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Rock This Town 
Joseph Lord's guide to the Louisville music scene
Halfway to Forecastle line-up announced
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Churchill Downs to host massive music fest
Churchill Downs has hosted big music acts in recent years, so why not Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Kenny Chesney, B-52s, Black Crowes in the same weekend? Those bands and others will play Churchill Downs during HullabaLOU, a massive mainstream music fest running July 23-25, 2010. Here's a story in The Courier-Journal. Also, check out the H...
Alice In Chains to play the Palace
Grungy metal band Alice In Chains will play Feb. 23 at the Louisville Palace to support "Black Gives Way to Blue," its fourth studio album and first sans vocalist Layne Staley, who died in 2002. William DuVall, of Comes With The Fall, is the band's new singer.
City Block to reopen as Spin?
Closed since this spring, the enormous downtown club complex that hosted great shows including last year's amazing The Hold Steady/Drive-By Truckers show looks like it will be getting a new tenant. Read this from The Courier-Journal.
Rachel Grimes tomorrow at 21C
Louisville music mainstay Rachel Grimes has a new record out, and she's performing Thursday evening at 21C Museum.
October 8 Hear + Now music series
21C Museum 700 W. Main St
Louisville, KY 7 doors; 7:30 show $10/14
She's also playing this weekend at the (very cool) Boomslang Festival in Lexington.
Go to her webs...
Tony Bailey, prolific Louisville musician, has died
Louisville musician Tony Bailey died last week. Mostly a drummer -- a very powerful drummer -- Bailey's extensive Louisville music credentials included Phantom Family Halo, Dead Child, Crain, Rude Weirdo and many others. Click the links to hear some of Bailey's incredible work.
Jim James to play Rud show
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Pour Haus: Closed
The Pour Haus has closed. The bar on Shelby Street had served as a music venue for scores of rock shows in Louisville since opening in 2006, including the annual Wax Fang-Danny Glover Cover Band New Years' bashes, Pere Ubu and dozens of Louisville bands. This comes just days after the announcement that The Dame in Lexington was closing. ...
Silversun Pickups to play Lexington
Smashing P-- er, I mean, Silversun Pickups will play on Sept. 28 at Buster's Billiards and Backroom, 899 Manchester St. in Lexington. Manchester Orchestra and Bowling Green's Cage The Elephant are also on the bill. Tickets are $25 advance, $28 day of show and go on sale Saturday via ticketfly.com and Lexington's CD Central. Silversun Pickups' la...
AC/DC to play Freedom Hall
Hard rock legends AC/DC will play on Oct. 6 at Freedom Hall, according to the band's website. Tickets go on sale Saturday, no word yet on prices.The Australian band released its fifteenth studio album, "Black Ice," in October to decent reviews.
