March Madness

Once again it's your monthly schedule of shows in the Philly/Messiah area, courtesty of yours truly. As always, you'll find dates, prices, and links to the bands' myspaces and venues' websites. If you're not from the area, I encourage you to hit up those myspaces for tour schedules and find out when these shows are coming to your area! Enjoy!

TONIGHT Sunday 3/1
Blitzen Trapper, Alela Diane @ 1st Unitarian $12

TOMORROW Monday 3/2
K'Naan, Kuf Knotz & the Hustle @ World Cafe Live $17 (K'Naan is a Somalian hip-hop artist currently on the playlist at WVMM)

Tuesday 3/3
Lydia, Black Gold, All The Day Holiday @ The Barbary $12

Wednesday 3/4
Saints and Sinners Tour: Hollywood Undead, Senses Fail, Haste the Day, Brokencyde @ TLA $18 or @ Rams Head Live 3/3 (ridiculously offensive screaming hip-hop and Christian hxc on the same tour)
OR
The Click Five and special guests @ World Cafe Live $8 (opening night of month-long residency)
OR
Will Gray, Gretel @ B-sides FREE

Friday 3/6
Bleeding Through, The Acacia Strain, As Blood Runs Black, Becoming the Archetype, Beyond Dishonor @ The Troc $17 (crazy progressive metal face-melting)
OR
OK Go, Oppenheimer, Longwave @ TLA $19
OR
Rockstar Taste of Chaos: Thursday, Bring Me The Horizon, Four Year Strong, Pierce the Veil, Cancer Bats @ Electric Factory or @ Rams Head Live 3/7 $25

Saturday 3/7
Ani DiFranco, Chad Stokes (of Dispatch and State Radio) @ 9:30 Club $40

Sunday 3/8
SOLD OUT Dropkick Murphys, H20, Civet @ Electric Factory $25

Tuesday 3/10
Adler's Appetite (ex-Guns'n'Roses) performing "Appetite for Destruction" in its entirety, The Black Orkid @ Croc Rock $12

Wednesday 3/11
The Click Five and special guests @ World Cafe Live $8
OR
Flatfoot 56 @ B-sides FREE (Christian Irish punk. yes!)
OR
Common @ 9:30 Club $35

Thursday 3/12
Bishop Allen (Nick & Norah soundtrack), Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, Sing Sing and Mar Mar @ 1st Unitarian $12 (will be at b-sides next month)
OR
Rachael Yamagata, Birdie Busch @ TLA $17
OR
Common @ Sonar $30

Friday 3/13
Rock 4 Relief VII: Red Sea Affair, Issachar, Meg Madara and Friends, Two and Fro, Sunday Hop @ 1st UMC of Moorestown $5 (benefits TWLOHA)
OR
N.A.S.A. (Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon) @ The Barbary $10
(HOLY HIPSTER HIP-HOP! expect possible appearances by Amanda Blank, Spank Rock, and Sant(o/i)gold, who are all fairly local, featured on the album, and have no immediately apparent alternative commitments other than the opening night of SXSW)

Saturday 3/14
King (Chiodos' guitarist's metal side project), Visions of Another, John Fonda @ The Barbary $10
OR
Less Than Jake, The Expendables, The Flatliners @ TLA or @ Rams Head Live 3/13 $23
OR
Modest Mouse, Mimicking Birds, Japanese Motors @ Electric Factory $32

Sunday 3/15
Estelle, Ryan Leslie @ 9:30 Club $35

Tuesday 3/17
CANCELLED March N2 Madness Tour: Showbread, The Fold, White Collar Sideshow, Deas Vail @ Croc Rock $14

Wednesday 3/18
The Click Five and special guests @ World Cafe Live $8
OR
The Pogues, Ben Nichols of Lucero @ 9:30 Club $55

Thursday 3/19
SOLD OUT Ting Tings, Hot Tub @ Starlight Ballroom $15
OR
Avenged Sevenfold, Buckcherry, Papa Roach @ Susquehanna Bank Center $43.75/$38.50 (wow, radio "hard rock" bands tour?)
OR
NY Songwriter's Circle Philadelphia: Jim Boggia, Phil Roy, Richard Julian, Caleb Hawley @ World Cafe Live $10 (Caleb Hawley played b-sides a while back and put on a great show)

Friday 3/20
(21+) Funky Fresh Old Skool Jam: Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Hosted by Chubb Rock @ The Troc $40/$55

Saturday 3/21
The Mint, Jealousy Curve, Army of Me (acoustic), Receiving the Ghost @ Chameleon $10
OR
Bloc Party @ Electric Factory $25
OR
For Today, Recon, A Plea For Purging, Broadcast the Nightmare @ Croc Rock $12

Sunday 3/22
Kottonmouth Kings and a bunch of people no one ever heard of @ TLA $25

Wednesday 3/25
Friendly Fires, White Lies, The Soft Pack (formerly known as the Muslims)@ 1st Unitarian $13 (indie-tastic)
OR
The Click Five and special guests @ World Cafe Live $8
OR
AfroFlow Tour: Mike-E, Kenny Watson, DJ Invisible (Xzibit's tour DJ), Sowande Keita @ B-sides FREE
OR
Idina Menzel @ Keswick Theater $21-145

Thursday 3/26
Slightly Stoopid, Rebelution @ Croc Rock $20

Friday 3/27
Josh Ritter, John Francis @ Messiah $15 ($5 student)
OR
Rakim, Chubb Rock @ Sonar $25

Sunday 3/29
Los Campesinos!, Ponytail @ TLA $14

Monday 3/30
(18+) G. Love & Special Sauce @ Chameleon $28

Tuesday 3/31
The Devil Wears Prada, A Day to Remember (hxc Since U Been Gone), Sky Eats Airplane, Emarosa @ The Troc or @ Rams Head Live 3/29 $18

GO CHECK THEM OUT!