Information Crush: Amy's Show List

Another great week of cool music! On Thursday there are some awesome choices: there's the legendary Al Green at the House of Blues (hopefully you took advantage of reduced tickets thru Live Nation), great indie rock at the Middle East Downstairs with The DoDos and The Ruby Suns, The Ego and the Oracle (aka Jim of Jim's Big Ego) at the Burren, the reclusive cult figure Daniel Johnston at the Paradise and more, how to choose? Friday brings Art Brut to the Middle East, Reverse to Church and the Spendid Nobodies to Toad; all are great choices. On Saturday you can get your rock in early and help a good cause by heading over to the Middle East at noon for the Benefit for Breast Cancer Awareness, For Amie with appearances by Kristin Hersh, Bill Janovitz and others. Later on at the Middle East you can check out the Electric Six who are always entertaining. Also on Saturday night the Queen of Soul, Aretha is at the Citi Performing Arts Center, Audry Ryan is at the Nave Gallery, School of Seven Bells at the Paradise and Dave Aaronoff's at the Plough. For Sunday, I am all about Echo and the Bunnymen at Great Scotts (yup, somehow I miraculously got tix for the show, yay!). Please don't fret if you don't tickets, Echo's coming back in November to the House of Blues and there are some good shows going on Sunday night. You've got the Avett Brothers at the House of Blues, Lucero at the Middle East and also a free show with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (go to www.kiasoulcollective.com to get on the list). On Monday, I'd suggest the Middle East, both shows up and down look good, up you've got Sian Alice Group and The Postmarks and downstairs you've got the Revival Tour with Chuck Ragan of Hot Water Music, Jim Ward of Sparta and others(doors for the downstairs show is at 7p). The Ravonettes are at the Paradise on Tuesday and they put on a great show. There's another chance to see Bill Janovitz this week by going to the Brattle Theater, also on Tuesday. Wednesday has lots of good music to check out. There's the Icelandic band Mum at the Somerville Theatre, Ken Stringfellow's, of the Posies, new band The Disciplines at TTs, Johnny Cash's daughter Roseanne at the Museum of Science and Kingsley Flood at Church.

So what's on your can't miss list for this week?


Thursday, 10/15:

• The DoDos and the Ruby Suns at the ME
• Al Green at the House of Blues
• Shepardess at Nave Gallery, Somerville
• Barrence Whitfield at Precinct
• The Ego and the Oracle at the Burren
• Pants Yell! at Chums, Brandeis
• Nick Lowe at the Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River
• Daniel Johnston at the Paradise
• Mika at the Orpheum

Friday, 10/16:

• Art Brut at the ME
• Reverse at Church
• The Spendid Nobodies at Toad, free
• The Airborne Toxic Event at the House of Blues
• Here We Go Magic and White Rabbits at Artists for Humanity, free, details at www.kiasoulcollective.com

Saturday, 10/17:

• For Amie, A Breast Cancer Awareness Benefit with Bill Janovitz, Kristin Hersh and more at the ME starting at noon
• School of Seven Bells at the Paradise
• Boy Crisis and The Antlers at Artists for Humanity, free, details at www.kiasoulcollective.com
• Electric Six at the ME
• Butterfly and Doodlebug at Great Scotts
• Audry Ryan at Nave Gallery, Somerville
• Gaslight Anthem at House of Blues
• Aretha Franklin at the Citi Performing Arts Center
• Dave Aaronoff at the Plough

Sunday, 10/18:

• The Avett Brothers at the House of Blues
• Lucero at the ME
• Echo & the Bunnymen at Great Scotts SOLDOUT
• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at Artists for Humanity, free, details at www.kiasoulcollective.com

Monday, 10/19:

• The Revival Tour at the ME (down)
• Vertical Horizon at the Paradise
• Sian Alice Group and The Postmarks at the ME (up)

Tuesday, 10/20:

• The Ravonettes and the Black Angels at the Paradise
• Session Americana with Bill Janovitz at the Brattle Theater
• David Bazan and Say Hi at TTs

Wednesday, 10/21:

• Mum at the Somerville Theatre
• The Disciplines (w/Ken Stringfellow of the Posies) at TTs
• The Shakey Hands, Headlights and Pomegranates at Great Scotts
• Kingsley Flood at Church
• Roseanne Cash at the Museum of Science
• Sister Hazel at the Paradise
  

If you have any additions to the list, please send them to me at amy@bostonbandcrush.net before Wednesday to have them included in the weekend's postings.

And Looking Forward...
10/22 Spinto Band at TTs
10/22 Barrence Whitfield at Precinct
10/22The Ego and the Oracle at the Burren
10/22 Broadcast and Atlas Sound at the Paradise
10/22 Port Charles Quintet at the Plough
10/22 Susan Cowsill at the Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River
10/22 Bill Maher at the Wilbur Theater
10/22 Rain Machine at the ME
10/22 Far at Harpers
10/22 Califone at the Brattle Theater
10/23 Bill Maher at the Wilbur Theater
10/23 Keb Mo at the Somerville Theatre
10/24 Andrea Gillis at the Plough
10/24 The Doctors Fox, The Shills, Ellis Ashbrook, Walri and Daniel Harris at Church
10/24 Asa Brebner at Pa's Lounge
10/25 Uninhabitable Mansions at TTs
10/25 Vic Chestnut at Somerville Theatre
10/26 Neon Indians at Middlesex Lounge
10/26 Coffin Lids, The Egos and The Acrobrats at Charlie's Kitchen
10/27 La Roux at the Paradise
10/27 Bishop Allen at the ME
10/28 The Whigs at the ME
10/28 Simian Mobile Disco at the Paradise
10/28 Har Mar Superstar at Great Scotts
10/28 Mount Eerie, Tara Jane O'Neil and No Kids at Mass Art
10/29 The Temper Trap at Great Scotts
10/29 Barrence Whitfield at Precinct
10/29 The Ego and the Oracle at the Burren
10/29 The Trabants (surf party!) at the Plough
10/29 Wooden Ships at Pa's Lounge
10/29 King Khan and BBQ Show at the ME
10/29 The Misfits at Showcase Live
10/30 A Place to Bury Strangers at the ME
10/30 Totem, Bone Dry System, The Hail Baby and Vary Lunar at the Beachcomber, Quincy
10/31 Big Halloween Bash! with The Luxury as Duran Duran, Gene Dante as the Runaways, The Lights Out as Phil Collins and Sidewalk Driver as Ziggy Stardust at Church
10/31 Guster at the Orpheum
10/31 Halloween with the Boston Derby Dames at the Milky Way
10/31 Pinback at the Paradise
11/1 Future of the Left at TTs
11/1 Hidden Cameras and Gentleman Reg at the Brattle Theater
11/1 An Evening with Fran Healy and Andy Dunlop (from Travis) at the Arts at the Armory, Somerville
11/1 Liam Finn at the ME
11/1 The Very Best at Great Scotts
11/1 Totem at Church
11/1 Snoop Dog at the House of Blues
11/2 A Fine Frenzy at the Paradise
11/2 Girl Talk at the House of Blues
11/2 Junior Boys at the ME
11/3 Thao with the Get Down Stay Down at the ME
11/3 The Mary Onettes at TTs
11/3 April Smith & the Great Picture Show at Harpers
11/3 Black Heart Procession at the Paradise
11/3 Monsters of Folk (Connor Oberst, M Ward, Yim Yames & Mike Mogis) at the Orpheum
11/4 Amy Millan (from Stars) at the ME
11/4 Islands and Jemina Pearl at the ME
11/4 Ray Lamontagne at the Citi Performing Arts Center
11/5 Heavy at Great Scotts
11/5 Jenny Dee & the Deelinquints at Precinct
11/6 Blue October and Cracker at House of Blues
11/6 The Swell Season at Berklee
11/6 Lyle Lovett at the Orpheum
11/6 Suzanne Vega at Sanders Theater
11/6 Herman Dune at TTs
11/6 Picture Plane at Brandeis
11/7 Muck & the Mires, The Swinedells and The Marvels at Church
11/7 Wolfmother and Heartless Bastards at House of Blues
11/7 Real Estate and With Girls at Great Scotts
11/7 Super Diamond at Showcase Live, Foxboro
11/8 Dan Deacon at Mass Art
11/8 Brother Ali at the Paradise
11/8 Roger Daltrey at the House of Blues
11/8 Deertick at Church
11/8 The Squirrel Nut Zippers at Tupelo Music Hall
11/9 The Squirrel Nut Zippers at Tupelo Music Hall
11/9 Dan Auerbach at the Paradise
11/10 Neko Case at the Wilbur
11/10 Deastro and Max Tundra at Great Scotts
11/11 The Rakes at Great Scotts
11/11 White Denim at TTs
11/12 Gordon Gano & the Ryans at the ME
11/12 Jenny Dee & the Deelinquints at Precinct
11/12 Brian Wilson at Lowell Memorial Auditorium
11/12 Neko Case at the Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH
11/13 My Own Worst Enemy, Classic Ruins, Port Charles Quintet and Mars at Precinct
11/13 Bob Dylan at the Citi Performing Arts Center
11/13 Mike Doughty at Regatta Bar
11/13 The Cranberries at the Orpheum
11/14 The Jesus Lizard at the Paradise
11/14 Bob Dylan at the Citi Performing Arts Center
11/14 Amanda Palmer & the Nervous Cabaret at the House of Blues CANCELLED
11/15 Shonen Knife at Great Scotts (charming off kilter pop music from Japan, can't wait)
11/15 Dryin' N' Cryin' at TTs
11/15 J Tillman at the ME
11/16 Grant Lee Phillips at Passims
11/16 Laura Viers at the ME
11/16 Pants Yell! at ZuZu's (LP Release Party)
11/17 Dirty Projectors at the Paradise
11/17 Grant Lee Phillips at Passims
11/17 Ray Davies at Berklee
11/18 Cub Country at the ME
11/18 Elliot Brood at TTs
11/18 The English Beat at Tupelo Music Hall
11/19 Jenny Dee & the Deelinquints at Precinct
11/19 International Pop Overthrow (IPO) with The Buckners, Doom Buggies and more at Church
11/20 International Pop Overthrow (IPO) with The Stompers, Big City Rockers, Fox Pass and more at Church
11/20 Devendra Banhart at the Berklee
11/20 Metric at the House of Blues
11/21 Times New Viking at Great Scotts
11/21 International Pop Overthrow (IPO) with The Lights Out, The Motion Sick and more at Church
11/21 Jetset, The TimeBinz and The Balls at Ralph's, Worcester
11/21 Baroness and Earthless at the ME
11/21 Kingslet Flood at The Rosebud Diner, Somerville
11/22 Sonic Youth at the Wilbur Theater
11/22 International Pop Overthrow (IPO) with The Rationales, Sal Baglio and more at Church
11/23 Sonic Youth and The Feelies at the Wilbur Theater
11/23 Echo and the Bunnymen at the House of Blues
11/23 Julian Plenti at the Paradise
11/24 Melt Banana, Melt Banana Lite at the ME
11/25 Jenny Dee & the Deelinquints at Precinct
11/27 Pixies at the Citi Performing Arts Center
11/27 Do Make Say Think at the ME
11/27 Charles Spearin at the ME
11/27 Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears and The Black Hollies at TTs
11/27 Bebel Gilberto at the Paradise
11/28 The Pixies at the Citi Performing Arts Center
11/28 Zero 7 at the House of Blues
11/28 Themselves at the ME
11/29 The Mountain Goats and Final Fantasy at the Wilbur Theater
11/30 Elvis Perkins in Deerland and the Bowerbirds at the Paradise
12/1 Big Pink at the Paradise
12/2 They Might Be Giants at the Borders Bookstore, Braintree
12/2 The Flobots at Harpers Ferry
12/2 Russian Circles at the ME
12/3 Sloan at TTs
12/3 Pelican at Harpers Ferry
12/3 Nitzer Ebb at the Paradise
12/4 Friendly Fires at the Paradise
12/5 Hooray for Earth at Great Scotts
12/5 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists at the ME
12/5 Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles at Johnny D's
12/6 El Vez and Los Straitjackets at the Paradise (Viva Christmas Extravaganza!)
12/12 Bang Camaro at the Paradise
12/12 Peter Tork & Shoe Suede Blues at the River Club, Scituate
12/13 Rooney and Tally Hall at the ME
12/15 Christmas with Aaron Neville at Showcase Live, Foxboro
12/18 Girl Howdy and Roy Sludge & Friends at Johnny D's
12/18 stellastar* at the Paradise
12/18 The Elevator Drops at TTs
12/29 Totem at TTs
12/31 Amanda Palmer & the Pops at Symphony Hall
1/12 Eddie Izzard at the Garden
1/16 Anvil at the House of Blues
1/23 Carolina Chocolate Drops at the Somerville Theatre
2/13 Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg at the River Club, Scituate
2/13 Tegan & Sara at the Orpheum
2/26 Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillets at Scullers
5/4 Mark Kopfler at the Orpheum

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