New Video: Plastic Bubble featuring Will Oldham

Plastic Bubble just released a new video this week for their "Neanderthal Song" directed by Timothy Sauer of This Man is not My Father, and features Will Oldham as a modern day business man who gets fed up with the rat race and devolves into a caveman finding refuge in the wilderness.

Free Ticket Give-A-Way: Louisville Arcade Expo

Get ready to loose your minds! we have 2 tickets to the Louisville Arcade Expo on March 6-8 at the Triple Crown Pavilion @ the Ramada Plaza (1776 Plantside Drive) to give-a-way! that's an entire weekend of FREE-PLAY pinball, console games, tournaments, costume contests, and so much more! We reviewed the very first Arcade Expo back in 2011, and called it EPIC, (read review here) but we have a feeling this year will be even better with hundreds of games and consoles to play!

Janine the Pinbot Pinup Babe

Just leave a comment here, or send an email to louisvilleisforlovers@gmail.com with your name and favorite game and we will pick a winner at random and post it on Sunday.

Full details, registration, and schedule for Louisville Arcade Expo 2015 here.

3/7 Cash O'riley Tix Winner! (and Events Calendar)

The winner of the Cash O'Riley (with The Bourbonville Buskers) tickets & CD for March 7th at 3rd Street Dive is Jennifer N.
Jennifer be sure to bring your ID to the show, your name will be at the door, and Cash will hand you the album personally. Enjoy!

Also playing 3/7 is the Lone Bellow at headliners, and Devine Circles at Modern Cult Records.

This Weekend: 1200, David Grubs, Wussy, others for IASPM

This weekend the International Association for the study of Popular Music annual convention is in Louisville at UofL with talks by Lisa Foster (Guestroom Records), Carrie Neumeyer (Outskirts), Ryan Davis (Cropped Out), John King (Louisville Is For Lovers), Britt Walford (Slint), Joe Manning, and others. All talks are free to Louisville residents.
There will also be events around town including 1200, David Grubbs, and Wussy tonight Friday Feb. 20th, at New Vintage (Event Page) and a DJ night on Saturday at Decca with PlayPlay & Brit Faker.

Ticket-Give-A-Way: Cash O'Riley 3/7 @ Third Street Dive

Michigan Rockabilly crooner and One-Man-Band Cash O'Riley will be making his Louisville debut on Saturday March 7th at 3rd Street Dive with The Bourbonville Buskers (10PM $5) and we have 2 tickets as well as a CD of his album, Booze Lust Lies and Heartache, to give away.

Please leave a message here or send me an email to louisvilleisforlovers@gmail.com and you could win a couple tickets or a FREE CD. We will post a winner Sunday Feb.22nd.

3/6 Jonathan Richman @ Zanzabar

On Friday March 6th the man PBS documentary 'History of Rock N Roll'  considered the father of Punk, Jonathan Richman, will be playing at Zanzabar for a mere $12! Personally Richman has been an inspiration to me since I was a knee high punkling. Ticket info.

Tix Winner: Somebody's Darling and upcoming show calendar

The Ticket Give-a-way winner for Somebody's Darling at Zanzabar on Feb. 17th (9pm $5) is Micah!

other upcoming shows at Zanzabar include:

2/18 The Sidekicks & The Foxery

2/21 Tall Squares, Black Birds of Paradise, & 1200

and to embrace The Germantown Times recent spoof about adding a "Chuck-E Cheese" animatronic version of  The Pass to play around the clock, Zanzabar is throwing a
2/13 "The Pass Animatronic Band Debut" show entitled "Over 30 and Reasonable Night" (taken from another Germantown  Times article) at 9 pm before the FRIDAY THE 13th Dance Party at midnight.

2/13 The Pass Animatronic Band @ Zanzabar

Friday the 13th Getdown at Zanzabar FREE

For those opposed to Feb. 14th related outings, or just really enjoy celebrating the macabre of FRIDAY THE 13th, Zanzabar is throwing a FREE Friday the 13th dance party. Starts promptly at midnite (which might be technically Valentine's day, but don't tell the Love naysayers).  

Tix Give Away: Somebody's Darling @ Zanzabar 2/17

On Tuesday Feb.17th Nashville rockers Somebody's Darling will be rolling into town to Zanzabar, and we have 2 tickets to give-a-way! just leave a comment on this post or email me at louisvilleisforlovers@gmail.com and we'll post a winner on Friday the 13th!