When The Lights Go Down In The City
Our concert picks for the week of 4/7-4/13.
Who wants some free concert tickets? Rob Thomas, frontman of bazillion-selling megaband Matchbox 20 has stepped out with a solo record entitled Something to Be that will be released April 19th. SFist wants to send you and a guest to the kickoff of his solo tour at The Fillmore on Friday April 15th. We'll even invite the winner to write about their experience for SFist, if they're so inclined. Add your info below (no, we won't sell it to spammers) to enter the contest and click here to listen to his song "Lonely No More" in Real Audio.
Thanks to everyone who entered, but the contest is now closed. Good luck next time!
Thursday night the Great American Music Hall has the nerdy pop of Clem Snide and the drunken serenade of Shivaree. Marbles is the opener, featuring Robert Schneider of the Apples in Stereo. 111 Minna's hosting an out-of-this-world release party for analog-friendly digital duo Fischerspooner's new record Odyssey. Listen to songs off the new disc while checking out the art that inspired the album.
If you don't already have your tickets for Friday's Kings of Leon show, you're out of luck because it's sold out. Maybe you could call your friend from Court & Spark to put you on the guest list. Tickets are still available for Bottom of the Hill's show with Radar Brothers, The Rum Diary and The Red Thread. Tussle was recently mentioned in Jane Magazine, so you could go to their show at Hemlock to see if that had any effect on their fanbase. If rock n' roll umlauts hover over your heart, you'll be at the Warfield to see Motörhead.
Through the weekend and beyond, after the jump.
Everyone we know raves about the Drive By Truckers' live show. Your chance to see what the ruckus is about happens at The Fillmore on Saturday, or earlier that afternoon at their free Amoeba instore. Also that night, Rob Crow's My Band is a Mess graces the stage at Bottom of the Hill. When not touring with his self-deprecatingly titled solo project, Crow plays in Pinback. On Sunday morning at 10am, tickets go on sale for the Mountain Winery's 2005 concert season (Lucinda Williams! Hall & Oates! Donna Summer!). If you have access to a car, this venue is a must-visit with its gorgeous outdoor setting and not-a-bad-seat-in-the-house intimacy. Man, it's been a while since we've heard anything from Garbage. Scowl, stomp and shake along with Shirley and the boys at The Warfield on Sunday night.
On Monday night, Michael Penn, a.k.a. Mr. Aimee Mann, plays his acclaimed folk at Cafe Du Nord. We've seen his brother Sean out at the rock shows, so perhaps he'll swing by if he's in town. Deerhoof and Death Sentence: Panda! teeter on the brink at Bottom of the Hill. And Cinema Drafthouse returns to The Independent with a screening of Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas, in tribute to the late, great Hunter S. Thompson, who had many a wise thing to say.
We had to rub our eyes when we saw this, but it looks like Deborah "don't call me Debbie" Gibson is performing at Cafe Du Nord on Wednesday night. What is it that drives a Deborah Gibson fan? Does he go to the show hoping she'll sing "Lost In Your Eyes," or is he a fan of Deb's current musical offerings? Does he show up for her 5pm Tower Records appearance just hoping she'll autograph a copy of her Playboy pictorial? Creepy. If nostalgia is not your thing, Bottom of the Hill has the grimy stoner rock of Dead Meadow, plus Jennifer Gentle and The Out Crowd.
Fischerspooner photo from amnestyusa.org. Deborah Gibson photo from Amazon.com.