Information Crush: Amy's Show List

So what's happening this weekend? I think there are still tix available for Bill Maher at the Wilbur on Thursday (and they now have a liquor license so cheers!). Also on Thursday you have a chance to check out the new project the Port Charles Quintet at the Plough which sounds fun or you could go to the Brattle for the Califone show. But if these don't appeal to you, don't worry, there are many other great choices on Thursday. On Friday, the show at the Cantab looks strong with the Brooklyns, but then there's also Dennis Brennan at Precinct which would be cool. Saturday has 2 shows that look really interesting to me, Andrea Gillis at the Plough or Ad Frank and the Fast Easy Women at Great Scotts. There are a couple of bands getting some buzz on Sunday: Uninhabitable Mansions (featuring members of Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah and Au Revoir Simone) at TTs and We Have Band (from the UK) at Great Scotts. Monday has a rocking show at Charlie's Kitchen with the Coffin Lids, The Egos and The Acrobrats. Tuesday has Bishop Allen at the Middle East (I'd love to see them again). And on Wednesday The Whigs from Athens, GA are at the Middle East. Wow, lots of awesome shows to check out this week!

Here's a heads up, Brendan Benson (Jack White's BFF from the Raconteurs) is playing at the Middle East on December 2. I've been a fan of his heartfelt pop long before he started touring with Jack so this is a great opportunity catch him live and hear his songs.

Thursday 10/23:

• Spinto Band at TTs.
• The Ego and the Oracle at the Burren
• Broadcast and Atlas Sound at the Paradise
• Port Charles Quintet at the Plough
• Susan Cowsill at the Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River
• Bill Maher at the Wilbur Theater
• Rain Machine at the ME
• Far at Harpers
• Califone at the Brattle Theater
• Vagiant at Great Scotts
• The Musical Theatre at Tavern at the End of the World

Friday, 10/23:

• The Brooklyns, Kieran Ridge Band, They Will Hate Us and Chasing Blue Band at the Cantab
• Dennis Brennan at Precinct
• Bill Maher at the Wilbur Theater SOLDOUT
• Keb Mo at the Somerville Theatre

Saturday, 10/24:

• Andrea Gillis at the Plough
• Sweetback Sisters at Johnny D's (early 7p show)
• Ad Frank and the Fast Easy Women at Great Scotts
• The Doctors Fox, The Shills, Ellis Ashbrook, Walri and Daniel Harris at Church
• Asa Brebner at Pa's Lounge

Sunday, 10/25:

• Uninhabitable Mansions at TTs
• Vic Chestnut at Somerville Theatre
• We Have Band, Herra Terra and Crystal Understanding at Great Scotts

Monday, 10/26:

• Neon Indians at Middlesex Lounge
• Coffin Lids, The Egos and The Acrobrats at Charlie's Kitchen

Tuesday, 10/27:

• La Roux at the Paradise
• Bishop Allen at the ME

Wednesday, 10/28:

• The Whigs at the ME
• Simian Mobile Disco at the Paradise
• Har Mar Superstar at Great Scotts
• Mount Eerie, Tara Jane O'Neil and No Kids at Mass Art

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...
10/29 The Temper Trap at Great Scotts
10/29 The Ego and the Oracle at the Burren
10/29 The Trabants (surf party!) at the Plough
10/29 Tin Soldier at TTs
10/29 Wooden Ships at Pa's Lounge
10/29 King Khan and BBQ Show amd Downbeat 5 at the ME
10/29 The Misfits at Showcase Live
10/30 A Place to Bury Strangers at the ME
10/30 Love in Stockholm (as Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band), Hey Mama (as Led Zepplin) and Turkuaz (as the Talking Heads) at Precinct
10/30 I , Pistol, Old Jack and Top Heavy at the Cantab
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 The Boston Cover Up performing KIDZ ROCK (the music of your childhood) - hosted by Brendan Boogie and featuring:Larry Banilow, Dylan and The Movies, Apple Betty, Brendan Boogie & The Best Intentions, Schooltree, Ashley and the Pussy Cats
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
11/3 Tin Soldier at Church
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 and the Rudds at the Lizard
11/6 Blue October and Cracker at House of Blues
11/6 The Swell Season at Berklee
11/6 Lyle Lovett at the Orpheum1
1/6 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 Steven Fredette Benefit at the Lizard
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 the Lizard
11/12 The Low Anthem and Blind Pilot at the Paradise
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 Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs at the Regent Theatre
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 Scissormen at the Lizard
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 Drvin' 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 the Lizard
11/19 Lars Vegas at the Alchemist
11/19 Sean Bones at the House of Blues
11/19 Evangelicals and the Holiday Shores at Great Scotts
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 The Vivs and Buttercup at the Plough
11/21 Jetset, The TimeBeinz 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 and The Feelies at the Wilbur Theater
11/22 International Pop Overthrow (IPO) with The Rationales, Sal Baglio and more at Church
11/23 Sonic Youth 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
11/24 Tin Soldier at Harpers
11/25 Jenny Dee & the Deelinquints at the Lizard
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 TTs1
1/27 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 Brendan Benson at the ME
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
12/4 Tin Soldier at Pa's
12/4 The Script at the House of Blues
12/4 Spoon at the Orpheum
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!)
12/7 Weezer at the Agganis Arena
12/9 Holly Golightly at the ME
12/9 Raphael Saadiq at the House of Blues
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
12/13 The Arctic Monkeys and the Screaming Females at the House of Blues
12/15 Christmas with Aaron Neville at Showcase Live, Foxboro
12/17 Fanfarlo at TTs
12/18 The Figgs at TTs
12/18 Girl Howdy and Roy Sludge & Friends at Johnny D's
12/18 stellastar* at the Paradise
12/18 The Elevator Drops at the ME
12/23 The Scrooges at Great Scotts
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.