Billy Williams | Website

Time: 8pm and 10pm
Ticket: Free before 10pm / $5 after
Genre: Jazz

This is part of the Jazz Boot series.

Woody Beckner | Website

Time: 8pm and 10pm
Ticket: Free before 10pm / $5 after
Genre: Jazz

This is part of the Jazz Boot series.

Deerhunter | Website
All The Saints | Website

Time: 10pm
Ticket: $12 adv / $14 day of | Purchase Here
Genre: Rock/Noise/Psychadelic

I cannot even begin to say how excited we all are for this show. Deerhunter’s truly one of the most exciting bands in the rock scene right now, though really just in the music scene. In 2006 they put out their sophomore album Cryptograms which blew us all (and the rest of the independent music industry) away with it’s phenomenal blending of rock, drone, noise, ambience, and songwriting. Their Atlanta compatriots All The Saints will be sharing the stage with their killer brand of psychedelic noise-rock. This is truly a show we are phenomenally fortunate to have, tickets will go quickly so we highly recommend buying online in advance.

Light Pollution | Website
Great White Jenkins | Website

Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 | Purchase Here
Genre: Rock/Folk/Soul

Light Pollution is training in from Dekalb, Illinois to play an evening of incredibly catchy, upbeat indie rock for fans of Braid and Matt Pond Pa. It’s a splendid combination of accessibility and beauty, I highly recommend you test out their myspace. Then, our dear, dear, dear Richmond friends Great White Jenkins will be playing as well, they’re one of the best things this state has, it’s soul/country/folk/prog that’s cooler than your mega-sweet uncle.

tomorrow June 4th we switch to our summer menu, yes we are a bit ahead of time but the fields tell us a different story.

peep the summer menu here

also come out tonight for the last of the spring menu and here some old timey folk tunes with Sarah Carter and The Woods.

Ciao!

Chris Jamison | Website
Geva Alon | Website
Luke Hartman | Website

Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 | Purchase Here
Genre: Folk/Soul/Rock

Virginia’s own Chris Jamison plays soft, catchy, acoustic folk songs, and tonight he’ll be accompanied by Tommy Jackson on percussion. Then coming down from New York City is Geva Alon, a talented songwriter making bluesy electric folk music. Local songwriter Luke Hartman is opening the bill, playing originals in the vein of James Taylor, John Mayer, and Jack Johnson.

Dylan Gilbert | Website
Wesley Bunch | Website
Nolan Eley | Website

Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 Purchase Here
Genre: Indie/Folk/Pop

Tonight Dylan Gilbert comes from North Carolina with indie folk pop for the ages, catchy and sincere. Also playing the show is our local and dear friend Wesley Bunch. When he was wee and called himself Fecal Food he was once the Featured Live Artist at Relative Theory Records, and it’s been particularly exciting to see him morph into the subtle, simple and intricate songwriter he is becoming today. His rate of growth is rather fantastic, so whether or not you’ve seen him before, make it a priority to see him and Dylan Gilbert. Then Nolan Eley will be joining with his jazz influenced acoustic singer-songwriting in the vein of John Mayer.

Pomegranates | Website
Your Vegas | Website

Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 | Purchase Here
Genre: Rock/Indie/Pop

The fruit is delicious. The band is delicious. The comparison does not stop there, but I’ll spare the bad/obvious metaphor . Pomegranates are an up and coming indie pop act from Cincinnati, they bring a fantastic upbeat feel reminiscent of early Modest Mouse, but with much wider sonic range. The tone can at times feel shoegaze-y, without losing it’s playful and dance-able quality. Then Leeds UK’s next huge thing Your Vegas will be sharing the bill with their Coldplay/U2-ish style. They are blowing up at a hundred miles an hour, so with these two acts combined, this is most certainly one of those shows where in a couple years people will say “they played there?!”

Mas y Mas | Website
Bastards of Fate | Website
Cinnamon Band | Website

Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 | Purchase Here
Genre: Rock/Indie/Punk

Welcome to Virginia Indie Rock Night.

Local Boot Favorite Mas y Mas is headlining, covering the fast, heavy, and upbeat punk rock side of things. Then Roanoke’s Bastards of Fate are on the bill playing fun, ironic indie pop songs in the vein of They Might Be Giants and Mates of State. Then warm tone songwriters The Cinnamon Band are a drum and guitar duo bringing the sounds of tube amps for fans of Pedro the Lion. Two up two down.

Theodore | Website
Romulus | Website

Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 | Purchase Here
Genre: Country/Folk

You walk out onto the porch, you light your last cigarette while watching the moths sputter against the screen, separating you from your night and your long lost baby. You take solace, because there is always The Boot, booking music that identifies with you in your cold reflective state, country boy. Just listen. It’s beautiful. You’ll come.