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Tonight at 10pm – BAD MATCH takes to the South on Main stage

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badmatchstudio1_cropped2.png.190x140_q60_cropTonight at 10:00pm, The Oxford American is proud to welcome Bad Match to South on Main! The Coasts will support the bill. Doors open at 9:00 PM. This is a ticketed event, with a $8 cover payable in cash only at the door on the night of the show.

Recently formed Bad Match is rock and roll. Un-gussied, raw-throated rock and roll that makes you lick your teeth and spill your beer. As the Arkansas Times has said, they play with promise, “balancing compulsive, soulful rock with carefully calibrated arrangements heavy on Rhodes piano and steely, charismatic energy.”  Bad Match is Sarah Stricklin, Isaac Alexander, Ryan Hitt, Jack Lloyd, and Mike Motley.

 

Release Party for John Willis and the Late Romantics new EP “Bad Boyfriend”

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John Willis is a throwback to the era of singer-songwriters who did not focus on genre, but instead letting the mood and theme of quality songs lead them to the appropriate style.

After the success of his solo EP “King of the Cocktail Party” he and Late Romantics, his relatively new band have a new EP, “Bad Boyfriend.”

It comes out on March 21.  To commemorate the occasion, he and the band are having a performance party at Whitewater Tavern tonight at 9:30 pm.  Also peforming that night are Listen, Sister and DJ Baldego.  All in attendance will get the EP for free.  After that, it will be available on iTunes.

Recorded at Jason Weinheimer’s studio, Fellowship Hall Sound, “Bad Boyfriend” features Willis with Late Romantics.  The band was formed last year for the Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase.  It includes Jack Lloyd (bass), Mike Motley (drums) with Sarah Stricklin and Sydney Hunsicker (backup vocals, additional percussion).  As Willis told Mitchell Crisp in a recent interview, “we’ve transitioned into a band where everyone is collaborative, rather than one where everyone just plays my songs. So all of the songs were written by me, but it’s the effort of everyone involved.”