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Govinda

Shane Madden’s alter ego, Govinda is an Austin-based classically trained violinist, starting at the young age of 8, who is currently touring to support latest album “Resonance.” After attending University of Texas, he fell in love with electronic and global music, and began learning violin with mysterious masters on his journeys across the world, incorporating influences into the electronic Govinda sound we hear today. A live show is a multi-sensory experience that features professional dancers, live projections and resonating vocals. Looks like he will be performing at the Wakarusa Festival in June so this is a great opportunity for a preview.
Thursday, Jan. 16, at Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, 8 p.m. $8.

Starhaven Rounders

Traditional seven-piece country band from Kansas City pull lesser-known tunes from different eras performing fan favorites like ‘Jackson’ and ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky’, in addition to lesser known songs from iconic country legends like Willie Nelson, George Jones, Patsy Cline, and Loretta Lynn. For serious country western music lovers, this matinee show should provide the perfect intimate setting to indulge, featuring fiddle, pedal steel and dueling male and female vocalists. Enjoy a celebration of heartland music, great songwriting and authentic tributes to country legends.
Friday, Jan. 17, at Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, 6 p.m. $3.

Schwervon!

Stick around for the late show and see Kansas City duo Schwervon! known to produce an unexpected amount of sound for just two musicians. With Nan on drums and Matt on guitar, their music is “an expression of imperfect love through jagged rock minimalism.” A strange combination of pop and indie rock, along with a dark-sounding underlying tone earns them comparisons to a wide variety of alternative rock bands REM, B-52?s, The Pixies, Sonic Youth, and Yo La Tengo. Ink KC had an interesting way of describing them that really put it in perspective for me : “If they played rock music in Buddhist temples atop mountains, they would play Schwervon.”
Friday, Jan. 17, at Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, 10 p.m. $3.

Red Kate

Kansas City’s Red Kate is a punk-infused bluesy rock and roll band that’s been at it since 2007. Their most recent full-length album, “When the Troubles Come” is an abrasive guitar riffing and rowdy record that harps on socially conscious and political affairs. They show their support for the working class man in “Union Voice” and air their issues with the war in “Disapear. As you can imagine, much of the record is a critique on economic disparities, a true anti-government stance voiced very loudly throughout. Nothing will keep them from being heard.
Saturday, Jan. 18, at Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, 10 p.m. $3.

Panic at the Disco [KANSAS CITY PICK]

“Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die” — Panic at the Disco’s latest and fourth studio album title sounds like an interesting conundrum. This platinum-selling rock band has already sold out most of their shows through the end of February, bringing songs from their homage to Vegas (Brendon Urie’s hometown) album and hopefully all of the debauchery that ensues. It’s definitely taken a turn from more theatrical rock we remember on sophomoric album “Pretty.Odd” and headed straight to glittery pop. But it’s about Vegas so what can you expect. The Strip, the casinos, drugs and sexual matter tell what vocalist Urie says is an honest confrontation of his seedy past. I’d go for throwback gem alone, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies.”
Sunday, Jan. 19, at Uptown Theatre, 3700 Broadway, SOLD OUT