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Upcoming Concerts

(louisville and the surrounding area)

May 10- Jeremy Enigk (The 930)
May 10- Kentucky Homefront w/ Brigid Kaelin (Clifton Center)
May 10- Arnett Hollow (Mad Hatter, Covington)
May 10- Battle of the Bands Finals w/ The Instruction (Headliners)
May 10- Broadfield Marchers w/ Crash Henry (Cahoot’s)
May 10- Caldera (Bulldog Cafe)
May 10- Cougar Express w/ Consume Consumer (Uncle Pleasant’s)
May 10- My Morning Jacket (SNL)
May 12- The Swell Season (Brown Theatre) SOLD OUT!
May 12- Pall Wall, Tech N9ne (Headliners)
May 14- Aim for the Skies! (Bulldog Cafe)
May 14- Scourge of the Sea (Transy University)
May 16- Laura Viers, Liam Finn (The 930)
May 16- J Roddy Walston & The Buisness (Mag Bar)
May 16- Alanna Fugate (Jennica’s)
May 16- Tantric (PHT)
May 16- Heypenny w/ Yardsale (Pour Haus)
May 17-18- Mayhem in May (Uncle Pleasant’s)
May 17- The Confessional (Stevie Rays)
May 17- El Roostars (Air Devils)
May 17- Thirteenth Sun (Hideaway Saloon)
May 17- Ultra Pulverize (Monkey Wrench)
May 17- Paradigm & Bloom Street (BBC, Shelbyville Rd.)
May 17- Broadfield Marchers w/ The Scarlet Veil and Sugar Spell it Out (Pour Haus)
May 18- Coliseum (Rudyard Kipling)
May 18- Brigid Kaelin CD Release Show (St. Francis of Assisi)
May 18- Edgehill Ave. (Captain’s Quarters)
May 19- KT Tunstall (Brown Theatre)
May 19- Ben Sollee (KY Theatre, Lex)
May 21- North Mississippi Allstars w/ The Lee Boys (Headliners)
May 21- Shipping News, Young Widows, Frontier(s) (Pour Haus)
May 21- Tommy Emmanuel (Brown Theatre)
May 22- Devotchka (Southgate House)
May 22-24- Abbey Road on the River (Belvedere)
May 23- BACKSEAT SANDBAR TURNS ONE w/ Zero Element, Skyscraper Stereo, The Instruction and Azns n Bnzs (Pour Haus)
May 23- Boom Orangutan (PHT)
May 24- The Glasspack (Longshot Tavern)
May 24- Alanna Fugate w/ Reed KD (Pour Haus)
May 24- D.Mawl (Cox Park)
May 24- Over the Rhine (National City Pavilion, Cincy)
May 28- Ben Sollee & Back Door Slam (Waterfront Park)
May 29- The Parade Schedule, Luke Asher and Kentucky Nightmare (Nachbar)
May 30- Bloom Street (Dark Star Tavern)
May 30- Andrea Davidson (Bearno’s by the Bridge)
May 30- Antikythera (PHT)
May 30- Edgehill Ave. (Slugger Field)
May 30- Phantom Family Halo, Tight Leather, bedtime (The Void, Lex)
May 31- Mudhoney w/ Phantom Family Halo and Easy Action (Headliners)
June 1- Murder By Death, Gasoline Heart and The Ladybirds (Uncle Pleasant’s)
June 3- The Instruction (Headliners)
June 4- Ingrid Michaelson (Headliners)
June 6- Skyscraper Stereo (Raw Sushi Lounge)
June 6- Paradigm (Hideaway Saloon)
June 6- Clay Buffet (Clay Street)
June 6-8- Crucial Fun Fest (Lexington)
June 7- Paul Thorn (Headliners)
June 8- Vampire Squid w/ Screaming Mechanical Brain and Femme Fatality (The Brickhouse)
June 8- Kottonmouth Kings (Headliners)
June 10- The Raconeturs (National City Pavilion, Cincy)
June 12- The Secret Handshake w/ Cobra Starship (Headliners)
June 12- Black Diamond Heavies (Gypsy Hut)
June 12-15- Bonnaroo (Manchester, TN)
June 13- Something Amazing Tour w/ June Caught Fire (Brickhouse)
June 13- Glow in the Dark Tour w/ Kanye and Lupe (US Bank Arena, Cincy)
June 14- Jose Gonzalez (Headliner’s)
June 14- One Giant Leap, Boom Orangutan, Mungus (Wick’s on Dixie)
June 14- Death Cab for Cutie (The Lawn, Indy)
June 16- The Muckrakers (Great American, Cincy)
June 17- Edwin McCain (Headliners)
June 19-22- Terrastock Festival (Mellwood Arts Center)
June 19- Terrastock Afterparty w/ Skyscraper Stereo (Pink Door)
June 20- Paradigm (Headliners)
June 21- Mark Kozelek (The 930)
June 21- Matt Costa w/ Delta Spirit (Headliners)
June 22- Whitechapel (Headliners)
June 24- Blondie (KCA)
June 26- Scourge of the Sea, Captains of Industry (The Dame)
June 27- Scourge of the Sea (The Gypsy Hut, Cincy)
June 27- The Genders (The Dame)
June 27- The Dialectics (Al’s Bar)
June 28- Amherst (Tyler Park)
June 28- (in the clear) - tba
June 30- Rush (Riverbend, Cincy)
July 3- Lucky Pineapple (Slugger Field)
July 8- Ween (CityBlock)
July 11-12- Lebowski Festival
July 11- Skyscraper Stereo (Wick’s on Baxter)
July 12- The Scarlet Veil and Thank You Jade (Third Street Dive)
July 16- The Confessional (Stevie Rays)
July 18- Anton Mink w/ The Scarlet Veil (DCE)
July 18-20- Pitchfork Music Fest (Chicago)
July 19- Teenage Rehab (Third Street Dive)
July 23- Foo Fighters w/ Supergrass (Conseco Fieldhouse, Indy)
July 25-27- Forecastle Festival (Riverfront Belvedere)
Aug 1- Dave Matthews Band, Willie Nelson (Slugger Field)
Aug 3- Radiohead w/ Grizzly Bear (Verizon Wireless Music Center, Indy)
Aug 8- Arnett Hollow (Slugger Field)
Aug 16- My Morning Jacket (Waterfront Park)
Aug 16- Arnett Hollow (Bearno’s by the Bridge)
Aug 23- The Ladybirds (St. Francis of Assisi)
Aug 25- 80s Regeneration Tour (National City Pavilion, Cincy)
Aug 31- Nine Inch Nails (Rupp Arena)

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If we are missing any…please add a comment below.

Past Shows:

2007

Oct 12- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Headliners)

Oct 12- J Roddy Walston (Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge)

Oct 13- Man Man (Dame)

Oct 13- JJ Grey and Mofro (Headliners)

Oct 13- Charlie Daniels Band (The Palace)

Oct 13- Ky-Mani Marley (Bogarts, Cincy)

Oct 17- Nada Surf w/ Sea Wolf (Jim Porters)

Oct 17- Disco Biscuits (Bogarts, Cincy)

Oct 17- Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Amos Lee (Freedom Hall)

Oct 21- 1990s (South Gate)

Oct 23 - Jens Lekman (Jake’s, Bloomington)

Oct 23- Black Crowes (The Palace)

Oct 25- Three Dog Night (4th Street Live)

Oct 26- Will Hoge (The Dame)

Oct 27- Gov’t Mule (Madison Theatre)

Nov 1- Moon Taxi (Tidballs, Bowling Green)

Nov 2- Arlo Guthrie (Singletary Center)

Nov 2- The Misfits (Expo 5)

Nov 2- Chuck Prophet (South Gate)

Nov 3- Holly Golightly (Dame) (Read More)

Nov 3- Josh Ritter (Headliners)

Nov 3- Dr. Dog (Phoenix Hill Tavern) (Read More)

Nov 6- They Might Be Giants (South Gate)

Nov 8- Lucero (Headliners) (Read More)

Nov 10- Edgehill Ave. (Zena’s Cafe)

Nov 12- Modest Mouse with Man Man (Murat, Indianapolis) (Read More)

Nov 12- My Brightest Diamond (930 Listening Room) (Read More)

Nov 12 - Casper & the Cookies (The Dame) (Read More)

Nov 13- The Mountain Goats (Mad Hatter) (Read More)

Nov 16- Count Basie Orchestra (Bomhard Theatre)

Nov 16- CunninLynguists (The Dame) (Read More)

Nov 17- Wax Fang (Headliners)

Nov 20- Feist (KCA) (Read More)

Nov 20- Wax Fang (Ear-x-tacy, 7pm)

Nov 22- Tony Touch, Code Red (Headliners)

Nov 23- BB King (Cincinnatti Music Hall)

Nov 23- Cabin, Arnett Hollow, and Paper Airplane (4th Street Live)

Nov 25- Vampire Weekend (Old Tarr Distillery) (Read More)

Nov 27- CunninLynguists (Ear-x-tacy, 6pm)

Nov 30- Peter Bjorn & John (Headliners) (Read More)

Nov 30- Edgehill Ave (The Pub)

Dec 1- Moon Taxi (Hideaway Saloon)

Dec 1- Jose Gonzalez (Ear-x-tacy, 6pm)

Dec 1- Cass McCombs and Jose Gonzalez (930 Listening Room)

Dec 6- The Misfits (Madison Theatre)

Dec 6- Wax Fang w/ J. Roddy Walston (The Dame)

Dec 7- Margaret & the Nuclear So & So’s (The Dame)

Dec 7- Electric Six (Mad Hatter)

Dec 7- Wax Fang w/ How I Became the Bomb (Angel’s Rock Bar)

Dec 8- Villebillies w/ Code*Red (Headliners)

Dec 13- VHS or BETA (Bluebird, Bloomington, IN)

Dec 14- The October w/ Von Gaurde (MSL)

Dec 15- Label X Showcase (Headliners)

Dec 15- Over the Rhine (Taft Theatre)

Dec 22- The Apparitions (The Dame)

Dec 25- Arnett Hollow (Dark Star Tavern)

Dec 27- Petticoat Petticoat (The Dame)

Dec 27- Thirteenth Sun, Bloom Street, and The Merry Pranksters (Longshot Tavern)

Dec 27- Craig Wagner (Jazz Factory)

Dec 28- Christmas Party (Headliners)

Dec 28- Parlour (Cahoots)

Dec 28- The Mack (Rudyard Kipling)

Dec 28- Jon Ashley and the Little Triggers (Air Devils Inn)

Dec 29- Edgehill Ave. w/ Eric Wilson and Empty Hearts (Jenicca’s Cafe)Dec 29-

The Teeth (The Nachbar)

Dec 29- Velcro Pygmies (Phoenix Hill Tavern)

Dec 31- Danny Glover Cover Band + Wax Fang (Pour Haus)

Dec 31- Johnny Berry & the Outliers (Seidefadens)

Dec 31- The October (Uncle Pleasant’s)

Dec 31- Nova Red (Wick’s on Baxter)

Dec 31- Danny Glover Cover Band + Wax Fang (Pour Haus) (37 Flood Coverage)

Dec 31- Johnny Berry & the Outliers (Seidefadens)

Dec 31- The October (Uncle Pleasant’s)

Dec 31- Nova Red (Wick’s on Baxter)

2008

Jan 2- Vampire Squid (Rudyard Kipling)

Jan 4- The Queers (CD Central, 5pm)

Jan 4- The Queers (The Dame)

Jan 4- Paradigm w/ Stone Wheel (Hideaway Saloon)

Jan 5- Your Black Star (Expo 5)

Jan 5- Virgin Flame (Air Devils Inn)

Jan 5- Interstates w/ Grampall Jookabox and Bronze Float (The 930)

Jan 5- Slithering Beast, The Olympia Three, State Champion (Pour Haus)

Jan 5- Thirteenth Sun (Uncle Pleasant’s)

Jan 8- Andrea Davidson (Dutchs Tavern)

Jan 9- One Giant Leap (PHT)

Jan 10- Lucky Pineapple w/ Virgin Flame (The 930)

Jan 10- Paradigm (WFPK Live Lunch)

Jan 11- Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers w/ Hambone (Headliners)

Jan 11- Moon Taxi (Hideaway Saloon)

Jan 11- Yardsale (Pour Haus)

Jan 11- Your Black Star (Expo 5)

Jan 12- Jamili Brown (Headliners)

Jan 12- The Teeth (Cahoots)

Jan 12- The Features (The Dame)

Jan 12- Moon Taxi (The Fish Tank)

Jan 12- Bloom Street (Hideaway Saloon)

Jan 12- Consume Consumer, Amherst, Sugar Spell it Out, On Parallels, Pathos (Pour Haus)

Jan 16- Yo La Tengo w/ Kurt Wagner (The 930) SOLD OUT

Jan 17- Terrastock Tea Party w/ The Broken Spurs, Scott Scarboro, D.W. Box, and Ben Sollee on Cello (Mellwood Arts Center) [UPDATE: CANCELED, RE-SCHEDULED FOR FEB, MORE DETAILS LATER]

Jan 17- The Dave Matthews Tribute Band (Expo-Five)

Jan 17- Armor for Sleep (Uncle Pleasant’s)

Jan 17- Black Kerouac (Pour Haus)

Jan 17- DL (Dark Star Tavern)

Jan 18- Squeeze-Bot (The Rudyard Kipling)

Jan 18- The Mack (Jazz Factory)

Jan 18- Phantom Family Halo w/ La Otracina (Cahoot’s)

Jan 18- One Small Step (Ear x-tacy, 7pm)

Jan 18- One Small Step w/ The Invaders (Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge)

Jan 18- Arnett Hollow (Bluegrass Brewing Co.)

Jan 18- Amherst, Nightbirds, Consume Consumer, On Parallels (Uncle Pleasant’s)

Jan 19- Todd Rundgren (Madison Theatre, Covington)

Jan 19- Garrison Starr (House Party)

Jan 19- The Broken Spurs (The Nachbar)

Jan 19- The Scourge and the Sea (The Dame)

Jan 19- Jon Ashely (Ear x-tacy)

Jan 19- Thirteenth Sun (Hideaway Saloon)

Jan 19- The Blue Umbrellas (Tink’s Pub)

Jan 19- Hip Hops Bar Tour (Granville Inn)

Jan 20- Martin Sexton (Headliners)

Jan 20- MLK Jr. Celebration Concert (Brown Theatre)

Jan 21- Craig Wagner (Jockamo’s)

Jan 22- Aim for the Skies! (Uncle Pleasant’s)

Jan 22- DJ Kim Sorise (Monkey Wrench)

Jan 23- Hot Hot Heat, Editors, Louis XIV (Newport Music Hall, Columbus)

Jan 23- De Novo Dahl (Southgate House)

Jan 24- Sara Bareilles (Ear X-tacy)

Jan 24- Peter Searcy, Brigid Kaelin, Rob from Muckrakers & Special Guests (Gerstles)

Jan 24- Funk Out (Darkstar Tavern)

Jan 24- Johnny Berry, solo (The Nachbar)

Jan 25- Ferdinand Fox, The Invaders & DJ Narwhal (Read More)

Jan 25- The Slow Break w/ Giant Tigers and Bad Blood (Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge)

Jan 25- Marion Square w/ Tenia Sanders (Uncle Pleasant’s)

Jan 26- Dan Deacon w/ Girl Talk (The Metro, Chicago) (Read More) SOLD OUT

Jan 26- Halfway to Forecastle w/ Band of Horses, Cass McCombs, VHS or BETA, Catfish Haven and moreSOLD OUT (Headliners)

Jan 26- Kentucky Prophet (The Pour Haus)

Jan 26- Digby (Gerstle’s Place)

Jan 26- The Broken Spurs (Wick’s on Dixie)

Jan 26- D. Mawl w/ Ten (Ice Breakers)

Jan 26- Bajingo and the Hoo Hoos (Vernon Lanes)

Jan 26- Consume Consumer w/ The Scarlet Veil (The Underground)

Jan 26- Thirteenth Sun (The Hideaway Saloon)

Jan 27- Band of Horses, Cass McCombs (Southgate House)

Jan 29- Maestro J (Ali Center)

Jan 30- SSION (Southgate House)

Jan 30- Grampall Jookabox, Doog (The Dame)

Jan 31- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (Bogarts, Cincy)

Jan 31- Darkstar House Band (Darkstar Tavern)

Jan 31- Johnny Berry & The Outliers (Southgate House)

Jan 31- Cari Clara (The Dame)

Feb 1- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings w/ DJ Kim Sorise (Headliners)

Feb 1- Tiger Army, the Dear & Departed, Revolution Mother (Uncle Pleasants)

Feb 1- Amherst, On Parallels, and Vertigo (Ice Breakers)

Feb 1- Vampire Squid (Vernon Lanes)

Feb 1- Vampire Squid, Capillary Action, Lee Van Cleef (Rudyard Kipling)

Feb 1- Brassknuckle Boys, Heartthrob, The Bridgeburners (Third Street Dive)

Feb 1- Paradigm (Hideaway Saloon)Feb 1- Six Organs of Admittance (The Dame)

Feb 1- Murals (BBC on 4th)Feb 1- Yardsale (Bearons on Bardstown)

Feb 1- John Baxter & the Bottom Feeders (Bud’s Tavern)

Feb 1- Digby (Gerstles)

Feb 2- The Parade Schedule w/ Luke Asher (The 930)

Feb 2- Hip Hops Bar Tour (Rudyard Kipling)

Feb 2- Adventure (Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge)

Feb 2- Mason Proper (Rhinos Youth Center, Bloomington)

Feb 2- Noizejoi (Ear x-tacy & Raw)

Feb 5- Wake the Day (Headliners)

Feb 6- The Fiery Furnaces (Exit/In, Nashville)

Feb 6- Hambone (Wick’s on Baxter)

Feb 7- The Whigs (Mad Hatter)

Feb 8- One Small Step (WFPK Live Lunch)

Feb 8- One Small Step (Quills)

Feb 8- Ben Sollee, Brigid Kaelin, Mike Mangione (The 930)

Feb 8- Ultra Pulverize CD Release Show (Vernon Lanes)

Feb 8- Heartthrob (Third Street Dive)

Feb 8- David Olney & Sergio Webb w/ Edgehill Ave. (House Concert)

Feb 8- House Party-Acoustic: Amherst, Jimmy Vegas, On Parallels, Sugar Spell it Out, and Rosewood (2113 Village Dr.)

Feb 8- De Novo Dahl (Bread & Bagel, Bowling Green)

Feb 9- Edgehill Ave. (Zazoo’s)

Feb 9- The Teeth, The Scarlet Veil and Swiftwind (Derby City Espresso)

Feb 9- Lincoln and the Lost Prayers, Slithering Beast, Cougar Express, and J.K. McKnight (Uncle Pleasant’s)

Feb 9- Arnett Hollow (Wick’s on Baxter)

Feb 11- Ingrid Michaelson & Matthew Perryman Jones (The 930) SOLD OUT

Feb 12- Dark Star Orchestra (Bogart’s)

Feb 13- Vampire Weekend (Gypsy Hut, Cincy) SOLD OUT

Feb 13- Ben Purdom & The Zombie (Pink Door)

Feb 14- The Bravery (20th Century Theatre, Cincy)

Feb 14- Aim for the Skies! (Bulldog Cafe)

Feb 15- Hip Hops Bar Tour (Uncle Pleasant’s)

Feb 15- Mountain Asleep, Social Symphony, June Caught Fire and more (The Brick House)

Feb 15- Flamenco at the Forge (Kaviar Forge)

Feb 15- Louisville is for Lovers 2008 CD Release Show w/ Phantom Family Halo and others (Pour Haus)

Feb 15- Bonepony, The Muckrakers and Marion Square (Headliners)

Feb 15- John Baxter & the Bottom Feeders (Air Devil’s Inn)

Feb 15- Amherst, The Murals (Wicks on Baxter)

Feb 16- Johnny Berry and The Outliers (Headliners)

Feb 16- High on Fire, A Life Once Lost, Saviours & Intronaut (Uncle Pleasant’s)

Feb 16- Inept and Amherst (Expo 5)

Feb 16- The Headlights & The Evangelicals (Icehouse VOID SKATESHOP, Lexington)

Feb 16- The Guttersluts, Good Morning Salute, 12:00 Flashers (3rd Street Dive)

Feb 16- Broadfield Marchers & The Blind Shades (Nachbar)

Feb 16- Sarah Elizabeth (Rudyard Kipling)

Feb 18- Chick Corea & Bela Fleck (Brown Theatre)

Feb 20- Citizen Cope (Headliners)

Feb 20- Shooting Spires (Void Skateshop)

Feb 22- Wax Fang, UltraPulzerize, Venus Trap (Headliners)

Feb 22- Sugar Spell it Out, Kristen Key, Junior Revolution, A Decade to Die For, Ellision (Mad Hatter, Covington)

Feb 22- Dangerbird, The Ladybirds (Pour Haus)

Feb 22- Kentucky Prophet, Nacirema, iii, Bob Anonymous (Petrus)

Feb 23- Grinstead, The Foxery, Sugar Spell it Out, A Decade to Die For, Ellision (Uncle Pleasant’s)

Feb 23- The Mack (Lonshot Tavern)

Feb 23- Yardsale (Highlands Tap Room)

Feb 23- Shannon Wright with King’s Daughters & Sons and Tara Jane O’Neil (The 930)

Feb 23- Dirty Guv’nahs, John Baxter & the Bottom Feeders, The Loft (Pour Haus)

Feb 23- Warm in the Wake (Ear x-tacy)

Feb 23- Over the Rhine (KCA)

Feb 23- Hoots & Hellmouth, Giant Bear, Warm in the Wake (Headliners)

Feb 24- Foreign Born, St. Vincent (Wexner Center, Columbus)

Feb 24- Hoots & Hellmouth, Giant Bear, Warm in the Wake (The Dame)

Feb 25- One Small Step (Pink Door)

Feb 26- Baby Dee (The Icehouse, Lexington)

Feb 27- Say Hi To Your Mom (Gypsy Hut, Cincy)

Feb 27- De Novo Dahl (The Dame)

Feb 27- Jacob Duncan, Jason Tiemann & John Goldsby Record Live Album (Nachbar)

Feb 28- They Might be Giants w/ Oppenheimer (Bluebird, Bloomington)

Feb 28- Iswhat?!, Noisejoi, Black Fountain, NAM (The Dame)

Feb 29- Hotpipes CD release party w/ The Features, Chico Felini (South Gate House)

Feb 29- Will Hoge & Jason Isbell w/ Dawn Landes (Headliners)

Feb 29- Over the Rhine (KCA)

Feb 29- Hip Hops Bar Tour (Monkey Wrench)

Feb 29- Slithering Beast w/ Jimmy Vegas (Third Street Dive)

Feb 29- Alanna Fugate CD Release Party (BBC, St. Matthews)

Feb 29- The Fervor, The Slow Break, Adventure (Pour Haus)

Feb 29- Presidente!, Rude Weirdo & Plows (Cahoots)

Feb 29- The Confessional (Bearno’s by the Bridge)

Feb 29- Thirteenth Sun (Hideaway Saloon)

Mar 1- Drive-by Truckers (ear X-tacy, 1pm)

Mar 1- Drive-by Truckers w/ The Felice Brothers (Headliners)

Mar 1- The Whigs, Wax Fang & Spinto Band (The Dame)

Mar 1- Alanna Fugate, Leigh Ann Yost, Teneia Sanders (Jennica’s 2 Year Anniversary)

Mar 1- Beechwood Jam Fest w/Code Red, Villebillies, more (Louisville Gardens)

Mar 1- Rustic Frog Benefit with Ultrapulverize (Rustic From, New Albany)

Mar 1- The Broken Spurs w/ The Glasspack (Longshots Tavern)

Mar 1- Todd Snider (St. Francis of Assisi)

Mar 1- Andrea Davidson (Dutch’s Tavern)

Mar 1- The Scarlet Veil, The Mack and Boxmaker (Cahoot’s)

Mar 2- Tesla (Bogarts)

Mar 2- The Parade Schedule, Sleepy Giant with Jess Britt and Ghost to Falco (tba)

Mar 3- Bowerbirds w/ Phosphorescent (Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington)

Mar 4- Brigid Kaelin (Jazz Factory)

Mar 4- Big Head Todd and the Monsters (Madison Theatre, Covington)

Mar 5- Van Halen (US Bank Arena, Cincy)

Mar 5- Paradigm (The Pink Door)

Mar 5- The Mack (Stevie Rays)

Mar 5- Laromlab (TBA, Louisville)

Mar 6- The Muggabears (Gypsy Hut)

Mar 7- Tift Merritt (Ear x-tacy)

Mar 7- Clay Buffet w/ Azns n Bnzs & Skyscraper Stereo (215 S. Clay Street)

Mar 7- Black Mountain w/Bon Iver (Headliners)

Mar 7- Jefrodisiac, Richie Panic, VHS or Beta DeeJays (Fuzion)

Mar 7- NOFX, No Use for a Name, The Flatliners (Madison Theatre, Covington)

Mar 7- Sugar Spell it Out, One Small Step for Landmines, Junior Revolution, Pomegranates, Look Mexico, The Parade Schedule (Uncle Pleasants)

Mar 7- Ben Sollee & Arnett Hollow (Pour Haus)

Mar 7- Lotus Blake (Derby City Espresso)

Mar 7- Hot Pipes (CD Central)

Mar 7- Sarah Elizabeth (The 930)

Mar 8- Aiden (Ear x-tacy, 2pm)

Mar 8- Hot Pipes (ear x-tacy, 6pm)

Mar 8- Hot Pipes & The Photographic (Pour Haus)

Mar 8- Punch Brothers w/ Chris Thile (The 930)

Mar 8- N.E.R.D. (Bogart’s, Cincy)

Mar 8- South By South End (Bulldog Cafe)

Mar 8- The Phat Mavericks (The Dame)

Mar 9- Pepi, The Binary Marketing Show & themovingsidewalk (Nachbar)

Mar 9- Dub Trio (The Dame)

Mar 9- Battle of the Bands I w/ Jamili Brown and Broadfield Marchers (Headliner’s)

Mar 10- Human Bell (ear x-tacy, 7pm)

Mar 10- Islands (Southgate House)

Mar 10- 777 (The Dame)

Mar 11- The Photographic (ear x-tacy, 7pm)

Mar 11- California Guitar Trio (21C)

Mar 11- Gutter Twins (Southgate House)

Mar 11- Great Northern (Southgate House)

Mar 12- Guerilla Radio (KCA)

Mar 12- Relient K (Headliners)

Mar 12- The Invaders (Pink Door)

Mar 13- Weber (Hideaway Saloon)

Mar 14- Meat Puppets (WFPK Live Lunch)

Mar 14- Built to Spill / Meat Puppets (Headliners) SOLD OUT

Mar 14- Brett Dennen w/ Stephen McWhirter (Hard Rock Cafe)

Mar 14- Her, Lonesome Bears, He Was Animated, June Caught Fire, Social Symphony (The Brick House)

Mar 14- Andrea Davidson (Rudyard Kipling)

Mar 14- Amherst & Hidden Amongst Heroes (Uncle Pleasant’s)

Mar 14- Ultra Pulverize, Kentucky Prophet & Technology vs. Horse (Third Street Dive)

Mar 14- SkyHi (The Dame)

Mar 14- The Teeth (Cahoots)

Mar 14- Consume Consumer (Tailgater’s)

Mar 14- Jamili Brown & Sub-urban Situation (Wick’s on Baxter)

Mar 14- Young Jeezy (Louisville Gardens)

Mar 14- Edgehill Ave. (ZaZoo’s)

Mar 15- Pelican, Black Cobra, Unearthly Trance and Your Black Star (Headliners)

Mar 15- Bloom Street (Hideaway Saloon)

Mar 15- Broadfield Marchers (Zazoo’s)

Mar 15- Dan Tyminski (Brown Theatre)

Mar 15- Alanna Fugate (Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge)

Mar 15- Venus Trap and themovingsidewalk (Rudyard Kipling)

Mar 16- Noisycrane, Bedtime, The Who Nose (The Dame)

Mar 17- John Baxter & the Bottom Feeders (Molly Malones)

Mar 17- National Hotel (Nachbar)

Mar 17 - School of Language (Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington)

Mar 17- The Stationary Set, In Endeavors (The Dame)

Mar 17- Sugar Spell it Out, The Foxery, Farewell Flight, Husband and Wife (Bellarmine University)

Mar 17- Warmer Milks w/Sunburned (Artsplace Fukkin’ Basement, Lex)

Mar 18- The Death Set, These are Powers and Tight Leather (Void Skateshop)

Mar 18- Mussels (MagBar)

Mar 18- Hallelujah the Hills, Ben Allen, Onward Pilgrim (The Dame)

Mar 19- Hallelujah the Hills (Rudyard Kipling)

Mar 19- Murder by Death (Bogart’s, Cincy)

Mar 19- The Moxies, Johnny Nobody (The Dame)

Mar 19- Jackie O (Mag Bar)Mar 19- Douglas Lucas (PHT)

Mar 20- Man Man w/ The Extraordinaries & Lucky Pineapple (Headliners)

Mar 20- Kelley Stoltz (Rudyard Kipling)

Mar 20- Varsovia, Mather Father (The Dame)

Mar 21- Broadfield Marchers (WFPK Live Lunch)

Mar 21- Paradigm w/ Bloom Street and Thirteenth Sun (Headliners)

Mar 21- Furlong w/ Audrey Ryan (Rudyard Kipling)

Mar 21- Amherst, Jonny on the Rocks, Creatures, By Morning, Sugar Spell it Out (Uncle Pleaseant’s)

Mar 21- Times New Viking (The Frowny Bear, Lexington)

Mar 21- Consume Consumer (Felt)

Mar 21- Emerson Hart & Peter Searcy (Hard Rock Cafe)

Mar 21- Prideswallower (DCE)

Mar 24- N.E.R.D (CityBlock)

Mar 24- In Atlantic, Tested on Animals (The Dame)

Mar 25- Dave Fischoff, Dickie Haydon (The Dame)

Mar 26- Stars (KCA)Mar 26- The Teeth (Pink Door)

Mar 26- Andrea Davidson (Stevie Ray’s)

Mar 27- Bodies of Water w/ Le Loup (Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington)

Mar 27- The Fox Hunt (MagBar)

Mar 27- Ultra Pulverize (Busters, Lexington)

Mar 27- People Noise (The Dame)

Mar 27- Nile (Headliners)

Mar 28- British Sea Power w/ The North, The 1900s & People Noise (Phoenix Hill Tavern)

Mar 28- The Weakerthans, Liam Finn, Christine Fellows (Mad Hatter)

Mar 28- Tailgater’s Battle of the Bands (Tailgater’s)

Mar 28- Ben Sollee (Hard Rock Cafe)

Mar 28- Teneia Sanders, Weber, Leigh Ann Yost, Hambone (Zazoos)

Mar 28- Corey Smith (Headliners)

Mar 28- Freedom and Whiskey, Dishman and Ballard (Pour Haus)

Mar 28- Mixel Pixel (Gypsy Hut, Cincy)

Mar 29- Why? Xiu Xiu & Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down (Southgate House)

Mar 29- One Small Step (Ground Floor Gallery)

Mar 29- KILL VILLE Dance Party w/ The Ladybirds (Glassworks)

Mar 29- The Broken Spurs, American Bang! (tba)

Mar 29- The Cowboy Junkies w/ Mary Gauthier (Clifton Center)

Mar 29- Trampled by Turtles, Velvet Water (The Dame)

Mar 29- Twizted (Headliners)

Mar 30- Cabin w/ Seabird (Dame)

Mar 30- Battle of the Bands II w/ The Scarlet Veil and The Instruction (Headliner’s)

Mar 31- Brigid Kaelin (Pink Door)

Mar 31- Throw Me the Statue w/ Delta Spirit (The Dame)

Mar 31- Partly Cloudy (Madison Theatre, Cincy)

Mar 31- Sonset Down (Headliners)

Apr 1- Napalm Death, Devil Drivers (Headliners)

Apr 1- Ben Sollee & Sparrow Quartet (Kentucky Theatre, Lex)

Apr 2- Justin Townes Earle (ear x-tacy)

Apr 2- Why? (Bear’s Place, Bloomington)

Apr 2- Shooter Jennings (The Dame)

Apr 2- The Confessional (CD release party - tba)

Apr 2- The Ladybirds w/ Black Diamond Heavies (Pink Door)

Apr 3- Tight Leather, The Smacks!, The NEC (Busters, Lex)

Apr 3- Shooter Jennings (Headliners)

Apr 4- These United States (The 930)

Apr 4- Marie Digby w/ Andrea Davidson (Hard Rock Cafe)

Apr 4- The Smacks! (Rudyard Kipling)

Apr 4- The Fervor (The Comet, Cincy)

Apr 4- Tight Leather, Suspected Terrorists, the NEC (Pour Haus)

Apr 4- The Instruction (The Vernon)

Apr 4- Bitch and the Exciting Conclusion (The Dame)

Apr 4- Jamili Brown (Felt)

Apr 4- Lotus Blake (DCE)

Apr 2-5- MusicNOW Festival (Cincy)

Apr 5- Scourge of the Sea, These United States (Dame)

Apr 5- Spoon w/ White Rabbits and The Walkmen (Bogart’s, Cincy)

Apr 5- The Confessional (Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge)

Apr 5- Ultra Pulverize, Shedding, The Town Criers, Squeeze-bot (930 Art Center)

Apr 5- Dead City Rejects w/ King Sonic (Third Street Dive)

Apr 5- Kinsey CD Release Show (Headliners)

Apr 5- The Glasspack, Plows The Broken Spurs (Longshot Tavern)

Apr 5- Dangerbird, The Backsliders (Pour Haus)

Apr 6- Unearth (Headliners)

Apr 7- Grinstead (Molly Malones)

Apr 7- Okkervil River, Howlin’ Rain (Buskirk-Chumley Theater, Bloomington)

Apr 8- Cursive (Rhinos, Bloomington)

Apr 9- Matt Pond PA w/ Carbon/Silicon (20th Century, Cincy)

Apr 9- Son Volt w/ Bobby Bare Jr (Headliners)

Apr 9- Magpies (MagBar)

Apr 9- The Everybodyfields (The Dame)

Apr 9- IamIs (Pink Door)

Apr 9- Son Volt and Bobby Bare Jr. (Headliner’s)

Apr 10- J Roddy Walston and The Business (MagBar)

Apr 10- Matt Kinman (Nachbar)

Apr 11- Dead Child (Cahoots)

Apr 11- Johnny Berry & The Outliers (Nachbar)

Apr 11- Feist (IU, Bloomington)Apr 11- 7 Day Sun (Headliners)

Apr 11- David Rovics (The Brick House)

Apr 11- Amherst, Grinstead, Unit Like Stereo (Tailgater’s)

Apr 11-12- Insomniacathon 2008 (Rudyard Kipling)

Apr 12- Minus the Bear, Big Sleep, & Portugal, the Man (Bogarts, Cincy)

Apr 12- Broadfield Marchers & The Blind Shades (Hideaway Saloon)

Apr 12- Bloom Street (Longshot Tavern

Apr 12- Minus the Bear, Big Sleep, & Portugal, the Man (Bluebird Nightclub, Bloomington)

Apr 12- Sugar Spell it Out, Gasoline Heart, The Brewskies, and Adam and Daves Bloodline (Vernon Lanes)

Apr 13- Jay Reatard, Black Keys (The Vogue, Indianapolis)

Apr 13- The Bravery (Headliners)

Apr 13- Wax Fang w/ J Roddy Walston (The Dame)

Apr 15- Galactic (Headliners)

Apr 15- Coliseum w/ Young Widows (Uncle Pleasant’s)

Apr 15- The Panderers (Southgate House)

Apr 16- AP Tour w/ All Time Low, The Rocket Summer, The Matches, Sonny, More… (Headliner’s)

Apr 16- Alanna Fugate (Hideaway Saloon)

Apr 17- Kathleen Edwards and Dan Wilson (Headliners)

Apr 18- Cabin’s Pre-Primary Election Party w/ ENLOU (2227 S. Preston)

Apr 18- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club w/ The Duke Spirit (Mad Hatter)

Apr 18- Metroschifter, Plows (Pink Door)

Apr 18- Sara Bareilles (Bellarmine University)

Apr 18- Broadfield Marchers w/ The Blind Shades