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Artist<\/b>: Peter Hook & the Light<\/a>\nVenue<\/b>: The Orange Peel<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Tuesday, June 3, 8 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $41.35
\nIt\u2019s a remarkable achievement to be in a group that earns critical and commercial success. It\u2019s far rarer still to manage that feat a second time. But that\u2019s the curriculum vitae of bassist and singer Peter Hook. He was a founding member of both Joy Division and New Order, two of the most important acts in the postpunk musical movement of the \u201870s and \u201880s. Today he leads Peter Hook & the Light, a primarily (though not exclusively) live project in which the group performs music from his old bands.<\/p>\n
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Artist<\/b>: Beach Boys<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Harrah\u2019s Casino, Cherokee<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Friday, June 6, 7:30 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $60.60
\nWhat can one say about The Beach Boys that hasn\u2019t been said (and said many times)? Suffice to say that founding member Mike Love and long-long-longtime member Bruce Johnston co-lead a group of younger player-singers who certainly get the details right. I interviewed Love not long ago, and also spoke extensively with one of the group\u2019s newest members, the supremely talented John Wedemeyer. You can read the in-depth feature based on those interviews right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/30do_sugar_bomb.jpg\")
Artist<\/b>: Sugar Bomb<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Eulogy<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Friday, June 13, 8 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $21.49
\nEli Kahn first came to my attention via 2023\u2019s Music for Cats<\/i><\/a>, an amazing jazz album that I named among my favorite releases of that year. Clearly one immensely creative project isn\u2019t enough to satisfy his musical inclinations; hence the existence of Sugar Bomb. The name might suggest to some a kind of pop-leaning endeavor; alas, Sugar Bomb is an improvisational trio featuring Kahn plus Jacob Bruner (who locals will know from two other highly-regarded and eclectic outfits, Black Sea Beat Society and Empire Strikes Brass<\/a>) and Mood Ring\u2019s Joe Enright. The band\u2019s debut EP (Sweet<\/i>) is set for release June 13; its followup, Explosive<\/i> comes out in July. At this show, however, they\u2019ll sell copies of a vinyl EP that includes both. Snarky Puppy\u2019s Chris Bullock and E\u2019lon (from Jonathan Scales Fourchestra<\/a>) are also on this mightily impressive bill.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/30do_adrian_younge.jpg\")
Artist<\/b>: Adrian Younge<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: The Grey Eagle<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Monday, June 23, 8 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $30.75
\nAdrian Younge is one of the most talented and creative artists working in music today. An autodidact, he\u2019s self-taught on myriad instruments, and on studio production and engineering. None of that would amount to nearly as much if didn\u2019t also have top-level skills in composition and arrangement. His work combines jazz, hip hop, soundtrack scoring and more. He made a landmark concept album with Ghostface Killah; that story forms a chapter in my upcoming book<\/a>. I also have a story on him in the next print issue of Spin<\/i>, and another feature coming soon to Mountain Xpress<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n