Foxy Python's Flying Circus: schedule

Apologies for the lateness of this post, and the fact that I still owe you two show reviews from last month (from Chris's Jazz Cafe and Let Your Body Take Control). I'm currently home sick with the swine flu, and have been miserable and fevered since the Phillies began losing on Thursday. Be that as it may, the following is a list of cool tings going down in and around what I consider the Philadelphia area this month (no that does not, has never, and will not include New York).

Tuesday 11/3,
(21+) The Very Best (Radioclit & African-English singer Esau Mwamwaya), Javelina @ Johnny Brenda's $10
OR
SOLD OUT The Alternative Press Tour: The Academy Is, Mayday Parade, Set Your Goals, The Secret Handshake, You Me At Six @ TLA (or 11/10 @ Croc Rock $17

Wednesday 11/4
Holler Wild Rose @ B-sides FREE

Thursday 11/5
Thao Nguyen & The Get Down, Portland Cello Project, David Schultz @ 1st Unitarian $12
OR
The Get Up Kids, Kevin Devine, The Life & Times @ The Troc $23 (or the next day @ TLA SOLD OUT)(or 11/3 @ 9:30 Club $21)
OR
Quietdrive, The Higher @ Croc Rock $12 (or 11/7 @ Hangar 84 $15)

Friday, 11/6
The Apple Tree Experience (Homeboy Music), The SketchBook Diarys, I Sea Monsters (Homeboy Music), Judges (Homeboy Music), Its in the Blood, Left Astray, Ken Deavers @ The Fiala Building (Camp Hill, PA) $5
OR
Dinner and a Suit, Troubador (Homeboy Music)(show reviews here and here), Color House @ Easton Bible Church $5 (Hainesport, NJ)
OR
Alex Brubaker (Homeboy Music)(show review here) @ C&C Coffee Co. FREE (Chambersburg, PA)
OR
Bro. Calvin (Homeboy Music) presents Praise Unscripted: Ronald Nicholson, Namaste Jones, Project Praise, DJ Fella and Anointed Voices, Kairos Worship Team, Voices of Inspiration Choir, V.O.Y.C.E., Wilbur Nichols, Purpose, Keith McBrown @ Hostetter Chapel (Messiah College) FREE
OR
Talain Rayne (Homeboy Music) @ Starlight Ballroom $?
OR
Falcon Jones, The Mint, Negative Space, Arise This Day @ Chameleon $8
OR
Sean Kingston, New Boyz @ Croc Rock $22

Saturday 11/7
Next Big Thing (upcoming band showcase) @ The Troc $15
OR
Trivium, Chimaira, White Chapel, Dirge Within @ TLA $23
OR
House Exit (Homeboy Music) @ Dillsburg Firehouse FREE (Dillsburg, PA)
OR
About Me About You, Count Me Out, Bells, Promise Me Destruction (Homeboy Music) @ Chameleon $10

Sunday 11/8
Zee Avi, The Mural & the Mint @ 1st Unitarian Chapel $10
OR
Next Big Thing (upcoming band showcase) @ The Troc Balcony $15
OR
Peter Bjorn and John, El Perro del Mar @ TLA $25 (or previous night @ 9:30 Club)

Monday 11/9
Monsters of Folk (Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes & the Mystic Valley Band, M. Ward of She & Him, Mike Mogis) @ Academy of Music $40.50-50.50 ($1 from each ticket supports Art-Reach)
OR
Bob Dylan @ Liacouras Center (Temple) $50 (30 student I think?)
OR
Gwen Stacy, Lovehatehero, Stray From The Path, Ice Nine Kills, Honor Today $12 (or 11/4 w/ A Century Collapsed (Homeboy Music), Visions of Another, Action Plan Process instead of Honor Today @ Hangar 84 $15)(or 11/3 @ Ottobar w/ From This Point On, Life Worth While instead of Honor Today $12)

Tuesday 11/10
Raekwon (of Wu-Tang Clan) @ 1st Unitarian $15
OR
Mercy Mercedes, The Dangerous Summer, Between the Trees, Single File @ The Troc Balcony $12 (or next night @ Croc Rock $10)

Wednesday 11/11
Papa Roach (what?), Jet, Kill Hannah, Morningwood @ Electric Factory $37 (or $34 @ Ram's Head Live 11/9)
OR
Hoots & Hellmouth @ B-sides FREE
OR
Lamb of God, Darkest Hour, Periphery, This or the Apocalypse @ 9:30 Club $35

Thursday 11/12
A.F.I., Gallows @ Electric Factory $29.50
OR
All That Remains, Lacuna Coil, Maylene & the Sons of Disaster @ Chameleon $20 (or @ Ram's Head Live previous night)
OR
We Came As Romans, Broadway, This Romantic Tragedy @ Hangar 84 $15 (or w/ Tides of Man, I Sea Monsters (Homeboy Music), The Air I Breathe, Left Astray @ Champion Ship [Lemoyne, PA] 11/13 $12)

Friday 11/13
Broken Lizard Live (standup & sketch comedy, short films, and preview of next full-length from the creators of Super Troopers, Beerfest, and Club Dread) @ The Troc $29
OR
Peaches, Amanda Blank @ TLA $23
OR
Initials (ex-Taking Back Sunday/The Color Fred [show review here], ex-Versa Emerge, ex-Hot Rod Circuit), The Scenic, Desoto Jones, Impulsive Decision, Bizarre Silence, Super Consumers @ SevenAtSeven (Cherry Hill, NJ) $14
AND/OR
(18+) RED HOT!: Red Cross Benefit Rave featuring DNB, jungle, and dubstep DJs 10pm-5am @ Club Samba $15 advance

Saturday 11/14
Hit the Lights, There for Tomorrow, Vinnie Caruana (ex-Movielife, of I Am The Avalanche), Sparks the Rescue, iRival @ 1st Unitarian $12 (or previous night @ Ottobar)
OR
(21+) Max Tundra (Buzz Band), Deastro @ Kungfu Necktie $10 (or previous night w/ The Water, Comeback Ranch @ The Metro Gallery $10, still 21+)
OR
Forever the Sickest Kids, The Rocket Summer, Sing It Loud, My Favorite Highway, Down With Webster, Kelsey and the Chaos @ the Troc $17 (or w/out Kelsey @ Croc Rock previous night or @ Sonar 11/7 $18)
OR
SOLD OUT Brand New, Thrice, Crime in Stereo @ Electric Factory (or 11/11 @ Sonar also SOLD OUT)
OR
Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia featuring The O'Jays, The New Stylistics, The Delfonics, The Intruders, Jerry Butler, Harold Melvin's Bluenotes, Eddie Holman, and The Jones Girls @ Liacouras Center (Temple) $55-75
OR
Hawthorne Heights, Just Surrender, Punchline, Monty Are I @ Croc Rock $15 (or following night @ Ottobar)
OR
Sean Paul @ Croc Rock $27
AND/OR
MCPC's Spirit of Philadelphia cruise [details] (again shameless self-promotion) $15

Sunday 11/15
SOLD OUT Brand New, Glassjaw, Crime in Stereo @ Electric Factory
OR
Less Than Jake, The Casualties, The Swellers @ TLA $23 (or previous night w/ The Dangerous Summer and Warped Tour doc screening @ Ram's Head Live)

Monday 11/16
Breathe Carolina, Cash Cash, Stephen Jerzak, Kill Paradise, Fight Fair @ 1st Unitarian $12

Tuesday 11/17
J. Tillman (of Fleet Foxes), Pearly Gates Music @ 1st Unitarian $12 (or 11/18 @ 9:30 Club $15)
OR
Bayside, American Sixgun, Eat People, Spark to Inferno @ Ottobar $15

Wednesday 11/18
(21+) Bishop Allen (show review here), Throw Me the Statue, Darwin Deez @ Johnny Brenda's $12
OR
Amanda Palmer (of Dresden Dolls), Nervous Cabaret @ TLA $23
OR
Theory Hazit @ B-sides FREE
OR
Dan Deacon, Nuclear Power Pants, Sick Weapons, The Creepers @ Ottobar $7
OR
Sugarhill Gang 30th Anniversary Party @ Ram's Head Live $20

Friday 11/20
Joshua Radin, The Watson Twins, The Kin @ The Troc $17
OR
Ani DiFranco, Gabby Moreno @ Electric Factory $34
OR
(21+) Hoots & Hellmouth, William Elliot Whitmore @ Johnny Brenda's $15
OR
The Right Coast, The Fold, The Status @ Hangar 84 $15
OR
Dance Rawr Dance III: Family Force 5, Valencia, Young and Divine @ 9:30 Club $15
OR
Alex Brubaker (Homeboy Music)(show review here) @ MCPC FREE (yeah, I'm promoting)

Saturday 11/21
SOLD OUT Boys Like Girls, Cobra Starship, The Maine, A Rocket to the Moon, Versa Emerge @ Electric Factory (or 11/19 @ Croc Rock $25)
OR
Flyleaf, Paper Tongues @ TLA $21 (or previous night @ Sonar $27)
OR
Matisyahu, Trevor Hall @ Sonar $28
OR
Push Play, Emily Osment, Phil Benson, Victory By Revenge (show review here) @ Sonar $14

Sunday 11/22
The Maine, Valencia, A Rocket to the Moon, Versa Emerge, Great Big Planes @ Electric Factory $19
OR
Deadmau5, Burns @ TLA $27.50 (or following night $25 w/ Kim Fai @ 9:30 Club)
OR
Bowling for Soup @ Chameleon $12

Tuesday 11/24
Devendra Banhart, Luke Rathborne @ Electric Factory (seated show) $25 (or following night @ 9:30 Club $30)
OR
Phish @ Wachovia Center $50
OR
In This Moment, In Fear and Faith, Motionless in White @ Croc Rock $14

Wednesday 11/25
Metric, Band of Skulls @ Electric Factory $22 (or 11/23 @ Ram's Head Live $20 minus Band of Skulls)
OR
Phish @ Wachovia Center $50

Friday 11/27
Julian Pelnti (Paul Banks of Interpol), I'm In You @ 1st Unitarian $12

Saturday 11/28
Saving Abel, Red, Pop Evil, Taddy Porter @ Croc Rock $18 (or $25 @ Ram's Head Live 11/24)
OR
Texas In July, With Life In Mind, more TBA @ Champion Ship $10
Maryland Metal & Hardcore Festival III: Throwdown, Bury Your Dead, For Today, Abacabb, In Alcatraz 1962, more TBA @ Sonar $16 ($30 for 2-day pass)

Sunday 11/29
Maryland Metal & Hardcore Festival III: The Faceless, Dying Fetus, Beneath The Massacre, Vital Remains, Annotations of an Autopsy, more TBA @ Sonar $16 ($30 for 2-day pass)

Monday 11/30
Do Make Say Think (members of Broken Social Scene), The Happiness Project (WVMM playlist, member of Broken Social Scene/Do Make Say Think), Years (member of Broken Social Scene/Do Make Say Think, Feist) @ 1st Unitarian Sanctuary $15

9/27/09

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

9/1/09

Sexy September

Hey kids,
It's time for another monthly show schedule. As of now my internet is still a bit weird, but I'm in Philly at Temple now, so that situation should be rectified in the near future, at which point you can expect more regular posting. I still owe you Warped Tour and Purple Door photoblogs, as well as possible guest reviews of Bob Dylan and Dream Theater from summer. There will also be a forthcoming post on Temple's welcome week concert featuring The Dream and Keri Hilson.
Peace, love, and rock'n'roll,
Foxy

Wednesday 9/2
The Love Language @ B-sides FREE

Thursday 9/3
Four Year Strong, Fireworks, Crime In Stereo, Title Fight @ 1st Unitarian $12
OR
Between the Buried & Me, My Children My Bride, Texas In July, ventriloquist, Below the Tide @ Chameleon $13
OR
The Wallflowers, Butterfly Boucher @ 9:30 Club $25
OR
Pet Shop Boys @ D.A.R. Constitution Hall $55-75

Saturday 9/5
Alice in Chains @ TLA ? (possibly sold out)
OR
Flood The Gates, A Century Collapsed (Homeboy Music), Life In Ruin, TBA @ Hangar 84 $14
OR
Counting Crows, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Augustana @ Merriweather Post Pavilion $35-75

Sunday 9/6
The Right Coast, Racing Kites, Boys of Summer, The Fervour, Darry Miller (Homeboy Music) @ Chameleon $9

Tuesday 9/8
Kings of Leon, The Features @ Merriweather Post Pavilion $36-46

Wednesday 9/9
Punchline, Farewell, Between the Trees @ Hangar 84 $14 (or @ Ottobar 9/7 $12)
OR
Mucca Pazza @ B-sides FREE

Friday 9/11
Absolutepunk.net Next Favorite Band Tour: Between the Trees, Farewell, Punchline, Action Item, Changing Leaves, Fast Track Romance, The Movement, Always Second Favorite, The Sandlot Heroes @ Croc Rock $12

Saturday 9/12
Texas In July, Circus Circus @ Croc Rock $10
OR
Trivium, White Chapel, Dirge Within, Darkest Hour @ Croc Rock $20
OR
Iron & Wine, Roman Candle @ Messiah College $25 (non-students)
OR
Cedric the Entertainer @ Academy of Music $70-80

Sunday 9/13
Perez Hilton presents: Ladyhawke, Ida Maria, Frankmusik, Semi Precious Weapons @ TLA $29.50 (or $20 @ 9:30 Club 9/12)
OR
ZZ Top @ 9:30 Club $75

Monday 9/14
Emmure, Evergreen Terrace, Stick To Your Guns, Oceano, For Today, Action Plan Process @ Hangar 84 $14
OR
ZZ Top @ 9:30 Club $75

Wednesday 9/16
Batida @ B-sides FREE

Thursday 9/17
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Secret Machines, The G @ 1st Unitarian $12 (or 9/16 $20 @ 9:30 club)
OR
Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Jay Electronica, Medina Green, Black Landlord @ Electric Factory $37 (or $35 @ Sonar 9/16)
OR
Streetlight Manifesto, Outernational, Broadway Calls @ The Troc $17 (or 9/19 $14 @ Chameleon)
OR
Ingrid Michaelson, Greg Holden, Johnny Marnell @ TLA $23 (or 9/18 @ 9:30 Club $20)
OR
Yo La Tengo, Endless Boogie @ 9:30 Club $20
OR
Matt & Kim, Amanda Blank, The Intelligence @ Sonar $15

Friday 9/18
SOLD OUT Thursday, Fall of Troy, Young Widows, Moving Mountains@ 1st Unitarian $17
OR
Jedi Mind Tricks, Immortal Technique, Reef the Lost Cauze @ The Troc $22 (or 9/19 $20 @ Recher Theatre)
OR
Mercy Mercedes, Stereo Skyline, The Readyset, Tina Parole @ Hangar 84 $14 (or $12 @ The Note w/ Sommersault Sunday)
OR
CI Records 14th Anniversary: Open Ravine, Consumer, Motionless in White, This or the Apocalypse, Palermo, Oceans in Love, Adam Taylor, Albert React @ Chameleon $12
OR
Owl City, Kate Havnevik, Unicorn Kid @ The Note $16
OR
Dave Matthews Band @ Susquehanna Bank Center $42
OR
Secondhand Serenade, Parachute, Evan Taubenfeld & The Bust @ Recher Theatre $18

Sunday 9/20
Moby, Kelli Scarr @ Electric Factory $35 (or @ 9:30 Club 9/18)
OR
Stryper (25th Anniversary), Manic Drive @ Croc Rock $20 (or w/ Flight Patterns @ Chameleon 9/23)
OR
Family Force 5, Breathe Carolina, Cash Cash @ Chameleon $15
OR
Dave Matthews Band @ Susquehanna Bank Center $40-77
OR
Gwar, Job For A Cowboy, Mobile Death Camp @ Sonar $23

Monday 9/21
Craig Owens (of Chiodos), Automatic Love Letter (acoustic), The Scenic @ 1st Unitarian $14 (or $12 without The Scenic @ Croc Rock 9/22 or Ottobar 9/20)

Wednesday 9/23
victor victor Band @ B-sides FREE

Thursday 9/24
Regina Spektor @ Electric Factory $37 (or @ D.A.R. Constitution Hall 9/30 $45)
OR
She Wants Revenge, Kill Hannah, New Medicine, Six O'clock Saints @ The Troc $20

Friday 9/25
All That Remains, Lacuna Coil, Maylene & the Sons of Disaster, From Sword to Sunrise @ The Troc $20
OR
Mutemath, As Tall As Lions @ TLA $27 (or $23 9/24 @ Sonar)
OR
SOLD OUT Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ 9:30 Club

Saturday 9/26
Shwayze, B.O.B., Cold Flamez, Beardo, Tabi Bonney @ The Troc $19 (or 9/29 $18 @ Sonar)
OR
Mat Kearney, Diane Birch @ TLA $23 (or 9/24 @ 9:30 Club $25)(or $20 9/22 @ Recher Theatre)
OR
Parkway Drive, Gwen Stacy @ Hangar 84 $14
OR
Mae (show review here), Locksley, Deas vail @ Chameleon $14
OR
Snow Patrol, Plain White T's @ Tower Theater $30-43 (or 9/25 $35 @ D.A.R. Constitution Hall)
OR
The Prize Inside, House Exit (Homeboy Music) @ The Champion Ship $8

Sunday 9/27
A Day To Remember (show review here), Parkway Drive, In Fear and Faith, I See Stars @ Croc Rock $20

Monday 9/28
The Bled, Alesana, Broadway, Asking Alexandria, Madina Lake, Where The Ocean Meets The Sky @ Hangar 84 $14 (or 9/26 without opener @ Croc Rock)(or $17 with Carousel Kings @ Chameleon 9/27)

Tuesday 9/29
Wavves, Ganglians, Reading Rainbow @ 1st Unitarian $10 (or w/ Popo [Mad Decent] instead of Reading Rainbow @ Ottobar 9/30 $12)
OR
Lady GaGa @ D.A.R. Constitution Hall $25-150

Wednesday 9/30
Arctic Monkeys @ Electric Factory $27
OR
Texas in July @ B-sides FREE
OR
SOLD OUT Sunny Day Real Estate, The Jealous Sound @ 9:30 Club

7/30/09

Awesome August

Saturday 8/1
Totally Raging in the Round Pool Show: Dan Deacon, No Age, Deerhunter, White Rainbow, Ed Schrader, Infinite Body @ Flying W Airport & Resort (Medford, NJ) $12 (drive yourself)/$17 (w/ shuttle from Philly)
OR
Tinted Windows (Buzz Band) @ TLA $19
OR
An Early Ending (CD release, free CD w/ ticket), Texas In July, Horde of the Eclipse, Hope Runs Deep, My Heart to Fear, I Caught the Alchemist, 20 Shades of Black @ Champion Ship (Lemoyne, PA) $12
OR
Fear Before, Oceana, Memphis May Fire, Of Machines, This Time Next Year, At Daybreak @ Hangar 84 $14
OR
Giants Among Men (Homeboy Music/review here) (EP release show w/ 6 others) @ Silo Nightclub (Reading, PA) $10
OR
All Points West Day 2 (schedule here)

Sunday 8/2
Scream the Prayer 2: The Chariot, Sleeping Giant, Project 86, Oh Sleeper, Gwen Stacy, For Today, A Plea For Purging, Agraceful, Corpus Christi @ Sonar $23
OR
All Points West Day 3

Monday 8/3
Silversun Pickups, Manchester Orchestra, Cage the Elephant @ Ram's Head $30

Tuesday 8/4
(21+) Gang Gang Dance, Hex Message, Mincemeat or Tenspeed @ Kungfu Necktie $12
OR
(21+) Talain Rayne (Homeboy Music) (w/ 3 others) @ North Star Bar $5

Wednesday 8/5
(21+) Now Now Every Children (WVMM Playlist), Bad Veins, Sounds From Atlantis, Makeout Party @ North Star Bar $10

Thurdsay 8/6
Asher Roth (review here), Kid Cudi, B.O.B., 88 Keys @ Electric Factory $27 (or 8/4 @ Ram's Head $30)
OR
Anarbor, Sparks the Rescue, The Dialogue, Rosiere @ Talking Head Club $10

Friday 8/7
Rockstar Mayhem Festival: Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Killswitch Engage, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Cannibal Corpse, Job For A Cowboy, Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, White Chapel @ Susquehanna Bank Center $58
OR
August Burns Red (review here), Bless the Fall, All Shall Perish, Iwrestledabearonce @ Chameleon $17 (or 8/8)
OR
Deadmau5 @ Ram's Head $25

Saturday 8/8
The Clipse, J. Cole @ Starlight Ballroom $18

Sunday 8/9
Jonah Matranga (ex-Far, New End Original, Onelinedrawing, Gratitude) @ 1st Unitarian Chapel (50 seats) $10
OR
Thrash and Burn Tour: Devil Driver, Emmure, Despised Icon, Mychildren Mybride, Veil of Maya, For The Fallen Dreams @ Sonar $20

Tuesday 8/11
Shai Hulud, Reign Supreme, The Carrier, Prophet Said I, Life in Ruin, Action Plan Process @ Hangar 84 $14

Wednesday 8/12
The Scenic, Socratic, Action Item, The Skylife, Robots & Racecars @ The Barbary $10
OR
De La Soul @ Ram's Head $25

Thursday 8/13
The Pretenders, Cat Power, Juliette Lewis @ Electric Factory $52

Friday 8/14-Sunday 8/16
This Is Hardcore Festival @ Starlight Ballroom $55 or $20 a day (bands, etc. @ R5)
OR
Philadelphia Folk Festival: Iron & Wine, The Decemberists, Deer Tick, The Low Anthem, West Philadelphia Orchestra, Enter the Haggis, many more
OR
Purple Door (8/14-15) schedule here

Friday 8/14
I Sea Monsters (Homeboy Music), Aneirin, more TBA @ Champion Ship $8
OR
Liam and Me, The Downtown Fiction, Amely @ Hangar 84 $14

Thursday 8/20
The Scene Aesthetic, The Color Fred (review here), The Ready Set, Stephen Jerzak, Tyler Williams @ The Barbary $12 (or 8/22 @ Sonar)
OR
Colin Hay (of Men at Work), Jer Coons @ Recher Theatre (Towson, MD) $25 (or 8/21 @ World Cafe Live $30)

Saturday 8/22
Bouncing Souls, 7 Seconds, None More Black @ The Troc $21

Sunday 8/23
Bouncing Souls, Lifetime, Tim Barry @ The Troc $21
OR
Blue October, Switchfoot, Ours @ Ram's Head $35

Tuesday 8/25
Emery, Maylene & the Sons of Disaster, Closure in Moscow, Ivoryline, Kiros @ Recher Theatre $15

Wednesday 8/26
The Vivian Girls, The Beets, TBA @ The Barbary $10

Thursday 8/27
Blink-182, Weezer, Taking Back Sunday (review here), Chester French (WVMM playlist) @ Susquehanna Bank Center $65
OR
Red, Our After, Squash, Shelflyfe @ Chameleon $14
OR
KC & the Sunshine Band @ Ram's Head $45

7/1/09

Jumping July

So... sorry this is so late. I've been busy with work and whatnot. Here it is for what it's worth.

Tuesday 7/7
SOLD OUT Matt & Kim, Japandroids, Team Robespierre @ 1st Unitarian $10
OR
Red, Framing Hanley, Maddam Ink @ Croc Rock $15
OR
Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, Deep Sea Diver @ Ottobar $25

Wednesday 7/8
Matisyahu, Umphrey's McGee @ Electric Factory $31.50
OR
Enter Shikari @ Croc Rock $12

Thursday 7/9
(21+) Handsome Furs (Wolf Parade side project, WVMM playlist), Dri, Cinnamon Band @ Johnny Brenda's $12 (or 7/11 @ Ottobar ALL AGES $10)
OR
The Ten for Ten Tour: Poison the Well, Madball, Terror, Vision, War of Ages, This Is Hell, Death Before Dishonor, Trapped Under Ice, Crime in Stereo, The Ghost Inside @ The Troc $10 (or @ Sonar 7/11)
OR
Ani DiFranco, Guggenheim Grotto @ Ram's Head $40

Friday 7/10
All Time Low, We the Kings, Cartel @ Electric Factory $25
OR
K'naan @ Chameleon $15
OR
Troubador (Homeboy Music, review here), Ortolan, Wildebeast @ The Loft (Audobon, NJ) $TBA

Saturday 7/11
August Burns Red, Bless The Fall, Enter Shikari, IWrestledABearOnce @ Starlight Ballroom $15 OR
Chevelle @ Chameleon $23
OR
State Radio, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists @ Ram's Head $17

Sunday 7/12
Hey Monday, This Providence, The Friday Night Boys, Stereo Skyline, The Bigger Lights @ Ottobar $12

Monday 7/13
Chiodos, Circus Circus, Embrace the Beauty, Taking Treadwell, A City Undone @ Chameleon $18
OR
Playradioplay, Peachcake, Love You Long Time @ Croc Rock $12

Wednesday 7/15
(21+) Stellastar, Wild Light (ex-Arcade Fire) @ Johnny Brenda's $14 (or 7/18 @ Ottobar w/ Thrushes ALL AGES)
OR
Hollywood Undead, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Mest, The Sleeping @ Chameleon $22

Thursday 7/16
Abe Vigoda, Talbot Tagora, more TBA @ The Barbary $10 (or 7/15 @ Ottobar w/ Avocado Happy Hour, Cotton Candy Collective)
OR
The Audition, The Higher, Runner Runner, The Hoodies, Storm the Beaches, Ever Since Ebbwood @ Sonar $14

Friday 7/17
(21+) Audrye Sessions, Paper Route @ Kungfu Necktie $10
OR
WARPED TOUR @ Susquehanna Bank Center $40
OR
Reel Big Fish, The English Beat, The Supervillains @ Croc Rock $22
OR
Marc Seeley (Homeboy Music) @ Crimson Frog (Camp Hill, PA) FREE

Saturday 7/18
All Time Low, Cartel, Days of Difference @ Croc Rock $20
OR
Aaron Charles (Homeboy Music), Your Nightmare Awaits, Floating Facedown, Kids With Leprosy @ Roller Roost (Pottsville, PA) $6

Monday 7/20
The Artery Foundation, Emarosa (review here), Our Last Night, In Fear And Faith, I See Stars, Burden of a Day, Broadway @ Hangar 84 $14 (or 7/19 @ Croc Rock $15)

Tuesday 7/21
LFO ("I steal your honey like I stole your bike"), Rookie of the Year, Go Crash Audio, Kiernan McMullen @ Croc Rock $25

Wednesday 7/22
The Cab, A Rocket to the Moon, The Summerset, Eye Alaska, My Favorite Highway @ Chameleon $10 (or 7/28 @ 9:30 Club)
OR
Shai Hulud, Reign Supreme, The Carrier, Cast in Shadows, more TBA @ Croc Rock $14

Thursday 7/23
Texas In July (record release), Ventriloquist, Among the Exiled, Torn to Ruins, I Am History, Where There's A Will @ Chameleon $12
OR
I Sea Monsters (Homeboy Music, tour kick-off) @ Champion Ship (Lemoyne, PA) $8
AND/OR
Alex Brubaker (Homeboy Music, review here) @ Elizabethtown Square (Elizabethtown, PA) FREE

Friday 7/24
Rise Against, Rancid, Billy Talent @ Ram's Head $35
OR
Battle of the Bands featuring A Century Collapsed (Homeboy Music) @ Hangar 84 $10

Saturday 7/25
Kingsfoil, Suburban Sound, Katie Becker, Tin Leaves, Scamp Woods, Heavy Feather @ Chameleon $10

Monday 7/27

Kill Paradise, And Then There Were None, Bradley Hathaway @ Hangar 84 $14 (or 7/26 @ Croc Rock w/ Save the Rec Center, Autumn Afire, The Brightlife, Live 2 Tell $12)

Get A Life (Homeboy Music), With The Punches, About Me About You, Anxious Arms @ Rey's (Mount Joy, PA) $6

Wednesday 7/29

Yeah Yeah Yeahs (WVMM Playlist) @ Electric Factory $27

Neko Case, Jason Lytle (ex-Grandaddy, WVMM Playlist) @ Kimmel Center $35 (or 7/28 @ Ram's Head $30)

OR
Nightmare of You, Swie Back (Homeboy Music), Brian Bondz, Plushgun (Buzz Band), Aushua @ Hangar 84 $15 (or $12 if purchased from Swie Back)
OR
Method Man, Redman, Ghostface Killah @ Ram's Head $35 (or @ 9:30 Club 7/24)

Thursday 7/30
Fleet Foxes, Espers @ Electric Factory $27
OR
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead @ Chameleon $14 (or 7/29 @ Ottobar $12)
OR
M. Ward, Chain and the Gang @ 9:30 Club $25
OR
Set Your Goals, Four Year Strong, Fireworks, The Swellers, Drive A @ Ottobar $14

Friday 7/31
The BBQ Across America Tour: Ace Enders & A Million Different People, Person L, The Gay Blades, The Dangerous Summer, School Boy Humor @ TLA $15 (or 7/25 @ Crock Rock $12 or 7/24 @ Sonar $15)
OR
Lil' Wayne @ Susquehanna Bank Center $20-425

The Tea Club (Homeboy Music), Super Effective (debut), antimatterfox, re-animator @ VFW (Barrington, NJ) FREE (this show is being filmed for a possible DVD)

5/29/09

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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