I'm probably off to see Beres Hammond, Gregory Isaacs and the Heptones at the Manchester Apollo on May 1st. Should be pretty immense.

+ 03/06 - Pixies @ The Troxy :D :D :D :D

Godamn this thread just makes me incredibly jealous I don't go to gigs because my friends and I don't share any likes or dislikes :(
I'm just counting the days until Belle And Sebastian tour again as they are the only band me and my friends have in common.

I'm in the same boat man. I have friends dotted about the county who I'm seeing bands with, but my friedns who live here never come to gigs with me. Deerhunter, Dinosaur Jr, Antlers and APTBS are all solo gigs for me I think. Festivals are easier for me to go to with friends but normal shows can be hard pushed. Sucks a bit.

DO IT! I'm hella jealous!

But there's only one, Aphex Twin not Aphex Twins. ;)

Aphex Twin is sweet live, but he's playing the Saturday and I'm only going the Sunday. I seen him a few years ago in Manchester though so it's not too bad.

It's natural instinct when writing Twin, to put an "S" on the end :(.

Yeah I hear ya. I'm just so used to his name I never make the mistake. At least not without catching it right away.

Haha, I'm not excusing myself because I hate when people spell deadmau5 wrong or say it like dead - mau - five. But in ones defense I'm not too familiar with Aphex Twin :( I'm going to retreat to spotify now haha. :D

Mastodon are playing at the Knitting Factory which recently opened in Downtown Reno. Playing with them is Between the Buried and Me and Baroness which could be good. Ultimately though it's one of the few shows that comes to Reno that I actually want to see. I heard something about The Drive-By Truckers playing somewhere in this general area but haven't been able to find much more on that so I'll write that one off.