October Live Music Radness

Chilly lately, right? Which means perfect weather for chili. And hoodies. And new fall shoes. And your annual physical to make sure your S.A.D. thwarting anti-depressant prescription is all set.

The old Bachelor has been a busy little butterfly lately (a bitchy one, too), but all that should stop soon (well, not the bitching). The month from hell officially just ended, and while my downstairs is a sea of unpacked boxes, I'm officially ensconsced in the new pad, having fled the suburbs back into the friendly confines of Clevo.

Right now, in fact, I'm sitting in my otherwise empty old apartment, waiting for the gas man to come and shut my service off. Until then, it is just me, this laptop, and a few periodicals and a Mulisch novel to kill time with. And then goodbye to Cleveland Heights, hello Collinwood. I'm super excited about this, and even more excited about the fact that by this time next week I'll be back in the swing of things, with all the time I need to do the things I want to do. Which will, of course, include seeing shows. Speaking of which ...

OCTOBER:
1 - Common at House of Blues
2 - Woven Hand @ Akron Musica OR Afternoon Naps @ Music Saves
4 - Built to Spill @ Grog Shop
5 - Yo La Tengo @ Beachland
6 - Mofro @ Beachland Ballroom OR The Most Serene Republic @ Beachland Tavern
7 - Big Bang TV @ Oberlin
8 - Japandroids @ Now That's Class
9 - B.B. King @ House of Blues
9 - Noel Quintana & the Latin Crew @ CSU OR Craig Ramsey/Sarah Pray/Joshua Jesty @ bela dubby
10 - Kurt Vile @ Oberlin OR Arte Povera @ Beachland (Pink Eye Release Party)
11 - Asobi Seksu/Loney Dear/Anna Ternheim @ Grog Shop OR The Black Angels/Disappears/Pierced Arrows @ Beachland
14 - Califone show and film screening @ Beachland
15 - They Might Be Giants (special Flood show) @ Beachland
16 - Dr Dog @ Beachland OR Founding Fathers @ Grog Shop OR The Mars Volta at House of Blues
19 - Paleface @ Cleveland Matinee
20 - St Vincent @ Beachland
21 - Langhorne Slim/Dawes @ Grog Shop OR Elusive Parallelograms @ Now That's Class
23 - Captured! By Robots @ Grog Shop (This dude's last presidency-centered show was HILARIOUS and HEAVY!)
22 - Saul Williams at House of Blues
23 - Coffinberry/JJ Magazine @ Beachland OR Picklefight/Guice Man/Throbbing Griswold @ bela dubby
24 - Drummer/Royal Bangs/Other Girls @ Beachland Ballroom OR Unsparing Sea CD release @ Beachland Tavern
26 - Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea @ Beachland Tavern
27 - Neon Indian @ Oberlin
27 - Electric Tickle Machine @ Now That's Class
29 - Flosstradamus @ Oberlin
31 - Wiley & the Checkmates @ Beachland

NOVEMBER:
3 - Digable Planets @ Beachland
5 - Ghostface Killah @ Beachland
7 - White Denim @ Grog Shop OR Peter Tork @ The Winchester
10 - Art Brut @ Oberlin
11 - Railcars@ Now That's Class
12 - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros @ Kent Folk Fest
13- 14 - International Overthrow Pop Fest @ Beachland (feat. Afternoon Naps, Bill Fox, and more than a dozen other bands!)
18 - Meat Puppets/Beaten Awake @ Grog Shop
19 - Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers @ HOB-Cambridge Room
20 - Dinosaur Jr @ Grog Shop
21 - Evangelicals @ Beachland Tavern
25 - Grace Potter & the Nocturnals @ HOB
26 - This Way Out Anniversary Party @ Beachland (feat. Founding Fathers)
28 - Genghis Con @ Beachland (day-time small press/comic convention) OR El Ten Eleven @ Beachland
29 - Lez Zeppelin @ Beachland

DECEMBER:
1 - AA Bondy @ Akron Musica
9 - El Vez Christmas Show @ Beachland Ballroom