The Next Two Weeks in Shows

To get a good idea of what’s going on in Connecticut over the next week (month) or so, you can always rely on out calendar to the right, or you can just find out here, for now.

Mark Nussbaum over at Manic Productions is in the middle of a busy week with shows over at the Cherry Street Station in Wallingford. Tomorrow might they’ve got local band Cable and Boston’s Irepress. Something interesting: Wikipedia tells me that Cable’s “lineup changes and delays between recordings may have hindered their notoriety over the years.” It sounds a little more complicated than that – they’ve been around for 14 years… Apparently they are preparing to release their come-back album Variable Speed Drive.

Another show tomorrow night will be Tippy Canoe (and the Paddlemen?) at Cafe Nine (see calendar).

On Saturday, June 28th, the Cherry Street Station is hosting Grails and Nadja, who have been touring together for a little while now. Also present will be duo Lady Lovelace and the Calculator Death Machine. They are interesting.

Saturday is also the date of the Times New Viking show at the Living Room in Providence, R.I. if you feel like spending a little extra cash for the drive, or finding chauffeur friends. Listen to their recent Daytrotter session. Also, they’re playing with Deer Tick, a band that found us at the Not Brooklyn Festival.

Kicking off July on Manic’s calendar will be gothic, country punks (this is accurate) O’Death at New Haven People’s Center on the 11th. There isn’t much more I can say without Mark Rowan getting all flustered and embarrassed that I write for this blog.

For July 12, Elf Power is playing The Space in Hamden, CT. tThey’re another band hailing from Athens, Ga. and they're on tour supporting the March 25th release In a Cave. If I find myself home that weekend, I’d be down for spending less than $10 on this show.