[Toups]

hello select button! I have recently been put in charge of booking my band's return trip from new york city this february. So... I'm trying to plan out a vague route. Can anyone point me to cities which have active/boppin' music scenes that would be fun to play? anywhere between new york and louisiana. bonus points if you can name excellent venues, and even MORE bonus points if you can supply contact info for those in charge of booking those venues.

thanks!

(note: alternatively, if someone knows a way in which I can get us a few AWESOME shows on the west coast, that is also an option)
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[Focus]

knoxville, tn - the pilot light
www.thepilotlight.com
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[Panoptic]

I'd love to say "Come to Iowa" so I can see your show, but I can't do that in good conscious because Iowa sucks, frankly.

[Toups]

[ajutla]

toups come to kansas city okay

[Toups]

[Panoptic]

I went to a Milemarker show in Minneapolis with a friend a few years back, and there were like a dozen people there. Can't imagine anything in Iowa is like Minneapolis, but I guess Ames or Cedar Rapids are as close as you'd get. Either way, if you do come to Iowa (or southern Minnesota) I'd try to be in attendance.

[dongle]

Cleveland OH
and this probably goes without saying but don't forget to stop by Athens, GA while you're in the south.

[Toups]

[boojiboy7]

toups if you play in cleveland I will be there to salute you, good sir. I would have suggested this myself, but i have no knowledge of who to contact to get gigs here. I know Peabody's, the Grog Shop (assuming they are still open, I think they are but who knows), the Euclid Tavern (same story as Grog) and the Beachland Ballroom all do various stuff and I would imagine you would end up at one of them, but there are a ton of places around here so yeah.

[Focus]

[108]

Toups go to Bloomington, Indiana. I don't know what venues are hot anymore though it's a hell of a town and there are literally tens of thousands of impressionable college students around. (It's where Indiana University is located, et cetera.)

If you're in Indianapolis, you must play at the Slippery Noodle Inn. It's the oldest bar in Indiana!

It's a hell of a nice venue. Always full of people on a Friday night -- normally with three or four bands playing in seperate rooms at all times. Blues, jazz, rock, folk, punk. Awesome shit all around.

Pretty good food, too.

Aside from that, fuck Indiana. If you can spare the entire state a Thursday (Bloomington) and a Friday (Indy), go for it.
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[boojiboy7]

Toups, if you are in Columbus, Ohio, try getting a spot at Andyman's Treehouse. I wouldn't say it is worth going to Columbus alone for, but if you are going through there, it is like one of the best bars I have ever been in, though it is also a shithole (though I say that in an endearing way).

[nothingxs]

why aren't you coming to miami ;(
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[Toups]

[Ebrey]

[Vikram Ray]

[NeoEsZ]

Okay, Saint Louis, Missouri has a decent scene for what your band is doing. There's a venue called the Bluebird (bluebirdstl.com) and there are a couple bands you should ask to play with you "Jumbling Towers" and "Berlin Whale" both are decent bands, would fit well with yours and draw well. If you can get them, also see "Say Panther" and "So Many Dynamos"

I'm part of the booking committee at the local experimental noise/math rock/noise venue in st. louis, but there isn't much to offer a band like yours there. And unfortunately, my band would be a weird and bad mix with your own (www.myspace.com/sleepstate). Anyway, hopefully that points you in the right direction.

edit: Oh shit, if you hit up Bloomington, message a band on myspace called Husband&Wife (just search for them) and tell them Sleep State sent you. They will hook you up PHAT. We hooked them up hella 'round here.

[Zebadayus]

Louisville, Kentucky, has a happenin' music scene Toups. ;)


And also may I suggest The Dame in Lexington, KY.

http://www.dameky.com/

[Toups]

[bleak]

Check out a couple small venues in Seattle:

Neumos -- www.neumos.com

El Corazon -- www.elcorazonseattle.com

Are my recommendations, I've been to these places and they are good!

Here's a (maybe) comprehensive list of venues in/around Seattle though.

Venues in Seattle
5th Ave. Theatre - http://www.5thavenuetheatre.org
Benaroya Hall - http://www.seattlesymphony.org/benaroya
Cafe Venus and the marsBar - http://www.cafevenus.com
Can-Can - http://www.thecancan.com
Central Saloon - http://www.centralsaloon.com
CHAC (Capitol Hill Arts Center) - http://www.capitolhillarts.com
Chop Suey - http://www.chopsuey.com
Comet Tavern = http://www.myspace.com/thecomettavern
Crocodile Cafe - http://www.thecrocodile.com [DEAD]
El Corazon - http://www.elcorazonseattle.com
EMP/Liquid Lounge - http://www.emplive.org
The Funhouse - http://www.thefunhouseseattle.com
Gallery 1412 - http://gallery1412.org
Jazz Alley - http://www.jazzalley.com
Last Supper Club - http://www.lastsupperclub.com
Moore Theatre - http://www.themoore.com
Nectar - http://www.nectarlounge.com
Neumo's - http://www.neumos.com
On The Boards - http://www.ontheboards.org
Paramount Theatre - http://www.theparamount.com
Rendevouz Jewelbox Theater - http://www.jewelboxtheater.com
Seattle Center (Key Arena/McCaw Hall) - http://www.seattlecenter.com/events
The Showbox/Showbox Sodo - http://www.showboxonline.com
Studio 7 - http://www.studioseven.us
Sunset Tavern - http://www.sunsettavern.com
ToST Lounge - http://www.tostlounge.com
Tractor Tavern - http://www.tractortavern.com
Triple Door - http://www.thetripledoor.net
Vera Project (all ages venue, now part of the Seattle Center) - http://www.theveraproject.org
Town Hall Seattle - http://www.townhallseattle.org

Venues outside of Seattle
Comcast Arena (formerly the Everett Events Center) - http://www.comcastarenaeverett.com/
The Gorge - http://www.hob.com/venues/concerts/gorge
Hell's Kitchen (Tacoma) - http://www.hellskitchenonline.com
Marymoor Park (Redmond) - http://www.concertsatmarymoor.com
Napavine Amphitheatre (between Seattle and Portland) - http://www.thenapavineamphitheater.com
White River Amphitheatre (Auburn) - http://www.whiteriverconcerts.com

Retailers (many of which double as venues)
Easy Street Records - http://www.buymusichere.net/stores/easystreet
Scarecrow Video - http://www.scarecrow.com
Silver Platters (the most overpriced CD store in the state) - http://www.silverplatters.com
Sonic Boom Records - http://www.sonicboomrecords.com
Third Place Books - http://www.thirdplacebooks.com
Elliot Bay Book Co. - http://www.elliottbaybook.com
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[km]

[bleak]

ALSO I don't know how you feel about playing in faux-dive bars but if you feel like it you could get a gig maybe at Johnny V's in downtown San Jose.

http://www.myspace.com/johnnyvslivemusic
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[Wall of Beef]

Toups, what kind of music does you band make?

Either way here is what I know about my area music scene Minneapolis/St.Paul

St. Paul:

Turf Club (http://www.turfclub.net/) - This is my favorite venue in Minnesota. Rock acts of any variety really, they get a lot of Noise and Experimental groups because thats a very big scene here. Which is to mean they take anything in the Rock genre. It usually has a really great turnout, and its just a nice place. Shows every night of the week.

Big V's (http://www.myspace.com/bigvs) - This place is a bit of a dive, but its just down the block from the Turf Club so it gets a lot of spill over. They do shows every night of the week. They also do a lot of Punk, Experimental, and Noise stuff. Mostly local, and really small bands.

Minneapolis:

7th Street Entry - (http://www.first-avenue.com/) This is the sister venue to First Avenue, which is the premiere mid level venue in the cities (Prince filmed Purple Rain there). Its a great place, connects to First Avenue so it gets plent of flow over. They do any kind of rock music. It usuall sounds fantastic, and its a great place to see someone because of the layout you can't really hide from a band.

Triple Rock Social Club (http://www.triplerocksocialclub.com/) This is a punk club, but they do anything rock. Its actually owned by the members of Dillenger Four, and NOFX filmed a video there for the song they wrote about the place. Really good place, great set up, good food too.

400 Bar (http://www.400bar.com/) I hate this place, but it pulls in a lot of the same level acts as the previous mentioned. Its notorious for being picks to bands, and its a terrible place to see a show. Can't even see the bands from the bar. Awful.

There a lot of other smaller places too: Uptown Bar, Lees Liquor Lounge, 331 Club, Nomad World Pub
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[Laurel Soup]

If you're Detroit bound might I suggest:
The 2500 Club - bombed out and rockabillified shell of a downtown bar
The Belmont - small but clean, the anti-2500 Club
Small's - two headed home to hipsters in sweaters. they were getting big international acts out of the blue earlier this year.
The Painted Lady - Oh snap, the Protomen are playing soon!
The Magic Stick - the most mainstream venue on this list.
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[luckystrike]

I can't believe someone else has been to The 2500 Club. Last time I was there they had underground, locally-shot pornography and snuff films playing on the tv's around the bar. Cheap beer, too! It was the first bar I went to after turning 21, and also consequently the first bar I heaved my guts out in the parking lot.

It's hard to recommend coming to Detroit to play a show unless you are pretty well known, as in my experience there doesn't seem to be much of a pick-up scene around here. Maybe at a place called "Churchill's", but that is in Flint which is a bit further north. Other than that, Ann Arbor is definitely the place to be. Let me know if you are thinking about heading up that way (my guess: probably not) and I can throw you the contact info of a few owners who might be able to set you up.

[NeoEsZ]

Yeah, Saint Louis has a dedicated venue for just about everything, it's the main strength (and weakness) of Saint Louis.

No diversity....but also always a crowd for what you're doing. If that makes any sense at all.

Also, I hear pretty much all of TN rules. You can look up this amazing band named MARJ! there.

Also, if you're in texas, look up "Strangers In The Attic" and "Tambersauro"...just more bands we hooked up when they were on the road. But they're great bands.

[Toups]

right, I suppose I should link my band's myspace: www.myspace.com/brassbed

thanks for all the information, everybody! even stuff that I can't use now can be used later down the road...
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[Toups]

well, where I live there are maybe.. 4 or 5 total viable music venues TOTAL.

unless you're a cajun band of course.
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[Schwere Viper]

I hear Twoson has a cool theater but the owner is a real dick about debt.
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[Toups]

here's a map I made laying out our planned return route home. let me know if I'm passing near your area, or overlooking some good cities.
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[Toups]

more to the point -- if anyone has any info/recommendations for pennsylvania, I am in desperate need.
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[108]

if you guys are driving through tokyo next next friday night you can play at this big party; just make sure your guitarist doesn't tune up and you'll fit in lol
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