Decatur CD's Upcoming Show Guide - May

May is off to a rollicking start, whatever that means. Actually, what it means to us is another big, fat list of shows! Good stuff. Have a look below and say hi to Young Eliot if you make it Gentleman Jesse tonight at 529 in East Atlanta. Also, support a great cause tonight at Smith's Olde Bar by attending the final night of 500 Songs for Kids! Also, that's Thomas Function pictured above. Pick up the band's excellent debut, Celebration, here in the store, and don't miss their show below. Also! OK, no, that's it.

W = a Warren recommendation
A = an Austin recommendation
E = a Young Eliot recommendation

TONIGHT - 500 Songs for Kids (final night!) @ Smith's Olde Bar - WAE
TONIGHT - The Dexateens @ The EARL - W
TONIGHT - Gentleman Jesse, Redondo Beat, The Perfect Fits @ 529 - WAE
TONIGHT - Kevin Kinney (Drivin' n' Cryin'), Ryan Franklin @ Eddie's Attic
TONIGHT - Vienna Teng @ Variety Playhouse
TONIGHT - Stephen Lynch @ The Tabernacle
May 10 - Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
May 10 - Asylum Street Spankers @ Eddie's Attic
May 11 - Chain & The Gang (Ian Svenonius), The Hive Dwellers (Calvin Johnson), The Coathangers @ Drunken Unicorn - E
May 13 - MC Chris @ Drunken Unicorn
May 13 - Fischerspooner @ The Loft
May 13 - Alkaline Trio @ Center Stage
May 15 - Predator, The Krunchies (members of Busy Signals), GG King @ 529 - AE
May 15 - Some Girls Vs. Sticky Fingers (ft. Tom Cheshire, Young Antiques and more!) @ Star Bar
May 15 - Sneaker Pimps Art Exhibition (ft. Big Boi, Young MC and many more!) @ The Tabernacle
May 15 - Mastodon, Kylesa @ Center Stage - WA
May 15 - The Wood Brothers @ Variety Playhouse
May 15 - R.I.S.E. (formerly Rising Appalachia) @ The Five Spot - WA
May 15 - Pistolero @ Drunken Unicorn
May 16 - All the Saints, Poison Arrows (Chicago) @ 529
May 16 - B.O.B. @ Apache Cafe - A
May 16 - Caroline Herring @ Eddie's Attic - W
May 16 - Webb Wilder, The Backyardbirds @ Smith's Olde Bar - W
May 16 - The Thermals @ Masquerade - A
May 16 - Smith Westerns, Plexi 3, The Customers, Stolen Hearts @ 205 Holtzclaw - E
May 17 - Coldplay, Pete Yorn @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
May 19 - Robinella, The Little Country Giants @ Eddie's Attic - W
May 20 - Brandi Carlile @ Eddie's Attic
May 21 - Thomas Function, Carnivores, Paper Knives @ 529 - AE
May 21 - KRS-One featuring the ATL All Stars @ The Loft
May 22 - The Danny Barnes Band, The Georgia Fireflies @ Eddie's Attic
May 22 - Paul Thorn @ Variety Playhouse
May 22-23 - Bubbapalooza (ft. Caroline & The Ramblers, Slim Chance & The Convicts, many more) @ Star Bar
May 23 - Mr. Lif @ The EARL
May 23 - Mulgrew Miller @ Variety Playhouse - W
May 23 - Vigilantes of Love, The Corduroy Road, Ken Will Morton @ Eddie's Attic
May 23 - Ponytail, Judi Chicago @ 529 - A
May 23 - Paste Magazine Presents: The Deep Vibration, Roman Candle, The Rosewood Thieves, Ben Chapman @ Drunken Unicorn
May 24 - Warm in the Wake @ The EARL
May 25 - The Juan MacLean, The Field @ The EARL
May 26 - David Stephens & Banjolicious @ Java Monkey - WAE
May 27 - The National @ The Tabernacle - W
May 27 - Dead Confederate (recording a live EP!) @ The EARL
May 27 - Liz Durrett, The Bowmans @ Eddie's Attic
May 28 - Isis, Pelican, Tombs @ The EARL - A
May 28 - The Black Diamond Heavies, Ocha La Rocha, Attractive Eightes Women @ Star Bar - A
May 29 - The Constellations, The Judies @ 529
May 29 - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy @ Variety Playhouse - WA
May 30 - The Coathangers, The Selmanaires @ 529 - A

For those of you brave enough to make a trek down to Florida for a bunch of weird punk bands, Young Eliot heartily recommends World's Gone Wiggly, a punk mini-festival spearheaded by the amazing Florida's Dying label. Also, he says that the Smith Westerns are "very important."