Yet again, it will be another busy year of shows. I realize I never even finished with my 2006 shows, so that will need to be updated as well. Keep an eye on this as I assure you, there might possibly be more shows this year than 2006. Is that really possible?!? Stay tuned 🙂

• • 1/7 – Jazz music – Barbe’s – Park Slope, Brooklyn
  • 1/24 – Building 6 (Brooklyn, NY), Lungs of a Giant (NJ), Miami Ice Machine (NYC) – Cakeshop – NYC
  • 1/26 – The Affair (NYC), Les Sans Culottes (Brooklyn, NY) – Mercury Lounge – NYC
  • 1/31 – Shy Child (NYC), Born Ruffians (Toronto), Ra Ra Riot (Syracuse, NY), Vampire Weekend (NYC) – Mercury Lounge – NYC
  • 2/7 – Midnight Movies (LA, CA) – Mercury Lounge – NYC
  • 2/9 – Midlake (Denton, TX), St. Vincent (TX), The Czars (TX) – Bowery Ballroom – NYC
  • 2/16 – Under the Influence of Giants (LA, CA), The Spies (NYC) – Knitting Factory – NYC
  • 2/19 – Snowden (Atlanta), Malajube (Montreal), Ra Ra Riot (Syracuse, NY) – Southpaw – Brooklyn, NY
  • 2/21 – Chin Up Chin Up (Chicago), Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (Springfield, MO), Rahim (NYC), Dirty Lenin (Brooklyn, NY) – Mercury Lounge – NYC
  • 2/28 – Young Love, Moros Eros – Bowery Ballroom – NYC
  • 3/4 – The Thermals (Portland), The Big Sleep (NYC) – Bowery Ballroom – NYC
  • 3/10 – Of Montreal (Atlanta), Loney, Dear (Sweden), DJ Quat – Irving Plaza – NYC
  • 3/11 – The Pipettes (UK), The Booze (Atlanta) – Luna Lounge – Brooklyn, NY
  • 3/12 – The Raveonettes (Denmark), The Pity Party (LA), Dead Combo (Finland) – Mercury Lounge – NYC
  • 3/13 – Live From London featuring: The Holloways, Tunng, Pop Levi and The Winterkids – Mercury Lounge – NYC
  • 3/14 – The Shins (Portland), Viva Voce (Portland) – The Theater @ MSG – NYC
  • 3/31 – Birdmonster (SF), Mason Proper (Michigan), Jena Malone & The Bloodstains (NYC), Tiger City (NYC) – Gramercy Theater – NYC
  • 4/1 – The Long Winters (Seattle), Stars of Track and Field (Portland), Broken West (LA) – Mercury Lounge – NYC
  • 4/7 – Kaiser Chiefs (UK), The Walkmen (NYC) – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
  • 4/9 – Tokyo Police Club (Newmarket, ONT), Ra Ra Riot (Syracuse, NY), We’re Marching On (ONT) – Mercury Lounge – NYC
  • 4/10 – Klaxons (UK), Bonde do Role (Brazil) – Bowery Ballroom – NYC
  • 4/11 – The Feeling (UK) – Webster Hall – NYC
  • 4/17 – Art Brut (UK), Ra Ra Riot (Syracuse, NY), Holy Hail (NYC) – Bowery Ballroom – NYC
  • 4/24 – Fountains of Wayne (NYC), Robbers on High Street (NYC) – Webster Hall – NYC
  • 4/25 – Faithless (UK) – Webster Hall – NYC
  • 5/2 – Peter Bjorn and John (Stockholm, Sweden), Fujiya & Miyagi (UK), Au Revoir Simone (Brooklyn, NY) – Webster Hall – NYC
  • 5/9 – Lisa Gerrard (of Dead Can Dance) (UK) – The Concert Hall – NYC
  • 5/10 – The Kooks (UK) – The Fillmore @Irving Plaza – NYC
  • 5/11 – The Cinematics (Scotland), The Changes (Chicago), The Jealous Girlfriends (Brooklyn, NY) – Knitting Factory – NYC
  • 5/14 – LCD Soundsystem (NYC), Yacht (Portland) – Webster Hall – NYC
  • 5/15 – Silversun Pickups (LA), Sea Wolf (LA) – Webster Hall – NYC
  • 5/17 – The Sharp Things (Brooklyn, NY), Elk City (Brooklyn, NY), Dave Derby (formerly of Dambuilders, NYC) – Luna Lounge – Brooklyn, NY
  • 5/19 – Secret Machines (NYC), Bellmer Dolls (NYC), Dragons of Zynth (NYC) – Highline Ballroom – NYC
  • 5/21 – Jesus & Mary Chain (Scotland), Sam Roberts Band (Montreal) – Webster Hall – NYC
  • 5/29 – The National (Brooklyn, NY), Doveman (NYC) – Bowery Ballroom – NYC
  • 5/30 – Keane (UK), Rocco DeLuca & The Burden (Long Beach, CA) – Summerstage – Central Park, NYC
  • 5/31 – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC – SF/LA), The Cobbs (Philadelphia) – Webster Hall – NYC
  • 6/2 – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC – SF/LA), The Cobbs (Philadelphia), Dead Combo (Finland) – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
  • 6/6 – The Noisettes (UK), Maccabees (UK) – Knitting Factory – NYC
  • 6/7 – The Veils (New Zealand), The Phoenix Foundation (New Zealand) – Mercury Lounge – NYC
  • 6/9 – The Long Blondes (UK), The Virgins (NYC), The King Left (NYC) – Bowery Ballroom – NYC
  • 6/22 – Rooney (LA), The Rewinds (AL) – Maxwells – Hoboken, NJ
  • 6/25 – Shiny Toy Guns (LA), Stars of Track and Field (Portland, OR), The Hourly Radio (TX) – Highline Ballroom – NYC
  • 6/29 – Unwritten Law (San Diego), Zebrahead (CA), Bullets & Octane (St. Louis, MO/CA) – Gramercy Theater – NYC
  • 6/30 – Morrissey (UK/LA) – MSG – NYC (Cancelled)
  • 7/6 – Fujiya & Miyagi (UK), Black Moth Super Rainbow (Pittsburgh, PA) – South Street Seaport/River to River Festival – NYC
  • 7/9 – Art Brut (UK), White Rabbits (NYC) – Highline Ballroom – NYC
  • 7/12 – Maximo Park (UK), Monsters are Waiting (LA), The Oohlas (LA) – Webster Hall – NYC
  • 7/15 – Travis (Glasgow, Scotland), John Paul White – Irving Plaza – NYC
  • 7/16 – The Decemberists (Portland, OR), Land of Talk (Montreal), Grizzly Bear (Brooklyn) – Summerstage, Central Park- NYC
  • 7/17 – Shout Out Louds (Sweden), Saturday Looks Good To Me (Michigan) – Luna Lounge – Brooklyn, NY
  • 7/20 – Rock Plaza Central (Toronto) – South Street Seaport/River to River Festival – NYC
  • 7/20 – Low Lustre (Brooklyn), Roman Numerals (Kansas City, MO) – Piano’s – NYC
  • 7/21 – Siren Festival – Coney Island – The Twilight Sad (Scotland), Dr. Dog (Philadelphia), Noisettes (UK), We Are Scientists (Brooklyn)
  • 7/22 – Cat Empire (Australia) – Summerstage – Central Park, NYC
  • 7/24 – The White Stripes (Detroit), Grinderman (w/Nick Cave – UK) – MSG – NYC

I won free tickets to this show at Summerstage and it was awesome! Great view from the side with awesome seats.

• • 7/25 – They Might Be Giants (Brooklyn), Le Chaud Lapin (NJ)- Bowery Ballroom – NYC
  • 7/26 – The Automatic (Automatic) (Cardiff, UK), Liam and Me(Philadelphia), War Tapes (LA) – Bowery Ballroom – NYC
  • 8/3 – 8/5 – Lollapalooza – Chicago, IL

– See the recap of Lolla to find out who I saw.

• • 8/8 – Crowded House (Australia), Pete Yorn (NJ), Liam Finn (Australia) – Beacon Theater – NYC
  • 8/9 – Oppenheimer – The Annex – NYC
  • 8/10 – Tokyo Police Club (Toronto), Ra Ra Riot (Syracuse, NY), Ford & Fitzroy (NYC) – Bowery Ballroom – NYC
  • 8/15 – The Wombats (UK), MGMT (Brooklyn) – The Annex – NYC
  • 8/17 – Takka Takka (NYC) – South Street Seaport/River to River Festival – NYC
  • 8/23 – The Rentals (LA), Copeland(Lakeland, FL), Goldenboy (Diamond Bar, CA)- Nokia Theater – NYC
  • 8/24 – Camera Obscura (Glasgow, Scotland), Last Town Chorus (NYC) – South Street Seaport/River to River Festival – NYC
  • 8/25 – Pela (Brooklyn), Elk City (NYC), Balthrop, Alabama (Brooklyn), Jealous Girlfriends (Brooklyn)- Bowery Ballroom – NYC
  • 8/29 – Palomar (Brooklyn), Holy Hail(NYC)- Luna Lounge – Brooklyn
  • 8/31 – Battles (Brooklyn), Deerhunter (ATL) – South Street Seaport – NYC
  • 9/5 – Hoodoo Gurus (Australia) – BB Kings – NYC
  • 9/7 – editors (UK), Biffy Clyro (Glasgow, Scotland), Ra Ra Riot (NYC) – Webster Hall – NYC
  • 9/10 – The Veils (New Zealand), The Picture (Brooklyn), The XYZ Affair (Brooklyn) – Bowery Ballroom – NYC
  • 9/14 – Interpol (NYC), Cat Power (NYC), Liars (NYC) – MSG – NYC
  • 9/18 – The Aliens (Scotland), Augie March (Australia) – Highline Ballroom- NYC
  • 9/24 – Beirut (Santa Fe, NM), Colleen (France), Katya Mihailova (Piano), Colin Jacobsen (Violin) – Wordless Music Series @ Society for Ethical Culture – NYC
  • 9/28 – maps (UK), The Silent League (Brooklyn) – Mercury Lounge – NYC
  • 9/28 – +/- {Plus/Minus} (Brooklyn) – Knitting Factory – NYC
  • 9/29 – maps (UK), The Silent League (Brooklyn), Campbell Apartment (NY) – Luna Lounge – Brooklyn
  • 10/ 3- Bloc Party (UK), Tokyo Police Club (Toronto), Smoosh (Seattle) – Theater at MSG – NYC
  • 10/8 – The Helio Sequence (Portland, OR), Benzos (NYC), Kill The Lights (Montreal), Sleeping States (London) – Mercury Lounge – NYC
  • 10/13 – Hot Hot Heat (Vancouver), Bedouin Soundclash (Toronto), De Novo Dahl (Nashville) – Webster Hall – NYC
  • 10/15 – British Sea Power (UK), Stardeath and White Dwarfs (Oklahoma City) – Maxwells – Hoboken, NJ
  • 10/17 – 10/20 – CMJ – NYC

There is a review of which bands I saw on the main page.

• 10/18 – Stars (Montreal), New Buffalo (Australia) – Town Hall – NYC
• 10/20 – Justice (France), Midnight Juggernauts (Australia) – Terminal 5 – NYC
• 10/23 – Morrissey (Manchester), Kristeen Young (NYC) – Hammerstein Ballroom – NYC
• 10/25 – Film School (San Francisco), Land of Talk (Montreal), Small Sins (Toronto) – Mercury Lounge – NYC
• 10/27 – Morrissey (Manchester) – Hammerstein Ballroom – NYC
• 10/28 – Morrissey (Manchester), Girl in a Coma (NYC) – Hammerstein Ballroom – NYC
• 10/30 – Back Door Slam(Isle of Man, UK), Lykke Li (w/Bjorn of Peter, Bjorn & John) (Sweden) – Mercury Lounge – NYC
• 11/2 – The Decemberists (Portland, OR), Laura Veirs & Saltbreakers (Portland, OR) – Terminal 5- NYC (Cancelled)
  
• 11/9 – The Thrills (Dublin), The Rosewood Thieves (NYC) – Mercury Lounge – NYC
• 11/10 – Mum (Iceland), Hauschka (Germany), Bing and Ruth/David Moore (Brooklyn) – Wordless Music Series @ Society for Ethical Culture – NYC
• 11/14 – Broken Social Scene performing Kevin Drew‘s “Spirit If” (Toronto) – Webster Hall – NYC
• 11/16 – Spiritualized (UK), Simple Kid (Ireland), Acoustic Mainlines – Apollo Theater – Harlem
• 12/8 – Winterpills (Northampton, MA), White Cats (Brooklyn), Mudfunk (Albany, NY), Aldo Perez (NYC) – Living Room – NYC
• 12/18 – We Are Scientists (Brooklyn), The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater – Canal Room – NYC
• 12/19 –  Setting Suns (NYC), School of Seven Bells (Brooklyn), Mercova (Brooklyn) – Mercury Lounge – NYC
• 12/31 – Foreign Islands (Brooklyn), Neimo (Paris), Dirty Projectors (Brooklyn), Care Bears on Fire (Brooklyn), Pattern is Movement (Brooklyn – Knitting Factory – NYC