Coming to a Music Venue near You!

This changing weather has got the live music bug coarsing through my brains and I figured I'd give you a post about shows coming to town in the next few months that you should defintely check out, in my opinion that is, which you can take for what its worth.  I know some of these are sold out, but they are good enough to warrant stub hub, scalping, or selling your body for said tickets.

Lets try and do this in some sort of order:

2.23.11 - Trey Anastasio @ the Electric Factory (TIX)

2.24.11 - Beach House is  @ the Trocadero (SOLD OUT, will be a good show though)

3.4.11 - Tennis is playing with La Sera over @ Johnny Brenda's (TIX)

3.4 & 3.5.11 - The Get Up Kids & Miniature Tigers are at the TLA (TIX)

3.22.11 - Simian Mobile Disco is melting faces with Dave P & Sammy Slice @ the Trocadero (TIX)
3.23.11 - One of my all time favs, J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr playing with Kurt Vile @ WCL (TIX)

3.24.11 - Queens of the Stone Age are playing their entire first album @ the Electric Factory (SOLD OUT)

3.25.11 - Cold War Kids are playing WITH Baths (AWESOME SAUCE) @ the Trocadero (SOLD OUT)

3.31.11 - Crazy tough decision here.  Both going to be rad shows.  Either:

The Pains of Being Young at Heart with Twin Shadow & Philly local Creepoid @ the Church (TIX)

OR

 Cut Copy with Holy Ghost! @ the Trocadero (TIX)

4.4.11 - War on Drugs is opening up for Destroyer @ the Church (TIX)

4.12.11 - Pumped to see Toro y Moi play @ the Church, love that new album (TIX)

4.14.11 - The Go! Team is playing with dance surfers Dom @ the TLA (TIX) (thx P4K)

NEVER HEARD OF DOM, LEMME TAKE CARE OF THAT:

4.22.11 - Nu-Jazz greats Soulive take care of business @ the TLA (TIX)

4.26.11 - Summertime dance fun with Yacht @ the Church (TIX)
4.27.11 - Flaming Lips-esque psych rock from Aussies Tame Impala & opener Yuck over @ the Church (TIX) (thx to a heart is a spade for the heads up)

• Here is a cover of Solitude is Bliss by San Cisco (again thx to AHIAS)

4.29 & 4.30.11 - Dubstep weekend with Rusko playing @ the Electric Factory on Friday & Skrillex playing @ the TLA on Saturday (Rusko TIX) (Skrillex TIX)

5.1.11 - Peter, Bjorn & John will undoubtedly play everyone's '07 favorite "Young Folks" @ the TLA (TIX)

5.8.11 - 2k10 favorites Sleigh Bells with Cansei de Ser Sexy will be getting it done @ the Trocadero (TIX)
5.10.11 - Deftones (stoked!)will be playing with math metal studs Dillinger Esc Plan @ the Electric Factory (TIX)
5.12.11 - Oddest pairing on here, Surfer Blood & ...And You Will Know Us by The Trail of the Dead @ the Church (TIX)

5.16.11 - Love this girl.  Lykke Li will be brining her talents to South Bea....err the TLA (TIX)
5.19.11 - Pop Punk pioneer Elvis Costello is playing @ the Tower Theater (not on sale yet) (thx P4K)

5.20.11 - New act to me, will post about em soon, Tune Yards playing @ Johnny Brenda's (TIX)

5.24.11 - Awesome dance rock act Friendly Fires playing @ the Church (TIX)

6.17.11 - A heart is a Spade posted about Yeasayer's upcoming tour which puts them at the Trocadero this night!

Free Energy @ First Unitarian

Saw them on friday with Jukebox the Ghost and Miniature Tigers.  Really enjoyed the Tigers set and Free Energy's.  The first thing that comes to my mind when I see Free Energy play is Eric Forman and the rest of the gang started a feel good 70's hit band.  Catchy, simple tunes.  Key tracks - Bang Pop, Dream City, Hope Child.  Check out some links for more info:

Free Energy Myspace

Miniature Tigers Myspace