After you are done visiting every record store in town this weekend as part of the Record Store Day celebration, you might be wondering what’s going on in the clubs. To assist you toward satisfying your live music fix I’ve assembled this handy list of the performances I would recommend, if someone were to ask. Click through for my picks (bolded names highly recommended).
THU., APRIL 14
La Snacks (7″ release), The Calm Blue Sea, The Gary, Zoltars at the Hole in the Wall
Gogol Bordello at Stubb’s
For the Love of Harry: A Tribute to Harry Nilsson with The Harry Hoot Orchestra (featuring Christina Mars of the Asylum Street Spankers), The Floating Opera Orchestra, Sweet Gary Newcomb, The Jitterbug Vipers, Miles Zuniga, Patrick Pestorius, Hillary York, Ramsay Midwood, Jenni Wieland, Vermeer Cartoon at Ruta Maya
FRI., APRIL 15
Hatchet Wound, Soft Healer, Love Inks, Thousand Foot Whale Claw at Beerland
Daniel Francis Doyle, Capillary Action, Reverse X-Rays at the Mohawk
Save Hot Tracks with Danny Malone, Leatherbag, The Eastern Sea, The Great Nostalgic, Wire Tree, The Pons, David Wingo (of Ola Podrida), My Education, Corrina Corrina, The Gary at Club De Ville
Cruddy, Women in Prison, Uzi Rash (Oakland), Recide at 505 E. 54th
White Denim, Yellow Fever, Hundred Visions at Antone’s
The Ugly Beats, Los Skarnales, Nick Curran and The Lowlifes, Flash Boys at Emo’s
SAT., APRIL 16 (Record Store Day)
Apache Dropout (Bloomington) at End of an Ear
The Toadies at Waterloo Records
Exhorder, Rigor Mortis, Dead Earth Politics, HOD, The Blood Royale at Emo’s
Minor Mishap Marching Band, Churchwood (CD release), Megafauna at the Hole in the Wall
Benefit show for Houston Ritcheson with Blunt Force Trauma, Blood of Patriots, Before Dishonor, Confused, Ignorance Park, Sore Losers at Headhunters
Pynchon Dual, Abigail und Hansel, Book of Shadows, Venison Whirled at Trailer Space
Eagle Claw, Maleveller, Omotai, Curse the Heavens at Red 7
TUE., APRIL 19
Buoyant Sea (New Orleans), Pataphysics, Slugbug, Breakdancing Ronald Reagan, Sky Chance at the Spider House Ballroom
Rise Against, Bad Religion, Four Year Strong at Stubb’s (outside)
Lower Class Brats, Formulae at Stubb’s (inside)
WED., APRIL 20
Dulca Vida Tequila presents The Golden Boys, Followed By Static, Shawn David Mcmillen at Trailer Space
Flo-Twenty with Das Racist, Zeale, Fat Tony, DJ Czech One at Red 7
The Kills, Cold Cave, The Entrance Band at La Zona Rosa
