Regional Shows For April and May: Cold War Kids, Sebadoh, Kaiser Chiefs, Elvis Costello, and lots more!

Shows hitting the Baltimore/DC region through May, courtesy of Filter Magazine:

MARCH
3/28 Hella, The Dirty Projectors @ 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, Love of Diagrams @ 9:30 Club
3/29 Dean & Britta @ Black Cat
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
3/31 Do Make Say Think @ Ottobar

APRIL
4/1 The Presets @ Sonar
4/1 Do Make Say Think @ Black Cat
4/1 Kristoffer Ragnstam @ Iota
4/3 Sebadoh @ 9:30 Club
4/4 Antibalas @ 9:30 Club
4/4 The Blood Brothers, Celebration @ Black Cat
4/5 Albert Hammond Jr @ 9:30 Club
4/5 The Black Angels @ Rock and Roll Hotel
4/6 Lucero @ Black Cat
4/6 Girl Talk @ Ottobar
4/6 Peeping Tom @ Rams Head Live!
4/7 Kaiser Chiefs, The Walkmen, Annuals @ 9:30 Club
4/8 Lily Allen, The Bird and the Bee @ 9:30 Club
4/9 Matt Kearney, Rocco DeLuca, The Feeling @ 9:30 Club
4/13 Aqueduct, Junior Boys, Youth Group @ Black Cat
4/14 Young Love @ St. John’s United Methodist Church
4/15 Matt Kearney, Rocco DeLuca & The Burden, The Feeling @ Rams Head Live!
4/17 The Graduate, The Fold @ Ottobar
4/17 Ratatat, The Books @ 9:30 Club
4/18 TV on the Radio, The Noisettes @ 9:30 Club
4/19 The Headlights, Page France @ Black Cat
4/21 Hot Chip @ 9:30 Club
4/21 Brand New, Kevin Devine, Manchester Orchestra @ Rams Head Live!
4/21 Spoon @ Sonar
4/23 M. Ward, Norah Jones @ DAR Constitution Hall
4/29 Constantines @ 9:30 Club
4/30 Peter Bjorn and John @ 9:30 Club

MAY
5/4 The Arcade Fire @ DAR Constitution Hall
5/6 Blonde Redhead @ 9:30 Club
5/9 Kate Havnevik, Air @ 9:30 Club
5/9 Cornelius @ Sonar
5/10 Ben Gibbard @ 9:30 Club
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
5/13 Silversun Pickups @ Recher Theatre
5/13 LCD Soundsystem @ 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
5/23 Mastodon, Cursive, Against Me! @ Sonar
5/25 Damien Rice @ DAR Constitution Hall
5/27 Mice Parade @ Rock and Roll Hotel

Mastodon announce tour dates with Cursive, Against Me!, Planes Mistaken For Stars, and These Arms Are Snakes

Mastodon are continuing their perpetual tour, and Cursive, These Arms Are Snakes, Against Me!, and Planes Mistaken For Stars will be joining them at staggered times throughout.

Tour Dates:

03/17 - Austin, TX - Beauty Bar 05/01 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern *#
05/02 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield *#
05/04 - Portland, OR - Roseland Ballroom *#
05/05 - Seattle, WA - The Fenix *#
05/06 - Boise, ID - Big Easy *#
05/07 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue * #
05/08 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium * #
05/10 - Milwaukee, WI - Rave Ballroom * #
05/11 - Minneapolis, MN - The Myth * #
05/12 - Chicago, IL - The Riviera * #
05/13 - Detroit, MI - State Theatre * %
05/14 - Cleveland, OH - House Of Blues * %
05/15 - Toronto, ON - Kool Haus * %
05/17 - New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom * %
05/18 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory * %
05/19 - Boston, MA - Avalon * %
05/21 - Columbus, OH - Lifestyles Pavillion * %
05/22 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's * %
05/23 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar * %
05/25 - Orlando, FL - HOB * %
05/26 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle * %
* w/Cursive and Against Me!
# w/Planes Mistaken For Stars
% w/These Arms Are Snakes

Concert Review - Mastodon Brings The Blood and Thunder To 9:30 Club - 2/17/07

Mastodon graced the stage at the 9:30 Club tonight with a tight and essentially flawless set. With very little to say, they came on stage and commenced a set which would feature mostly songs from Blood Mountain, as well as a few songs from Leviathan, including a personal favorite, "Blood and Thunder".

Mastodon is definitely one of the truly technically proficient bands out there, with a free-form element in their composition, as their tracks can change in tempo from one minute to the next, but an absolute rigidity in their performance, as their live show is as tight and true to the album as they come (which can be a very good thing, when your albums are as good as Mastodon's). The only real criticism of the evening is that drummer Brann Dailor can at times seem to get away from the band with his hammering double bass and double-speed playing. But in a live show with both melody and mayhem played to perfection, one cannot complain about a drummer passionate about his work.

An unreal set, Mastodon deserves your attention every time they come in to your city. When they play live, they can put almost any other band, metal or otherwise, to shame with their perfect instrumentation.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

February At The 9:30 Club

If you're wondering, here's what's coming to the 9:30 Club in February:

Feb 1 The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus w/ Emery, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, A Static Lullaby, Kaddisfly
Feb 2 Cowboy Mouth w/ Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
Feb 3 Big Head Todd and The Monsters
Feb 5,6 Goo Goo Dolls w/ Augustana
Feb 8 Dust Galaxy w/ Revival & Georgie James
Feb 9 Jonathan Richman feat. Tommy Larkins
Feb 9,10 Galactic
Feb 10 BLOWOFF Featuring the DJ Sounds of Bob Mould & Richard Morel
Feb 13 Rickie Lee Jones
Feb 14 The Mooney Suzuki
Feb 15 MN8 Presents Eric Roberson
Feb 16 MTV.com Presents Lily Allen
Feb 17 Mastodon w/ Converge & Priestess
Feb 19,20 Slayer w/ Unearth
Feb 21 Gym Class Heroes w/ RX Bandits, P.O.S., K-OS
Feb 22 Rusted Root w/ Quintus
Feb 23 Anberlin w/ Bayside, Meg & Dia, Jonezetta
Feb 24 Cute Is What We Aim For w/ All Time Low, This Providence, Brighten (early show. 3:30 PM Doors)
Feb 24 Van Wilder Tour feat. Everclear
Feb 25,26 Jack's Mannequin w/ We Are The Fury
Feb 28 Guster w/ Mason Jennings