Information Crush: Amy's Show List

This is a good weekend to head down to the Cape, specifically Provincetown to catch some great local rock. This is happening now through Sunday, check here for details (clubs, bands, etc...): http://www.myspace.com/provincetownrocks. On Thursday there are a couple of free shows for you to choose from, an early show at Toad with uke guy Melvern Taylor early at 7p and also Lars Vegas at the Alchemist in JP. On Friday, the two shows that look really interesting to me are at TTs with Hooray for Earth and Bleu and at the Cantab The Brooklyns, The Darlings and Highland and Moore. On Saturday if I were in P-Town I would definitely be at Mente cause they're so bad they're good. If you need some Good Vibrations, head over to the Hatchshell for the Beach Boys. One of my all time favorites is at the Pavillion, Sir Tom Jones who always puts on an amazing show(My My My...Delilah!). Or if you want something more rockin' then go to the Cantab for the Bob and the Dickheads show. Tuesday at Toad is the last night of Tony Goddess and the Johns' residency so if you need a fix of some fun covers this is the show for you (I just wish they would learn some Sweet songs, oh well). On Wednesday the bill at TTs looks really good with The Veils from the UK and LA band Foreign Born, might be worth going out on Hump Day for this one.

Now Through Sunday, 7/26:

• Provincetown Rocks! with The Neighborhoods, The Upper Crust and more http://www.myspace.com/provincetownrocks

Thursday, 7/23:

• Lars Vegas at the Alchemist (Free!)
• Melvern Taylor at Toad (early show) (Free!)

Friday, 7/24:

• Free Chocolate Fridays at www.realchocolate.com
• Paolo Nutini at the House of Blues
• Taking Back Sunday at City Hall Plaza starts at 7p (Free!)
• Hooray for Earth, Bleu & Count Zero at TTs
• The Brooklyns, The Darlings and Highland and Moore at Cantab

Saturday, 7/25:

• Mente at the Provincetown Rocks!
• The Beach Boys at the Hatch (Free!)
• Tom Jones at the BoA Pavilion
• Bob and the Dickheads and the Diamond Mines at the Cantab
• Harvey Milk and Torche at the ME
• The Sneaker Pimps at the House of Blues
• Oneida at Outside the Lines Gallery, Medford
• Andrea Gillis at the Plough

Sunday, 7/26:

• Tom Jones at the Cape Cod Melody Tent
• Pete Yorn at the House of Blues
• Lovvers at O'Briens

Monday, 7/27:

• Caroline Weeks and Lewis & Clark at the ME
• Hexa, Carlisle Sound and Champion Kickboxer at Charlie's Kitchen

Tuesday, 7/28:

• Tony Goddess and the Johns at Toad (Free!)
• Cass McCombs at TTs
• AC/DC and Anvil at Gillette
• Rancid at the House of Blues

Wednesday, 7/29:

• Rancid at the House of Blues
• Alex Cuba at the MFA
• Chris Isaak at the Newport Yachting Club
• Foreign Born and the Veils at TTs
• Sleepy La Beef at Johnny Ds

And Looking Forward...
7/30 Birdsongs of the Mesozoic at Johnny D's
7/30 We Are Scientists at the ME
7/30 The Octopus Project at TTs
7/30 Clues (ex Unicorns and Arcade Fire) at Great Scotts
7/31 The Crybabies at the Midway
7/31 Tracy Chapman at the House of Blues
7/31 Chuck D and Shepard Fairey at the ICA
7/31 Wand at the Paradise
7/31 Destroyer at the Paradise
7/31 Cage at Harpers Ferry
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 WFNX Best Music Poll with The Airborne Toxic Event, Passion Pit, The Bravery, The Gaslight Anthem and Ra Ra Riot at City Hall Plaza and it's FREE!
8/1 Muck and the Mires and the Lyres at Church
8/1 Builders & Butchers and Illinois at TTs
8/1 Wheat at Great Scotts
8/1 Sidewalk Driver, Mascara and the Unfamiliars at the Cantab
8/1 The B52s at Cape Cod Melody
8/2 Soft Mercy and Grammercy Arms at TTs
8/2 The B52s at the South Shore Music Circus
8/2 Elvis Sunday at Dick's Last Resort
8/3 Tinted Windows at the Paradise
8/3 Coldplay at the Comcast Center
8/3 Billy Bragg at Berklee
8/3 Langhorne Slim and the War Eagles at TTs
8/3 Cursive at the ME
8/4 Eagles of Death Metal at House of Blues
8/4 Sugar Ray at the Paradise
8/4 Van Morrison at Citi Arts Performance Center
8/4 Daughtry at Showcase Live
8/5 Joe Pernice and the Walsh Bros at the Brattle
8/5 The Arctic Monkeys at the Paradise SOLDOUT
8/5 The Holmes Brothers at the MFA
8/5 The Drums at Great Scotts (Surf Fun!)
8/5 Old Crow Medicine Show with Gillian Welch at the House of Blues
8/5 Sir Paul McCartney at Fenway Park
8/6 Sir Paul McCartney at Fenway Park
8/6 Joe Pernice and the Walsh Bros at the Brattle
8/6 Woods at Great Scotts
8/7 O Positive Reunion Show at the Paradise
8/7 California 66 Tour with The Electric Prunes and Love (sort of) at the ME
8/7 Harvey Danger at Harper's Ferry
8/7-9 Newport Jazz Festival
8/8 Blondie and Pat Benatar at the BoA Pavilion
8/8 Drug Rug at the ME
8/8 Dave Aaronoff at the Plough
8/9 Elvis Sunday at Dick's Last Resort
8/9 Sean Bones at TTs
8/10 Movers and Shakers, The Cold Beat at Charlie's Kitchen
8/10 California 66 Tour with The Electric Prunes and Love (sort of) at Showcase Live
8/10 Noisettes at Great Scotts
8/12 The Script and Parachute at the Paradise
8/12 The Warlocks at Great Scotts
8/12 The Pretenders and Cat Power at the BoA Pavilion
8/12 Robert Gordon, Chris Spedding, Slim Jim Phantom and Glen Matlock at Showcase Live
8/13 Bat for Lashes at the Paradise
8/13 The Starlight Mints, Wye Oak at the ME
8/14 The Wallflowers at Boarding House Park, Lowell
8/14 Angeline at the Plough
8/14 Six Finger Satellite at TTs
8/14 Dinosaur Jr and Lou Barlow at the Beachcomber
8/14 Wild Light at Lowell Summer Music Series
8/15 The Radiators at Harpers
8/15 Mighty Mighty Bosstones at Hampton Beach Casino
8/16 Trashcan Sinatras at TTs
8/16 Hunk A Hunk A Elvis Memorial at Dick's Last Resort
8/17 The Breeders at the Paradise (I've got my ticket, do you?)
8/17 Triple Thick, Ross Phasor and MG Lederman at Charlie's Kitchen
8/17 Tori Amos at the BoA Pavilion
8/18 The Konks, Daily Voids and the Tampoffs at the ME
8/19 De La Soul at Showcase Live
8/20 Bang Camaro at the ME
8/20 Loggins & Messina at the Cape Cod Melody Tent
8/21 The Electric Six and Les Sans Cullotes Rock On Concert Cruise
8/22 Mew at the Paradise
8/23 Collective Soul at the House of Blues
8/23 These United States at TTs
8/24 The Curses, The Acrobrats and Noble Rot at Charlie's Kitchen
8/25 Colin Hays (He comes from a land down-under) at Showcase Live
8/26 Cale Parks and Lemonade at Great Scotts
8/28 Los Straitjackets at Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River
8/28 Black Moth Super Rainbow at the ICA
8/28 Mardi Gras Mambo with The Neville Bros and Dr John at the House of Blues
8/28 Barrance Whitfield and the Savages at the Plough
8/28 The Hothouse Flowers at Showcase Live
8/29 One Night Band Presented by Boston Band Crush at the ME http://www.onenightbandboston.com/
8/29 Lewis Black at Citi Performing Arts Center
8/29 The Hothouse Flowers at Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry, NH
8/30 The Flaming Lips at the BoA Pavilion
8/30 The Hothouse Flowers at Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry, NH
9/1 The Brunettes and Throw Me the Statue at the ME
9/3 Kay Hanley at TTs
9/4 The Killers at the Garden
9/4-7 Coney Island Rockabilly Festival (could be be road-trip worthy)
9/5 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at the ME
9/5 Pet Shop Boys at the House of Blues
9/6 Motorhead, The Reverend Horton Heat and Nashville Pussy at House of Blues
9/6 Jeddo Stars and Mondo Toplesss at the ME
9/7 Alice in Chains at the Paradise
9/8 The Bodeans at Showcase Live
9/8-15 Brimfield Antiques Flea Market
9/9 Dirty Three at the ICA
9/9 Naked Raygun at the ME
9/10 Axe Munkee, The Invisible Rays and The Weisstronauts at TTs
9/10 Living Colour (reunion) at Johnny D's
9/10 The Intelligence at TBD
9/10 Autolux at the Paradise
9/11 Larkin Grimm at the ME
9/11 Kings of Leon and Glasvegas at the Comcast Center
9/12 The Cult at the House of Blues
9/13 Sondre Lerche at the Paradise (I love this Norweigian singer! He is so cool)
9/13 Box Elders at O'Briens
9/13 Telefon Tel Aviv at Great Scotts
9/13 Hugh Cornwell (from the Stranglers) at TTs
9/14 Deerhoof at the ME
9/15 The Fruit Bats at TTs
9/15 The Horrors at the Paradise
9/15 Ramona Falls (members of Menomena) at Great Scotts
9/16 Yo La Tengo at the Wilbur
9/17 The Cave Singers at TTs
9/17 Jolie Holland at the Brattle
9/18 The Ragin' Teens reunion at TTs
9/18-20 Luau at the Lake in Lake George, NY http://www.luauatthelake.com/ (Tix are soldout but there is a waiting list)
9/19 Steeleye Span at the Somerville Theater
9/19 Lebowski Fest Movie Party at the House of Blues
9/20 Maximo Park at the Paradise
9/20 Jack Penate and Miike Snow at TTs
9/20 U2 with Snow Patrol at Gillette Stadium SOLDOUT
9/21 U2 with Snow Patrol at Gillette Stadium SOLDOUT
9/21 Regina Spektor at House of Blues
9/22 The Minus 5, Steve Wynn and the Baseball Project at the ME
9/22 Regina Spektor at the Orpheum
9/22 Son Volt at the Paradise
9/23 Mat Kearney at the House of Blues
9/24 Free Ice Cream Treat at Coldstone Creamery (with a donation to the Make a Wish Foundation)
9/24 Peter Mulvey at the Lizard
9/24 Moby at the House of Blues
9/24 Deer and the Headlights at the ME
9/25 Charlatans UK at the Paradise
9/25 Great Lake Swimmers at the ME
9/26 Fluff-Fest at Union Square, Somerville
9/26 The Varmints and My Own Worst Enemy at the Cantab
9/26 KMFDM at the House of Blues
9/26 Mike Viola at the Lizard
9/27 Dolores O'Riordan at the Paradise
9/27 The Ditty Bops at Passims
9/28 Sunny Day Real Estate at the House of Blues (they're back!)
9/30 Mono at the ME
10/? The Pixies at the Citi Arts Performance Center
10/1 Why? at the ME
10/2 Graham Parker at Bull Run
10/2 Dinosaur Jr and Lou Barlow at the ME
10/3 Dinosaur Jr and Lou Barlow at the ME
10/3 Ra Ra Riot and Maps & Atlases at the Paradise
10/4 Loudon Wainwright III and Richard Thompson at Sanders Theater
10/5 Japandroids at Great Scotts
10/7 The Twilight Sad, Brakes Brakes Brakes and We Were Promised Jetpacks at Great Scotts (triple bill from the UK!)
10/7 Bob Mould at the Paradise
10/7 Howard Jones at Scullers
10/7 Lucinda Williams at Lupo's
10/8 Grizzley Bear and Beach House at the Orpheum
10/8 Howard Jones at Scullers
10/9 Nick Lowe at the Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry, NH
10/10 The Psychedelic Furs and Happy Mondays at the House of Blues
10/11 Drummer at the ME
10/11 The Gossip at the Paradise
10/14 Lonely Dear and Asobi Seksu at Great Scotts
10/15 The DoDos and the Ruby Suns at the ME
10/15 Al Green at the House of Blues
10/15 Nick Lowe at the Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River
10/16 The Airborne Toxic Event at the House of Blues
10/17 School of Seven Bells at the Paradise
10/18 The Avett Brothers at the House of Blues
10/20 The Ravonettes and the Black Angels at the Paradise
10/21 Mum at the Somerville Theatre
10/21 Sister Hazel at the Paradise
10/22 Susan Cowsill at the Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River
10/23 Keb Mo at the Somerville Theatre
10/29 The Misfits at Showcase Live
10/30 A Place to Bury Strangers at the ME
10/31 Guster at the Orpheum
10/31 Pinback at the Paradise
11/4 Amy Millan (from Stars) at the ME
11/9 Dan Auerbach at the Paradise
11/12 Brian Wilson at Lowell Memorial Auditorium
11/14 The Jesus Lizard at the Paradise
11/27 Do Make Say Think at the ME
11/27 Charles Spearin at the ME
12/5 Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles at Johnny D's
12/6 Los Straitjackets at the Paradise

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