Jolly June

Hey kids! It's that time of the month again (not THAT one, silly). Time for you to find out what you'll be doing all month. It's summertime, which means I have less free time and you (hopefully) have more. Go to these shows! Be happy! That's an order!


Monday 6/1
Sky Eats Airplane (show review here), In Fear and Faith, Eyes Set To Kill @ Croc Rock $15
OR
Hillsong United @ Merriweather Post Pavilion $25-30


Tuesday 6/2
Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic @ The Troc $20


Wednesday 6/3
Gregory Isaacs, Easy Star All-Stars (WVMM playlist), Lionize @ Ram's Head $25 (or @ 9:30 Club 6/4)
OR
Rock the Vote presents Wale @ 9:30 Club $25
OR
Get A Life (Homeboy Music), Protagonist, Landmines @ Champion Ship $7


Thursday 6/4 (My 20th Birthday!)
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Static Brigade, Clock Radio @ Ottobar $10
OR
Gogol Bordello, Man Man @ Ram's Head $25


Friday 6/5
Doves (WVMM playlist), Wild Light @ The Troc $25
OR
?uestlove presents Soulive @ TLA $28
OR
The Color Fred (show review here), The Walk of Fame, Your Sweet Uncertainty, Alert the Media, Ugly Girls Crying @ Hangar 84 $14.75
OR
Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction @ Susquehanna Bank Center $99
OR
(21+) Blue Oyster Cult @ Chameleon $25
OR
Citizen Cope @ Croc Rock $25 (or 6/7 @ Ram's Head $35)


Saturday 6/6
(21+) Art Brut, Cymbals Eat Guitar @ Johnny Brenda's $15 (hipster heaven)
OR
Job For A Cowboy (video shoot), Mortal Decay @ First Unitarian $0.94 (yes, you read that right)
OR
The Scenic, The Goodnight Anthem, Lannen Fall, Hotspur, This Condition @ The Khyber $12
OR
The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Eye Sense Catastrophe, By Sundown, At Day Break, Commercial Criticism, Fell Through The Sky @ Hangar 84 $14.75
OR
The Decemberists @ Tower Theater $64
OR
The Roots' Picnic @ Penn's Landing Festival Pier $69-82 (The Roots, TV on the Radio, The Black Keys, Public Enemy performing It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back with the Roots and Antibalas, Antibalas, Santigold, Busdriver, Dirty Magazine, Asher Roth [show review here], Writtenhouse, Back to Basics (King Britt & Dozia), Dave P, Kid Cudi, etc.)
OR
New Kids on the Block, Jabbawockeez @ Susquehanna Bank Center $87.25



Sunday 6/7
(21+) Dark Meat, Popo (Mad Decent), Nymph @ Kungfu Necktie $10
OR
Phish @ Susquehanna Bank Center $51.50
OR
Ray J @ Croc Rock $30
OR
The Scenic, Hotspur, Lannen Fall @ Croc Rock $10
OR
The Hold Steady @ 9:30 Club SOLD OUT


Monday 6/8
Jenny Lewis (WVMM Playlist, singer from Rilo Kiley), Deer Tick @ The Troc $23
OR
TV on the Radio, Dirty Projectors @ 9:30 Club SOLD OUT
OR
The Decemberists (WVMM Playlist), Andrew Bird (WVMM Playlist), Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus Three @ Merriweather Post Pavilion $30-45


Tuesday 6/9
(21+) BLK JKS, So So Glos, more TBA @ Kungfu Necktie $10
OR
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Clockradio!, Tiger Hill, Stupid Hero @ Ottobar $10
OR
The Devil Makes Three, Young Sir Jim, Drunk Again @ Talking Head Club $10
OR
TV on the Radio, Dirty Projectors @ 9:30 Club SOLD OUT
OR
Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction, Street Sweeper Social Club (ex-Rage Against The Machine, ex-The Coup) @ Merriweather Post Pavilion $40-75


Wednesday 6/10
Dillinger Escape Plan, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Knife the Glitter @ 1st Unitarian $15
OR
Santigold, Amanda Blank, Trouble Andrew @ 9:30 Club SOLD OUT
OR
Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago @ Merriweather Post Pavilion $35-75


Thursday 6/11
Eddie Vedder (ex-Pearl Jam), Liam Finn @ Tower Theater $153-460 (or 6/12)
OR
No Doubt, Paramore @ Susquehanna Bank Center $12-82


Friday 6/12
Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood @ Wachovia Center $65-150
OR
Mika Miko, The Death Set, The Strange Boys, Coathangers, Dope Body, Death Domain, DJ King Gilber, DJ Tony Pence @ Sonar $10
OR
Band of Horses, Arbouretum @ Ram's Head Live $25
OR
Kyle Morgan (Homeboy Music) @ Cornerstone Coffee FREE


Saturday 6/13
Maps & Atlases, So Many Dynamos, Fang Island, Luminous, Troubador (Homeboy Music) @ Hangar 84 $14.75
OR
Taxlo Summer Party: Dan Deacon, Black Dice, Thieves Like Us, Dat Politics, Martyn, Get 'Em Mamis, DJ Booman, Scottie B, Awesome Color, Taxlo DJs @ Sonar $15
OR
Reunion Benefit Show: Huntingtons (reunion), Ghoti Hook (reunion), Tantrum of the Muse (reunion), Speedy Delivery (reunion), 274 (reunion), Fred and the Savages (reunion), Maine Line Riders, Adam & Dave's Bloodline @ City of Hope $10


Sunday 6/14
Peter, Paul & Mary @ Kimmel Center $294-410
OR
I Sea Monsters (Homeboy Music), A New Shade of This, Alyria, Stand Your Ground @ Champion Ship $8


Monday 6/15
Drop Dead Gorgeous, He Is Legend, Before Their Eyes, And Then There Were None @ Hangar 84 $14.75


Tuesday 6/16
Clues (ex-Arcade Fire, ex-Unicorns), Drink Up Buttercup, Conversations With Enemies @ The Barbary $10
OR
Portugal the Man (WVMM Playlist), The Painter and the Canvas, Rosiere, Carbon Kin @ Ottobar $12
OR
Plain White T's @ Ram's Head Live $18 (or 6/17 @ 9:30 w/ Company of Thieves, Days Difference)


Wednesday 6/17
For the Fallen Dreams, Abacabb, Stray From The Path, Heed the Warning, A Century Collapsed (Homeboy Music), Scattered Through The Woods @ Hangar 84 $14.75
OR
Calexico, Lo Moda @ Sonar $15
OR
Peaches, Drums of Death @ 9:30 Club $20


Thursday 6/18
Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefer Band @ Susquehanna Bank Center $36-136 (or 6/20)
OR
House Exit (Homeboy Music), Alex Brubaker (Homeboy Music), Fink's Constant, Hamilton and Gerst @ Trez Music Education Center FREE


Friday 6/19
(21+) Harlem Shakes (WVMM Playlist), Free Energy @ Kungfu Necktie $10
OR
(21+) Bacardi B-LIVE presents: Major Lazer (Diplo & Switch), A-Trak, Drop the Lime @ Electric Factory FREE (with RSVP here)
OR
Metric (WVMM Playlist), Sebastien Grainger (WVMM Playlist) @ The Troc $21 (or 6/18 @ 9:30 $22)
OR
Ace Enders and A Million Different People (ex-The Early November), Person L @ Hangar 84 $14.75
OR
Black Lips, Spank Rock, Ninjasonik, Popo (Mad Decent), DJ Jacob Safari @ Sonar $18
OR
Alex Brubaker (Homeboy Music) @ Legends Cafe FREE
OR
Aaron Charles (Homeboy Music), Purifiction, Regretting Redemption, No Remorse for the Fallen, ... and Then I Stabbed Him, Dishonor the Chapel @ The Silo (Reading, PA) $?


Saturday 6/20
(21+) Thunderheist, Rye Rye (M.I.A.'s label), Mad Decent DJs @ The Barbary $8
OR
Taking Back Sunday, Anberlin, Envy on the Coast @ Electric Factory $27.50 (SOLD OUT?)(or 6/21 @ Sonar $28)
OR
Boys Like Girls, Never Shout Never, The Ready Set @ Chameleon $20


Sunday 6/21
The Classic Crime, Salute the Dawn, In Plainview, You Save My Days, February Falls @ Hangar 84 $14.75
OR
Thunderheist, more TBA @ Ottobar $12


Monday 6/22
Jazmine Sullivan (51:51), Ryan Leslie (The Fader) @ Sonar $25-50


Tuesday 6/23
A Static Lullaby, Vanna, Motionless in White, Asking Alexandria @ The Barbary $12 (or 6/24 @ Ottobar $12 w/ Tides of Man or 6/25 @ Hangar 84 w/out 2 openers $14.75 or 6/26 @ Croc Rock $12 w/ openers & Tides of Man)
OR
Anthony Hamilton, Musiq Soulchild @ Tower Theater $94-441
OR
Def Leppard, Poison, Cheap Trick @ Susquehanna Bank Center $10.80-122.25
OR
REO Speedwagon, Styx, .38 Special @ Merriweather Post Pavilion $40-75


Wednesday 6/24
The Fray, Jack's Mannequin @ Susquehanna Bank Center $14.50-89.50 (or 6/16 w/ Richard Swift $25.50-45.50 @ Merriweather Post Pavilion)


Thursday 6/25
The Classic Crime, These Green Eyes, The Kiera Plan @ The Khyber $10
OR
Owl City, Holiday Parade, Swimming with Dolphins @ Sonar $12
OR
Red, Framing Hanley @ Recher Theatre $15


Friday 6/26
(21+) Telepathe, Lemondade, Jotto @ Johnny Brenda's $10
OR
Beyonce, Solange @ Wachovia Center $20.75-110.75
OR
Framing Hanley, Cavo @ Chameleon $12


Saturday 6/27
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force @ 9:30 Club 27.50
OR
Aaron Charles (Homeboy Music), Bataan Death March, Gloominous Doom, Oprinchiki, Kotetsu! @ Alexander's German Deli (Fleetwood, PA) $6


Sunday 6/28
Every Avenue, Cash Cash, Valencia, Morning Light, Sparks the Rescue @ Crock Rock $12


Tuesday 6/30
Scream the Prayer Tour 2: Haste the Day, The Chariot, Sleeping Giant, Project 86, Oh Sleeper, Gwen Stacy, AGraceful, Love Legacy, A Plea For Purging, Corpus Christi, I Am Alpha and Omega @ Croc Rock $20


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