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Unzipped
Squirrel Nut Zippers Though their last real commercial hit, “Hell,” was a ’30s jazz-revival staple in the ’90s, Squirrel Nut Zippers are no less active in making people hit the dance floor in a swing-dancing frenzy. With a furious blend of blues, Gypsy jazz, folk, big band, klezmer and other sounds, the multi-instrumental combo have been steadily regaining their rhythm after disbanding temporarily and re-forming with a new lineup. Promoting their first album release in more than nine years, Beasts of Burgundy, Squirrel Nut Zippers are on the tour circuit this holiday season to reignite the flames their famous “Hell” single lit decades earlier, bringing a new era of tracks to inspire you to cut a rug all night. Welcome them back to the Coach House tonight. Squirrel Nut Zippers at the Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, (949) 496-8930; thecoachhouse.com. 8 p.m. $29.50.
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FRies WitH tHat?
Newport Dunes Unplugged
Ft. Nirvanish, Memory Lane, G reat Pumpkin
Doughboys live Podcast It’s not the sophisticated Good Food radio show on NPR, but comics Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger’s anti-foodie Doughboys podcast offers sociological good times about pretty bad food, its cultural history, and reviews of fast-food-chain fare or mass-market sit-down-restaurant grub. You might prefer hearing two funny people talk about rather than dine on it, or maybe you’re listening while covertly consuming it in the car. But there are for sure two guilty pleasures here: culinary slumming and irreverent jokes from a couple of comics and their standup guests whose food criticism make you hungry for more.The dining duo will record an episode of Doughboys at the Brea Improv, an 18-and-older venue whose menu likely won’t be spared. Doughboys Podcast at Brea Improv, 180 S. Brea Blvd., Brea, (714) 482-0700; improv.com/brea. 8 p.m. $20-$50.
Saturday, December 8th Heatbeat City
Tribute to The Cars At Back Bay Bistro
Friday, December 28th
Dead Man’s Party At Back Bay Bistro
Saturday, December 29th
—ANDREW TONKOVICH
—AIMEE MURILLO
Reggae on the Bea ch
thu/12/06
Don Carlos TIM SCHMIDT
w/ The Fully Fullwind Band Empress Akua & Low Budget
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At Tent Pavilion
On Deck
Saturday, December 29th
Madlib DJ Set
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Holiday Roast
dysfunctional Holiday Revue
Chicago’s famed Second City comedy troupe launched in December of 1959 and counts icons Catherine O’Hara,Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert among its alumni. And now, it descends on Brea this holiday month to do what it does best: skewer conformist (and consumerist) culture—and split your sides, as well as your brains, while doing it. Come see the latest crop of satirists strut their stuff all over Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Kwanzaa and, of course, Santa himself through sketch comedy, improvisation, song and even a bit of shuffle. Nothing is sacred when it comes to Second City, so leave your PC at the door and be prepared to see all of your squishy seasonal sentiments totally slaughtered. Dysfunctional Holiday Revue at Brea Improv, 120 S. Brea Blvd., Brea, (714) 482-0700; improv.com/brea. 8 p.m.; also Dec. 7-9. $25. 18+. —SR DAVIES
Madlib is less a musician than a universe: He started out making beats, but now he makes worlds and atmospheres. He started out cratedigging, but now he magically and cosmically creates, with records and/or instruments and/or samplers and his own unflaggingly iconoclastic inspiration. You can explore his discography (more than 20 years of it!) just as you’d explore anything else—find a place where the terrain looks inviting, then wander on in. (Maybe the Medicine Show series? Or the classic Madvillainy?) Jazz? Hip-hop? Music from several decades and several continents? He’s worked with it all, and when he deejays, he’ll make it work on you. Madlib DJ Set at Marty’s On Newport, 14401 Newport Ave., Tustin, (714) 544-1995; www.martysonnewport.com. 8 pm. $30. 21+. —CHRIS ZIEGLER
Queen Nation
Saturday, January 19
DEC 31st All Ages
949-729-3863 49-729-3863 NewportDunes.com
Get Tickets: bit.ly/4NPTDUNES
Tickets available at TicketWeb.com
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