Here's this week's top club picks from The Som Show, as appears in the Entertainment Spokane weekly e-newsletter (sign up).
Martin Sexton - “I wonder why nobody wonders why/with all the sweet sweet sweet sugarcoating/the nightly news gone entertainment biz/and the politicians out showboatin’/One day somebody tell it like it is,” sings Martin Sexton on his latest album, "Sugarcoating." The soulful folkster brings his politically conscious songs for a concert at 8 p.m. on Sunday, May 16, at The Knitting Factory Concert House, 919 W. Sprague Ave. Cost: $20.
As I Lay Dying - Grammy-nominated metalcore band As I Lay Dying breaks the silence with "The Powerless Rise," the crew's first albums since 2007's "An Ocean Between Us." Hear the new goods live at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 17, at The Knitting Factory Concert House, 919 W. Sprague Ave. Cost: $18.50 in advance, $22 day of show.
Mark Ward CD Release - Spokane singer-songwriter favorite Mark Ward sheds some light on his relationship to the sun on brand new album, "Through the Dark." Check out Ward's CD release show on Friday, May 14, at The Seaside, formerly The Blvd., 230 W. Riverside Ave. Also on the bill is Kevin Long and Tyler Fortier. Cost: $7.
Th' Mole - Vocalist, electronic composer and leader in the no-budget record label movement, California rapper Th' Mole is a truly underground artist. With nearly 30 albums to his credit, in half as many years, Th' Mole has taken a brief hiatus to produce a children's music project where he appears under the moniker Captain Daydream. The Mole surfaces for a night of hip-hop action at 9 p.m. on Friday, May 14, with locals Gun of the Sun, Jaeda, Stone Tobey and Fat Arm at Sunset Junction, 1801 W. Sunset Blvd. Cost: $5.
The Awkward Years - Platform Booking introduced Spokane to The Awkward Years last year on the Caterina patio. Now, after lead singer Will Brasch took some time off for his new baby boy, The Awkward Years are back in effect. Catch Spokane's budding indie-pop-experimental talent on the rise with The Awkward Years, Space Opera 77 and The Shondas at 9 p.m. on Saturday, May 15, at Sunset Junction, 1801 W. Sunset Blvd. Cost: $5.
