Being There's Monthly City Guide by The Being There StaffDon’t let those April showers get you down. Even after the SXSW wearout, there are still plenty of shows to see this month – including the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and three separate Earth Day Festivals in New York, Chicago and San Francisco! Austin - Boston - Chicago - Los Angeles - Montreal - Nashville - New Orleans - New York - San Francisco - Seattle - Toronto - Vancouver Austin, Texas Apr. 5 – TV On The Radio & The Noisettes @ La Zona Rosa Apr. 6 – 120 Days @ Emo’s Austin; Guster @ Stubb’s Bar-B-Q Apr. 7 – Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ La Zona Rosa; Yo La Tengo @ Stubb’s Bar-B-Q Apr. 10 – Richard Swift, David Vanedervelde, etc. @ Emo’s Austin Apr. 11 – Brandi Carlile @ The Parish Room Apr. 13 – Old 97’s @ Stubb’s Bar-B-Q Apr. 14 – Sebadoh @ Emo’s Austin Apr. 20 – Alejandro Escovedo @ Cactus Café; “Old Settler’s Music Festival” feat. Iris DeMent, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, etc. (visit for details) Apr. 21 – Bill Callahan @ The Mohawk; “Hellcat Records Tour” feat. tapes ‘n tapes, Aerogramme, etc. @ Emo’s Austin Apr. 22 – “MtvU Campus Invasion Music Festival” feat. The Shins, Shiny Toy Guns and The Rapture @ The Backyard Apr. 24 – Hot Chip @ Antone’s Apr. 25 – Fishbone @ Emo’s Austin Apr. 28 – Elvis Perkins and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Stubb’s Bar-B-Q; Asylum Street Spankers @ Saxon Pub Boston, Massachusets Apr. 6 – Sondre Lerche & Willy Mason @ Paradise Rock Club/Lounge; Sonny Rollins @ Symphony Hall Apr. 7 – Blind Boys Of Alabama @ Berklee Performance Center; Iggy and The Stooges @ Orpheum Theatre; Lily Allen & The Bird and the Bee @ The Roxy Apr. 9 – The Walkmen and Kaiser Chefs @ Avalon Apr. 12 – Sean Lennon @ Paradise Rock Club/Lounge Apr. 14 – Norah Jones & M. Ward @ Orpheum Theatre; Brad Mehldau & Pat Metheny @ The Opera House Apr. 15 – Son Volt @ Paradise Rock Club/Lounge Apr. 19 – John Legend & Corinne Bailey Rae @ Orpheum Theatre; Chris Cornell @ Avalon Apr. 20 – Patty Griffin @ Orpheum Theatre; Constantines @ Avalon; Guster @ The Opera House (also Apr. 21) Apr. 21 – Bob Saget @ Orpheum Theatre Apr. 22 – Art Garfunkel @ Berklee Performance Center; Fountains of Wayne @ Paradise Rock Club/Lounge Apr. 25 – Josh Rouse @ Paradise Rock Club/Lounge Apr. 27 – Modest Mouse @ Orpheum Theatre Apr. 28 – Spoon @ Remis Auditorium at Museum of Fine Arts Apr. 29 – Wolfmother @ Avalon Chicago, Illinois Apr. 5 – B.B. King @ House of Blues (also Apr. 6) Apr. 7 – Exene Cervenka & The Original Sinners @ The Hideout Apr. 9 – Aerogramme, A Northern Chorus and Twilight Sad @ Subterranean; Lindsey Buckingham @ House of Blues Apr. 10 – Son Volt @ Vic Theatre Apr. 12 – Hubert Sumlin, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Pinetop Perkins @ House of Blues Apr. 13 – Lucinda Williams & Carrie Rodriguez @ Vic Theatre (also Apr. 14); North Mississippi Allstars @ Old Town School of Folk Music; Corinne Bailey Rae & John Legend @ Chicago Theatre Apr. 14 - Blue Cheer @ Schubas Tavern; Josh Rouse @ Old Town School of Folk Music Apr. 15 – Iggy and The Stooges @ Congress Theater; Rodney Crowell @ Old Town School of Folk Music Apr. 17 – Youth Group @ Empty Bottle Apr. 18 – The Decemberists @ Riviera Theatre (also Apr. 19); The Frames @ Metro/Smar Bar Apr. 19-22 – Green Apple Music & Arts Festival feat. The Decemberists, Andrew Bird, Kaiser Chiefs, and more (visit www.greenapplemusicfestival.com for details) Apr. 23 – Bright Eyes & Oakley Hall @ Riviera Theatre (also Apr. 24) Apr. 24 – Richard Swift, David Vandervelde and Sons of National Freedom @ Schubas Tavern Apr. 25 – Koko Taylor & Her Blues Machine @ Hilton Towers; Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts @ Double Door Apr. 27 – Antibalas @ Park West; Richard Buckner @ Schubas Tavern Apr. 28 – Ted Leo and The Pharmacists @ Metro/Smar Bar Los Angeles, California Apr. 4 – Richard Buckner @ Echo; The Yardbirds @ Knitting Factory; Jill Sobule & Friends @ Largo Apr. 6 – Dean & Britta @ Getty Center (also Apr. 7 @ Silent Movie Theater; Richard Swift, David Vandervelde, Peter Walker and Sons of National Freedom @ Spaceland Apr. 9 – The Killers @ Staples Center Apr. 11 – Cowboy Junkies @ El Rey Theatre; Glen Phillips @ Largo Apr. 12 – Robyn Hitchcock @ Spaceland; Ted Leo and The Pharmacists @ El Rey Theatre (also Apr. 13) Apr. 15 – The Shins @ Orpheum Theatre Apr. 17 – The Broken West @ Spaceland; Greg Proops Chat Show @ Largo Apr. 18 – A Northern Chorus, Aerogramme and Twilight Sad @ Knitting Factory Apr. 21 – Smoosh @ Knitting Factory Apr. 23 – Iggy and The Stooges @ The Wiltern; Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo Apr. 29 – Travis @ Music Box at Fonda Montreal, Quebec Apr. 2 – Cold War Kids & Tokyo Police Club @ La Sala Rosa Apr. 4 – Lindsey Buckingham @ Metropolis; Youth Group @ Mile End Cultural Centre Apr. 6 – Lily Allen & The Bird and the Bee @ Club Soda Apr. 13 – Elvis Perkins & Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Metropolis Apr. 15 – Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts @ La Tulipe Apr. 17 – The Walkmen & Kaiser Chefs @ Spectrum De Montreal Apr. 18 – John Mayer & Kathleen Edwards @ Bell Centre Apr. 21 – The Frames @ Le National Music Hall Apr. 25 – Modest Mouse @ Metropolis Nashville, Tennessee Apr. 5 – The Decemberists @ City Hall Apr. 6 – Southern Culture On The Skids @ Mercy Lounge Apr. 7 – Sebadoh @ Exit/In Apr. 9 – 120 Days @ Mercy Lounge Apr. 13 – Antibalas @ Mercy Lounge Apr. 14 – TV On The Radio & The Noisettes @ Mercy Lounge; Rodney Crowell @ Tennessee Perfoming Arts Center Apr. 16 – Andrew Bird @ Mercy Lounge Apr. 17 – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah & Elvis Perkins @ Cannery Ballroom; Brandi Carlile @ The Belcourt Theatre Apr. 18 – tapes ‘n tapes @ Mercy Lounge; Sheryl Crow @ Vanderbilt University Apr. 20-21 – “Rites of Spring” Music Fest feat. Drive-By Truckers, Keller Williams, Wolfmother, Amos Lee, The Roots, etc. @ Vanderbilt University Apr. 21 – Rodney Crowell @ Earth Day Festival Apr. 23 – The Killers @ Ryman Auditorium; Susan Tedeschi @ The Belcourt Theatre Apr. 26 – Norah Jones & M. Ward @ Ryman Auditorium Apr. 28 – Anne McCue @ Mercy Lounge New Orleans, Louisiana Apr. 5 – Yo La Tengo @ Tipitina’s Uptown Apr. 6 – K-OS, POS, Gym Class Heroes and RX Bandits @ House of Blues Apr. 7 – TV On The Radio & The Noisettes @ One Eyed Jacks Apr. 12 – Sheryl Crow @ Republic New Orleans Apr. 13 – Brandi Carlile @ Parish At House of Blues Apr. 19 – Nickel Creek & Tift Merritt @ House of Blues Apr. 24 – Elvis Perkins & Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Republic New Orleans Apr. 26 – Dr. John @ House of Blues Apr. 27-29 – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival feat. Dr. John, Calexico Van Morrison, T-Bone Burnett, Percy Sledge, Mose Allison, Lucinda Williams, and much more (visit www.nojazzfest.com for details) New York, New York Apr. 5 – “Celebrating The Music of Bruce Springsteen” feat. North Mississippi Allstars, Badly Drawn Boy, Josh Ritter, M. Ward, Steve Earle, etc. @ Carnegie Hall; The Allman Brothers Band @ Beacon Theatre (also Apr. 6-8); Bobby Bare Jr. & Dr. Dog @ Bowery Ballroom Apr. 6 – Cold War Kids & Tokyo Police Club @ Bowery Ballroom (also Apr. 7); North Mississippi Allstars @ Housing Works Bookstore Apr. 7 – The Klezmatics @ Makor; Sondre Lerche & Willy Mason @ Webster Hall Apr. 8 – Koko Taylor & Her Blues Machine @ B.B. King’s Blues Club Apr. 9 – Iggy & The Stooges @ United Palace Apr. 10 – Guy Clark & Slaid Cleaves @ B.B. King’s Blues Club; Dr. John @ Lincoln Center; Youth Group @ Mercury Lounge; Bill Frisell @ The Village Vanguard (also Apr. 11-15, 17-22) Apr. 11 – Buddy Guy & Danielia Cotton @ B.B. King’s Blues Club (also Apr. 13); Brad Mehldau & Pat Metheny @ Carnegie Hall; Lily Allen & The Bird and the Bee @ Irving Plaza Apr. 12 – Alejandro Escovedo @ Joe’s Pub; Kaiser Chiefs & The Walkmen @ Roseland Ballroom Apr. 13 – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings & The Isley Brothers @ United Palace; Art Garfunkel @ Allen Room at Time Warner Center (also Apr. 14); Sean Lennon @ Irving Plaza; Guster @ Beacon Theatre (also Apr. 14) Apr. 14 – James Hunter @ B.B. King’s Blues Club Apr. 15 – Allen Toussaint, Jackie Hoffman, Kiki & Herb and The Persuasions @ Joe’s Pub Apr. 16 – Smoosh @ Knitting Factory; Chris Cornell @ Irving Plaza; Leon Russell @ B.B. King’s Blues Club Apr. 17 – Art Brut @ Bowery Ballroom Apr. 18 – Patti Smith @ Hiro Ballroom at Maritime Hotel (also Apr. 24 @ Bowery Ballroom); Son Volt @ Irving Plaza; Norah Jones & M. Ward @ Theatre at Madison Square Garden Apr. 19-22 – “Green Apple Music & Arts Festival” feat. John Mayall & The Blues Breakers, Charlie Hunter, Mason Jennings, etc. (visit www.greenapplefestival.com for details) Apr. 19 - Patty Griffin @ Beacon Theatre Apr. 22 – Richard Swift, David Vandervelde & Sons of National Freedom @ Pianos Apr. 23 – Corinne Bailey Rae & John Legend @ Theater at Madison Square Garden Apr. 24 – Constantines @ Irving Plaza (also Apr. 25); Anjani @ Joe’s Pub (also Apr. 29); The Frames @ Town Hall; Fountains of Wayne @ Webster Hall Apr. 25 –Kristin Hersh @ Bowery Ballroom Apr. 26 – Gordon Lightfoot @ Town Hall; Brandi Carlile @ Bowery Ballroom (also Apr. 27) Apr. 27 – Graham Parker @ Knitting Factory Apr. 28 – Michael Penn @ Joe’s Pub (also Apr. 30); The Killers @ Madison Square Garden Arena Apr. 29 – Modest Mouse @ United Palace (also Apr. 30) Apr. 30 - Michael Penn @ Joe’s Pub; Lou Reed @ Highline Ballroom; Laurie Anderson & Philip Glass @ Alice Tully Hall San Francisco, California Apr. 7 – The Killers @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium; Heart @ Cow Palace; The Frames @ The Fillmore Apr. 8 – Dean & Britta @ The Independent Apr. 10 – Robyn Hitchcock @ Slim’s Apr. 11 – The Gourds @ Great American Music Hall Apr. 13 – Cowboy Junkies @ Great American Music Hall; Charlie Louvin @ Swedish American Hall Apr. 14 – Ted Leo and The Pharmacists @ Slim’s; Toots & The Maytals @ Warfield Theatre Apr. 15 – Willie Nelson @ The Fillmore (also Apr. 16-19); A Northern Chorus, Aerogramme and Twilight Sad @ The Independent; Wolfmother @ Warfield Theatre Apr. 16 – The Broken West @ Café Du Nord; The Shins @ Warfield Theatre (also Apr. 17) Apr. 19 – Iggy and The Stooges @ Warfield Theatre (also Apr. 21) Apr. 19-22 – Green Apple Music & Arts Festival feat. Willie Nelson, Stephen Marley, Bob Weir and Rat Dog, Smoosh, and more (visit www.greenapplefestival.com for details) Apr. 24 – Grant Lee Phillips @ Great American Music Hall Apr. 25 – The Decemberists @ Warfield Theatre (also Apr. 26); Rufus Wainwright & Teddy Thompson @ Palace of Fine Arts Theatre; Air @ Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium Apr. 27 – Kaiser Chiefs & The Walkmen @ Warfield Theatre Apr. 28 – Nickel Creek @ Warfield Theatre Apr. 29 – Sean Lennon @ Great American Music Hall Apr. 30 – Regina Spektor @ Warfield Theatre; Sloan @ The Independent; Fountains of Wayne @ Great American Music Hall; Fields @ Café Du Nord Seattle, Washington Apr. 6 – Robyn Hitchcock @ Crocodile Café Apr. 7 – Asylum Street Spankers @ Chop Suey Apr. 10 – Richard Buckner @ Crocodile Café; Charlie Louvin @ Tractor Tavern Apr. 11 – Dean & Britta @ The Triple Door; The Frames @ The Showbox Apr. 12 – The Duhks @ The Showbox Apr. 13 – Damian Jr. Gong Marley, K’Naan and Stephen Marley @ The Showbox; Aerogramme, Twilight Sad and A Northern Chorus @ Crocodile Cafe Apr. 14 – The Broken West @ The Showbox Apr. 15 – Modest Mouse @ Paramount Theatre Apr. 17 – Ted Leo and The Pharmacists @ The Showbox; Cowboy Junkies @ Benaroya Hall Apr. 19 – Mose Allison @ Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley (also Apr. 20-22); John Prine & Mindy Smith @ 5th Avenue Theatre Apr. 22 – Rufus Wainwright & Teddy Thompson @ The Triple Door (also Apr. 23); Toots & The Maytals @ The Showbox Apr. 24 - Pinetop Perkins & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith @ Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley (also Apr. 25) Apr. 25 – Kaiser Chiefs & The Walkmen @ The Showbox; Regina Spektor @ Moore Theatre;Damien Rice @ Benaroya Hall Apr. 27 – Iggy and The Stooges @ WaMu Theatre Toronto, Ontario Apr. 3 – Youth Group @ Horseshoe Tavern Apr. 4 – Cold War Kids & Tokyo Police Club @ The Mod Club Theatre Apr. 5 – Lindsey Buckingham @ Danforth Music Hall; Lily Allen & The Bird and the Bee @ Phoenix Concert Theatre Apr. 6 – A Northern Chorus, Aereogramme & Twilight Sad @ El Mocambo; Ben Folds @ Kool Haus Apr. 9 – Brad Mehldau & Pat Metheny @ Hummingbird Centre Apr. 11 – Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen @ Hugh’s Room (also Apr. 12) Apr. 12 – Son Volt @ The Mod Club Theatre Apr. 14 – Chris Cornell @ Phoenix Concert Theatre; Bettye LaVette & Blind Boys Of Alabama @ Massey Hall; Elvis Perkins & Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Kool Haus Apr. 17 – John Mayer & Kathleen Edwards @ Air Canada Centre; Corinne Bailey Rae & John Legend @ Hummingbird Centre; Lucinda Williams & Carrie Rodriguez @ Massey Hall Apr. 18 – Kaiser Chiefs & The Walkmen @ Kool Haus Apr. 19 – Art Brut @ The Mod Club Theatre Apr. 20 – The Frames @ Phoenix Concert Theatre Apr. 21 – Buddy Guy & Jackie Greene @ Massey Hall; Mountain @ Jeff Healey’s Roadhouse Apr. 22 – Emm Gryner @ Downsview Park Apr. 24 – Modest Mouse @ Hummingbird Centre; Patty Griffin @ Trinity St. Paul Centre Vancouver, British Columbia Apr. 5 – Great Lake Swimmers @ Richard’s on Richards Apr. 6 – Arlo Guthrie @ Chan Centre Apr. 12 – The Frames @ Red Room; Constantines with Jon Rae & The River @ The Plaza Club Apr. 14 – Damian Jr. Gong Marley, K’Naan and Stephen Marley @ Commodore Ballroom Apr. 15 – Ron Sexsmith @ Chan Centre Apr. 16 – Modest Mouse @ Pacific National Exhibition Apr. 18 – Toots & The Maytals @ Commodore Ballroom (also Apr. 19); Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ Richard’s On Richards Apr. 21 – Air @ Richard’s on Richards Apr. 24 – Damien Rice @ Centre In Vancouver For Performing Arts; Kaiser Chiefs & The Walkmen @ Commodore Ballroom Apr. 26 – Pinetop Perkins & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith @ The Yale Apr. 27 – B.B. 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