Cool upcoming shows: The Love Language and more!

THIS WEEK'S SHOWS Tuesday, April 28: Tuesday, April 28: The Kills with The Horrors, Cat's Cradle The Kills have honestly never done much for me, but I actually like the Horrors quite a bit. Wednesday, April 29: Amps do Furnish a Room, with Marquee Moon, Marvell Events Center Marquee Moon is a Television tribute. And Amps Do Furnish a Room has two Television songs on their Myspace page, so if you don't like Television, you probably should skip this show. Wednesday, April 29: Amon Amarth, Volume 11 Tavern Swedish Viking metal. Thursday, April 30: Valient Thorr and Double Negative, Local 506 Thursday, April 30: Hammer No More the Fingers, Tir na Nog Thursday, April 30: Whatever Brains with Rocket Cottage, Slim's Friday, May 1: Tift Merritt, Fletcher Theatre Saturday, May 2: Festival for Wildlife, at Leigh Farm Park A pretty diverse line-up, including John Howie Jr., Kickin' Grass and Mel Melton & the Wicked Mojos, plus info on wildlife rehabilitation, storytelling, crafts, and animals (including an alligator). Very family friendly, but also alcohol free. SHOW OF THE WEEK Friday, May 1: The Love Language with The Huguenots with Americans in France, Local 506 You need to catch The Love Language now, because if they keep getting as much national attention as they've gotten in the last couple of weeks, they won't be in the clubs much longer. The Huguenots are great enough to be seen on their own, but are a nice added bonus to this show. Friday, May 1: Grappling Hook, The Reservoir CD-release party. Friday, May 1: Abe Quinn's birthday bash with The T's, and The Infamous Sugar, Slim's If you hang out at Slim's even on a semi-regular basis, you know Abe, so this is sure to be a total throw-down. The Infamous Sugar and The T's are both set to premiere new material. Saturday, May 2: Jeff Hart with The Cave Saturday, May 2: New Romans with Fan Tan, the Pinhook Fan Tan are from Brooklyn. Sunday, May 3: Junior Boys, Cat's Cradle Sunday, May 3: Kingsbury Manx, Mill Town Kingsbury Manx just released their gorgeous new CD, "Ascenseur Ouvert!" last week. NEXT WEEK'S SHOWS Thursday, May 7: Hearts & Daggers, Pour House Outlaw country Thursday, May 7: Embarrassing Fruits, Tir na Nog Friday, May 8: Battle Rockets with Gray Young, Slim's Friday, May 8: Bowerbirds with La Strada and Wes Phillips, Local 506 Saturday, May 9: Antiseen, Volume 11 Tavern Saturday, May 9: Red Collar, Local 506 Saturday, May 9: The Love Language and Whatever Brains, Pour House Saturday, May 9: Roman Candle, Cat's Cradle Sunday, May 10: Dash Rip Rock, Pour House Monday, May 11: Ghost, Local 506 Japanese psychedelic freak rock. UPCOMING IN GENERAL Wednesday, May 13: Durham Rangers Old Time String Band, Pinhook Wednesday, May 13: Snoop Dogg, Lincoln Theatre Friday, May 15: Holidays for Quince block party, Nightlight With Screaming Females, Bellafea, Caltrop, The Curtains of Night, In the Year of the Pig, Liza Kate (cd release), Mount Moriah, and The Moaners. More bands and details TBA. Friday, May 15: Old Habits, Pour House Friday, May 15: Let's Get Small!: Ukulele Challenge and Benefit Concert, Pinhook According to the Pinhook Website: Proceeds of Show (asking for suggested minimum donations of $5) go to Ukulele's for Peace. Friday, May 15: KIFF with Dead Kings, Dive Bar Saturday, May 16: Kreator with Exodus, Volume 11 Tavern Saturday, May 16: Chatham County Line, Sertoma Amphitheatre, Bond Park, Cary 3 p.m. show. Free From the PineCone press release: Formed in Raleigh 10 years ago, the home-grown Chatham County Line has traveled throughout the U.S. and Europe, winning awards in the bluegrass world and the singer-songwriter world. Dave Wilson, the band's lead singer and guitarist, does most of the group's songwriting. John Teer (guitar, fiddle, mandolin, back-up vocals), Chandler Holt (banjo, dobro, guitar), and Greg Readling (bass, pedal steel guitar, back-up vocals) provide the foundation for Wilson's creations while adding harmony and texture that make the music shine. Saturday, May 16: Metal from Brooklyn. Tuesday, May 19: Wizardry, The Reservoir Brooklyn's Wizardry has songs with titles like "Drink from Thy Chalice" and "The Falconer" so you know I'll be at this one.