Monday, January 28, 2008

House of Rock - Loud and Local

We posted a bulletin through our myspace page about last Saturday night's Drunk Driver's show down at the House of Rock. Well, here's a bit of a recap from that evening's rock and roll experience. Despite the cold, and despite the snow, there would be a nice crowd of people out to enjoy some loud music from some local bands.

As you can see in the title of this blog post we chose to use the phrase "Loud and Local", which had in the past been used by 99.9 The Carp to signify their coverage of (you guessed it) loud and local bands. We haven't heard anything recently from them so we're going to steal that "Loud and Local" phrase and throw some of that loud and local music back at Eau Claire, Wisconsin with some video footage and pics.

First on for the evening were the three gentlemen (yea right!) from I, Torrent. Brent K with backing vocals and bass guitar, Shawn Lau on vocals and lead guitar, and Eric Lee with backing vocals and drums.





Next up we have a lively band out of the Twin Cities. Dropping by from Minneapolis, The Rockford Mules take to the stage with some great music.







The next band up for the evening was the Drunk Drivers with their stalker of a hit "Gwyneth Paltrow". This is the portion of the evening where Cloverfield starts to take over at the helm of the video camera and we begin accepting stand-in videographers!





More to come as the week goes on, stay tuned as the pictures are added to the site...

Friday, January 18, 2008

January Live Music

There has been a lot of interest in what is going to be happening in Eau Claire and the Chippewa Valley Area as far as the Night Life goes. So we're going to post about live music in the area at the beginning of each month so that all of you know where things are going to be happening throughout the month. It's a little late for this month, but nonetheless there are many activities left to attend and we're going to list them!

What's going on this weekend? So far it looks like most of the action will take place on Saturday night, but the Elements are leading it off at Tailgates tonight at 9pm.

Friday Jan 18th
Tailgates
Elements

Saturday Jan 19th
Dewey's Roadhouse
Holiday Party

House of Rock
Pat Sova Benefit Show
*starts early*
Flags Will Cover the Coffins
The Edgar Allen Pose
Desolatevoid
Mors Mortis Machinatio
Aloha Triangle

The Stones Throw
Frozen Tundra


"Kingpens" CD Release Show with DJ Sinestro of Orestus (Eau Claire), Blinded (Eau Claire), and Fat C (Minneapolis).

And then coming up next week there are more shows that should make for a great time.

Friday Jan 25th
House of Rock
Bitter


along with Insurrect and Opal

Saturday Jan 26th
Doors open at 7pm and music starts at 930pm - Dewey's Roadhouse on Canal Street in Chippewa Falls will be hosting two groups out of the Twin Cities:

Scarlet Haze


Crash Anthem


Also on Saturday the 26th, with music starting at 10pm, the House of Rock will play host to local favorites:

Drunk Drivers


along with The Rockford Mules

And at The Stones Throw you can find:

We the Living


Finally, at the end of the month on January 31st at the House of Rock starting at 9pm: Jazz Night! with Adrian Klenz and The Sextet. They will host some extraordinary jazz music. Great times to be had at this venue!

If your event isn't listed above and you would like it to be, just email us at bars at eauclairenetwork dot com and we'll add it!

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

New Year's Celebrations! "recovering" New Year's Eve

Hey everyone! We want to see how your New Year's celebration turned out. Submit your pictures and/or videos to eauclaire.TV or just email them to us at bars at eauclairenetwork dot com and we'll add them to the blog post "recovering" New Year's Eve in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Thanks and we look forward to seeing how much fun you had!

The pictures are starting to come in, here are a few from festivities at The House of Rock:







These pics are courtesy of Rachel Wick. Rachel's been involved in local newspapers for a number of years now and has recently added to her portfolio a blog of sorts. Check it out to see some of her writing and photos.

We're also pulling in some pictures from other sources. Don't forget, we're still interested in hosting your images if you have some great pics of the parties you attended over the New Year's holiday.