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    Liam and Me from Philadelphia.
    They will be playing their brand of fun, indie, dance, pop music at The Highline Ballroom. Its an early show beware and is all ages. The boys are way cute, so expect the high-pitched screaming girls all over the place.

    January 15 2009 7:00PM The Highline Ballroom


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Weekly Show Update

I have started creating a weekly list of who is in concert. Especially with CMJ coming up, and lots of people unsure of who to see, I am hopefully helping people with getting a sense of who I’m recommending. Naturally, I’m sure there’s some bands Ive not mentioned that are worthy of seeing, and I’ve purposelly omitted the NYC bands – as I can see them anytime. Comments – shows I missed – anything – let me know.

CMJ 10/16 – 10/20

10/17  Deerhunter/Dan Deacon/No Age/White Williams – Bowery Ballroom $15 Drs @7

10/17  A-Trak/Kavinsky – Fools Gold Showcase – Hiro Ballroom $12 Drs/Show @10:30

1017  Mates of State – Joe’s Pub – $16 (Seated Piano Show) @11:30pm

10/18  British Sea Power/Pela/1990s/Tiny Masters of Today/Stardeath & White Dwarfs/the Grey Race – Bowery Ballroom $17 Doors @6pm

10/18  Mute Math/Eisley – Irving Plaza $18

10/18  Islands/Yo Majesty/Thunderheist/Dengue Fever/Octopus Project @ Highline $20

10/18  Mates of State – The Annex $16 Doors @9pm

10/18  Division Day – Union Hall

10/18  Imperial Teen – Southpaw $12

10/19  Mates of State – Joe’s Pub – $16 (Seated Piano show) @7:30pm

10/19 Rodrigo y Gabriela – Roseland Ballroom $30

10/19  Coheed & Cambria/As Tall As Lions @ Highline $30

10/20  Justice – Terminal 5 $25

10/20  Spoon/The Ponys – Roseland Ballroom $27

Highlighted shows are bands I’m interested in

BANDS JUST ANNOUNCED:
1990s – AIDS Wolf – A Band Called Pain – A–TrakAaThe Alarmists – American Steel – The Apes – Apollo Heights – Band of Horses – Tim Barry – Big Bear – The Black Hollies – Black Tie RevueBlackpool LightsBlammos – Bloodhorse – Bouncing Souls – Bowerbirds – Bring Back the Guns – British Sea Power – Brother Ali – The Brunettes – Bryan Scary + the Shredding TearsThe Carter AdministrationCatfish Haven – Celebration – Centro–matic – The Chapin Sisters – Chris Mills – Clockcleaner – Coheed And Cambria – Crystal Castles – Danava – De Novo Dahl – Deerhunter – Del The Funky Homosapien – Dengue Fever – Devin The Dude – Dirtbombs – Dynasty Handbag – Earthless – Ecstatic Sunshine – Eisley – Fake Problems – The Falcon – Fight Amp – Flosstrodamus – Fog – The Forecast – Foreign Islands – Forget Cassettes – Frank JordanGeorgie James – Get Him Eat Him – Gowns – Ha Ha Tonka – Health – The High Strung – Holly and the Italians – Hopewell – Hornet Leg – Imperial TeenInnerpartysystem – Irepress – Islands – Jennifer O’Connor – Jesu – Joan as Policewoman – Japanther – Javelina – Jay Reatard – Josie Cotton – JusticeKavinsky – King Of Prussia – Mike Kinsella – Le Loup – Lewis & Clarke – Lifetime – Little Brother – The Little Girls – The Loved Ones – The Lovemakers – M.I.A. – Made In Mexico – The Mall – Mates Of State – The Matches – Matt & Kim – The Meat Puppets – The Melismatics – Mickey Hart & Zakir Hussein – Miss Georgia Peach – Monotonix – Moon + Moon – Monty Are I – MSTRKRFT – Mud – Mute Math – Nashville Pussy – Nikki Corvette And The Stingrays – No Age – The Nobility – o’death – Octopus Project – Old Time Relijun – Palomar – Papercuts – Permanent Me – The Photo Atlas – The Ponys – Pre – Prince Paul / Baby Elephant – Professor Murder – Rock Plaza Central – Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Rosetta – Ruby Isle – Ruins – Schoolyard Heroes – Scissors for Lefty – Scotland Yard Gospel Choir – Shellshag – Sightings – The Silos – Simian Mobile Disco – Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Smoke or Fire – Speck Mountain – Spoon – Spouse – St. Vincent – Marnie Stern – Takka Takka – The Teeth – Thunderheist – Tiny Masters Of Today – Torche – Total Fucking Destruction – Tulsa – UNKLE – USSR – Vampire Weekend – Vietnam – The Warlocks – Willie Wisely – Wizardzz – Wooden Ships – Xiu Xiu – Yip Yip – Yo Majesty

JUST ANNOUNCED

10/22-23, 26-28  MORRISSEY @Hammerstein

10/10  PJ Harvey @Beacon Theater $35-57

10/22  Justice @ Terminal 5  -$25

12/1-12/2  Decemberists @Terminal 5

10/8  Pipettes @ Irving Plaza $18.50

11/9  Razorlight @ Irving Plaza $19

10/31  B-52’s/The Rapture @ Roseland $45.75

10/30  Hellogoodbye/Say Anything @Hammerstein $22.50

10/22  Wallflowers @Highline Ballroom $25

10/3  Patrick Wolf @ Webster Hall $20

10/5  Mark Ronson @ Webster Hall $22

This Week’s Shows (BY DATE)

BOWERY BALLROOM

9/10  The Veils/The XYZ Affair / The Picture – $13

9/15  Noisettes – $15

WEBSTER HALL

9/10  The Frames – $20 SOLD OUT

THE FILLMORE (IRVING PLAZA)

9/12  Paolo Nutini – $25.50

HIRO BALLROOM

9/12  Sia – $20  (SOLD OUT)

THE ANNEX

9/12  Secret Machines – $15

9/15  His Name is Alive – $12

GRAMERCY THEATER

9/15  Simian Mobile Disco – $18

ROCKS OFF CONCERT SERIES (PIER 81)

9/15  Local H -$20

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

9/14  Interpol/Cat Power/Liars – $39.50

MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG (NORTH 6)

9/16  Apples in Stereo – $14

LUNA LOUNGE

9/16  Noisettes – $13

UPCOMING SHOWS

 BOWERY BALLROOM

9/25  Bats for Lashes – $15

9/27  Fujiya & Miyagi – $15

10/3  Nightmare of You – $13

10/6  Caribou/Born Ruffians – $15

10/12  The Raveonettes/Nicole Atkins – $15

10/17  Deerhunter/Dan Deacon/No Age/White Williams – Bowery Ballroom $15 Drs @7

10/18  British Sea Power/Pela/1990s/Tiny Masters of Today/Stardeath & White Dwarfs/the Grey Race – Bowery Ballroom $17 Doors @6pm

10/25  Shout Out Louds – $16

11/30  Los Campesinos! – $15

MERCURY LOUNGE

9/28  Maps/The Silent League – $10

10/8  The Helio Sequence – $10

10/23-25  Film School/Land of Talk – $12

10/26  The Detroit Cobras – $15

MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG (AKA NORTH 6)

9/28  Fujiya & Miyagi – $15

9/30  Twilight Sad – $12

10/14  Voxtrot/Little Ones – $16

10/15  Voxtrot/1990s – $16

10/26  Shout Out Louds – $15

11/17  Gossip/Long Blondes – $20

12/4  Ted Leo & the Pharmacists – $19.99

LUNA LOUNGE

9/29  Maps/Silent League – $10

WEBSTER HALL

9/21  Metric $20

10/9  The Hives – $20

9/30-10/1  Animal Collective – $20

10/3  Patrick Wolf – $20

10/5  Mark Ronson/Kenna – $22

10/11  !!! – $20

10/13  Hot Hot Heat – $20

10/19  Ghostland Observatory – $20

10/22  She Wants Revenge – $20

10/24-25  New Pornographers – $25

11/2  Waterboys – $30

11/10  Menomena/Illinois – $17

11/13  Battles – $20

11/14  Broken Social Scene – $25

11/16  Gossip/Long Blondes – $20

11/30-12/1  Cold War Kids – $17

KNITTING FACTORY

9/28  +/- [plus/minus] – $10

9/28  The Lucksmiths (Australia – indie-pop) – $12

10/10  Earlimart – $15

11/15  Georgie James (ex Q and Not U)/Travis Morrison Hellfighters (ex Dismemberment Plan) – DC Night it seems – $10

HIGHLINE BALLROOM

9/19  James Blunt – $35

9/30  Jay Brannan – $12

10/10  The Donnas/Switches (UK) – $17

10/18  Islands/Yo Majesty/Thunderheist/Dengue Fever/Octopus Project – $20

10/19  Coheed & Cambria/As Tall As Lions – $30

10/22  Wallflowers – $25

TERMINAL 5

10/11  National – $20

10/20  Justice (CMJ Show) – $25

10/22  Justice – $25

10/23-24  The Shins – $39.50

11/21  Hold Steady/Art Brut – $25

11/30-12/1  Ween – $35

12/1-2  The Decemberists – $30

THE FILLMORE IRVING PLAZA

10/8  Pipettes – $18.50

10/18  Mute Math – $18

11/9  Razorlight – $19

GRAMERCY THEATER

10/11  Architecture in Helsinki – $20

11/17  My Brightest Diamond – $15

WARSAW

11/1  The Thermals

THEATER @MSG

10/3  Bloc Party/Tokyo Police Club – $37.50

10/11-12  Tori Amos – $39.50

THE ANNEX

9/19, 26 10/3  Secret Machines – $15

9/27  The Orange Lights (UK) – $12

10/18  Mates of State – $16

JOE’S PUB

9/26  Beirut/Balkan Beat Box (show is in Central Park) – $25

10/17 & 10/19  Mates of State (seated piano show) – $16

10/24  Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde) – $20 @9:30pm.

12/21-22  Issa (formerly Jane Siberry) – $25

MAXWELLS

10/14  1990s – $15

10/15  British Sea Power – $15

UNION HALL

10/11, 18, 25  Division Day

SOUTHPAW

10/18  Imperial Teen – $12

HIRO BALLROOM

9/21  Gruff Rhys (of Super Furry Animals) – $15

HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM

9/21  Chemical Brothers – $39.50

10/16  Regina Spektor – $35

10/23,24  The Tragically Hip – $37.50

10/22, 23, 26-28  Morrissey

10/30  Hellogoodbye/Say Anything – $22.50

BEACON THEATER

9/29  Kaiser Chiefs/White Rabbits/Datarock – $37

10/10  PJ Harvey – $35-57

10/23  Sinead O’Connor – $50

ROSELAND BALLROOM

10/13  of Montreal – $22

10/19  Rodrigo y Gabriela (CMJ) – $30

10/20  Spoon/The Ponys (CMJ) – $27

10/31  The B-52’s/The Rapture – $45.75

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

9/24  Bjork – $50.50+

RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL

9/19  BRMC (opener) Kings of Leon (headliner) – $35

MCCARREN POOL

9/22  Chemical Brothers – $44

RANDALL’S ISLAND

10/6  Arcade Fire/LCD Soundsystem/Blonde Redhead – $39.50

TOWN HALL

10/18  Stars – $25

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