Decatur CD's Upcoming Show Guide - May

[Above: Suckers, who play at the Masquerade tonight with Local Natives]

Happy May, y'all. It's kinda gross outside, but we've got the Kentucky Derby this afternoon on the teevee, then a whole slate of interesting shows tonight. Shows that will protect you from the rain. Also, it probably won't rain every day in May, so we went ahead and posted the rest of the month's recommended gigs below as well. Enjoy:

TONIGHT: Local Natives, Sucker @ Masquerade
TONIGHT: Megafaun, Breathe Owl Breathe, Mount Mariah @ The EARL
TONIGHT: Kaki King @ Variety Playhouse
TONIGHT: The Church @ Center Stage
TONIGHT: Dave Barnes @ The Loft
TONIGHT-May 8: 500 Songs for Kids @ Smith's Olde Bar (A great cause!)
May 4: Imaad Wasif @ The EARL
May 5: Jacuzzi Boys, The Coathangers, Sunglasses @ The EARL
May 6: The Album Leaf, Sea Wolf @ The Loft
May 6: Kevin Kinney (of Drivin' N Cryin') @ Eddie's Attic
May 8: Th' Legendary Shack Shakers @ The EARL
May 8: Balkans (7" release), Future Islands @ 529
May 8: Michelle Malone @ Eddie's Attic
May 11: Ryan Bingham @ Smith's Olde Bar
May 12: Stardeath and White Dwarfs, All the Saints @ The EARL
May 12: Stinking Lizaveta @ The Drunken Unicorn
May 13: Caribou @ The EARL
May 13: Sodajerk @ 529
May 13: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings @ Center Stage
May 13: OK Go @ The Loft
May 13: Josh Ritter @ Variety Playhouse
May 14: Little Feat @ Variety Playhouse
May 14-15: Steve Wynn & The Miracle Three @ 529
May 15: StoneRider @ Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge
May 15: Aqua Teen Hunger Force @ Center Stage
May 15: Shelby Lynne @ Variety Playhouse
May 15: The Verve Pipe (kids show) @ Eddie's Attic
May 17: Everybody was in the French Resistance...Now (Art Brut's singer) @ The EARL
May 18: Laura Marling @ The EARL
May 19: Cotton Jones & Telegram @ Eddie's Attic
May 20: Carnivores, Gold Ghost, The Clap @ 529
May 21: Josh Rouse @ Variety Playhouse
May 22: All the Saints @ Star Bar
May 22: Sam Quinn (of The Everybodyfields) @ Eddie's Attic
May 22: Thee Silver Mt. Zion..., Richard Parsons @ The EARL
May 22: JEFF the Brotherhood @ 529
May 24: Fang Island, Reptar @ The Drunken Unicorn
May 26: Elizabeth Cook @ Eddie's Attic
May 26: Murs @ The Drunken Unicorn
May 26: Butch Walker @ Variety Playhouse
May 27: Darrell Scott @ Eddie's Attic
May 27: The Hold Steady @ Variety Playhouse
May 27: Charlie Mars @ Smith's Olde Bar
May 28: Converge @ Masquerade
May 29: Bubbapalooza, ft. Dex Romweber Duo, Caroline & The Ramblers, more! @ Star Bar
May 29: Neil Young (acoustic) @ The Fox Theatre
May 29: Innocent When You Dream: The Music of Tom Waits @ The EARL
May 30: April Smith @ The EARL