concert listings for major us cities?
February 17, 2011 6:18 PM Subscribe
Are there any other good concert listings sites for major metro areas like http://stevelist.com/list provides for the bay area?
I have been traveling the US lots lately and I like to go see shows/concerts mostly of the punk/indie rock/noisy variety. I havent really found anything which is similar in breadth to stevelist which, while it bills itself as funk-punk-thrash-ska, pretty consistently lists every single show at every single venue big or small in the bay area. So, what are the stevelists of the world or is a unique bay area phenomenon?
I have been traveling the US lots lately and I like to go see shows/concerts mostly of the punk/indie rock/noisy variety. I havent really found anything which is similar in breadth to stevelist which, while it bills itself as funk-punk-thrash-ska, pretty consistently lists every single show at every single venue big or small in the bay area. So, what are the stevelists of the world or is a unique bay area phenomenon?
Best answer: http://www.tourfilter.com/metros has saved me from missing countless shows. The listings are great, and it lets you enter a list of bands and then emails you when they come to your town.
Depending on the city, you might check whatever alt-weekly paper is based there, as these tend to have better coverage of smaller venues (though there can be a lot of listings to wade through). For example, in Boston you'd probably want to look at the Phoenix: http://thephoenix.com/boston/events/search/
http://www.last.fm/events is also pretty useful.
posted by quarked at 6:47 PM on February 17, 2011
Depending on the city, you might check whatever alt-weekly paper is based there, as these tend to have better coverage of smaller venues (though there can be a lot of listings to wade through). For example, in Boston you'd probably want to look at the Phoenix: http://thephoenix.com/boston/events/search/
http://www.last.fm/events is also pretty useful.
posted by quarked at 6:47 PM on February 17, 2011
Best answer: I've used Oh My Rockness to find amazing free shows around LA
posted by bodaciousllama at 6:59 PM on February 17, 2011
posted by bodaciousllama at 6:59 PM on February 17, 2011
Scenestar here in L.A. Tons of details on free/"secret" shows, pre-sales with codes/discounts, and plenty of advance notice on upcoming dates, often before the venue has announced or listed them yet.
posted by mykescipark at 8:41 PM on February 17, 2011
posted by mykescipark at 8:41 PM on February 17, 2011
Best answer: This site (show//savant) was posted recently, I believe on Reddit. Listings are easy-to-browse, and seem to be comprehensive... I'm already a fan.
posted by cvp at 8:56 PM on February 17, 2011
posted by cvp at 8:56 PM on February 17, 2011
Sacramento isn't much of a metropolitan area compared to the bay, but it has undietacos.org.
posted by sibilatorix at 12:56 AM on February 18, 2011
posted by sibilatorix at 12:56 AM on February 18, 2011
SonicLiving (disclaimer - they're clients & friends) is totally fantastic at this, and getting better every day, with 100+ local, national and international ticket sources. You should be able to find shows for wherever you're going - if not, let me know what areas are underrepresented & we'll get them added! (ps. awesome new site design coming soon!)
We also launched Tweetlouder this week, which matches your Pandora/Last.fm/iTunes/SonicLiving artists to Twitter, and shows you who's on tour. It might help you find some shows.
posted by judith at 2:57 PM on February 18, 2011
We also launched Tweetlouder this week, which matches your Pandora/Last.fm/iTunes/SonicLiving artists to Twitter, and shows you who's on tour. It might help you find some shows.
posted by judith at 2:57 PM on February 18, 2011
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Pollstar doesn't get very deep coverage, but they have the advantage of being everywhere: http://pollstar.com
posted by AaRdVarK at 6:32 PM on February 17, 2011