Information Crush: Amy's Show List

Apparently free or cheap food are big hits so we'll start with shout outs for free grilled chicken at KFC on Monday and $.31 ice cream at Baskin Robbins on Wednesday. Sorry I missed the $.50 Dunkin Donuts coffee last week...

Onto the music! The Thursday show at the Middle East could be really fun with Quintron and Miss Pussy Cat. And of course there's a tribute night to the ledgendary Johnny Cash at Johnny D's and how can you lose? On Friday, there are the Rumble Finals with Gene Dante, Dirty Truckers and the Luxury at the Middle East. If you like a little rockabilly, The Coachmen at the Plough is always a good choice. For Saturday maybe check out the show at Sally O'Briens or at the Plough. Travis is great live and if you haven't seen a show at the House of Blues, this might be a good opportunity on Sunday. If you enjoy whistling head over to the Paradise for those whistling Swedes Peter, Bjorn and John on Tuesday, but there is some competition from Jeremy Jay at TTs. There are way too many choices.

Thursday, 4/23:

• Quintron and Miss Pussy Cat at the ME
• Deer Tick at Harper's Ferry
• Cash Bash at Johnny D's (Tribute to the Man in Black himself, Mr Johnny Cash)
• Ed Kowalczyk at Great Scotts (really? the guy from Live at Great Scotts? odd)
• Alexi Murdoch at the Paradise
• Headlights at TTs

Friday, 4/24:

• The Coachmen at the Plough
• The Rumble Finals at the ME
• Township, Andrea Gillis and Auto Interiors at TTs
• The Handsome Family and Marissa Nadler at the Lizard

Saturday, 4/25:

• Tiki Train http://www.rails-vt.com/gmf/gmf_tiki_09.html
• The Remingtons (featuring members of The Ragin' Teens and The Fathoms) at the Plough
• Mecca Normal at Megapolis Audio Festival
• The Rationales, Jenny Dee and the Delinquents at Sally O'Briens

Sunday, 4/26:

• Travis at the House of Blues
• Roger McGuinn at the Center for Arts in Natick
• Shiny Toy Guns at the ME

Monday, 4/27:

• Free Grilled Chicken at KFC
• Bat for Lashes at the Paradise
• Windy & Carl at the Oxfam Cafe

Tuesday, 4/28:

• J Geils Band at the House of Blues (I think this is soldout)
• Peter, Bjorn and John at Paradise
• Jeremy Jay at TTs (kinda twee, kinda intriguing)

Wednesday, 4/29:

• $.31 Ice Cream Scoop at Baskin Robbins
• Noah and the Whale at the Paradise
• Art Alexakis at the Hard Rock Cafe

And Looking Forward...

4/30 Gavin Rossdale at the Paradise

4/30 Martini Society (a cocktail gathering) at Drink

4/30 Lars Vegas at the Alchemist

4/30 Manchester Orchestra at the ME

4/30 Bell at TTs

5/1 The Outlets at the Plough

5/1 Mogwai and Frightened Rabbit at the Wilbur

5/2 Tiki Retreat Luau Hale in Lennox, MA http://www.fraternalorderofmoai.org/huimalu/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6776

5/2 The Reducers, Johnny Black Trio and the Classic Ruins at Church

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

5/2 Jonathan Richman Tribute Night at Pa's to benefit the Somerville Arts Council

5/2 Electric Six at the ME

5/3 Memorial for Jeanne Conolly at TTs 2-5p with Ad Frank, Andrea Gillis, The Luxury and many more

5/3 Japandroids at Great Scotts

5/3 Shout Out Out Out Out at Harpers Ferry

5/3 Stereo Deluxe at the Midway

5/5 John Doe and the Sadies at TTs

5/5 The Kills at the Paradise

5/5 Akron Family at the ME

5/6 Lonely Dear at Great Scotts

5/6 Mike Watt & the Missing Men at TTs

5/7 Electrolux (7p) and One Happy Island at Toad

5/7 The Thermals at the ME

5/7 King Khan and the Shrines at the Paradise

5/7 Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter at the Somerville Theater (Alt Comedy Festival)5/8 Star Trek opens!

5/8 Janeane Garofalo at the Somerville Theater (Alt Comedy Festival)

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

5/9 30th Anniversary Show with The Odds James Jason & the Baystate Rckers, Hot Rod Fury and Slik Family Orkestra at Ralph's

5/9 Cut Off Your Hands at Harpers Ferry (from New Zealand)

5/9 Charles Neville & Henri Smith at Johnny D's

5/9 The Tragically Hip at the House of Blues

5/10 Vivian Girls at the ME

5/11 Fastball at the ME

5/11 Fischerspooner at the Roxy

5/13 Dan Deacon at the ME

5/13 Thao with the Get Down Stay Down at TTs

5/13 Atmosphere at the House of Blues

5/13 Justin Townes Earl at Johnny D's

5/13 Mice Parade at the ME

5/14 Animal Collective at the House of Blues

5/14 Rhett Miller with Mike Gent at the Paradise

5/14 Wye Oak and The Pomegranates at TTs

5/15 Peelander-Z at the ME

5/15 Radio Kings at Johnny D's

5/16 Roller Derby at the Shriners' Auditorium in Wilmington with music from the Downbeat 5

5/16 Richard Lloyd and Brett Rosenberg at Church

5/16 The B52s at the House of Blues

5/16 The Melvins at the Paradise

5/17 The Roman Candle at Harpers Ferry

5/17 Bonnie Prince Billy at the Wilbur

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

5/18 Ben Lee and Low vs Diamond at the Paradise

5/19 Ukulele Noir at Johnny D's

5/19 Momus (fr Scotland) at the ME

5/19 St Vincent at the Somervile Theater

5/20 The Shins at the Orpheum

5/20 Southern Culture on the Skids and Los Straitjackets at the Paradise

5/21 Keane at the BoA Pavillion

5/21 The Juan MacLean and the Field at the ME

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

5/22 Cymbals Eat Guitars at the ME

5/23 The Radiators at Showcase Live

5/23 Christopher Guest, Michael McKeon & Harry Shearer at the Wilbur (for fans of Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind)

5/23 The National at the House of Blues

5/23 Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings at North Adams

5/23 Wayne "The Train" Hancock at Club Hell, Providence

5/23 The English Beat at Tupelo Music Hall

5/24 The English Beat at Tupelo Music Hall

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

5/26 Chickenfoot at the ME

5/27 The Bangles at the House of Blues

5/27 Cake at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium

5/27 A Camp (with Nina Perrson of the Cardigans) at the ME

5/28 Au Revoir Simone at TTs

5/29 Buckethead at the ME

5/29 Steve Earle at Berklee

5/29 The Tubes at Bull Run

5/29 The Figgs and John Powhida International Airport at the Midway

5/29 Leonard Cohen at the Citi Center SOLDOUT

5/30 Leonard Cohen at the Citi Center SOLDOUT

5/30 Earthfest with Soul Asylum and the Lemonheads at the Hatch (What year is it?)

5/30 Jenny Dee & the Delinquents and Jordan Valentine & the Sunday Sinners at TTs

5/30 The Figgs and the In Out at the Midway

5/30 The Tubes at Showcase Live

5/30 Gods and Queens at Great Scotts

5/31 Electrolux at Church

6/1 1990s at Great Scotts

6/2 Viva Voce at Great Scotts

6/2 Gomez at the House of Blues

6/3 Grizzley Bear at Berklee

6/3 Death Vessel, Mike Gent & the Rapid Shave at the ME

6/3 Jane's Addiction and NIN at the Comcast Center

6/4 White Rabbits at the ME

6/5 Gogol Bordello at the House of Blues

6/5 Sisters at Pa's

6/6 PJ Harvey and John Parish at House of Blues

6/6 Amadou and Mariam at the Paradise

6/7 The Doves at the House of Blues

6/9 The Decemberists with Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 5 at the BoA Pavillion

6/9-11 Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl at Government Center

6/10 The Meat Puppets at the Paradise

6/10 Jenny Lewis and Deer Tick at the House of Blues

6/11 Junior Brown at Johnny D's

6/11 Sunset Rubdown at the ME

6/11 Detroit Cobras and the Dexter Romweber Duo (remember the Flat Duo Jets?) at TTs

6/11 Pink Martini at the Cape Cod Melody Tent

6/12 Pink Martini at the Opera House

6/13 Three Dog Night at the Hatch Shell

6/13 They Might Be Giants at Berklee

6/14 Cowboy Mouth at the Paradise

6/14 John Vanderslice at the ME

6/14 Luka Bloom at Showcase Live

6/15 Bill Callahan at the Brattle

6/16 Phoenix at the Paradise

6/17 ABC, Wang Chung, Heaven 17 and the Cutting Crew at the House of Blues

6/18 Robin Lane and Johnny Angel at the Plough

6/19 My Own Worst Enemy, Mars, The Sharp Lads at the Cantab

6/19 Cracker at the ME

6/19 Andrew Bird and Calexico at the BoA Pavillion

6/19 Jonathan Richman with Vic Chestnut at the Narrows Center, Fall River (what? no Boston/Cambridge show?)

6/19 The Blackjacks Reunion Show with The Gravel Pit and the Outlets at TTs

6/20 The Blackjacks Reunion Show with Mark Lind at TTs

6/20 The Mermaid Parade at Coney Island http://www.coneyisland.com/mermaid.shtml

6/20 Life is Good Festival with the Blind Boys of Alabama (on the Common)

6/20 No Doubt at the Comcast Center

6/26 Camera Obscura at the Somerville Theater

6/26 Buffalo Tom at the Paradise

6/27 Los Lobos at Boarding House Park, Lowell

6/30 Cheap Trick, Def Leopard and Poison at the Comcast Center

7/1 Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine at the House of Blues

7/2 The Church at Showcase Live

7/3 The Church at Tupelo Music Hall

7/6 Casiotone for the Painfully Alone and Pants Yell! at TTs

7/11 Oldies Concert at the Hatch (maybe, the date is on the Hatch schedule)

7/11 Wilco at Lelacher Park in Lowell

7/11 Free 7 oz Slurpee at 7-11

7/11 The Damnwells at TTs

7/15 Dave Alvin & the Guiltymen at the Regattabar

7/18 Aimee Mann at Boarding House Park, Lowell

7/20 Green Day at TBD

7/21 The Warped Tour at the Comcast Center

7/22 Slim Cessna's Auto Club at TTs

7/22-26 Provincetown Festival with the Presidents of the United States, The Neighborhoods, The Upper Crust and more

7/25 The Beach Boys at the Hatch

7/25 Tom Jones at the BoA Pavillion

7/26 Tom Jones at the Cape Cod Melody Tent

7/28 Rancid at the House of Blues

7/29 Rancid at the House of Blues

7/31 Depeche Mode with Peter, Bjorn and John at the Comcast Center

7/31 -8/2 Newport Folk Festival featuring The Decemberists, Avett Brothers, Fleet Foxes, Neko Case, Elvis Perkins and more

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

8/7 California 66 Tour with the Seeds, The Electric Prunes and Love (sort of) at the ME

8/7-9 Newport Jazz Festival

8/8 Blondie and Pat Benatar at the BoA Pavillion

8/10 California 66 Tour with the Seeds, The Electric Prunes and Love (sort of) at Showcase Live

8/20 Loggins & Messina at the Cape Cod Melody Tent

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

9/20 U2 with Snow Patrol at Gillette Stadium SOLDOUT

9/21 U2 with Snow Patrol at Gillette Stadium SOLDOUT

9/24 Free Ice Cream Treat at Coldstone Creamery (with a donation to the Make a Wish Foundation)

10/2 Graham Parker at Bull Run

Please excuse any typos, I try to keep them to a minimum but I'm only human.