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GUIDE THURSDAY DEC. 9
FRIDAY DEC. 10
BRIANNE GRAY—5:30 p.m. FREE. Flatbread-Bown
ARSIS—With Conducting From The Grave, Threshold and The Deep. 6:30 p.m. $10. The Venue
BEN BURDICK TRIO—With Amy Weber. 8 p.m. FREE. Gamekeeper
ARTSWEST LIVE—7 p.m. FREE. Blue Door
THE BLUE DOOR FOUR—7 p.m. FREE. Blue Door
JONATHAN WARREN AND THE BILLYGOATS—9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid
BOISE ROCK SCHOOL SESSION GIG—6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Linen Building
BLUES ADDICTS—8:30 p.m. FREE. Willowcreek Lounge
LOOSE CHANGE—9 p.m. FREE. Sam’s
BRANDON PRITCHETT—9:30 p.m. FREE. Flatbread-Downtown
CANDREAD AND RIZING REZISTANCE—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper Pub
LOW FI—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s
FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s
ERIC GRAE—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill
DAN COSTELLO—6 p.m. FREE. Solid GIZZARD STONE—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s HORSE FEATHERS—With Y La Bamba. 8 p.m. $8-$10. Neurolux
HOW THE GROUCH STOLE CHRISTMAS SHOW, DEC. 8, KNITTING FACTORY Sometimes you hear hip-hop so transgressive and from such a diverse collective that it almost needs its own name. On Wednesday, Dec. 8, the Knitting Factory will host some of the coolest hip-hop happening right now: the How the Grouch Stole Christmas Tour. Gravelly voiced MC The Grouch (Living Legends) with drum-and-bass master DJ Fresh (check out the track “Hypercaine”), the powerful pale Brother Ali and DJ Snuggles, intellectual Eligh (Living Legends) and the Spanish/English dancehall-reggae rappers Los Rakas. Each act, in its own right, is a powerful force in the genre. The Grouch’s two decades of performing have earned him a spot as one of the forefathers of hip-hop. Combine his prowess with the talent and energetic delivery of his tour mates and the result is a show so amazing, it should be called volcanicsupernova-over-the-top-hop. —Amy Atkins 8 p.m., $14-$35. Knitting Factory, 416 S. Ninth St., bo.knittingfactory.com.
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JOHN CAZAN—5 p.m. FREE. Lock, Stock and Barrel
WEDNESDAY DEC. 8
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS— With The Grouch, DJ Fresh, Brother Ali, DJ Snuggles, Eligh and Los Rakas. See Listen Here, this page. 8 p.m. $14-$35. Knitting Factory
HIGH DESERT BAND—6:30 p.m. FREE. Whitewater Pizza
JOHN LENNON TRIBUTE SHOW—7 p.m. $5. VAC
JOHNNY SHOES—6 p.m. FREE. Solid
JONATHAN WARREN AND THE BILLYGOATS—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s
KEN HARRIS AND RICO WEISMAN—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill
KEN HARRIS—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill KEVIN KIRK—With Jon Hyneman and Phil Garonzik. 7 p.m. FREE. Chandlers PAUL GROVE—7:30 p.m. $5$10. Linen Building STEVE EATON—5:30 p.m. FREE. Flatbread-Meridian TRAVIS MCDANIEL—6 p.m. FREE. Lulu’s WILSON ROBERTS—7 p.m. FREE. Flatbread-Downtown
NANCY KELLY—8 p.m. FREE. Moxie Java-Calderwood THE SALOONATICS—9 p.m. FREE. Buffalo Club SHON SANDERS AND AMY WEBER—7 p.m. FREE. Lock, Stock and Barrel
FIELD GUIDE AKA BELLE—8 p.m. FREE. Moxie Java-State St. FRANK MARRA—6:30 p.m. FREE. Twig’s HELL’S BELLES—8:30 p.m. $13 - $30. Knitting Factory JAMES ORR—9:30 p.m. FREE. Flatbread-Downtown JEANNIE MARIE—7 p.m. FREE. Orphan Annie’s
JOHN JONES, MIKE SEIFRIT AND JON HYNEMAN—With Kevin Kirk and Sally Tibbs. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers
NATHAN J. MOODY—6 p.m. FREE. Solid REBECCA SCOTT—8 p.m. FREE. Sockeye ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9:30 p.m. $5. Hannah’s THE SALOONATICS—9 p.m. $5. Buffalo Club SOUL SERENE—9:30 p.m. $5. Reef SPINDLEBOMB—10 p.m. $3. Grainey’s VOICE OF REASON—10 p.m. FREE. Quarter Barrel
SOUL SERENE—8 p.m. FREE. Liquid STEVE EATON AND PHIL GARONZIK—With Kevin Kirk. 7 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Hell’s Belles
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