screen Thursday March 8
hIrIE
w/ IndubIous & For PEacE band
FrIday March 9
charlEsThEFIrsT, PoTIons, suPErTask w/ GooPsTEPPa & sorrow
saTurday March 10
ThE ExPEndablEs w/ ThrouGh ThE rooTs, PacIFIc dub & aMPlIFIEd
sunday March 11
FuTurIsTIc: whaT MorE could you ask For? w/ Ishdarr, scrIbEcash, avEry shyra, PdF & klassIk
FrIday March 16
ThE JaunTEE
w/ ThE acousTIc MInInG coMPany & woodshEd rEd
FrIday & saTurday March 9-10
JoEy PorTEr’s shady busInEss
FEaT JoEy PorTEr (ThE MoTET), alvIn Ford Jr (PrETTy lIGhTs lIvE band/ duMPsTaPhunk), GarrETT sayErs (ThE MoTET), craIG brodhEad (Turkuaz) & shIra ElIas (Turkuaz) 3/9: yaMn 3/10: lylE dIvInsky’s soul survIvors
TuEsday March 13
ryan caravEo
w/ ryan oakEs, rookE5, FlIP bonE & colorblInd
wEdnEsday March 14
rE: sEarch
w/ analoG son & wabakInosET
FEaT arTIFakTs w/ bIrocraTIc, wax FuTurE, MIkEy ThundEr & Jordan PolovIna
saTurday March 17
Thursday March 15
MaGIc bEans Mark FarIna & sacha roboTTI w/ dErEk russo
FrIday March 23
ThE russ lIquId TEsT w/ TnErTlE, lyFTEd & krushEndo
saTurday March 24
ThE dancE ParTy TIME MachInE FEaT Marc brownsTEIn, aron MaGnEr & allEn aucoIn oF ThE dIsco bIscuITs, MIkE GrEEnFIEld oF loTus, cory wonG oF vulFPEck & JEFF Franca oF ThIEvEry corPoraTIon
Thursday March 29
MIchaEl schEnkEr FEsT FEaT MIchaEl schEnkEr, Gary bardEn, GrahaM bonnET & robIn McaulEy & dooGIE whITE (MIchaEl schEnkEr’s TEMPlE oF rock), chrIs GlEn, TEd MckEnna & sTEvE Mann
FrIday March 30
anTIbalas w/ PInk hawks
FrIday aPrIl 6
Muzzy bEar w/ Todd & shooka
saTurday aPrIl 7
cuT chEMIsT w/ El dusTy
FrIday aPrIl 13
Grass For ThaT ass PrEsEnTs
andy Thorn & FrIEnds
w/ banshEE TrEE, davId burchFIEld & ThE FIrE GuIld
FrIday March 16
rocky MounTaIn GraTEFul dEad rEvuE
FEaT rob EaTon (dark sTar orchEsTra) Plays ThE bEsT oF EuroPE ’72 w/ bonFIrE dub’s ThE doors & wIsh you wErE PInk
saTurday March 17
40oz To FrEEdoM w/ ProJEcT 432 & ElEPhanT wrEckInG ball
sunday March 18
caMPrado
rob $TonE w/ anT bEalE
wEdnEsday March 21
rE: sEarch
FEaT GovInda, MIkEy ThundEr & Jordan PolovIna
Thursday March 22
whITEwaTEr raMblE PIckIn’ on lEd zEPPElIn
w/ JEssIca JonEs w/ ThIn aIr (TrIbuTE To wIdEsPrEad PanIc) & arMchaIr booGIE
FrIday March 23
MaTador! soul sounds & cory wonG w/ anTwaun sTanlEy
saTurday March 24
sold ThE dEad souTh
ouT
w/ ThE hooTEn hallErs
sunday March 25
b.h. 2doTs
FEaT Jay TrIIPlE, ThE MIsFITs & 2unE
Thursday aPrIl 19
MEnaGErIE G.o.a.T. FashIon show sPrInG EdITIon
GranTFul dEad (FEaT MEMbErs oF hoT buTTErEd ruM, GranT FarM & coral crEEk)
FrIday aPrIl 20 lIvwEll PrEsEnTs
METhod Man & rEdMan collIE budz
Monday March 26
FEaT Goldyloxx, bankaJI & sassFacTory
TuEsday March 27
FaT TuEsday’s TrIbuTE To nola Funk, soul, r & b
saTurday aPrIl 21
FEaT casEy russEll (MaGIc bEans), wIll Trask (GrEaT aMErIcan TaxI), clark sMITh (dynohunTEr), sEan dandurand w/ JoEy MarcInEk band FEaT JEFF PETErson & TIM PhIlPoTT
wEdnEsday aPrIl 25
MEadow MounTaIn
w/ chalI 2na & ProJEcT 432
JoynEr lucas bIG k.r.I.T.
w/ cyhI ThE PryncE
FrIday aPrIl 27 dual vEnuE!
ForTunaTE youTh w/ ballyhoo!, TaTanka & MIkE lovE
FrIday May 11
EvEryonE orchEsTra FEaT sTEvE kIMock, John kadlEcIk, Jason hann, JEnnIFEr harTswIck,
Thursday March 29
FEaT chrIs PandolFI (ThE InFaMous sTrInGdusTErs) w/ Grass FEd MulE & ThE lonEsoME days
FrIday March 30
ToTEM, alasI clay, FIErcE lE FEy, ThE dIrTy GEMsTonEs, FrEEdoM MovEMEnT, MIkE word & Tr9nsFEr saTurday March 31
J.waIl lIvE band
Jans InGbEr, Todd sTooPs,
FEaT chuck MorrIs (loTus) & ThE wIlkolak broThErs horns (laTE nIGhT radIo/MIchal MEnErT)
Josh schwarTz & shIra ElIas
Monday aPrIl 2
chuck JonEs, brIdGET law,
T
he Bible describes angels as so mind-meltingly unfathomable to humans, the first thing they always say is “You gotta chill out, I’m cool. I promise and stuff.” Scientists conclude that the actual appearance of any potential alien or interdimensional life would neither resemble Alf nor any of the primary-hued sexy space ladies Captain Kirk sleezily tries to Kobayashi in the Maru. And yet, most mainstream cinematic speculative fiction refuses to traffic in the absurd and impossible. Delightfully, writer/director Alex Garland’s Annihilation ain’t scurred of the surreal. Terrifyingly beautiful and gorgeously horrific, this lightly plotted sci-fi gem is the kind of brilliant nonsense that gives studio executive ulcers and fans of limitless imagination the tingly-tummy opposite of ulcers. Based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer, which is apparently even more enthusiastically abstract, Annihilation begins with the sky barfing a circular rainbow around a lighthouse. Nicknamed “the Shimmer,” its surface area is constantly expanding, and anyone who goes into the affected space doesn’t come out. Until someone does... Lena (Natalie Portman) is a smartypants Harvard biologist mourning the disappear-
Shimmer shimmer ya
TuEsday March 20
bassTracks w/ raPIdGrass, ruM crEEk
When the sky bars a shimmering rainbow at a lighthouse, the government starts sending in troops who never come out. Until Natalie Portman’s hubbie does. So she goes in after him with an expedition that is like Hearts of Darkness via Ursula Le Guin.
Thursday March 8
yunG PInch TExT cErvanTEs To 91944 For TIckET GIvEaways, drInk sPEcIals, dIscounTEd TIckET ProMoTIons & MorE
w/ a-Mac & ThE hEIGhT & ThE runnIkInE
‘Annihilation’ is blissfully bonkers by Ryan Syrek
ance of her husband, Kane (Oscar Isaac), a soldier she presumed died on a secret mission. Then he just kind of shows up in their bedroom and starts emitting blood from all sorts of places. The evil double-secret shadow government shows up and takes Kane. Lena is determined to figure out what happened and save her husband. So she convinces Dr. Ventress ( Jennifer Jason Leigh), who is in charge of the Shimmer missions and an firm 11 on a 1-10 scale of creepy-intense, to let her go on the next expedition. In the film’s clunkiest bit of unneeded overexplaining, we’re told only women are being sent in this time by choice, as though simply having a squad of qualified women enter would have broken brains more than the shimmery rainbow fart they’re investigating. Anya (Gina Rodriguez), Cass (Tuva Novotny) and Josie (Tessa Thompson) join Lena and Ventress on their sure-to-go-really-awesome mission, which does not go really awesome. Annihilation is as much about what it means to be human as it is about decidedly non-human shenanigans. Although Lena’s infidelity makes her motivation a bit onenote, the film attempts a meditation on the flawed-but-worthwhile cycle of love and sorrow, not unlike Arrival. Portman and Isaac somewhat undersell their relationship, with a bit too much “flashbacks of tickling whilst wearing underpants in bed” and too little “do they actually love each other?” That said, the entire cast does a helluva job negotiating the believability of reacting to the unbelievable. The unbelievable is actually the star of the show. Although some sights inside the Shimmer are designed only to encourage diaper deposits, most are a lyrical blend of alarm and beauty. The film’s final third takes full advantage of the quiet previous acts, ending in a crescendo of sight, sound and vanishing sanity. Annihilation is strange in the most complimentary form of that descriptor. It is borderline profound, a singular experience and the kind of escapist fiction that truly liberates audiences from the oppressive weight of mundane reality. This review previously appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Nebraska.
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Boulder Weekly