Long holiday weekend? Check. Official start of summer? Double-check. No matter what your plans are for the weekend, the trick is to keep the smiles coming and be surrounded by awesomeness.Whether you’re ahead of us or not, we’re are here to deliver the goods – a spectrum featuring various types of rock, with layering influences and modern takes. The soundtrack to our lives? Perhaps, just maybe. Let the good times roll, and all that jazz. Commence the fun in the sun by checking  out our picks for the weekend below…

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Ideally, we wouldn’t have to wait until the weekend to get out and discover/re-discover bands and genres and the like. But the way we see it is that the weekend is like a holiday, only that it occurs 52 times every year. With that many opportunities afforded to the ability to kick back and relax, or dive into a new experience, we just would consider it a shame to not do so when the time comes around. With that said, check out opportunity number 20 thus far in 2012 to make friendly with the choice bands we’ve selected for your entertainment…

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We’re so glad that we’ve finally reached the point in the year that we don’t have to question whether or not summer is on its way. Fashions are turning brighter, coinciding with the sky, daylight savings, and warmer temperatures. We’ve even been caught wearing shorts and skirts with open-toed shoes during the evening this week, which signals our favorite time of the season to be caught out and about in the live circuit. Sure, we’ve mad respect for bundled up music fans waiting in the cold for their favorites — but when night offers itself up as a blanket, well… really, how rude would we be to refuse? Whatever your musical flavor, there are no excuses for not getting out of the house this weekend — check out our picks below.
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Alright, Cinco de Mayo weekend — gotta love that this year the day itself comes with a built-in day to recover afterwards, also known as Sunday. All that said, we propose a challenge to you in the form of a dare. We at BeatCrave double dog dare you to make this weekend more than about throwing back specially-priced cervesas and margaritas, or wolfing down more chips and salsa than you would any given Sunday on the couch in front of the game of your choosing. Knowing how hard it is to back down once dared, we’ve decided to make the challenge easier by doing what we do every end of the week. A little bit of everything thrown into the mix music-wise, plus warmer evenings and a few pals? We couldn’t make it easier, tequila shots aside. Check out our picks for the weekend below…
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The end of the month is nigh and we are feeling it about as much as we are the end of the week. Ever find that the shortest months often feel the longest and the most jam-packed? Well, luckily for all of us in need of relative catharsis, it is time to tear off another sheet of the calendar and ready our red pens and sticky notes for the blank slate ahead. But before that, it’s time to close out the month with some engaging music acts – some oldies, some newbies, all potential long-term favorites – a soundtrack to carry us into May, perhaps? Music to tear to. Check out our picks for the weekend below:
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We don’t know about you, but we are tickled that Spring appears to have made up its mind about staying or going this week. Flaw-free sunny days; comfortable nights; flowers and birds and SQUIRREL — oh, my? It’d normally go without saying that such an uplift in weather and mood makes us want to share the love with everyone, but like most other sentiments, we’ve gone and said it. And hopefully our following round-up will inspire you to spread the word about a local act that (a) you’re already excited about or (b) wouldn’t have heard about otherwise. You know, like pollinating. Ish? Yeah, it’s kinda like that. As always, keep your ears open, and check out our picks for the weekend below…

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Friday the what? See, that’s all you need to do today. Say it with us: Friday the what? That’s our method of operation. Who knows whether or not it will work, but we’ve heard that ignorance is bliss (except when it comes to Tax Day – oh boy). Well, one thing we won’t be ignorant towards is the need for musical release; the best kind of therapy, and generally the least expensive.  Five bands, three days, or seven years of bad luck? We’ll take the former two. Check out our picks for the weekend below:

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And another one down, and another one down, another week bites the dust. We don’t know what it is – if it’s the longer days or the warmer weather, the change of the seasons or some combination we’re not even thinking of – but every week around the same time we’ve been craving some live energy to jolt us something fierce. Every week, this time – it can’t be coincidence that such an awesome crop of bands like the one that follows pops us for our energy-seeking needs. Guess we can’t complain too much. Check out our picks for this weekend below…

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Ah, springtime – the bridge between cold and warm, cloudy and sunny, rainy and postcard-perfect, wish-you-were-here-like. True, variety is the spice of life – even if it is of the dry our skin, frizz our hair, or wetspot our shoes kind. Needless to say, the  tickle our eardrums, bring us down (then up, then down), and suspend us motionless whydon’tcha – musically-speaking – appeals to us far more. We’ll let you be the judge, but suffice it to say we believe our band picks for the weekend will fit the bill just fine until the next seasonal change ambushes us once more. Check ‘em out below…

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