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Shows That Matter
By Artist

Here's the next four weeks of shows in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area that may be of interest to one Altrok reader or another. (Someday, it'd be nice to expand this beyond the NY area, but this'll have to do for now.) Since this is an automatically generated list, the following caveats apply:

  • All dates are subject to change.
  • There may be typographical errors, so be careful.
  • Ultimately, if you call the box office and they say something different than what's listed here...they're right. So call the box office to confirm, m'kay?

15 Keys

2008 Asbury Park Music Expo

A Life Once Lost

A New Revolution

All Time Low

Allan Holdsworth

Allman Brothers Band

American Music Club

Amy Speace

Andy Frasko

Another Black Day

Apocalyptica

Asia

Atmosphere

Atomic Bitchwax

Avril Lavigne

Backbeat

Bamboozle 2008

Behemoth

Big Dipper

Bobby McFerrin

Bootsy Collins & The Hardest Working Band

Brakes

Brendan O’Shea

Bruce Hornsby

Bruce Springsteen

Bubble Do The Beatles (Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of The White Album and Yellow Submarine)

Cactus (feat Carmine Appice

Cartel

Catherine Russell

Catie Curtis

Cave Singers

Charlie Hunter Trio

Chick Corea

Children Of Bodom

China Forbes (of Pink Martini)

Chris Collingwood (of Fountains Of Wayne)

Chris Rock

Chris Thile

Circa (members of YES)

Cliks

Colin Hay (of Men At Work)

Colin Meloy (of Decemberists)

Creature Feature

Crowded House

Cult

DJ Spooky

Dan Toye

Dan Wilson

Dana Fuchs

Danny Burns Defectors

Dave Barnes

Davenports

David Ford

Delicious

Denis Leary

Derringer (reunion show)

Dickey Betts & Great Southern

Dimmu Borgir

Disco Biscuits

Divine Sign

Doughboys

Dr Dog

Dr John

Drowning Pool

E. Rick Rinaldi

EPMD

Edible Red

Eisley

Elbow

Electric Prunes

Emmitt-Nershi Band (x-String Cheese Incident)

Eric Burdon & The Animals

Etta James & The Roots Band

Everlounge

Expendables

Eyes Set To Kill

Fave

Feist

Figgs

Five Finger Death Punch

Forever The Sickest Kids

Freedy Johnston

French Kicks

Galactic

Garrison Starr

Gil Scott-Heron

Ginger (of Wildhearts) & Scott Metzger (of American Babies)

Glenn Mercer (x-Feelies)

Gnarls Barkley

Goldfrapp

Good Charlotte

Good Rats (original line-up reunion)

Gossip

Green Tag Sale

Greyboy Allstars

Griffin House

Groovelily

Habib Koite

Hanson

Hayden

Hemlock

High On Fire

Hilary McRae

Hoots And Hellmouth

Hot Buttered Rum

Hot Chip

Hush Sound

Ill Bill

In Flames

JAY–Z

Jack DeJohnette

Jackie Greene

James Cotton

James McMurtry

Jammy Awards

Jason Collett

Jason Mraz

Jeffrey Gaines

Jenna Nichols

Jenny Owen Youngs

Jerry Cantrell

Jerry Douglas

Jesse Malin

Jim Campilongo

Jim McCarty

Jimmy Kunes)

Jo Wymer

Job For A Cowboy

Joe Jackson

John Ginty Band

Jolie Holland

Joseph Arthur

Josh Joplin

Josh Ritter

Jounce

Juggling Suns

Juggling Suns (acoustic)

Justin Currie (of del Amitri)

Kaki King

Kate Nash

Kate Voegele

Katell Keineg

Kathleen Edwards

Kathy Mattea

Katt Williams

Keep Of Kalessin

Keith Monacchio

Kevin Devine

Kids In The Hall

Kills

Kris Delmhorst

Lance Larson

Landon Pigg

Langhorne Slim

Larry The Cable Guy

Laura Cantrell

Laura Warshauer

Leo Kottke

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Lords OF The Underground

Lou Reed

Lucy Wainwright Roche

Majnun

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog

Marcia Ball

Marco Benevento, Eric Krasno, Briggan Krauss, & Bobby Previte

Marcus Miller

Mark Olson (x-Jayhawks)

Marshall Crenshaw

Mary J. Blige

Mary Lorson

Matches

Matt O'Ree

Matthew Ryan

Maybe Pete

Meat Beat Manifesto

Megadeth

Meshuggah

Michael Brett

Michael Daves with Chris Thile

Mike Doughty's Band

Miles Hunt (Wonder Stuff)

Ministry

Misfits

Moody Blues

Motion City Soundtrack

Musical Box

Nada Surf

Naughty By Nature

Nellie McKay

New Model Army

New Riders of The Purple Sage

Newton Faulkner

Nightwish

Nonpoint

OC

One Flew South

Ossie Dellimore

Otep

Paddy Casey

Pal Shazar

Panic At The Disco

Papa Grows Funk

Pat Benatar & Neil Geraldo

Paul Wall

Paula Cole

Perpetual Groove

Pete Francis

Peter Moren (of Peter Bjorn and John)

Phantom Planet

Piebald

Pnuma Trio

Poi Dog Pondering

Predator Dub Assassins

Priscilla Ahn

Proclaimers

Push Play

RAQ

RJD2

Rachael Yamagata

Rahsaan Patterson

Railroad Earth

Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem

Raven Symone's Pajama Party

Rebirth Brass Band

Reid Genauer (of Assembly Of Dust)

Reno Collier

Rhett Miller (of Old 97s)

Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine

Ricky Scaggs

Road Recovery's 10th Anniversary w

Robert Hazard

Rocket Summer

Rogue Wave

Ruby On The Vine

Rue Melo

Rustic Overtones

Sara Bareilles

Shadows Fall

Shawn Mullins

She & Him (Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward)

Shpongle

Slash

Slightly Stoopid

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Sometimes Why

Sonic Syndicate

Sonny

Sonny Rollins

Sons Of William

Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers

Steve Winwood

Superdrag

Tapes N' Tapes

Tea Leaf Green

Tech N9NE

Teitur

The Second City (Legendary Chicago Comedy Troupe)

They Might Be Giants (family show)

Third Eye Blind

Tim Bluhm (The Mother Hips)

Tim Bogert

Todd Snider

Tokyo Police Club

Tom Morello

Tower Of Power

Tribute to the Godfather of Soul w

Tristan Prettyman

Twisted Covers Van Morrison

UFO

Umphrey's McGee

Unearth

Urge Overkill

Val Emmich

Verve

Vienna Teng

Waifs

Wallflowers

Was (Not Was)

Wayne Hussey (Mission & Sisters of Mercy)

Wayne Kramer

Weakerthans

White Denim

Whitley

Wild Carnation

Willy Porter

Winterpills

Wu Tang Clan

Youssou N'Dour

bloodsimple

more

Special thanks to Jeff Raspe, who maintains the list at RaspeRadio, for keeping it up to date.

All material ©2001-2006 Sean Carolan, except as noted.

 







Today's NY/NJ Shows That Matter

Thursday, April 10, 2008
 
Tristan Prettyman and Whitley at Gramercy Theatre
 
Kathleen Edwards and Dan Wilson at Irving Plaza
 
Ginger (of Wildhearts) & Scott Metzger (of American Babies) at Pianos
 
Juggling Suns at Stanhope House
 
Tower Of Power at BB King's
 
Gnarls Barkley at Highline Ballroom
 
Kaki King at World Cafe Live, Philly
 
Mike Doughty's Band at Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Bklyn
 
Kathy Mattea at Highline Ballroom (CANCELLED)
 
Shawn Mullins at Joe's Pub
 
Jason Collett at Mercury Lounge
 
Katt Williams at Radio City Music Hall
 
Green Tag Sale at The Saint
 
 
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