Your 60-Day Window of Shows: 6/28-8/25

JUNE
6/28 The Fray, OK Go, Mae @ 9:30 Club
6/30 The Polyphonic Spree @ 9:30 Club
6/30 Rodrigo Y Gabriela @ Rams Head Live

JULY
7/1 Robbers on High Street, The Redwalls @ Ottobar
7/3 Morrissey @ Rams Head Live
7/5 The Fiery Furnaces, dios(malos) @ Black Cat
7/7 Tortoise @ Black Cat
7/8 Built to Spill @ 9:30 Club
7/8 Chromeo, Flosstradamus @ Sonar
7/10 Mickey Avalon @ Sonar
7/11 Pela @ Black Cat
7/17 Dirty On Purpose, The Besnard Lakes @ Black Cat
7/20 Violent Femmes @ Power Plant Live
7/21 Deerhunter, Battles, Singer @ Ottobar
7/23 The Ponys @ Black Cat
7/23 Marnie Stern @ Ottobar
7/24 Marnie Stern @ Rock and Roll Hotel
7/25 James Morrison, Ben Folds @ Verizon Center
7/26 Great Northern @ Black Cat
7/27 Paid Dues International Hip Hop Festival: Brother Ali, Hangar 18, Sage Francis, Mr. Lif, Living Legends and more @ Pier Six Pavilion
7/28 The White Stripes @ The Patriot Center
7/30 The Polyphonic Spree, Jessica Hoop @ 9:30 Club

AUGUST
8/2 Fiona Apple @ Pier Six Pavilion
8/4 Virgin Festival @ Pimlico Race Track
8/7 Ra Ra Riot, Tokyo Police Club @ Black Cat
8/8 My Brightest Diamond, Rasputina @ Ottobar
8/8 Blonde Redhead, Beach House @ Rams Head Live
8/8 Ra Ra Riot, Tokyo Police Club @ Sonar
8/11 The Cribs @ Black Cat
8/16 Neko Case @ 9:30 Club
8/21 Wolf Parade, Octopus Project @ Black Cat
8/21 Camera Obscura @ Sonar
8/22 Octopus Project, Stereo Total @ Ottobar
8/25 Limbeck, The Format @ 9:30Club

Pelican Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Summer 2007 Tour Dates

The northeast and mid-atlantic series of dates for Pelican's upcoming U.S. tour have been announced.

7/19 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop w/ Priestbird
7/20 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place w/ Priestbird
7/21 Toronto, ON @ Lees Palace w/ Priestbird, Nadja
7/22 Montreal, QC @ Main Hall w/ Nadja
7/23 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East w/ Clouds, Priestbird
7/24 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Clouds, Priestbird
7/25 Brooklyn, NY @ Luna Lounge w/ Priestbird, Unearthly Trance
7/26 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ Priestbird, Your Black Star
7/28 Washington, DC @ Black Cat w/ Preistbird, Your Black Star
7/29 Richmond, VA @ Alley Katz w/ Clouds, Priestbird

Upcoming Shows Courtesy of Filter Magazine

Here's what's hot and coming to the Baltimore/DC area over the next two months:

6/4 Deftones, The Fall of Troy@ 9:30 Club
6/5 Two Gallants, Les Claypool @ Rams Head Live
6/7 The Cinematics, The Bravery @ 9:30 Club
6/8 EL-P, Hangar 18 @ 9:30 Club
6/8 Kenna, Nelly Furtado @ Patriot
6/9 Califone, Bitter Tears @ Rock and Roll Hotel
6/9 RJD2 @ Starscape (read a review of RJ's last visit to Baltimore)
6/9 Loney, Dear, The Sea & Cake @ Black Cat
6/10 Architecture in Helsinki @ 9:30 Club
6/10 As Tall as Lions @ Rock and Roll Hotel
6/10 Electrelane @ Black Cat
6/12 Favourite Sons, Voxtrot, Au Revoir Simone @ Ottobar
6/13 Voxtrot, Favourite Sons, Au Revoir Simone @ Black Cat
6/13 Feist, Grizzly Bear @ 9:30 Club
6/15 French Kicks, Bon Savants @ Rock and Roll Hotel
6/16 VHS or Beta @ Rock and Roll Hotel
6/19 Great Northern @ Black Cat
6/19 Illinois @ Rock and Roll Hotel
6/20 The National, Talkdemonic @ 9:30 Club
6/21 Panda Bear @ Ottobar
6/21 Wilco @ Merriweather Post Pavillion
6/22 Shiny Toy Guns, Stars of Track & Field, The Hourly Radio @ Sonar
6/23 Bryan Scary @ Velvet Lounge
6/24 Lovedrug, Sparta @ Black Cat
6/28 The Fray, OK Go, Mae @ 9:30 Club
6/30 The Polyphonic Spree @ 9:30 Club

JULY
7/3 Morrissey @ Rams Head Live
7/5 The Fiery Furnaces @ Black Cat
7/7 Tortoise @ Black Cat
7/17 Dirty On Purpose, The Besnard Lakes @ Black Cat
7/20 Violent Femmes @ Power Plant Live (FREE: learn more)
7/23 The Ponys @ Black Cat
7/25 James Morrison @ Verizon Center
7/27 Paid Dues International Hip Hop Festival: Brother Ali, Hangar 18, Sage Francis, Mr. Lif, Living Legends and more @ Pier Six Pavilion
7/28 The White Stripes @ The Patriot Center

AUGUST
8/07 Ra Ra Riot, Tokyo Police Club @ Black Cat
8/21 Wolf Parade @ Black Cat

Filter Magazine's Show Picks For April, May, and June

Here is a short list of upcoming shows at the better small venues in the area, courtesy of Filter Magazine:

APRIL
4/17 The Graduate, The Fold @ Ottobar
4/17 Ratatat, The Books, Despot @ 9:30 Club
4/18-19 TV on the Radio, Noisettes @ 9:30 Club
4/18 Ozomatli @ Sonar
4/19 Richard Swift and the Sons of National Freedom Page France @ Black Cat
4/20 Rodrigo Y Gabriella @ Grosvenor Auditorium
4/21 Hot Chip, Clipse @ 9:30 Club
4/21 Brand New, Kevin Devine, Manchester Orchestra @ Rams Head Live
4/21 Spoon @ Sonar
4/21 Stars of Track & Field, Joseph Arthur and The Lonely Astronauts @ Sonar
4/23 M. Ward, Norah Jones @ DAR Constitution Hall
4/25 Wolfmother @ 9:30 Club
4/26 The Frames @ 9:30 Club
4/29 Constantines @ 9:30 Club
3/29 Deerhunter, Pterodactyl @ Rock and Roll Hotel
4/30 Peter Bjorn and John, Fujiya & Miyagi, Au Revoir Simone @ 9:30 Club

MAY
5/4 The Arcade Fire @ DAR Constitution Hall
5/6 Blonde Redhead @ 9:30 Club
5/8 The Clientele, Beach House @ Black Cat
5/8 Young Love, Under the Influence of Giants @ Ottobar
5/9 Kate Havnevik, Air @ 9:30 Club
5/9 Cornelius @ Sonar
5/10 Ben Gibbard, David Bazan @ 9:30 Club
5/11 The Album Leaf @ Rock and Roll Hotel
5/11 The Greyboy Allstars @ Rams Head Live!
5/12 Silversun Pickups v@ WWDC Radio Show
5/12 Illinois, The Kooks @ 9:30 Club
5/12 Dr. Dog @ Rock and Roll Hotel
5/12 Elvis Costello @ Rams Head Live
5/13 Silversun Pickups, Sea Wolf @ Recher Theatre
5/13 LCD Soundsystem @ 9:30 Club
5/14 !!! @ 9:30 Club
5/16 Artic Monkeys, Be Your Own Pet @ 9:30 Club
5/17 Mando Diao, Pop Levi, The Films @ Black Cat
5/18 Elvis Costello @ 9:30 Club
5/20 Andrew Bird @ 9:30 Club
5/20 Pretty Girls Make Graves, Moonrat @ Black Cat
5/21 Stars of Track and Field, Joseph Arthur and The Lonely Astronauts @ 9:30 Club
5/22 The Rosebuds @ Rock and Roll Hotel
5/23 Cursive, Mastodon, Against Me! @ Sonar
5/25 Damien Rice @ DAR Constitution Hall
5/27 Mice Parade @ Rock and Roll Hotel
5/28 Lily Allen @ Sonar
5/29 Keane, Rocco DeLuca & The Burden @ 9:30 Club
5/30 Sage Francis, Buck 65 @ Ottobar
5/31 Sage Francis, Buck 65 @ Rock and Roll Hotel

JUNE
6/2 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ 9:30 Club
6/8 EL-P @ 9:30 Club
6/9 Califone, Bitter Tears @ Rock and Roll Hotel
6/10 Architecture in Helsinki @ 9:30 Club
6/20 The National @ 9:30 Club

Hot Shows Coming To Baltimore & DC Through April

Here are some pretty nice shows to check out in the Baltimore/DC area over the next month or so:

FEBRUARY
2/21 The Lemonheads @ Ottobar
2/21 Snowden, Malajube @ Rock and Roll Hotel
2/22 Chin Up Chin Up, Someone Still Loves Your Boris Yeltson @ Black Cat
2/25 The One AM Radio @ Warehouse Next Door
2/28 Guster, Mason Jennings, Jack’s Mannequin, Head Automatica @ 9:30 Club

MARCH
3/1 Guster, Mason Jennings @ 9:30 Club
3/2 The Thermals @ Black Cat
3/4 Scissor Sisters @ 9:30 Club
3/4 Grizzly Bear, Papercuts @ Black Cat
3/4 Rob Crow (of Pinback) @ Rock and Roll Hotel
3/5 Bright Eyes @ 9:30 Club
3/5 Young Knives @ Black Cat
3/6 Badly Drawn Boy @ 9:30 Club
3/6 Clinic @ Black Cat
3/9 The Roots @ DAR Constitution Hall
3/14 The Good, The Bad and The Queen @ 9:30 Club
3/16 Michael Franti & Spearhead @ 9:30 Club
3/19 The Cinematics @ 9:30 Club
3/20 Pete Yorn, Aqualung @ 9:30 Club
3/20 Rodrigo Y Gabriela @ Grosvenor Auditorium
3/23 RJD2, Busdriver @ 9:30 Club
3/23 Silversun Pickups, Snow Patrol, OK Go @ Bender Arena (American University)
3/23 The Walkmen @ Rock and Roll Hotel
3/28 Cold War Kids, Tokyo Police Club, The Delta Spirit @ 9:30 Club
3/29 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists @ 9:30 Club
3/30 MSTRKRFT, John Digweed @ 9:30 Club
3/31 Electric Six, Test Your Reflex @ Black Cat
3/31 Menomena, Land of Talk, Field Music @ Rock and Roll Hotel

APRIL
4/5 Albert Hammond Jr (of The Strokes) @ 9:30 Club
4/7 Kaiser Chiefs, The Walkmen @ 9:30 Club
4/9 Matt Kearney, Rocco DeLuca, The Feeling @ 9:30 Club
4/13 Aqueduct, Junior Boys @ Black Cat
4/17 Ratatat, The Books @ 9:30 Club
4/18 TV on the Radio, The Noisettes @ 9:30 Club
4/23 M. Ward, Norah Jones @ DAR Constitution Hall

The Shins and Clinic In Washington, DC In March (Separate Shows, Of Course)

Clinic will play DC's Black Cat March 6. Tickets are on sale now.



The Shins will be playing DAR Constitution Hall on March 12. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 16.