For Those Who Have The Means

Yes. Yes. Finally some new shows to get excited about.

First, we have The Kooks at Northsix on 6/01. Hard to believe this is the only venue they will be playing in New York, but so far this is all that has been announced. Needless to say, selected tracks from their debut album are in heavy rotation at Casa Hugo.

Second, we have The Concretes at Bowery Ballroom on 5/08. Same venue they played a year and a half ago. That was a great show, and this one undoubtedly will be no less fantastic. I love the new single, and can't wait to listen to the whole album, hopefully this weekend.

Also note that Aberfeldy has been added to the White Rose Movement show at Mercury Lounge on 3/27.

Other good things to consider...

3/17-18 Stereolab at Town Hall
3/18 Craig Wedren (Shudder to Think) instore at Sound Fix
3/20 Annie at Mercury Lounge
3/20 The Go! Team at Bowery Ballroom
3/21 The Zutons at Mercury Lounge
3/21 The Rakes at Bowery Ballroom
3/21 The Brakes instore at Virgin Megastore Union Square (2pm)
3/21 The Brakes at Sin-e
3/21 Mates of State instore at Virgin Megastore Union Square (7pm)
3/21 Magnet at Living Room
3/22 Camera Obscura at Knitting Factory
3/22 Jose Gonzalez at Joe's Pub
3/22 The Go! Team at Northsix
3/23 Richard Hawley at Sin-e
3/23 Amusement Parks on Fire at Mercury Lounge
3/24 Billy Bragg at Society for Ethical Culture
3/24 The Books & Jose Gonzalez at Bowery Ballroom
3/24-25 Mystery Jets at Mercury Lounge
3/24-26 Ray Davies at Irving Plaza
3/25 Kelley Stoltz instore performance at Sound Fix (4pm)
3/25 The Arctic Monkeys at Webster Hall
3/26 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists at Knitting Factory
3/26-27 Stellastarr* at Bowery Ballroom
3/27 Jose Gonzalez instore at Other Music (8pm)
3/27 Aberfeldy & White Rose Movement at Mercury Lounge
3/27 Th' Faith Healers at Northsix
3/28 New York Dolls at CBGB
3/28 Snow Patrol at Bowery Ballroom
3/28 The Magic Numbers at Webster Hall
3/28 The Editors & Stellastarr* at Warsaw
3/28 (members of) Gomez at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
3/29 Richard Ashcroft at Webster Hall
3/30 dEUS at Bowery Ballroom
3/30 The Editors at Webster Hall
3/30 I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness at Mercury Lounge
3/31 I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness at Northsix
3/31 Nine Black Alps at Bowery Ballroom
3/31-4/01 Flaming Lips at Webster Hall
4/01 Pretenders at Irving Plaza
4/01 Hard-Fi at Warsaw
4/01 South at Southpaw
4/01 The Orb at Avalon
4/02-06 Gorillaz at Apollo Theater
4/04-05 Art Brut at Bowery Ballroom
4/04-05 The Stills at Mercury Lounge
4/06 Sondre Lerche at Bowery Ballroom
4/07 South instore at Virgin Megastore Union Square
4/07 South at Bowery Ballroom
4/07 Arab Strap at Southpaw
4/09-10 Voxtrot at Mercury Lounge
4/11 Wolfmother at Bowery Ballroom
4/12 Art Brut at Southpaw
4/12 Mates of State at Bowery Ballroom
4/13-14 Franz Ferdinand & Death Cab for Cutie at Hammerstein
4/14-15 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Bowery Ballroom
4/17 Cloud Cult at Knitting Factory
4/18 Calexico instore at Virgin Megastore Union Square
4/22 Dresden Dolls instore at Virgin Megastore Union Square
4/20 Robert Pollard & Richard Davies at Irving Plaza
4/21 Nouvelle Vague at Irving Plaza
4/27 Adam Green at Bowery Ballroom
5/03-05 Built to Spill & Camper Van Beethoven at Irving Plaza
5/05 Evan Dando at Southpaw
5/08 The Concretes at Bowery Ballroom
5/19 Erasure (acoustic) at Society for Ethical Culture
6/01 The Kooks at Northsix
6/25 Feist at Central Park Summerstage
7/02 Jose Gonzalez & Seu Jorge at Central Park Summerstage
7/21 Jens Lekman at (tba)

Still waiting for: Babyshambles, Duels, and Dirty Pretty Things. Where art thou, oh great booking god in the sky?