Opulent October

Thursday 10/1
(21+) The Soft Pack, TBA @ Johnny Brenda's $12
OR
SOLD OUT Sunny Day Real Estate, The Jealous Sound @ The Troc
OR
(21+) The Mint, Lovemakers, Overlook, The Gills @ The Khyber $8

Friday 10/2
Ra Ra Riot, Maps & Atlases, Princeton @ The Troc $15 (or @ 9:30 Club the previous night)
OR
Relient K, Copeland, Barcelona @ TLA $21

Saturday 10/3
Every Time I Die, Bring Me The Horizon, Oh Sleeper, Architects @ Electric Factory $20 (or previous night @ Sonar $19)
OR
Ghostface Killah @ The Troc $24
OR
Lights, Stars of Track and Field, The Dialogue @ Sonar $12

Sunday 10/4
In Flames, Between the Buried & Me, 3 Inches of Blood, The Faceless @ The Troc $27 (or the next night @ 9:30 Club $25)
OR
Skillet, Hawk Nelson, Decyfer Down, The Letter Black @ Electric Factory $28-48

Monday 10/5
Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Depreciation Guild @ 1st Unitarian $12 (or @ Ottobar 10/1 $12)

Wednesday 10/7
Billy Talent, Poison the Well, AM Taxi @ TLA $18
OR
Grizzly Bear, Beach House @ Electric Factory $28
OR
Wovenhand @ B-sides FREE

Thursday 10/8
Senses Fail, A Skylit Drive, Closure in Moscow, Fact @ The Troc $19 (or $18 the night before @ Croc Rock)
OR
We Shot the Moon (ex-Waking Ashland), Lights Resolve, Destry @ Hangar 84 $15

Friday 10/9
Dinner and a Suit, Troubador (Homeboy Music)(show reviews here and here), Swie Back (Homeboy Music)(show review here) @ The Loft at the Auction House $7
OR
Asher Roth (show review here) @ Croc Rock $22

Saturday 10/10
The Bravery, Living Things, The Dustys @ TLA $20 (or the next night @ 9:30 Club $25
OR
The Mars Volta @ Electric Factory $35 (or @ Sonar 10/11 $42.50)
OR
August Burns Red (show review here), The Acacia Strain, Impending Doom, Mychildren Mybride @ Croc Rock $15
OR
Blitzen Trapper, Wye Oak @ Ottobar $14

Monday 10/12
Them Crooked Vultures (Dave Grohl of Nirvana & Foo Fighters, Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age & Eagles of Death Metal, John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin) @ Electric Factory $47.50

Wednesday 10/14
Colbie Caillat, Howie Day, Trevor Hall @ Electric Factory $27 (or 10/17 @ 9:30 Club $35)
AND/OR
Tiesto @ Electric Factory $50
OR
The Urban Sophisticates (show review here) @ B-sides FREE
OR
BET's 106 & Park Tour: Trey Songz, Mario, Day 26, Sean Garrett, Icebloc @ Sonar $25

Thursday 10/15
SOLD OUT Andrew McMahon (Something Corporate, Jack's Mannequin) @ World Cafe Live
OR
Ray LaMontagne w/ Baltimore Symphony Orchestra @ The Music Center at Strathmore $44.50 (or the following night @ Meyerhoff Symphony Hall)

Friday 10/16
Built to Spill, Disco Doom, Violent Soho @ The Troc $24 (free 21+ DJ set by Doug Martsch of Built to Spill after the show)(or the following night @ 9:30 Club $25)

Saturday 10/17
(21+) SOLD OUT David Bazan (of Pedro the Lion, Headphones), Say Hi @ Kungfu Necktie $14
OR
SOLD OUT Paramore, Paper Route, The Swellers @ Electric Factory
OR
Lewis Black @ Academy of Music $45-65

Sunday 10/18
Mika @ Electric Factory $32
OR
SOLD OUT The Gaslight Anthem, Murder by Death, The Loved Ones, Broadway Calls @ The Troc (or the next day at the Troc $19)(or 10/22 @ 9:30 Club $20)
OR
Pitbull @ Croc Rock $20
OR
Hanson, Hellogoodbye, Steel Train, Sherwood @ 9:30 Club $30

Monday 10/19
New Found Glory @ Chameleon $17
OR
Brokencyde, Kill Paradise, Watchout! There's Ghosts, The Ready Set, Blood on the Dance Floor, Let's Get It @ Croc Rock $14
OR
Youth Group and guests @ Ottobar $12

Tuesday 10/20
Neon Indian, Post Post @ The Barbary $10
OR
From First to Last, Greeley Estates, Therefore I Am, The Color of Violence, Burden of a Day, Embrace the Beauty @ Chameleon $14

Wednesday 10/21
AC/DC @ Wachovia Center $92.50

Thursday 10/22
(21+) Portugal the Man, Drug Rug, Hockey @ Johnny Brenda's $12
OR
Rodrigo y Gabriela @ Electric Factory $37
OR
The Emergency Room (ex-Alkaline Trio) @ the Balcony in the Troc $14
OR
The Electric Six, The Gay Blades, Millions of Brazilians @ Sonar $14
OR
Dr. Dog and guests @ Ottobar $16

Friday 10/23
(21+) Rain Machine (ex-TV on the Radio), Sharon van Etten @ Johnny Brenda's $12
OR
The White Tie Affair, Every Avenue, Stereo Skyline, Runner Runner, The Lives of Famous Men, Victory in Numbers @ The Troc $14
OR
Dr. Dog @ TLA $19 (or the next day again)
OR
Shooter Jennings, Earl Greyhound @ World Cafe Live $15
OR
Powerhouse 2009: Jay-Z (link to concert video here), Keri Hilson (show review here), Jadakiss, Trey Songz, Day 26, Pleasure P, Mario, Jeremih @ Wachovia Center $10-250
OR
Project Pat @ Sonar $20
OR
MTV Ulalame Festival: Paramore, AFI, Dead by Sunrise (Chester Bennington from Linkin Park), Asher Roth (show review here), Kid Cudi @ Merriweather Post Pavilion $25-35

Saturday 10/24
From First to Last, Greeley Estates, Therefore I Am @ Hangar 84 $15

Sunday 10/25
Cartel, This Providence, The Summer Set, The Bigger Lights @ The Troc $17
OR
Andrew Bird, St. Vincent @ Electric Factory $27.50
OR
Drop Dead Gorgeous (show review here) @ Hangar 84 $15
OR
Taking Back Sunday (show review here), Anberlin (show review here), Fun, Gavin Castleton @ Croc Rock $23

Tuesday 10/27
Attack Attack (see complaints about crabcore here and here), I Set My Friends on Fire (hxc soulja boy), Miss May I, Our Last Night, The Color Morale @ 1st Unitarian $13 (or @ Ottobar the next night $14)
OR
Five For Fighting (acoustic set) @ World Cafe Live $25

Wednesday 10/28
The Used, The Almost (Aaron from Underoath) @ Electric Factory $29 (or w/ Drive A @ Croc Rock 10/24 $20 or @ Sonar 10/25 $25)
OR
The White Tie Affair, The Traveling Talent Show, Every Avenue @ Chameleon $14
OR
Zach Vinson @ B-sides FREE

Thursday 10/29
Haste the Day, Divide the Sky, Where the Ocean Meets the Sky, Wish Me Well, At Daybreak @ Hangar 84 $15

Friday 10/30
Cedric the Entertainer @ Academy of Music $59.50-69.50
OR
Army of Me (acoustic), Mike Mangione @ Chameleon $10
OR
Nevershoutnever, Meg & Dia, Now Now Every Children, Carter Hulsey @ Chameleon $15 (or @ Croc Rock 10/20)
OR
Finch, Blessthefall (show review here), Drop Dead Gorgeous (show review here), Vanna, Let's Get It @ Croc Rock $17 (or @ Sonar 10/26 $15)
OR
Junior Boys, Woodhands, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt @ Sonar $14

Saturday 10/31
Hollywood Undead, Atreyu, Escape the Fate, The Feeling @ Electric Factory $28 (or @ Sonar the previous night)
OR
Silverstein, Madina Lake, I See Stars, The Word Alive @ Croc Rock $14
OR
Cypress Hill @ 9:30 Club $35