Pitstop: 1/25/13
Friday January 25
Dumbfounded Live
Soho Mixed Media Bar, 8 p.m. doors open, 18 and older welcome, cover. Dumbfoundead (Jonathan Park) is a walking bag of charisma. Equipped with a blunted grin, infectious attitude, and an arsenal of quick-witted rhymes, DFD is poised to leave his mark in the minds of hip-hop fans everywhere. (gotriceshow@gmail.com)
Synrgy Debuts
Surfer, the Bar, 8 p.m., $10/door. Oregon based reggae band Synrgy will be coming to Oahu to kick off their Hawaiian tour. (synrgyband@yahoo.com, synrgyband.com)
Brewer’s Table
Brasserie Du Vin, 6 p.m., $50/plus tax and gratuity. This month Chef Marco Elder along with Andy Baker and Tim Quirante collaborate to create a delicious four-course dinner menu that celebrates some of 2012’s tastiest beers. Call for reservations. (545-1115)
Pro Bowl Pepsi Concert
The Republik, 6 p.m. lounge doors open, 7 p.m. concert hall open, 8 p.m. show starts, $30, $35/door. Featuring DJ Lupe Fiasco and DJ Sky Gellatly, who make their Hawaii debut performance. (groovetickets.com, bampproject.com)
DJ Premier Live
Jimmy Buffett’s At The Beachcomber, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., $20. This Pro-Bowl Weekend, CAP Productions along with Hawaii rapper/promoter, T-QRON are inviting you to the biggest hip-hop party to kick off 2013. DJ Premier is on the wheels along with DJ Ready Go and DJ Wizzard. (723-0481)
Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss Live
Anna O’Briens, 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m., $8/advance, $10/door. Sean Wheeler (Throw Rag) & Zander Schloss (Circle Jerks/Weirdos/Joe Strummer/movie actor) live. (808shows.com)
Pillow Talk Live
Sunset Room, 9 p.m., $20/door. Based out of the famous Lower Haight District in San Francisco, Pillow Talk’s music fuses classic R$B, boogie and disco with underground house and techno with an original feel. (willis.asylum@gmail.com)
Doolin Rakes Live
The Pub, email for more information. Doolin Rakes perform Celtic rock. (soph@hawaii.rr.com)
Freesound Live
Lakeside Lanai, email for more information. Freesound performs reggae. (soph@hawaii.rr.com)
2013 Volcam Pipe Pro Kick Off Party
Thirtyninehotel, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., call for more information. Featuring artwork from Joey Legler and Ronnie Meeks from Meeks Surfboards, and Volcom photography from previous Volcom Pipe Pros. (599-2552)
Saturday January 26
11th Hour Live
Chez Sports Bar & Grill, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., free until midnight, 21 and older. Solid modern and alternative rock cover music. (347-1323)
What’s Up Pussycat? Fashion Show
Bar 35, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., $5/cover, 21 and older. Purring in delight, beautiful and sexy women will take the stage modeling the latest in sexy pussycat lingerie and costumes from Sensually Yours. (djnocturna.com)
Femme Fatales
The Mercury Bar, 8 p.m., $10/door. An all-female lowbrow art show featuring female tattoo artists, female lowbrow artists and female airbrush and pin striping artists. (paintedladyproductions808@yahoo.com)
N.BS Performs
Rivals Waikiki, 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., free. Playing covers from Tool, Rage Against the Machine, and the Foo Fighters. (dke_76@hotmail.com)
Jive Nene Live
Brasserie Du Vin, 9 p.m., free. Jive Nene performs funk and R&B. (545-1115)
David Choi Live
Fresh Café, 7 p.m. $15/tickets. Tickets online. Choi, a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, is a bona fide Internet sensation and one of the first YouTube singer/celebrities in the site’s 8-year-old history, amassing more than 930,000 subscribers and 117 million video views. (davidchoiliveinhawaii.eventbrite.com)
Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss Live
Station Bar, 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m., $8/advance, $10/door. Sean Wheeler (Throw Rag) & Zander Schloss (Circle Jerks/Weirdos/Joe Strummer/movie actor) live. (808shows.com)
Bikini Knights Live
Five O Bar and Lounge, Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center, 9 p.m. to midnight, free. Catch some live contemporary reggae music by The Bikini Knights “Protectors of All Things Sexy.” (922-0550)
Insane Haven Live
The Pub, email for more information. Insane Haven performs Hard Rock. (soph@hawaii.rr.com)
The Dukes Of Surf Live
NFL Pro-Bowl Block Party in Waikiki, 6 p.m., free. This modern group (made up of local boy JP Lam, Lee, and Mikey) has formed right here in Hawaii and have a throwback sound that will take you back to the good old days. (info@nokanet.com)
Psybyrinth 3
Nextdoor, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., call for more information. Deus Wave, DJ Contrary, Defib and Friend or Foe perform. (nextdoorhnl.com, 852-2243)
Monday January 28
Johnny Helm Performs New CD
BambuTwo Café and Martini Lounge, 7 p.m., free. Johnny Helm is a former chemist and radio personality and now is a full time singer, songwriter, and musician. He’s been in Hawaii since the ‘90s. 21 and older. (info@bambutwo.com)
