Thursday, March 01, 2007

March Big Shows

Looks like Metal Autumn, not Metal March as I previously said. Damn wacky Hi-Fi website. But still, this month holds the Mars Volta, Converge and Helmet! And Hatebreed have already played. And coming up in the next little while are some magnificent duets - the Slayer and Mastodon show, and the Sunn 0))) and Boris combo. Not to mention Dragonforce and Nile. And locally, The Nation Blue have a new album on the way out. It is, still, the crown prince of genres.

Also plenty of indie rock as always, leading up to The Pixies, which is actually April. Notice that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have made it up to us for cancelling the last show, by scheduling two dates. And lots of Brits this month, countering the usual flow of North Americans. From The Slits and Lady Sov to Gomez, Eric Burdon and Jarvis - and not to forget The Pet Shop Boys. All right, guvnor? Do you want a cuppa?

And I'm informed that news of a Reel Big Fish show on April 1st is actually kosher, as Christmas. Just that it sounds like a joke, is all.

Calexico (US) - Corner, 4th (sold out) w/ Whitley, Wagons
Calexico (US) - Corner, 5th, $50 w/ Whitley, J Walker

Who Made Who (DK) - POW, 4th, $27.50 w/ Glitch and Quirk, Dardanelles, The Dukes of Windsor, Gus da Hoodrat

Yo La Tengo (US) - Corner, 6th (sold out) w/ David Kilgour (NZ)
Yo La Tengo (US) - Corner, 7th, $42 w/ David Kilgour (NZ)

The Dears (CAN) - POW, 7th, $38.50 w/ Dappled Cities Fly

Comets on Fire (US) - Corner, 8th, $35 w/ My Disco, Grey Daturas

Play Like a Girl - NSC, 8th, $20
MC Lindy Morrison w/ Dallas Frasca, Monique Brumby (trio), Liz Stringer, Ella and Jesse Hooper, Lisa Miller, Rebecca Barnard, Milk

Beasts of Bourbon - Corner, 9th, $27.50 w/ Double Agents, Legends of Motorsport

Elbow (UK) - POW, 9th, $38.50 w/ Sparkadia, SubAudible Hum

Gotan Project - Hamer Hall, 11th, $?

Dudley Perkins (US) + Georgia Anne Muldrow (US) - Espy, 11th, $?

!!! (US), POW, 12th, $35 w/ The Cops

The Slits (UK) - Corner, 13th, $38 w/ Japanther (US), Fabulous Diamonds

Eagles of Death Metal (US) - Palace, 16th, $49.50 w/ The Answer

Mars Volta - Festival Hall, 17th, $?

Augie March - Corner, 20th, $28 w/ Joel Plaskett and the Emergency, Holly Throsby
Augie March - Corner, 21st, $28 w/ Joel Plaskett and the Emergency, Holly Throsby

Lady Sovereign (UK) - POW, 22nd, $50 w/ Bumblebeez, Opulent DJs, Uberlingua DJs

Batrider album launch - NSC, 23rd, $10 w/ You'll Die Alone, Mum Smokes

Kaiser Chiefs (UK) - POW, 23rd (sold out) w/ The Cops

INXS, Simple Minds, Arrested Development - Palais, 23rd + 24th, $?

Converge (US) - Corner, 24th, $27 w/ 4 Dead, The Red Shore, Broderick
Converge (US) - Corner, 25th, under-18s, $25 w/ 4 Dead, The Red Shore, Broderick

Dropkick Murphys (US) - Palace, 27th, $42

Helmet (US) - Corner, 28th, $48

Eric Burdon and the Animals (UK) - POW, 29th, $66

Rand and Holland album launch - NSC, 29th, $10 w/ Crayon Fields, Grand Salvo, Pikelet

Dappled Cities Fly - East, 30th, $12 w/ Dardanelles, Tobias Cummings and the Long Way Home

The Drones - Corner, 31st, $20 w/ Dimi Dero Inc (FR), Shooting at Unarmed Men, Silver Ray, Electra Jean (FR)

Reel Big Fish - Billboard, 1st April, $?

Lee Scratch Perry (JAM) - POW, 2nd April, $66

Gomez (UK) - Palace, 3rd April, $60.50

Ziggy Marley (US) - POW, 3rd April, $70

Best of the V Festival - Myer Music Bowl, 3rd April, $130
Pet Shop Boys (UK), Groove Armada (UK), Gnarls Barkley (US), The Rapture (US)

Best of the V Festival - Myer Music Bowl, 4th April, $130
Pixies (US), Jarvis Cocker (UK), Phoenix (FRA)

The Lemonheads (US) - Corner, 5th April, $42

Deerhoof (US) - Corner, 7th April, $34 w/ My Disco

Ozomatli (US) - POW, 9th April, $55

Sunn 0))) (US) + Boris (JP) - Hi-Fi, 9th May, $38.50+bf

Dragonforce (UK) - Hi-Fi, May 15th, $44+bf

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (US) - Hi-Fi, 21st May, $39.60+bf
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (US) - Hi-Fi, 22nd May, $39.60+bf

Cold War Kids (US) - Hi-Fi, 30th May, $41.80+bf

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said:

ummm.. i think clap your hands are here in may. right after black keys. yay.

4:26 pm  
Blogger Anastasia said:

Hey, just came across your blog the other day - so dropping by to say hi!

I'd love to see Lee Scratch Perry, might have to check if there are tix left... so much music, so little time to see it all!

11:19 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said:

Sweet, sweet metal. How I pine for ye scraping oscillations.

12:19 am  
Blogger Dave said:

anon 1, you are correct. The Hi-Fi website is messed up, man! Also is my brain. Let me make those corrections...

5:33 pm  

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