Aural Sex 6/19

Have you ever wanted to be a pillow?

There’s a shit load of good music out there this weekend so take the jump to see if you’re lucky enough to be in on some of it. Steely Dan, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Tom Waits, and Pearl Jam are just a few of the bands making the rounds this weekend.

If you want your band and/or city added to the illustrious line-up, holler at blog@brahsome.com

Asheville
Thursday – Duende Mountain Duo (Emerald Lounge), Zoso (Orange Peel)
Friday – Col. Bruce & the Quark Alliance (The Garage at Biltmore)
Saturday – Sci Fi/Funkopotamus/The Mantras (The Garage at Biltmore)
Tuesday – Daniel Johnston (Orange Peel)

Atlanta
Saturday – R.E.M/Modest Mouse/The National (Lakewood), moe./Keller Williams (Verizon Wireless), Blues Traveler (Candler Park), Earl Klugh Trio/George Benson (Chastain Park)
Tuesday – The Doobie Brothers (Chastain Park), The Toadies (Masquerade)

Atlantic City
Thursday – Steve Winwood (Borgata Music Box)
Saturday – Stevie Wonder (Mark G. Etess Arena)

Austin
Friday – Times New Viking (Emo’s), Otto Von Schirach (Elysium), Robert Earl Keen/Band of Heathens (Stubbs)
Saturday – Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash (Mean Eyed Cat), The Gourds (Threadgills)
Tuesday – Thievery Corporation (Stubbs)

Boston
Friday – Acoustic Alchemy (Scullers Jazz Club), Iron Maiden (Comcast Center)
Saturday – Phil and Friends (BOA Pavilion), Blondie (South Shore Music)
Sunday – Stevie Nicks (BOA Pavilion), Little Feat (South Shore Music), Stevie Wonder (Comcast Center)
Monday – Steely Dan (BOA Pavilion)
Tuesday – Dave Matthews Band (Comcast Center)

Camden, NJ
Thursday – Pearl Jam (Susquehanna Bank Center)
Friday – Pearl Jam (Susquehanna Bank Center)

Carrboro/Chapel Hill/Durham
Thursday – Anonymous (The Library)
Friday – Thao and the Get Down Stay Down (Local 506)

Charlotte
Thursday – Stuck Mojo/Hatefist/Vendetta (Amos’ Southend), Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad/Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Visulite Theater)
Friday – The Delta Drift (Puckett’s Farm Equipment)
Saturday – Marc Broussard (Neighborhood Theater)

Chicago
Thursday – New Riders of the Purple Sage (Beverly Art Center), Grupo Fantasma (HOB)
Friday – Junior Brown (Fitzgeralds), The Doobie Brothers (Charter One), The Black Angels/The Warlocks (Logan Sq Auditorium), Willie Nelson (Ravinia)
Saturday – Drive By Truckers (Taste of Randolph St)

Dallas
Friday – The Gourds (Granada Theater), Johnny Lang (HOB)
Saturday – Times New Viking (Club DaDa)
Monday – Tom Waits (Palladium Ballroom)

Denver
Thursday – RAQ (Cernvantes’ Masterpiece)
Saturday – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (Red Rocks)
Tuesday – Mark Knopfler (Red Rocks)

El Paso
Friday – Tom Waits (Plaza Theater)

Ft. Worth
Thursday – The Gourds (Central Music Mkt)
Saturday – The Toadies (Ridglea Theater)

Greensboro, NC
Thursday – Strange Design (The Blind Tiger)
Friday – Southside Funk (The Blind Tiger)

High Point, NC
Saturday – The Machine (High Point Theater)

Houston
Friday – Matt the Electrician (Anderson Fair)
Sunday – Tom Waits (Jones Hall)

New York, NY
Thursday – R.E.M./Modest Mouse/The National (MSG), John Scofield Trio (The Blue Note), Andrew Freeman (The Canal Room)
Friday – Steely Dan (Beacon), The Cure (MSG), MMJ (Radio City), JFJO (Sullivan Hall), Scofield Trio (The Blue Note)
Saturday – Steely Dan (Beacon), Naughty By Nature (Apollo), Scofield Trio (The Blue Note)
Sunday – Scofield Trio (The Blue Note)
Monday – Herbie Hancock (Carnagie Hall), Coldplay (MSG)
Tuesday – Marco Benevento/DJ Logic (le poisson rouge), Pearl Jam (MSG)
Wednesday – Pearl Jam (MSG)

Portland, OR
Friday – Railroad Earth (The Crystal Ballroom)
Sunday – Taj Mahal Trio/Keb Mo’ (Oregon Zoo)

Raleigh
Thursday – Too Pure to Die (The Brewery), Robinella, The American Gun (Pour House)
Friday – The White Tie Affair (The Brewery), Stuck Mojo (Volume 11 Tavern), Jimmy’s Chicken Shack (The Pour House)
Saturday – The Old Ceremony (The Pour House)

Richmond, VA
Friday – Jason Isbell (Brown’s Island), Appetite for Destruction (The National)
Saturday – Southside Funk (Emilio’s)
Monday – Daniel Johnston (The National)
Wednesday – Keller Williams/YMSB (Innsbrook Pavilion)

San Antonio
Friday – The Toadies (Sunset Station)

Seattle
Thursday – Junior Brown (Tractor Tavern)
Saturday – Railroad Earth (Showbox at the Market), Bob Weir & Ratdog/Gov’t Mule (WaMu Theater)
Monday – Maceo Parker (Jazz Alley), US Air Guitar Championships (Chop Suey)

Washington, DC
Saturday – Grupo Fantasma (Black Cat)
Sunday – Pearl Jam (Verizon Center), Leon Russell (Safeway BBQ Festival)

Wilmington, NC
Thursday – The Queers/Andrew Jackson Jihad/Lemuria (The Soapbox)

Winston-Salem
Thursday – Gonzilla (Garage)

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