May Mayhem

It's that time, kids. Here's the schedule of shows in the Philly/Messiah area this month... New feature: I'm going to note in parentheses on some bands why I know them/you should go see them.

Friday 5/1
Bat For Lashes (WVMM playlist), Lewis & Clarke @ 1st Unitarian $14
OR
SOLD OUT Lady GaGa, White Tie Affair, Chester French (WVMM playlist), Cinema Bizarre $23
OR
Peter Bjorn and John (WVMM playlist) @ World Cafe Live $18
OR
Parkway Drive, Stick to Your Guns, My Children My Bride @ Croc Rock $14
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Fear Before the March of Flames, Every Minute Can Kill, Visions of Another, By Sundown @ Hangar 84 $12
OR
Alex Brubaker (Homeboy Music) @ The Coffee Company FREE
OR
Hoodwink (Bamboozle Covers Show) @ The Meadownlands $27 ($117 for 3 day pass)
OR
The Dead @ Wachovia Spectrum $54-482
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Alkaline Trio, Saves the Day, Single File @ Sonar $23 (or $22 5/5 @ Chameleon w/ Nightmare of You)

Saturday 5/2
Runner Runner, Liam and Me, Cheezy and the Crackers, Luminous, The Super Guys, Andrew Jude @ Hangar 84 $12
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Bamboozle Day 1 @ The Meadowlands $57 (will probably be rained out)
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The Dead @ Wachovia Spectrum $54-482
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Silverstein, Norma Jean, Blessthefall, Before Their Eyes @ Rams Head Live $20
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Sum 41, Inward Eye, American Taxi @ Sonar $15 (or 5/6 @ Chameleon)

Sunday 5/3
Del the Funky Homosapien (Ice Cube's indie conscious cousin), Mike Relm, Bukue One @ 1st Unitarian $14
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Adele (Grammy), The Script (WVMM playlist) @ Electric Factory $34.50
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Gojira, The Chariot (ex-Norma Jean), Car Bomb @ TLA $20
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Bamboozle Day 2 @ The Meadowlands $57
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India Arie @ Rams Head Live $32.50

Monday 5/4
There For Tomorrow, Versa Emerge, Conditions, Alert the Media @ Hangar 84 $12
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The Used @ Chameleon $19

Wednesday 5/6 (I will be DJing a film festival after party)
Junior Boys, Max Tundra (Buzz Band) @ 1st Unitarian $14
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Franz Ferdinand, Born Ruffians @ Electric Factory $28
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Fischerspooner, Drop the Lime @ TLA $22 (or $20 5/10 @ 9:30 Club)
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Margot & The Nuclear So-and-so's @ B-sides FREE

Thursday 5/7
Lady Sovereign, Chester French (WVMM playlist), Hollywood Holt @ 1st Unitarian $14 (or $20 5/9 @ 9:30 Club or $15 5/11 w/ Ninjasonik & DJ DLake @ Sonar)
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Forgive Durden, Anarbor, You Me and Everyone We Know, The Goodnight Anthem @ The Barbary $10

Friday 5/8
Mastodon, Kylesa, Intronaut @ TLA $? (could be sold out, also $20 5/12 @ 9:30 Club)
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Forever the Sickest Kids, White Tie Affair, Mercy Mercedes, Tina Parol @ Croc Rock $15
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The Bouncing Souls, The Loved Ones, Black President, Detournement @ Chameleon $20

Saturday 5/9
Lamb of God, As I Lay Dying, Children of Bodom, Municipal Waste, God Forbid @ Electric Factory $40 (or $40 5/11 @ Rams Head Live)
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Ben Harper & Relentless7 @ TLA $? (could be sold out)
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KRS-One @ Sonar $25

Sunday 5/10
Holiday Parade, Great Wings, Agree to Disagree, Cityscapes, Lisa Cavallaro @ Hangar 84 $12

Monday 5/11
Philadelphia Slick (b-sides last year), Akil the MC (of Jurassic 5) @ World Cafe Live $10
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Protest the Hero, Misery Signals, The Number 12 Looks Like You @ TLA $16 (or $14 5/8 @ Sonar w/ Fall From Grace, Arlington Sleeps added)

Tuesday 5/12
SOLD OUT Animal Collective, Grouper @ Electric Factory $23 (also sold out 5/11 @ 9:30 Club)
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Watch Out! There's Ghosts & more TBA @ Hangar 84 $12
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Leonard Cohen @ Academy of Music $133-850

Wednesday 5/13
Oh Sleeper, Vanna @ Croc Rock $12
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B-52s @ Rams Head Live $45

Thursday 5/14
The Ataris, Troubador (Homeboy Music), more TBA @ Hangar 84 $12
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Jagermeister Tour: Pennywise, Pepper, Authority Zero, The Supervillains @ Electric Factory $27 (also $25 9/13 @ 9:30 Club)
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(21+) E. Ness & a million other people @ The Troc $15

Friday 5/15
Innerpartysystem, Jealousy Curve, DJ Q-ball (of Bloodhound Gang), The Four Year Sin, Always Second Favorite, Above Yesterday, Six O'Clock Saints @ Croc Rock $12
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Peaches @ TLA $23
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House Exit (Homeboy Music) & Alex Brubaker (Homeboy Music) @ Trez Music FREE

Saturday 5/16
The Shins, Delta Spirit @ Electric Factory $36 (minus opener $35 @ Rams Head 5/15)
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(21+) The Features, Dexateens, The Shackeltons (b-sides last year), Ceramic @ Khyber $8
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Watch Out! There's Ghosts, And Then There Were None, Sparks the Rescue, The Ready Set @ Croc Rock $10
AND/OR
Straylight Run (ex-Taking Back Sunday), Lovedrug, Good Old War @ Croc Rock $12

Sunday 5/17
Amber Pacific, Houston Calls, Farewell, Fight Fair, Alamance @ Croc Rock $14
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The Ting Tings, Static Brigade @ Sonar $23 (main stage)
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Lift Me Up Tour: Kate Voegele, Angel Taylor, Brannon Powers @ Sonar $15 (club stage)

Tuesday 5/19
The Secret Handshake, The Morning Of, My Favorite Highway, The Bigger Lights @ The Troc $12
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Madina Lake @ Croc Rock $12 (or $14 @ Chameleon w/ The Sleeping, Closure in Moscow)

Wednesday 5/20
Duff McKagan (of Guns'n'Roses & Velvet Revolver) @ Croc Rock $12
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Easy Star All-Stars (WVMM playlist), Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad @ World Cafe Live $15
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Keane @ Tower Theater $38-160

Friday 5/22
Butterfly Boucher, Lauren Hart @ World Cafe Live $7

Saturday 5/23
mewithoutYou (record release!), Danielson, Urban Sophisticates @ The Troc $14

Monday 5/25
Holy F***, Crocodiles (WVMM playlist), TBA @ Kungfu Necktie $12

Friday 5/29
The National, Colin Stetson @ Electric Factory $24 (also $25 5/24 @ 9:30 Club)

Saturday 5/30
(21+) A Camp (WVMM playlist), Gentleman Reg, Blame the Patient @ Johnny Brenda's $12 (all ages w/ Zee Avi instead of Blame the Patient 5/28 @ 9:30 Club $15)
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Gillie Da Kid @ Croc Rock $20
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An Early Ending, more TBA @ Champion Ship $tba
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House Exit (Homeboy Music), Hello Hawk, Noel McCleary @ Dillsburg Firehall FREE

Sunday 5/31
Santigold, Trouble Andrew, Amanda Blank @ Rams Head Live $25

Enjoy the shows! And whatever you do, don't tell me you were bored...