Nightspots
Club Above
215 N. Main
663-7758
This dance club on the top floor of the Heidelberg restaurant features live music or DJs Tues. & Thurs.-Sun., 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m., and live happy hour bands on Fri., 5:30-8:30 p.m. Also, karaoke on Wed., 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Cover, dancing. Age 21 & over only unless otherwise noted.
December 1: "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Mondays."
Hip-hop and freestyle music with DJ Skee and MC West Knyle.
December 2: "College Tuesdays."
DJs play a variety of dance music. No cover.
December 4: "The Mash-Up"
DJ Just-B spins electro, funk, hip-hop, reggae, rock and 80s music.
December 5: Latino Night
DJ Xcess plays salsa, merengue, reggae, and other Latin dance records. Also, salsa lessons, 9-10 p.m.
December 5: FUBAR
(5:30-8:30 p.m.) 6-piece band led by Kingpins bassist Randy Tessier and featuring former Map of the World vocalist Sophia Hanifi. Their repertoire is an eclectic mix of originals by Hanifi and Tessier and covers of everyone from the Everly Brothers, the Kinks, and the Yardbirds to Miles Davis, Steve Earle, and U2. The band has a 4-song minidisk, Clean House, an election-year collection that includes 2 originals, a cover of Stephen Stills's 1967 protest classic "For What It's Worth," and an original setting of Auden's 1939 poem "Refugee Song."
December 6: Tokyo SexWhale.
Punk-metal quartet from Ottawa. Opening acts are Inkface & the Digital Dream, an Ypsilanti electronica-dub trio, and Tyler Devos, a singer-songwriter from Maine who writes wryly humorous, often harshly self-analytical songs about love and other personal themes and whose music draws on a range of influences from Ellis Paul and Vance Gilbert to Wilco and Bog Star. He is accompanied by his band, the Dry County Boys.
December 7:
Dance music with a DJ.
December 8: "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Mondays."
Hip-hop and freestyle music with DJ Skee and MC West Knyle.
December 9: "College Tuesdays."
DJs play a variety of dance music. No cover.
December 11: "The Mash-Up"
DJ Just-B spins electro, funk, hip-hop, reggae, rock and 80s music.
December 12: Latino Night
DJ Xcess plays salsa, merengue, reggae, and other Latin dance records. Also, salsa lessons, 9-10 p.m.
December 12: Sounds of the Czars
(5:30-8:30 p.m.) Local Tiki-flavored surf-rock lounge quartet.
December 14:
Dance music with a DJ.
December 15: "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Mondays."
Hip-hop and freestyle music with DJ Skee and MC West Knyle.
December 16: "College Tuesdays."
DJs play a variety of dance music. No cover.
December 18: "The Mash-Up"
DJ Just-B spins electro, funk, hip-hop, reggae, rock and 80s music.
December 19: Latino Night
DJ Xcess plays salsa, merengue, reggae, and other Latin dance records. Also, salsa lessons, 9-10 p.m.
December 19: Mike Smith &
(5:30-8:30 p.m.) the Cadillac Cowboys. Veteran local country band led by singer-guitarist Smith.
December 20: Ben Daniels Trio
Rootsy acoustic folk-rock trio from Chelsea led by singer-songwriter and guitarist Daniels. Opening acts TBA.
December 21:
Dance music with a DJ.
December 22: "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Mondays."
Hip-hop and freestyle music with DJ Skee and MC West Knyle.
December 23: "College Tuesdays."
DJs play a variety of dance music. No cover.
December 26: Latino Night
DJ Xcess plays salsa, merengue, reggae, and other Latin dance records. Also, salsa lessons, 9-10 p.m.
December 26: Drivin' Sideways.
(5:30-8:30 p.m.) Veteran local band fueled by vocalist Pontiac Pete Ferguson's alternately soulful and ornery vocals. Their country-based repertoire still features lots of classic honky-tonk, but they also cover everything from Chuck Berry and Johnny Burnette to the Beatles and James Brown. The band's guiding presence seems to be Elvis - including both large chunks of his repertoire and his attitude that any music he did suited him just because he did it. The band also includes guitarist George Bedard, bassist Chris Goerke, drummer Mark Newbound, and keyboardist Jim King.
December 27:
TBA.
December 28:
Dance music with a DJ.
December 29: "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Mondays."
Hip-hop and freestyle music with DJ Skee and MC West Knyle.
December 30: "College Tuesdays."
DJs play a variety of dance music. No cover.
