Cafe Nine - Schedule of Live Music, New Haven, CT

LIVE MUSIC AND YOUR FAVORITE DRINKS EVERY NIGHT

250 STATE STREET, NEW HAVEN, CT 06511 203-789-8281

The music schedule is updated as information becomes available. Please check back regularly for additions and updates. All shows are 21+ unless noted otherwise.
May 13 Tuesday	Uberstein • Ivy League math rock
May 14 Wednesday 8 pm	SPECIAL EARLY SHOW: Peter Case • Case began his career as a teenage street musician in L.A. during the heyday of punk before forming the seminal power pop bands The Plimsouls and The Nerves. After 30-plus years as one of America's most enduring and treasured songwriters, Case has made his most direct and affecting work to date. Case's first album of original material since 2002, "Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John," is naked and aching, calling to mind the best of the one-man-and-a-guitar ethos that has acted as the backbone of American songwriting since the early 20th century.	$10
May 14 Wednesday 10:30 pm	LATE SHOW: Stephanies ID; w/ St. Bernadette • Asheville NC pop chanteuse Stephanie Morgan brings her jazzy band for a Nine debut. Indie rockers St. Bernadette keep it rocking till closing time
May 15 Thursday	Mark Sultan; w/ Estrogen Highs • one-man band BBQ (King Khan and BBQ Show), aka Creepy of the Spaceshits, aka Bridge Mixture of Les Sexareenos, aka Blortz, aka Mark Sultan gets his feet a-stompin' on the floorboards, his fingers a-twangin' the guitar and his lungs a-blarin' and whoops up one wild jamboree! The ghosts of Gene and Eddie supply the fuel for BBQ getting the charcoal and hickory chunks red hot enough for the rock 'n' roll rack of ribs he's grilling up.	$7
May 16 Friday 5-7	Happy Hour - Jordan Giangreco - keyboards	No Cover
May 16 Friday 7:30 pm sharp	SPECIAL EARLY SHOW: David Olney • Nashville-based songwriter who songs have been recorded by everyone from Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt to Steve Earle and Del McCoury. This is a don't-miss show by an under-the-radar songwriting genius.	$8
May 16 Friday 10 pm	Eilen Jewell • Jewell conveys a plaintive world-weariness that very much recalls Lucinda Williams. That old-soul quality pervades the rest of the 27-year-old singer and songwriter's national debut; but the way she insinuates herself into classic country, folk and blues styles is very much her own, and makes this insistently low-key performer one of the freshest and most exciting new voices in Americana.	$8
May 17 Saturday 4:30-7:30	Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by Dave Dana, Brian Buster, Ken Aldrich • amps, drums and PA provided	No Cover
May 17 Saturday	76% Uncertain; w/ She Rides; The Boardlords; TXT PSTLZ featuring Bruce Wingate of AOD • well, we've finally had enough recovery time from their show here in November, and we're ready for Round 2. Are you?	$5
May 18 Sunday	Blues Jam hosted by Rocky Lawrence • amps, drums and PA provided	No Cover
May 19 Monday	Beatnik 2000 #416, hosted by Ed Leonard Band: Tao Jones Solo/acoustic: Dave Hogan; Iraefeeling; Rob Troccolo Words: Baub Bidon; Michael Cafferty; Devlin	No Cover
May 20 Tuesday	DrinkDeeply Presents A Faulty Chromosome	No Cover
May 21 Wednesday	PowerSolo; w/ The Danglers • two tremolo-loving, chicken-scratch, rail-thin guitarists Kim Kix and Atomic Child. And drummer J.C. Benz plying his trade on just a snare, bass drum, and floor tom. It would've been good enough had PowerSolo hailed from the Land of NASCAR. But the fact that this exercise in B-movie punk-a-billy is coming from Aarhus, Denmark, adds plenty of delicious cognitive dissonance. These guys put the TRASH back in trash rock.	$6
May 22 Thursday	The Griefs; w/ The B-Cups • A hot dose of Hard Pop Beat rock Garage Diddley Gunk from Cleveland and all Girl Glam/Garage from San Francisco make this a don't miss garage rock showcase.	$6
May 23 Friday 5-7:30	Happy Hour - Dreams Well - acoustic duo	No Cover
May 23 Friday 10 pm	Soul Reapin' 3; w/ Creepin' Cadavers; Triple Corpse Horror • a psychobilly freakout!!!!	$5
May 24 Saturday 4:30-7:30	Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by George Baker • amps, drums and PA provided	No Cover
May 24 Saturday	Diamond J and the Rough; w/ special guests TBA • they're back!! Get ready for an amazing evening of country flavored indie rock 'n' roll	$5
May 25 Sunday	Blues Jam hosted by The Langley Brothers • amps, drums and PA provided	No Cover
May 26 Monday	Beatnik 2000 #417, hosted by Ed Leonard - MEMORIAL DAY SHOW Band: Uh Oh Solo/acoustic: Tom Danz (tiny piano man); Steve Hladun; The Sawtelles Words: Gammy; Strizz	No Cover
May 27 Tuesday	Two Loons for Tea; w/ Baby G • Two Loons for Tea is Sarah Scott and Jonathan Kochmer. Sarah's traffic-stopping vocals have been compared with Bjork, Gwen Stefani, Billie Holiday, Tori Amos and other greats. Jonathan's guitar playing is multilayered, hypnotically lush. Dreamy, aural sex!!! Come check them out!!!	$5
May 29 Thursday	6 Day Bender; w/ The Monitor and the Merrimac • banjo-driven rock 'n' roll from Virginia . . . good for your soul	$6
May 30 Friday 5-7:30	Happy Hour - Gary Andreadis and friends	No Cover
May 30 Friday 9 pm start	Safety Meeting Records presents: Titles; w/ Etta Place • CD release show for Titles' "Up With The Sun" • DJ Live Mike spins a dance party after midnight • come celebrate the 10th release from Safety Meeting Records	No Cover
May 31 Saturday 4:30-7:30	Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by host TBA • amps, drums and PA provided	No Cover
May 31 Saturday 8 pm	'Indie Music for Life' Benefit Show: Vange Durst, Vicki Blankenship, EV3, Sister Funk, Trina Hamlin, and others • Indie for Life is a non-profit organization that produces concerts and other events to raise funds for cancer research and awareness programs on the benefits of music and laughter as therapy for cancer patients.	$10
June 3 Tuesday	The Dreadful Yawns; w/ Chris Bousquet • It’s (pick one: stupid, lazy, comically shortsighted) to attach a young band to a 40-year-old song, but the DYs are everything right about The Byrds’ “Ballad Of Easy Rider.” Our favorite psych/folk/country act from Cleveland return.
June 5 Thursday	Amy LaVere; w/ Jim Aveni • sporting an intoxicating blend of jazz, pop, swing, rockabilly and "old school" country, Amy Lavere is an artist destined not to remain on the club circuit for long. Equal parts Brenda Lee, Dolly Parton and Norah Jones, her feathery voice defies pat categorization, as she creates a haunting ambiance reminiscent of a female Chris Isaak	$7
June 6 Friday	FUNDRAISER FOR IDEAT VILLAGE - bands TBA • seven years. Right on!!
June 7 Saturday 4:30-7:30	Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by Dave Dana, Brian Buster, Ken Aldrich	No Cover
June 7 Saturday	FUNDRAISER FOR IDEAT VILLAGE - bands TBA • 2 big nights. Right on!!
June 10 Tuesday	Everthus the Deadbeats; w/ another TBA • glam/pop from the Midwest . . . really cool!
June 11 Wednesday	Soul Merchants • hardest-working reggae/soul band that has come out of West Hartford in ages.With former members of Johnny 2 Band and Natural Funk Selection, the Soul Merchants have put together a sound that no one else can duplicate. Check it out for yourself
June 12 Thursday	Murdervan; w/ The Dukes of Hillsborough • rock 'n' roll!!	$4
June 13 Friday	Bipolaroid; w/ The Villains • fans of '60s psych rock will love these Crescent City troubadors	$6
June 14 Saturday	Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by Gary Grippo
June 14 Saturday	Dead City • Lost Generation frontman Joe Dias and legendary New Haven punk shredder Pugs bring out their Dead Boys/Damned style rock 'n' roll for another round	$6
June 18 Wednesday	Sea of Bones; w/ Isthmus; Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire • the sonic event of the century!!
June 19 Thursday	Taiga	$4
June 20 Saturday 4:30-7:30	Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by Dave Dana, Brian Buster, Ken Aldrich	No Cover
June 20 Friday	The Go; w/ Estrogen Highs • Upholding the grand Detroit street-rock tradition, the Go has taken its gutter-slick, maximum impact guitar rock to new heights the old-fashioned way – by converting the masses through the power of rock, not-so-pure and not-so-simple. Dark sunglasses, shaggy manes of hair and all the swagger you would imagine would still scare your parents, the Go is a rolling rock party with a fuse set to blow at any moment. If you're a fan of the Zombies and the Kinks, DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW!!!!	$8
June 21 Saturday 10 pm	Stupidity; w/ Andrea Gillis; The Manchurians • garagey rock and soul from Sweden, Boston and Branford. Andrea Gillis is rock-em, sock-em, one two punch of punky R&B. Come get knocked out!!!!	$6
June 26 Thursday	Tippy Canoe; w/ Uni and Her Ukelele; Chris Arnott; Lys Guillorn • songbird and uke-slinger Tippy Canoe, aka Michele Kappel (from Sympathy For the Record Industry's The Kirby Grips), is on a mission to bring sincere uplift in a severely down-slanted era. Her voice is a mixture of the '60s girl group sound and classic country with its own quirky nature shining through. Neo-vintage pop chanteusse Uni joins the party with her ukelele driven pop. Should be a fun night!!!	$5
June 27 Friday 10 pm	The George Baker Experience • R&B guitar slinger and New Haven legend returns.	$5
June 28 Saturday	Sam Lay; w/ Rocky Lawrence • In the early 1960s Sam Lay began recording and performing with the founding fathers of blues - Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. The recordings Lay made during this time, (including Muddy Waters' Fathers and Sons album recorded in the '70s), are considered to be among the definitive works from the careers of Waters and Wolf. He also laid the controversial beat for Dylan going electric and shocking the folks at Newport. THIS IS MUSIC HISTORY HERE!!!!! Get your tickets early!	$15
July 1 Tuesday	Agent Orange; w/ another band TBA • the original southern CA Punk/Surf Power Trio. 100% guaranteed to make your ears ring. Expose yourself to Agent Orange's Fullblown, Supercharged,Punk-Surf-Grind, and you'll never be the same. C'mon down front, and have some fun!	$12
July 2 Wednesday	Uzuhi; w/ Spanam • Tokyo heavyweights Spanam bring their hardcore Stateside!!! Lets give 'em a nice New Haven welcome. New York acousti-punks Uzuhi round out the bill.
July 8 Tuesday	Paleface; w/ Luego • though many of you may be catching Paleface shows for the first time in '08 , or you just recently caught them opening up for The Avett Brothers, this is a voice you've heard before. Paleface was featured in backup vocals and instrumentation on the last two Avett Brothers records, Four Thieves Gone & Emotionalism. After spending the early 90s living in New York City (he was Beck's roommate for a while) playing the subways, Paleface released a few albums, including Get Off on Sire Records in 1996, and toured with such acts as The Breeders, Crash Test Dummies and Billy Bragg. Along with drummer Mo Samalot, this high-energy two piece has enough catchy tunes in their arsenal to keep your feet tapping for a week after the show.	$5
July 12 Saturday	The Ivory Bills; w/ another band TBA • the tag team rock series continues	$5
July 17 Thursday	Mercy Choir; w/ Monitor and the Merrimac; Frank Critelli; Ponybird • a huge roots/Americana sendoff for Paul Belbusti, who will be leaving the Elm City for greener musical pastures in Hipster Central, USA
July 25 Friday	The George Baker Experience • fans of old school R&B will certainly delight in the sultry sounds of New Haven's own master	$5
July 26 Saturday 4:30-7:30	Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by George Baker	No Cover
July 26 Saturday	Bikini Blood Bath 2 afterparty! Covin; Album; David James & the Port Wine Authority • check out the movie screening at Channel 1, then join the blood bath afterparty with us	No Cover
July 31 Thursday	Girls Rock & Girls Rule
Aug. 1 Friday 10 pm	King Khan and the Shrines; w/ Live Fast Die • blazing brass levitating over a bubbling witches brew of raw scintillating rhythm n’ blues. King Khan And The Shrines have rediscovered the lost traditions of Stax and Motown, and they have spiked them with a sordid dose of insubordination and psychedelic soul power, carrying soul music back into the garages and bringing punk back into snobby parlours all across Europe. Don't miss this voodoo-charged rock and soul freakout!!!!	$10
Aug. 3 Sunday	Bob Log III; w/ Left Lane Cruiser • the one man punk delta blues riot returns . . . not to be missed!!! LLC gets things started with their pentacostal blooze rave ups	$8
Aug. 3 Sunday	NO BLUES JAM TONIGHT
Aug. 6 Wednesday	The Simple Pleasure • our favorite neighbors embark on a cross-country, hip-shaking, electro-rollicking riot. Come see them off in style on their home turf
Aug.7 Thursday	GO KAT GO! presents James Intveld • legendary multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter and actor seems to crop up everywhere. Lead guitarist for the Blasters, upright bassist for Dwight Yoakam, and sought-after backing vocalist (Dylan has used him). He's shared the stage with Springsteen, Rosie Flores, Dale Watson and many others. Check him out live!	$10
Aug. 9 Saturday	Ian Charles; w/ Charity Valk • celebrate the New Haven release of Ian's new CD. An evening of mesmerizing roots/country storytelling	$5
Sept. 3 Wednesday	GO KAT GO! Presents Deke Dickerson; w/ Slick Fitty • Deke is recognized as one of the top acts in rockabilly, and on a regular basis headlines festivals from Las Vegas to Finland. Come see this legendary guitar picker and his custom double-neck Mosrite guitar rip it up!
Sept. 5 Friday	INDEPENDISC BIRTHDAY BASH bands TBA • come celebrate 10 years of music brought to us by Gary Vollano	$5
Sept. 27 Saturday	ELM CITY SCOOTER CLUB RALLY • details TBA