Tennis / Holiday Shores – 2 / 17 / 11 @ Jackpot  (indie / alternative)
Come sail away with Tennis and Holiday Shores! Although their name doesn’t reflect it, Tennis’s music is inspired by their eight months spent sailing the Eastern Seabord. This husband and wife duo are headed to Lawrence to promote their debut album Cape Dory. The concept behind this band is so incredibly simple, but it seems to work. Tennis earned a 4.5 out of 5 for their debut album by music website Consequence of Sound. They write songs about the time they spend sailing. That’s it. If that weren’t enough the opening band, Holiday Shores sound like a combination of Surfer Blood and Vampire Weekend.Thee Oh Sees – 2 / 18 / 11 @ The Granada (alternative / garage rock)
Here is garage-rock at its best. Thee Oh Sees blew me away at last year’s Scion Garage Fest, and will probably do it again this time at the Granada. They are on tour performing songs from their latest album, Warm Slime released on In The Red Records. NME magazine gave this album a 7 out of 10 and said that “MGMT could take a few lessons” from these guys. The combination of San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees and Lawrence’s own Spook Lights will be a great concert for any fan of rock music.

Boombox – 2 / 16 / 11 @ The Granada
Attendees of Wakarusa Fest are probably familiar with this rock, psychedelic and house duo. Although they refuse to call their music anything besides rock n’ roll, the concept behind this group is completely original. This group combines multiple different types of music that are not commonly mixed. Zion Godchaux plays guitar and sings, and DJ Russ Randolph runs the sequencers and turn tables. Randolph and Godchaux are headed to the Granada to play songs from Boombox’s sophomore album Downriverelectric. Although Godchaux is a talented songwriter and Randolph a popular DJ, it is the combination of these two talents which make Boombox great.

I Love You Phillip Morris @ Liberty Hall (comedy / drama)
Jim Carey is gay. At least in I Love You Phillip Morris. In the movie, the newly outed Steven Russell (Carey) claims that being homosexual is expensive and becomes a con-man to finance  his new life style. Russell is soon sent to jail where he meets a Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor) who seems to be perfect for him. Russell then puts his con-man skills to use and becomes devoted to freeing Morris from jail so they can live happily ever after. The crazy thing about this movie is that it is (somewhat) based on fact. The real-life Steven Russell has escaped jail multiple times and is currently serving a 144 year sentence. “It’s one crazy love story, but Carrey and McGregor make it work,” according to Rolling Stone magazine.

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