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Adventures of Power Baxter Ave. premiere; watch Adrian Grenier air drum

As a drummer, this is awesome:

Adventures of Power
Opens Friday,  Oct. 9
Screening times:
1:05 3:15 5:25 7:35 9:45
Baxter Avenue Theatre
LFS Film Drinks:  Join us at 6 PM at The Back Door with special guest, Producer Gill Holland, then we are off to watch the 7:35 screening!
LFS Members get 50% off tickets for the 7:35 PM and [...]

La Chaqueta

MMJ in New York Magazine, also, Entertainment Weekly named the band’s gargantuan set at this year’s Bonnaroo festival one of the best live shows.

Big Shoulders, I know you’re the one

Freakwater, whose founders include Janet Bean and Louisville native Catherine Irwin, join Andrew Bird, Tortoise, Waco Brothers, Icy Demons and others at the Jan. 19 “Big Shoulders Inauguration Ball” at The Black Cat’s main stage in D.C. Showtime is 7 p.m., and tickets are $50.

Dead Child up for Video of the Year on Headbangers’ Ball; vote early and often

So we just learned of this. From Touch & Go’s site:
Elect Dead Child video for Headbanger’s Ball Best of 2008
You might recall Dead Child had a rather kick ass music video for track “Sweet Chariot” thanks to friend and director Douglas Dillingham. MTV2 certainly didn’t forget and included the video on the list of contenders [...]

LEO Music ’Cast hiatus

The LEO Music ’Cast will be taking a hiatus for the holidays for the next two weeks. Remember, you can always download past ’casts from iTunes for free, or listen at leoweekly.com, myspace.com/leoweekly or on our Facebook page.
We’ll see you in 2009!

Slithering Beast on LEO Music ’Cast tomorrow

Nick Dittmeier of Slithering Beast joins us in the LEO offices to discuss the band’s new album, Midnight Royalty, out this week on Sophomore Lounge Records. Slithering Beast, Mansions, State Champion and Ribbonpigeon play Saturday at Keswick Democratic Club (1123 Logan St. in Smoketown). The all-ages show starts at 7 p.m. and is $5.

Follow The Train shakes off the dust

Follow The Train will resurface Saturday, Jan. 10 at Headliners Music Hall. The group has spent the better part of year finishing “Mercury,” the follow-up to “A Breath Of Sigh,” released on Darla. Sheridan says no release date has been set for the album, and that the show is partly a send-off for guitarist Mike [...]

Dar & Katie dazzle the Clifton Center

 

“This was the best way to spend a sleepy Sunday evening,” said a friend as she was leaving the Clifton Center last night after singer-songwriter Dar Williams and opener Katie Herzig played to a near-full crowd at the Clifton Center’s First Capital Bank Live series.

 
Herzig’s opening set was just a bit more livelier and punchier [...]

Scott Scarboro on LEO Music ’Cast tomorrow

Scott Scarboro is the creative programming director at Mellwood Arts and Entertainment Center, who organized this year’s third annual Good Folk Fest. He joins us in the LEO offices to talk about the festival, and what you can, and won’t, expect.

Kentucky’s green film initiative

From the Gov’nuh:
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Golden-Globe nominated, Kentucky-raised actress Ashley Judd has joined First Lady Jane Beshear to launch the first annual “Green Team Kentucky Online Film Festival.” The launch was done using the same technology that hundreds of Kentuckians will use to enter the competition — a YouTube video, broadcast over the Internet. To [...]