sunday, March 11th - 8pm
TICKETS: $13.00
THE VALLEY: a low point between peaks. That’s where the DuPree sisters who front Eisley were as they crafted their third album: Sherri enduring a failed marriage; Chauntelle, a broken engagement; and Stacy, a painful breakup.
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w/ Busdriver & Jel
Monday, March 12th - 9pm
TICKETS: $10.00
Once you find out that Astronautalis was born to a Texas train man with a nose crooked from bar fights and a pretty Kentucky girl who ran away from home at 17 to become a photographer, it becomes clear that he didn’t stumble into the life of a drifter, he was born into it. With a poet uncle who lived off horse betting and hitchhiking, grandfathers who were spies, sailors, and test pilots, and over 500,000 miles of touring under his own belt, you have to wonder where the tales in Astronautalis’ music end and the life of Andy Bothwell begins.
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w/ Celeritas & Cannonista
Thursday, March 15th - 9pm
TICKETS: $5 at the door
The Biatomic Point is a band working hard to preserve what they love about rock and roll. Loud and fuzzy guitars, sing-along choruses, and dance inducing bass lines drive their sound to keep the audience on their feet.
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w/ Gus & Call & Sun Settings
Friday, March 16th - 9pm
TICKETS: $7 at the door
Conduits, an Omaha band consisting of members of The Good Life, Eagle Seagull, Son Ambulance, Neva Dinova, Cursive, and The Golden Age, was formed in late 2009. Built from an equal love of drone, shoegaze, post rock, early synth, and the 1970’s, their sound exists in a world bigger than the sum of its parts: chiming guitars, steady drum beats, analog synths, proggy basslines, and beautiful female vocals that are strong enough to not get lost in the swirling soundscapes.
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