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Holloy Holloy Ignore their fabricated story about being from a parallel dimension called Lake Land. The Holloys, from Los Angeles, sound like they’re everywhere at once, combining sounds of German prog-rock, Nigerian Afrobeat, London trance and Detroit soul. Loosely affiliated with the noise scene surrounding the downtown L.A. venue the Smell, the Holloys experiment with drones and textures while reaching their dual drum sets ever further toward the brass ring of pop structure on their latest album, No Where Now Here. It’s a peyote-driven sound that’s brought them to play the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in Britain and to record a split 7-inch with Cambodian pop machine Dengue Fever. They hit Sonoma County with four shows this weekend, at the Black Cat in Penngrove ( July 1), Hopmonk Tavern in Sebastopol ( July 2), Ravenous in Healdsburg (July 3) and Street Scene in Healdsburg (July 4). www.holloys.com.
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Shelbyville What’s a not-yet-out-of-the-closet Grammywinning singer who still rolls joints on her LPs and records acclaimed albums full of Dusty Springfield songs doing playing a free show on a man-made lake next to a pizza place in Rohnert Park? Like the incessant questions about her relationship to Gayle King–esque manager Betty Jordan, don’t ask. Shelby Lynne usually plays to packed theaters, still riding the wave of her excellent country-soul debut I Am Shelby Lynne, so witnessing her gut-busting voice in the confines of a small restaurant patio is a rare opportunity. The show is free, courtesy of the KRSH 95.9-FM, Lynne’s new album, Tears, Lies and Alibis, is great, and with any luck she’ll sing her a cappella rendition of “A Song for You� while the ducks quack along. Be there on Saturday, July 3, at Latitude Island Grill, 5000 Roberts Lake Drive, Rohnert Park. 6pm. Free. 707.588.0707.
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Not That Durst When we see that some guy named Durst is playing town, we always have that same kneejerk: Fred Durst?! Nooooo!!!! What sublime relief we find in discovering that’s it’s almost always comedian Will Durst. Being mistaken for the goateed bro from the constipated gurglings of rap-metal losers Limp Bizkit isn’t a compliment—although Durst, as usual, would surely mine the situation for comedic gold. The satirist’s main quarry is politics, and what with teabaggers complaining about BP’s $20 billion
escrow fund to clean up the oil spill, Carly Fiorina’s anti-abortion stance touted as “new feminism� and a popular Facebook group to nominate Werner Herzog governor of California (why the hell not?), Durst will be on fire when celebrating our nation’s independence with blues band Top of the Top on Sunday, July 4, at Silo’s Jazz Club. 530 Main St., Napa. 6pm. $50. 707.251.5833.
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Fairly Good Four all the times you’ve been tempted (puns intended!) to spend $50 to see the Four Tops and the Temptations, or surviving members thereof, count yourself lucky to have resisted. The Marin County Fair once again comes through with free concerts on the lagoon, featuring the two Motown legends, who almost always tour together. The Four Tops and the Temptations play on Monday, July 5, while other headline entertainment includes “Hold On� hit makers Wilson Phillips ( July 1) and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and the Wailers ( July 2). The hotdoggiest lineup, however, is the Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, masters of two distinctly American music forms—bluegrass and Dixieland—on the Fourth of July. A giant, lengthy fireworks display caps each night of the fair because, by golly, Marin can afford it! Marin County Fairgrounds, Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. All concerts (and rides!) free with $15 fair admission. 415.499.6800.
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Ob-La-Di What happens when the lyrics of the Grateful Dead and the Beatles are adapted for the dramatic stage? Find out when over two nights, Eric Burke, Allison Marcom, Keith Baker, Tim Kniffin and others act out classic songs from the Grateful Dead and the Beatles. Friday’s performance follows a blind train passenger pulling out of Terrapin Station who comes across Uncle John’s Band and meets a friend of the Devil, with all the Dead hits reinterpreted as script. On Saturday, it’s the entire White Album, beginning to end, with “Glass Onion� told from the perspective of a secret agent (“Here’s another clue for you all / The walrus was Paul�) and “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road� from a nervous suitor practicing his come-on lines in the mirror before a date. Someone even says “Number nine� over and over and over! The Dead show is Friday, July 2; the Beatles, Saturday, July 3. All of it at the Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. 7:30pm. $12–$18. 707.568.5381.
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