January Live Music Radness

Welcome to 2010, friends. Let us declare this the Year of Rock. Below is the regular monthly listing of shows that have caught my eye. As you might guess, the ones in bold have REALLY caught my eye. The biggies coming in January include an Afternoon Naps headlined show (with openers Casual Encounters, Filmstrip, and Prisoners) during the Grog's annual free weekend, The Dutchess & the Duke at the Grog, soul legend Melvin Davis at the Beachland, and a quick jaunt to Akron at the end of the month for a Musica show featuring The Antlers.

And, of course, the Cleveland Bachelor Show of the Month, which this time is a partnered up sort of thing with my friends at Music Saves. Details are coming ... soon.

JANUARY:
1 - One/One First Annual Festival of the Weird Solo Act @ Beachland (feat. Mr California, Uno Lady, XRIN Arms, Mosquito Bandito, Thumbs Up, Battery Collection, Marky Ray)
2 - Music Saves Brit Pop Night @ Beachland (DJ only)
3 - Kurt Vile @ Now That's Class
7 - Anvil @ House of Blues
8 - Afternoon Naps/Casual Encounters/Filmstrip/Prisoners @ Grog (FREE) OR Cleveland Scene's Bands to Watch show feat. Megachurch, The Modern Electric, and 8 more bands at the Beachland.
9 - Heelsplitter @ Beachland OR Uzizi @ the Winchester
10 - Picklefight & Spacer Ace @ bela dubby
13 - Bear in Heaven @ CWRU's The Spot OR Average White Band/Vitium @ House of Blues
15 - The Dutchess and the Duke/Medication @ Grog
16 - Melvin Davis & the Nu Nite Sounds @ Beachland
17 - Rural Alberta Advantage & The Octagon @ Beachland
18 - House of Blues Annual MLK Day Party
20 - Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers @ Beachland
22 - Ronnie Spector & Afternoon Naps @ Beachland OR Retribution Gospel Choir @ Grog Shop
23 - The Modern Electric & Simeon Soul Charger @ Grog Shop
29 - The Schwartz Brothers @ Beachland
30 - The Antlers @ Musica (Akron)

FEBRUARY:
1 - Movits @ Grog Shop
12 - Cracker acoustic @ The Basement (Columbus) OR Fucked Up @ Oberlin's 'Sco OR Commander Cody @ the Winchester
13 - Whiskey Daredevils/Scoliosis Jones @ Beachland
14 - Girlyman @ Beachland
16 - George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic @ House of Blues
17 - Yes @ House of Blues
20 - How to Breath Underwater/Whisper Signal @ bela dubby
23 - Ha Ha Tonka @ Beachland OR Cold Cave @ Grog Shop
26 - Wussy/The Fervor @ Beachland
27 - The Avett Brothers/The Low Anthem @ House of Blues OR Pierced Arrows @ Beachland OR Prisoners/Other Girls @ Grog Shop
30 - Anti-Flag @ Beachland

MARCH:
8 - Foreign Born/Free Energy @ Beachland
10 - Bill Staines @ the Winchester
11 - Bowerbirds @ Oberlin's 'Sco OR Ted Leo & the Pharmacists @ Grog Shop
23 - The Big Pink @ Grog Shop
26 - Country Joe McDonald @ the Winchester
31 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ House of Blues

APRIL:
1 - Henry Rollins @ Kent Stage
30 - Yeasayer @ Grog Shop

MAY:
1 - Backyard Tire Fire @ Beachland