Information Crush: Amy's Show List

Here's what's up for this week. On Thursday my pick is Lars Vegas at the Alchemist in JP. How can you beat hearing Bunnyman for free? On Friday people are talking about the Electric Six/Bang Camaro show at the Middle East, not certain if there are tix left or not. If you get shut out of that show head over to the Plough for the Outlets acoustic thing. On Saturday don't forget to stop by your local comic book store for some freebies. I hear William Shatner has a new comic book that will be part of the promotion. I'm off to drink umbrella cocktails with a bunch of crazy tiki people on Saturday so no rock for me. If I were around both the show at the Midway for Old School Boston Rock and the Jonathan Richman Tribute Night at Pa's Lounge (a new take on a Boston icon) look fun. Sunday afternoon there are a couple of options and both are free. Personally I hope to get back in time to go to TTs to raise a toast to Jeanne's memory. On Tuesday there are 3 really good shows but I'm leaning toward John Doe et al at TTs. And on Wednesday if you haven't gone out enough yet, check out Lonely, Dear at Great Scotts.

So what do you think? Too many choices? Did I miss anything?

Thursday, 4/30:

• Gavin Rossdale at the Paradise
• Martini Society (a cocktail gathering) at Drink
• Lars Vegas at the Alchemist (free)
• Manchester Orchestra at the ME
• Bell at TTs

Friday, 5/2:

• Electric Six and Bang Camaro at the ME
• The Outlets acoustic at the Plough
• Mogwai and Frightened Rabbit at the Wilbur (the Scots are invading!)

Saturday, 5/2:

• Tiki Retreat Luau Hale in Lenox, MA http://www.fraternalorderofmoai.org/huimalu/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6776
• The Reducers, Johnny Black Trio and the Classic Ruins at Midway
• Free Comic Book Day http://www.freecomicbookday.com/
• Jonathan Richman Tribute Night at Pa's to benefit the Somerville Arts Council

Sunday, 5/3:

• May Fair Festival in Harvard Square (noon - 6p) with recent Rumble winners The Luxury and others (free)
• Memorial for Jeanne Connolly at TTs 2-5p with Ad Frank, Andrea Gillis, Kevin Stevenson, The Luxury and many more (free)
• Japandroids at Great Scotts
• Hot Freaks(Guided by Voices Tribute) at Pa's
• Shout Out Out Out Out at Harpers Ferry
• Stereo Deluxe at the Midway

Tuesday, 5/5:

• John Doe and the Sadies and Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles at TTs
• The Kills at the Paradise
• Akron Family at the ME

Wednesday, 5/6:

• The Weisstronauts at the Plough
• Lonely, Dear at Great Scotts (from Sweden)
• Mike Watt & the Missing Men at TTs

And Looking Forward...

5/7 Electrolux (7p) and One Happy Island at Toad (free)
5/7 The Thermals at the ME
5/7 King Khan and the Shrines at the Paradise
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 Cello Chix at the Plough
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
5/15 Andrea Gillis at the Plough
5/15 The Swinedells, Jordan Valentine and the Sunday Sinners at Precinct
5/15 George Clinton and the Parliment Funkadelic at Lupos
5/16 Roller Derby at the Shriners' Auditorium in Wilmington with music from the Downbeat 5
5/16 George Clinton and the Parliment Funkadelic at Hampton Beach Club Casino
5/16 Frank Black Tribute Night at Pa's Lounge
5/16 Joe Harvard at the Plough
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 St Stanislaus Party at the Polish American Club in Cambridge (polka music! beer! pierogis! beer! sing-alongs! beer!)
5/23 Christopher Guest, Michael McKeon & Harry Shearer at the Wilbur (for fans of Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind) SOLDOUT
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 SOLDOUT
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 I Was King (cool psychedelic pop band from Norway) at Harpers
5/29 Muck and the Mires, Andrea Gillis at Precinct
5/29 Buckethead at the ME5/29 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
6/7 Natalie Portman's Shaved Head at TTs
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
6/14 Natalie Portman's Shaved Head at TTs
6/15 Black Dice at Outside the Lines Gallery
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
6/18 Men (featuring members of Le Tigre) at Harper's Ferry
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
6/20 Better Than Ezra at the Paradise
6/21 WMBR Jon Bernhardt's 25th Anniversary with Condo Fucks (all 3 members of Yo La Tengo), The Bevis Frond (solo) and Sleepyhead at TTs (Wowie! what a great show)
6/21 Cotton Jones, The Antlers at the ME6/24 The Most Serene Republic at Great Scotts
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
7/10 The Offspring at Tsongas Arena
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
7/17 The Datsuns, Future of the Left at TTs
7/18 Aimee Mann at Boarding House Park, Lowell
7/20 Green Day at the Garden
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
7/24 Paolo Nutini at the House of Blues
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 AC/DC at the Garden
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
8/4 Eagles of Death Metal at House of Blues
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 Maximo Park at the Paradise
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

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