A great way to start the weekend is by heading over to Toad on Thursday for the free early set by Electrolux and if you're having fun, you can stay and check out the residency set by One Happy Island. On Friday, I'll be getting my inner geek on and heading off to see the new Star Trek movie and I am very excited! If I weren't, I'd be going to Fan Pier to see Buffalo Tom and the Great Bandini. I hear festivities start at 7p and expect Buffalo Tom to perform at 9p. Did I mention that it's free? Let me say that again, it's free. So cool... Another great show on Friday is The Damned and the Bellrays at the Paradise. You know these guys are gonna smash it up. On Saturday the show at Ralph's looks awesome, except that it's in Worcester. Maybe something a little closer to home would be better. Maybe the Plough or the Hi N Dry would be good destinations. On Wednesday, I am very tempted by the show at TTs with Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, they do a fun cover of "Did You Ever Had to Make Up Your Mind" by the Lovin' Spoonful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC5DQGGUkKU. Also on Wednesday, Justin Townes Earle looks intriguing at Johnny D's for a good dose of Americana.
I'm going to do a special shout out to a band playing on 5/18. The Swedish band, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names is playing at the Middlesex Lounge. If you enjoy good pop music like the Acid House Kings and Pelle Carlberg, definitely put this on your calendar.
Thursday, 5/7:
- Electrolux (7p) and One Happy Island at Toad (free)
- The Thermals at the ME
- King Khan and the Shrines at the Paradise
- Star Trek opens!
- Buffalo Tom and Great Bandini at Fan Pier (free)
- Janeane Garofalo at the Somerville Theater (Alt Comedy Festival)
- Eddie and the Hot Rods at the ME
- The Junior Boys and Max Tundra at the ME
- The Damned and the Bellrays at the Paradise
- Etta James at the House of Blues
- Franz Ferdinand at Lupo's
- 30th Anniversary Show with The Odds, James Jason & the Baystate Rockers, Hot Rod Fury and Slik Family Orkestra at Ralph's
- Cut Off Your Hands at Harpers Ferry (from New Zealand)
- Rick Berlin at Hi N Dry
- Cello Chix at the Plough
- Charles Neville & Henri Smith at Johnny D's
- The Tragically Hip at the House of Blues (the pride of Canada)
- Vivian Girls at the ME
- The Onion at the Armory
- So Cow at O'Brien's (from Ireland)
- Fastball at the ME (they had one song, didn't they?)
- Fischerspooner at the Roxy
- Big Business at the ME
- Dan Deacon at the ME
- Thao with the Get Down Stay Down at TTs
- Atmosphere at the House of Blues
- Justin Townes Earle at Johnny D's (son of Steve Earle)
- Mice Parade at the ME
5/14 Animal Collective at the House of Blues
5/14 Cello Chix and the Killer Abs at Church
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 SOLDOUT
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 Liechtenstein, Surburban Kids With Biblical Names (Swedish pop band) and Pants Yell! at the Middlesex Lounge
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 and the Delta Spirit 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 SOLDOUT
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 Tony Goddess and the Johns at Toad
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 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 Split Signal with Roger Miller and the Books at the Armory
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
6/4 TV on the Radio at the House of Blues SOLDOUT
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
6/6 Psychedelic Furs at Showcase Live
6/7 The Doves at the House of Blues
6/7 Natalie Portman's Shaved Head at TTs
6/8 Psychedelic Furs at Tupelo Music Hall
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 ME
6/24 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
6/27 Versus, Rebecca Gates (fr The Spinanes) at Church
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 Wandas at Great Scotts
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
7/6 Handsome Furs at Great Scotts
7/8 Hey Monday (power pop) at Harpers Ferry
7/8 stellstarr* at TBD
7/10 The Offspring at Tsongas Arena
7/11 Temptations at the Hatch
7/11 Wilco at Lelacher Park in Lowell
7/11 Free 7 oz Slurpee at 7-11
7/11 The Damnwells at TTs
7/12 The Japanoids at Great Scotts
7/15 Dave Alvin & the Guiltymen at the Regattabar
7/17 The Datsuns, Future of the Left at TTs
7/17 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at Showcase Live
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
7/25 Bob and the Dickheads at the Cantab
7/25 Harvey Milk and Torche at the ME
7/26 Tom Jones at the Cape Cod Melody Tent
7/28 AC/DC at Gillette
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
8/4 Sugar Ray at the Paradise
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
8/14 The Wallflowers at Boarding House Park, Lowell
8/20 Loggins & Messina at the Cape Cod Melody Tent
8/29 Lewis Black at Citi Performing Arts Center
9/10 Autolux at the Paradise
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!)
9/19 Steeleye Span at the Somerville Theater
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
10/7 Howard Jones at Scullers
10/8 Howard Jones at Scullers
Any other suggestions? Let me know. Also please excuse any typos, I try to keep them to a minimum but I'm only human.
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