We’ve got your checklist for more than something to bend your ear towards this weekend – something old, something new, something unsigned, something signed. Something varying in flavor and genre, energy and mood . Grassroots, indie rock, electronic rock, ambient rock; there’s very little our concerts picks don’t cover this weekend, from subject matter to tempo and mode. Strap yourselves in and check them out below.

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Instead of embracing a singular music style, the 21st century so far has been about being experimental within one’s genre of choice. Whether rock & roll, alternative, punk, pop, indie, space age, electronic, metal, or folk, with ten million ways to make music, suffice it to say the box been needing throwing out for a long while. It a good time to be listening to music simply because it’s running around free, and these bands are proof of that. Check out our picks for the weekend below…
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Just because the year is already moving at a decidedly quickened pace doesn’t mean you have to. Behold the power of music and its ability to slow the world down – or at least encase it in a, well, music-filled bubble – for a few 30-45-minute sets at a time. The bands that follow for our picks this weekend seem to abide by that philosophy in one way or another. Whether tele-transporting to the sixties via classic rock, melding genres in the 21st century experimental style, or strumming and drumming to the garage punk custom, there’s something to be taken away by. And why not; the weekend is only two-ish days long. Check ‘em out below…
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Dearest Reader,

We know you’ve been aching for winter to be over. Trust us, we have, too. With signs of warmer weather in the nearish-midst – only to be quashed by rain, snow, and chilling cold – it’s a bummer to be wearing coats, heavy boots, and lots o’ layers when our skin is begging to be kissed by the sun. And so we offer this silver lining of a less literal sort until the weather decides to catch up: five bands rounding with the energy to transport all who listen to the warmer portions of spring time in our brain’s anticipatory, daydream-y sectors.

You’re welcome. Happy weekend-ing,

BeatCrave.com
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Get ready little monsters because Lady Gaga is hitting the stage again. Today, she tweeted the first 11 shows for her ‘Born This Way’ Ball tour. Gaga will begin her tour April 27th at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. After Southeast Asia and Australia, Gaga will head over to Europe, Latin America and North America. No official U.S. dates have been announced as of yet, but be sure to check out her tour poster below.

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Long live the throwback, from the eighties to the sixties to the fifties and beyond. When done well and with a modern creativity scheme, venturing into the past proves to be a great source of inspiration for our minds as well as our feet. The five shows that follow invoke these properties, with head-bopping, hip-swaying results. If in need of a vacation, step into a musical time machine instead – and enjoy some modern indie styles as well. Check out our picks for the weekend below…

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We challenge winter blues to stand a chance with this weekend’s line-up – varied, as per the usual. Experimental instrumentals? Check. Lo-fi local goodness? Check. Raging alternative rock with nerve? Seriously, totally, yes. Now’s the time to shrug off whatever mood is ailing you and get into a one that fits a lot better – and preferably, one that fits all. Check out our picks for the weekend below.
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Don’t worry, we’ll say it for you – the winter blues have officially hit. Whether it’s the colder, more inclement weather, the lull between semesters, the plateau after the holidays, or all of the above – there’s an itch that needs scratching and we suggest a show to lend a helping hand. It’s natural to look forward to something, so thank goodness the weekend is about to intervene before the urge to at Valentine’s Day chocolates three weeks before it’s appropriate does. (Although we’re impartial to a 2-lb. box of See’s Candy any old day.) Check out our picks for the weekend below…
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Prince Paul (De La Soul, Handsome Boy Modeling School) is coming to Upright Citizens Brigade on January 15, 2012, with son P.Forreal. The two will perform, “Negroes On Ice,” their father-son sketch comedy musical based on tall tales P.Forreal told his dad as a child. Part DJ set and part theatre, the hip-hop musical is for an adult audience though it’s based on the juvenile musings of a young P.Forreal, also a rapper and DJ. The narrative slash musical slash comedy is sure to be entertaining and will definitely be unique.

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