Information Crush: Amy's Shows List

I can't believe that February is almost over, does that mean spring is right around the corner? On Thursday you could check out some pop sounds from the Pacific Northwest with Blitzen Trapper or the mesmerizing sounds of Juana Molina from Argentina. On Friday check out the show at the Plough and Stars for a little soul and R&B. On Saturday there are a few good choices. There's the roller derby match in Wilmington and then you can stay for the music of Slim Jim and the Mad Cows or the Swirlies reunion or some fun cover music at the Lizard. Me, I'm going to go to Toad to see the last night of Bill Janovitz's residency. I am very excited about Sunday, not only do I get to check out the new House of Blues (which I hear is amazing) but I also get to see the ledgendary Tom Jones (cause "It's Not Unusual"). Tuesday at PA's Lounge could be cool, I've seen the Bad Livers a few times so I'm thinking Ralph White's new project could be good.

Thursday, 2/26

Blitzen Trapper at the Paradise

Juana Molina at the Brattle

Icy Demons ay the ME

Jimmy Eat World at House of Blues

Friday, 2/27

Toad the Wet Sprocket at Showcase Live

Jordan Valentine and the Sunday Saints at the Plough

Saturday, 2/28

The Swirlies (reunion!) at the ME

The Cover Up with Brendan Boogie (Elvis Costello covers) at the Lizard

Roller Derby at the Wilmington Shriner's Auditorium with Slim Jim and the Mad Cows

Griffin House at Cafe 939

Mae at ME

The In Out at the Midway

Bill Janovitz and Friends at Toad FREE

Fountains of Wayne (acoustic) at the Paradise SOLDOUT

Sunday, 3/1

Sir Tom Jones at the House of Blues (I adore Tom and can't tell you how many times I've seen him live)

And You Will Know by the Trail of Dead at the ME

Dan Auerbach (of the Black Lips) and Those Darlins at the Paradise

Monday, 3/2

The Music Tapes at the ME

Tuesday, 3/3

Anathallo & Sam Amidon at the ME

Ralph White (of the Bad Livers) at Pa's Lounge

And Looking Forward...

3/5 The Diamond Platinum Rings at the Cantab

3/5 These Arms are Snakes, Clouds and All the Saints at the ME

3/6 The Luxury at Church

3/6 The Whigs at the Paradise

3/7 Hallelujah the Hills at TTs

3/7 Black Lips at the ME

3/7 Kiss Alive, Clock Strikes Ten and Happy Jack at Church (Tribute night)

3/7 Tindersticks at the Somerville Theater

3/9 The Soundtrack of Our Lives at the Paradise

3/9 Razorlight at the ME

3/10 Bill Maher and Ann Coulter at the Citi Performing Arts Center (Tix are crazy money, $178+ per ticket)

3/11 REM Benefit at Carnegie Hall in NYC with the dBs, Throwing Muses, Patti Smith, Bob Mould, Calexico and more (This is road trip worthy)

3/11 Eli Reed and the True Loves at the ME

3/11 Mary Lou Lord and Chick & Joyce at the Plough

3/12 The Slaves, AM Stereo at the ME

3/12 Ok Go at the Paradise SOLDOUT

3/13 The Swinedells at the Plough3/14 Throwing Muses at the Middle East (no Tanya unfortunately)

3/14 Real Kids, Corolla Deville at the Cantab

3/14 Rockbottom at Precinct

3/14 AC Newman at the Paradise

3/14 Alloy Orchestra at Somerville Theater

3/14 The Two 2 Gentleman Band at the Beehive

3/14 Los Lobos at Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River

3/17 Black 47 at the Black Rose

3/17 Saw Doctors at Showcase Live

3/17 Bell XI at the Paradise

3/18 Stereo Total at the ME

3/18 The Ting Tings at the Paradise SOLDOUT

3/18 Ozomatli at the House of Blues

3/19 Bloc Party at the House of Blues

3/19 Glenn Tilbrook at the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River

3/20 DMZ and Unnatural Axe at Church

3/20 The Delphonics at Scullers

3/20 Jeremy Lyons, Dana Colley & Jerome Dupree at the Plough

3/20 Stan Ridgeway at Bull Run Restaurant in Maynard (I'm on a Mexican Radio, Radio, Radio)

3/20 The Pogues at the House of Blues

3/21 The Pogues at the House of Blues

3/21 Dean and Britta at the ICA

3/21 Thunderpants Johnson at the Plough (super fun jug band)

3/21 The Fathoms at the Midway

3/22 Cut Copy at the House of Blues

3/23 Japan Night Tour with Detroit 7 and SA at TTs

3/25 The Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice at the Somerville Theater

3/25 Graham Parker at Scullers

3/26 Girls, Guns and Glory at Great Scott

3/25 Digable Planets at the Paradise

3/27 Wheelers and Dealers at Church

3/27 Wilco with Jeff Tweedy solo at the Calvin Theater in Northampton, MA

3/27 Graham Parker at Tupelo Music Hall in NH

3/27 Logan 5 and the Runners at the Cantab

3/28 The Invisible Rays at TTs

3/28 Friendly Fires at Paradise

3/28 Lucky 57 at Church

3/28 Andrea Gillis at the Plough

3/29 Morrissey at House of Blues

3/30 Say Hi and the Broken West at the ME

3/30 Asobi Seksu and Tyvek at the ME

3/30 Al Gore at the Citi Performing Arts center (this series is crazy expensive $200+ per ticket)

3/31 GlasVegas at the Paradise

4/1 Balkan Beat Box at the Paradise

4/1 Marcia Ball at Scullers

4/2 Marcia Ball at Scullers

4/2 Cold War Kids at the Wilbur

4/2 Dinosaur Jr at Club Hell in Providence

4/2 Gomez at Peart St in Northampton

4/2 Brian Jonestown Massacre at the Paradise (crazy lead singer, great show)

4/3 Dr Dog at the Paradise

4/4 World Pillow Fight Day http://www.misteriosos.org

4/4 The Presets at the Paradise

4/4 Six Finger Satellite and the In Out at Great Scotts

4/5 Sebastian Tellier at the Paradise

4/7 Black Kids and the Mates of States at the House of Blues

4/7 Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos at the Paradise

4/8 The Faint and Ladytron at the Paradise

4/8 Late of the Pier at the Paradise

4/9 Von Ehrics (cowpunk from TX) at TTs

4/10 The Books at ICA

4/10 Demetri Martin at the Wilbur SOLDOUT

4/10 The Flatlanders (with Jimmie Dale Gilmore) at the Narrows Center for the Arts

4/10 Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine at the House of Blues

4/10 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin at BU

4/10 Rocco Deluca and the Burden at the Paradise

4/11 Slim Jim & the Mad Cows and the Cello Chix at O'Brien's

4/11 Colin Hay at the Center for Arts in Natick

4/11 Neko Case at Berklee

4/11 Superdrag at the Paradise

4/13 Bishop Allen at the ME

4/13 Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 5 at the Paradise

4/13 Jeff Beck at the House of Blues

4/15 The Gene Ween Band at the Paradise

4/16 Lucero at the Paradise

4/16 Damien Jurado at TTs

4/17 The Woggles and Muck & the Mires at TTs (what a great show, can't wait)

4/17 Flight of the Conchords at the Agannis

4/17 Presidents of the United States of America at the House of Blues

4/18 Dame Edna at the Colonial Theater (not rock n roll but really really funny)

4/18 Record Store Day http://recordstoreday.com

4/18 Great Lake Swimmers at the Brattle

4/18 Calvin Johnson and Chain & the Gang at the Outside the Lines Gallery

4/19 Eugene Chadbourne at Johnny D's

4/19 Kings of Leon and the Walkmen at the Agannis

4/19 Lily Allen and Natalie Portman's Shaved Head at the House of Blues

4/20 Ratatat at the House of Blues

4/20 Appleseed Cast at the ME

4/20-21 Of Montreal at the Paradise

4/21 Todd Rundgren at Showcase Live

4/21-22 Bruce at the Garden

4/22 Herb Albert and Lani Hall at Berklee

4/23 Quintron and Miss Pussy Cat at the ME

4/23 Alexis Murdoch at the Paradise

4/24 The Handsome Family and Marissa Nadler at the Lizard

4/26 Travis at the House of Blues

4/26 Roger McGuinn at the Center for Arts in Natick

4/27 Bat for Lashes at the Paradise

4/28 Peter, Bjorn and John at Paradise

4/28 Jeremy Jay at TTs (kinda twee, kinda intriguing)

4/29 Noah and the Whale at the Paradise

4/30 Manchester Orchestra at the ME

5/1 Mogwai at the Wilbur

5/2 Tiki Retreat Luau Hale in Lennox, MA details to follow...

5/2 Free Comic Book Day www.freecomicbookday.com

5/2 Electric Six at the ME

5/5 The Kills at the Paradise

5/6 Loney Dear at Great Scotts

5/7 The Thermals at the ME

5/7 King Khan and the Shrines at the Paradise

5/8 Eddie and the Hot Rods at the ME

5/8 The Junior Boys and Max Tundra at the ME

5/8 The Damned at the Paradise (newly rescheduled)

5/8 Etta James at the House of Blues

5/8 Franz Ferdinand at Lupo's

5/13 Dan Deacon at the ME

5/14 Animal Collective at the House of Blues

5/16 Richard Lloyd and Brett Rosenberg at Church

5/16 The B52s at the House of Blues

5/17 Bonnie Prince Billy at the Wilbur

5/18 Paul Roberts (of the Stranglers) at the ME

5/20 Southern Culture on the Skids at the Paradise

5/21 Keane at the BoA Pavillion

5/21 The Radiators at the Narrows Center for the Arts

5/23 The Radiators at Showcase Live

5/23 The National at the House of Blues

5/26 X at the Paradise (with all of the original people)

5/29 Leonard Cohen at the Citi Center

5/30 The Tubes at Showcase Live

5/30 Gods and Queens at Great Scotts

5/31 Electrolux at Church

6/6 Amadou and Mariam at the Paradise

6/11 Pink Martini at the Cape Cod Melody Tent

6/12 Pink Martini at the Opera House

6/19-20 The Blackjacks Reunion Show at TTs for 2 nights!

6/20 No Doubt at the Comcast Center

7/21 The Warped Tour location TBD

7/26 Tom Jones at the Cape Cod Melody Tent

7/28 Rancid at the House of Blues

7/29 The Rancid at the House of Blues

7/31 Depeche Mode TBD

8/1 The B52s at Cape Cod Melody Tent

8/2 The B52s at the South Shore Music Circus

8/3 Coldplay at the Comcast Center

8/9 The Decemberists at the Pavillion

9/4 & 9/6 U2 at Fenway (totally unconfirmed, but if it's true, it'll be cool)

9/18-20 Luau at the Lake in Lake George, NY www.northeasttikitour.com (It is never too soon to start planning for tiki weekend!)

Any other suggestions? Please let me know. Also please excuse any typos, I try to keep them to a minimum but I'm only human.