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 Raveonettes Announce (Potentially FREE) US Shows

The Raveonettes are beginning to announce some dates for a 2007 tour. Confirmed are:

3/10 - Brooklyn, NY @ Southpaw
3/11 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's
3/12 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
3/14 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
3/15 - Boston, MA @ T.T. The Bear's
3/16 - Washington, DC @ Rock N Roll Hotel

A scheduled Baltimore show was dropped in favor of Boston. Boo!

What's best is, you might get in free! Fans are asked to send the band messages on why they should be picked to be put on the guest list. See more on their MySpace.

Regional Shows of Note For January, February, and March

These dates are courtesy of Filter Magazine:

JANUARY
1/18 The Loved Ones @ Black Cat
1/19 Thursday, Murder by Death, Fear Before The March of Flames, heavyheavylowlow (Strhess Tour) @ 9:30 Club
1/20 Annuals, The Dears @ 9:30 Club
1/22 Camera Obscura, Essex Green, Blue October @ 9:30 Club
1/25 Gnarls Barkley, Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Verizon Center
1/26 Incubus, Albert Hammond Jr. @ 9:30 Club

FEBRUARY
2/5 Sufjan Stevens @ Kennedy Center
2/7 Midlake, St. Vincent @ Rock N Roll Hotel
2/11 Deerhoof @ Black Cat
2/13 Monsters Are Waiting, Stellastarr* @ Rock N Roll Hotel
2/16 Kevin Devine, Koufax, Pablo @ Rock N Roll Hotel
2/12 Oxford Collapse, Thunderbirds Are Now! @ Rock N Roll Hotel
2/21 The Lemonheads @ Ottobar
2/25 The One AM Radio @ Warehouse Next Door
2/28 Guster, Mason Jennings @ 9:30 Club

MARCH
3/1 Guster, Mason Jennings @ 9:30 Club
3/4 Scissor Sisters @ 9:30 Club
3/4 Grizzly Bear, Papercuts @ Black Cat
3/4 Rob Crow (of Pinback) @ Rock N Roll Hotel
3/6 Clinic @ Black Cat
3/8 The Roots @ Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Filter left this one out, but it ain't slippin' by me!)
3/9 The Roots @ DAR Constitution Hall
3/16 Michael Franti & Spearhead @ 9:30 Club
3/20 Pete Yorn, Aqualung @ 9:30 Club
3/23 RJD2 @ 9:30 Club
3/23 Silversun Pickups, Snow Patrol, OK Go @ Bender Arena
3/23 The Walkmen @ Rock N Roll Hotel
3/28 Cold War Kids, Tokyo Police Club, The Delta Spirit @ 9:30 Club
3/31 Electric Six, Test Your Reflex @ Black Cat

Glassjaw Back In Action, Playing Recher Theatre December 27; Free MP3s: Kristoffer Ragnstam, Midnight Movies, Pablo

Glassjaw, fronted by Daryl Palumbo of the Glassjaw side project Head Automatica are back at it, and will be playing Recher Theatre in Towson on December 27. Tickets are on sale today.

A couple other shows of interest:
12/3 - Jeremy Enigk from Sunny Day Real Estate at The Rock and Roll Hotel in DC - $15
12/30 - Lake Trout w/ Two If By Sea and The Device at The Rock and Roll Hotel in DC - $10

Finally, Any Given Tuesday offers up 3 free MP3 files by some folks you don't know, in order of preference:
Midnight Movies - "Patient Eye (Edit)"
Kristoffer Ragnstam - "Breakfast By The Mattress"
Pablo - "Loser Crew"

They'll only stay available for a limited time, so get them while you can. They're worth it.

Baltimore Smoking Ban?; Jeremy Egnik MP3 - "Been Here Before"; New Eminem Premieres On Sirius; Stream The New Damien Rice; New Next Tuesday

Today at 5 PM, the Baltimore City Council will be holding a hearing on a potential indoor smoking ban in Baltimore City. Broadcast on Cable 25, according to the Council's website, this will be a beautiful shouting match on both sides. And for bar-hoppers and live music nuts in general, this should resonate. I dont' smoke, but man, the second-hand smoke really adds to the ambience, doesn't it?


Sunny Day Real Estate fans, check out the new single from Jeremy Enigk, it's called "Been Here Before" and it's off his new solo album, World Waits.


Fans of Eminem will get a new dose when the next single comes out on Sirius today.


The new Damien Rice, 9, is available for streaming from AOL.

Coming out next Tuesday (Halloween), remember Deftones' Saturday Night Wrist, the fabulous Baltimore band Animal Collective's re-release of the live Hollinndagain, Kevin Federline's Playing With Fire (for those who enjoy suffering, or at any rate, the humor in listening to a record by a back-up dancer), Lady Sovereign's Public Warning, or even Courtney Love's journals, "Dirty Blonde".


If you need something that's out now, check out Frida Hyvonen's Until Death Comes. And check her out on November 8 in DC at the Rock and Roll Hotel.