MAY NOTES

FREE PARKING WITH PAID ADMISSION IN THE LAZ LOT BEHIND CAFE 9. ASK THE DOORMAN OR BARTENDER FOR VOUCHER WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 SPECIAL EARLY SHOW FOLK / ROCK SINGER SONGWRITER PETER CASE EX-THE PLIMSOULS 8 PM START $10 COVER WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 LATE SHOW INDIE POP FROM ASHEVILLE NC STEPHANIES ID CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO ALSO APPEARING ST. BERNADETTE THURSDAY, MAY 15 GARAGE / R&B AKA BBQ MARK SULTAN ALSO APPEARING ESTROGEN HIGHS NEW HAVEN PUNK $7 COVER FRIDAY, MAY 16 SPECIAL EARLY SHOW FROM NASHVILLE DAVID OLNEY EX X-RAYS HIS SONGS HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY EMMYLOU HARRIS, LINDA RONSTADT AND STEVE EARLE - NOW SEE HIM LIVE! 7:30 SHARP $8 COVER FRIDAY, MAY 16 COUNTRY / FOLK / ROOTS EILEN JEWELL GREAT SONGS GREAT VOCALS GREAT BAND CHECK THIS VIDEO 10 PM START $8 COVER SATURDAY, MAY 17 BIG PUNK NIGHT!! 76% UNCERTAIN SHE RIDES THE BOARDLORDS TXT PSTLZ $5 COVER

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PAISLEY PATTERNS AND DEAD FLOWERS are coming your way with a totally shagalicious show from The Black Hollies on May 1. Vintage and vibrant, TBH are sure to move the groovies with their '60s psych sounds and velvet hooks. DJ Prorock will round out the evening with slow fizz fashion hits from the turntable.

Anders Parker, front-man of Brooklyn alt-country group Varnaline, has been carving out a niche for himself in the likeness of dark country classicism and backwoods folk. Now with two solo albums under his belt, and an assortment of collaborations, Parker brings his story-telling magic to our platform on May 2. Local journalist-musician Mike Sembos wades into the singer-songwriter tide pool bringing along other members of The Alternate Routes in a project called LucidMike.

Native New Havenite Jenny Parrot returns from musical residency in Austin on May 8 with ex-members of The Maybelles and Bastard Son of Johnny Cash, conjuring a vigorous yet seductive sound of Grand Ole Opry-steeped modes and melodies. Like a celestial wind of starlight, the dreamy dancehall country sound of Shotgun Party fill the room with song, cradling upright bass, fiddle, hollow body guitar and torchy vocal twang. Also shining that evening are Cambridge blues duo Avi and Celia, who blend an edgy palette of roots instrumentation with rock guitar and gritty vocals.

Maybe you've been dreaming about a big black monster sneaking up on your bed, and he's wielding a guitar, and big hair, and a whiskey bottle. That ain't no dream, it's a reality, as New Haven's favorite psychobilly front man Sasquatch and the Sickabillies returns from Providence on May 9 to stomp, and snort, and growl out some of the best in fast paced rockabilly hellfire. Queens 3-piece The Arkhams get real evil real quick with their own fusion of garage rock, caffeine-paced rockabilly, and dabs of punk.

James Velvet, one of the Nine's longstanding fixtures of good taste and solid music, returns to the Musician's Living Room on May 10 with electro-rock project The Ivorybills. Velvet brings his up-front and honest sensibility to each incarnation of his multi-faceted career, and the Bills are no exception, featuring the solid drum styles of Johnny Java. Another visit from Cheshire rock veterans, The Big Fat Combo, round out an evening of old school rock wisdom from some of our favorite locals.

We'll host a Special Early Show on May 14 featuring one of America's most enduring and treasured songwriters, Peter Case. Pounding the pavement as an L.A. street musician during the hey-daze of punk, Case went on to form the seminal power pop bands The Plimsouls and The Nerves. Now in the midst of some of his most provoking work in a 30-year career, Case brings his one-man-and-a-guitar ethos back to performance forefront.

Stomp your feet, and get greasy with one man barbeque bandero, Mark Sultan, on May 15. A sultan of many forms, this genie of twang and hollerin' has been workin' his wares in bands such as the Spaceshits, Les Sexareenos, and Blortz. Fueled with the passion of honky tonk and good old fashioned showmanship, Sultan is sure to beseech a magic wish of many shapes and sizes from the fringes of his magic carpet that night.

Nashville comes a courtin' with a special two-show evening on May 16. Part one is our early show starting at 7:30, and features Nashville based singer-songwriter David Olney. Olney's songs have been recorded by Steve Earle, Linda Rondstadt and Emmylou Harris, and he flies under the radar as a best-kept secret in the Biz. Part two is a late slot, starting at 10 p.m., featuring Eilen Jewell. Jewell is fresh jem debuting on the national scene with a folk-blues and country style that is both seasoned and new.

Bridgeport harcore punk veterans 76% Uncertain return to our stage on May 17 after their riveting ride with us over the winter. Wake up and smell the f*ck, and get guttermouth with bullet paced punk out of Providence from She Rides, and turbo surf from NY foursome The Boardlords, along with a fist full of adrenaline from TXT PSTLZ featuring Bruce Wingate of AOD.

B-Movie punk-a-billy trash rockers come to us by way of Denmark on May 21. We're not sure if they have white trash there, but we do know that have PowerSolo, a mixed up dirty trio that blends the congestive grease of fried chicken tremelo geets, with stripped down gravy-laden drum licks. Our local WT garage faves the Danglers, rip it real dirty and might be nice enough to mess up the place a bit with antics from Wayne, Darla and the gang.

It's quite possible that The Griefs dream in color, brimming up garage stoked visions that are as vivid as it gets. The Cleveland based junk-rock band stops at the Nine on the 22. And that dream will include hot chicks, as we get a tasty visit from all-girl glam-garage group The B-Cups by way of San Francisco.

Our resident alt-country ensemble Diamond J and the Rough return for an evening of dreams lived and dreams burned. The Rough paint melodies of texture pooling the melancholy of pedal steel with romantic vocal harmonies, poignant fiddle and efficient back beats. Frontman Jay Russell boasts one of the most charming on stage dispositions of any local performer, and he'll be right at home in our living room on May 24.

We'll take a one night bender in banjo reverie with Virginia's rock infused roots group 6 Day Bender on May 29. And we'll wade into the cool waters of Americana with the songwriter styles of Monitor and The Merrimac fresh from CT as part of this transcendental blue-jeaned journey.

All dreams come to fruition as ever-growing local label, Safety Meeting Records, presents the new album "Up With The Sun" from New Haven indie prodigies, Titles, on May 30. This is the 10th release for Los of SMR, and 2nd release for Titles. Dreamy shoegaze New Haven group Etta Place will whirl electro melodic Modest Mouse-esque sounds as DJ Live Mike comes correct with all the best from rock and reality during our dance party finale.

On May 31, We'll help someone else's dreams come true by supporting a Benefit Show by Indie for Life. Vange Durst, Vicki Blankenship, EV3, Sister Funk, Trina Hamlin, and friend rally up to support this non-profit organization that produces concerts and other events to raise funds for cancer research and awareness programs on the benefits of music and laughter as therapy for cancer patients.