April Awareness

Hey kids! Here's your monthly show schedule for the Philly/Messiah/Bmore area... and I'm posting it early so it can't be an April Fools joke... or a bad joke like that one. Sooo many shows sold out this month. I'll try and get this up earlier for next month so that doesn't happen. I've tried to provide alternate dates where possible. $? might mean sold out too... As always, expect links to band myspaces. Hit me up if you're going, I'm probably interested since I posted it (except for those $100+ shows, cause I can't afford it)

Wednesday 4/1
Sky Eats Airplane, Embrace the Beauty, Ace Augustine, Carousel Kings, The Devil's Last Stand, Daniel Black Daniel @ Chameleon $12
OR
B.B. King @ Keswick Theater $97-198
OR
The Pink Spiders, Zolof the Rock&Roll Destroyer @ Croc Rock $10
OR
The Bloody Beetroots @ Ottobar $12
OR
The Presets, Golden Filter @ 9:30 Club $18
OR
Bishop Allen, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band @ B-sides FREE

Friday 4/3 (you can go, I'll be djing Spring Fling @ the Whittaker Center)
Dan Deacon, Teeth Mountain, Future Islands @ 1st Unitarian $12
OR
Mates of State, Black Kids, Sunbears @ The Troc $17 (or 4/4 $20 @ 9:30 Club)
OR
Sebastien Tellier, Lemonade @ 9:30 Club $15

Saturday 4/4 (you can go, I'll be djing my little sister's sweet 16)
SOLD OUT Matt & Kim, Sweatheart @ The Barbary $10
OR
(21+) Superdrag, As Tall As Lions @ Johnny Brenda's (early) $20
AND/OR
(21+) Kool Keith, DJ Too Tuff @ Johnny Brenda's (late) $15
OR
SOLD OUT Chris Cornell, Outernational @ Electric Factory $38
OR
Deadmau5, The Whip, Late of the Pier @ TLA $30
OR
Ray LaMontagne @ Tower Theater $64-102
OR
MSTRKRFT, Bird Peterson, Amanda Blank, Devlin & Darko @ Sonar $18
OR
Breast Cancer Benefit: House Exit, Zaebos, Alex Brubaker, Hamilton and Gerst @ Northern York County High School

Monday 4/6
Flatfoot 56, Far From Finished, The Machetes @ The Champ $8

Tuesday 4/7
Death Cab for Cutie @ Tower Theater $102-268 (WHAT?! that's ridiculous!)

Wednesday 4/8
SOLD OUT Craig Owens (of Chiodos), The Color Fred, The Silent Years @ The Troc
(go 4/9 @ Ottobar $14)
OR
Pistolera @ B-sides FREE

Thursday 4/9
Greg Attonito (of Bouncing Souls), Vic Ruggiero (of The Slackers), Shanti @ The Barbary $10
OR
Greeley Estates, Iwrestledabearonce, Memphis May Fire, Fact @ Croc Rock $10

Friday 4/10
Margot & the Nuclear So-and-sos, Cloud Cult, Ice Palace @ 1st Unitarian $12
OR
Beirut, Sharon van Etten @ Electric Factory $27
OR
Neko Case, Crooked Fingers @ Keswick Theater $30
OR
MSTRKRFT, Krezner, DJ Everyday @ TLA $20
OR
Indigo Girls @ Tower Theater $54-159
OR
The Shackeltons, Middle Distance Runner, Drink Up Buttercup @ The Fire $8

Sunday 4/12
(18+) Blaqstarr, DJ Akademiks @ Sonar $15

Monday 4/13
The Faint, Ladytron, Telepathe, Figo DJs @ The Troc $23 (or 4/14 @ 9:30 Club $25)

Tuesday 4/14
Secondhand Serenade, Safetysuit, The Undeserving, Drive A @ TLA $22

Wednesday 4/15
Fleetwood Mac @ Wachovia Center $49.50-149.50
OR
He Is Legend @ Croc Rock $10
OR
The Appleseed Cast, An Horse, Solar Powered Sun Destroyer @ Sonar $12
OR
Extra Golden @ B-sides FREE
AND/OR
Alex Brubaker LIVE on WVMM (8-10 PM) (90.7 FM locally or online here)

Thursday 4/16
Eve 6, Maddam Ink, Dimestore Profit, Blue Ruin, Stasis $15
OR
SOLD OUT Ratatat @ 9:30 Club

Friday 4/17
Brian Regan @ Tower Theater $65-209

Saturday 4/18
Launch Music Conference: Texas In July, An Early Ending, Ace Augustine, Facing the Giants, Gun For Hire @ Chameleon $10
OR
SOLD OUT New Found Glory, Bayside, Set Your Goals, Shai Hulud @ The Troc
(go 4/17 @ Sonar $20)
OR
Lily Allen, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head @ TLA $?
OR
Flight of the Conchords $80-268

Sunday 4/19
No Fear Energy Tour: Lamb of God, As I Lay Dying, Children of Bodom, Municipal Waste, God Forbid @ Electric Factory $40
OR
Silverstein, Norma Jean, Bless the Fall, Before Their Eyes @ The Troc $21
OR
Hollywood Undead, Framing Hanley (pop-punk "Lollipop" cover), Sonny @ Croc Rock $17

Tuesday 4/21
The Bronx, more TBA @ 1st Unitarian $12
OR
Copeland, This Providence, Paper Route, Brooke Waggoner $15

Wednesday 4/22
of Montreal @ The Troc $22 (or 4/17 @ Sonar $20 w/ Inkwell, Fire Zuave)
OR
Gavin DeGraw, Joey DeGraw $28
OR
The Floorplan @ B-sides FREE

Thursday 4/23
Ace Enders and a Million Different People (ex-Early November), This Providence, The Gay Blades @ The Balcony (in the Troc) $13
OR
Speck Mountain, Fly Upright Kite, Dinner and a Suit @ The Fire

Friday 4/24
Alkaline Trio, Saves the Day @ Croc Rock $22
OR
My Favorite Highway, Liam & Me, more TBA @ Talking Head Club $10

Saturday 4/25
Mogwai @ The Troc $22
OR
Rockstar/AP Tour: Family Force 5, 3OH!3, The Maine, Hit the Lights, Rocket to the Moon @ TLA $?
OR
Kings of Leon @ Wachovia Center $45
OR
Ron Browz @ Croc Rock $20
OR
Simian Mobile Disco, Tittsworth, Feadz @ Sonar $15
OR
Sara Watkins (of Nickel Creek) @ 9:30 Club (early) $20
AND/OR
DJ ?uestlove @ 9:30 Club $15
OR
Alex Brubaker @ Ragged Edge Cafe

Sunday 4/26
A Skylit Drive, Dance Gavin Dance, Attack Attack, In Fear and Faith @ 1st Unitarian $14
OR
Spoon @ Chameleon $25
OR
Manchester Orchestra, FUN (ex-The Format, ex-Anathallo), Audrye Sessions, Winston Audio @ The Troc $14
OR
Wonka's Bamboozle Road Show: Forever the Sickest Kids, We the Kings, The Cab, Never Shout Never, Mercy Mercedes @ TLA $?
OR
SOLD OUT Rockstar/AP Tour: Family Force 5, 3OH!3, The Maine, Hit the Lights, Rocket to the Moon @ Croc Rock $15

Monday 4/27
A Skylit Drive, Dance Gavin Dance, Attack Attack, In Fear and Faith @ Croc Rock $12

Tuesday 4/28
Dr. Dog, Drink Up Buttercup, Da Comrade @ Chameleon $12
OR
Bruce Springsteen @ Wachovia Center $68-98
OR
SOLD OUT All-American Rejects, Shiny Toy Guns, Ace Enders, Vedera @ 9:30 Club

Wednesday 4/29
Bruce Springsteen @ Wachovia Center $68-98
OR
The Ataris, Pull the Pin, more TBA @ Croc Rock $14
OR
Jack's Mannequin, Matt Nathanson, Erin McCarley @ Rams Head Live $29.50
OR
Reilly @ B-sides FREE

Thursday 4/30
Alkaline Trio, Single File @ The Troc $22
OR
Bloodhound Gang (you and me baby... hahaha) @ TLA $21