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boston area shows of note:
friday, july 25th
comedian joel mchale
(from the soup)
@ the wilbur theatre
saturday, july 26th
bon iver
bowerbirds
@ the museum of fine arts
sunday, july 27th
the new collisions (debut)
red quiet
melt
@ tt the bears
sunday, july 27th
sunfold
antiques
@ the middle east upstairs
wednesday, july 30th
we are scientists
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, july 30th
earlimart
@ the middle east upstairs
wednesday, july 30th
spiritualized
the dirtbombs
@ the wilbur theatre
thursday, july 31st
the police
elvis costello & the impersonators
@ the tweeter center
friday & saturday
august 1st & 2nd
eddie vedder
liam finn
solo @ the opera house
saturday, august 2nd
wolf parade
@ the paradise
monday, august 4th
coldplay
@ the garden
tuesday, august 5th
(and every tuesday this month)
neil cleary's 'doozy'
a guest-packed 4-show residency
@ the lizard lounge
wednesday, august 6th
neil halstead (slowdive/mojave 3)
rogue wave
jack johnson
@ the tweeter center
saturday, august 9th
margot & the nuclear so and so's
@ the middle east
saturday, august 9th
melvins
@ the paradise
sunday, august 10th
ho-ag
six finger satellite
the in-out
certainly, sir
@ great scott
tuesday, august 12th
thao nguyen with
the get down stay down
david schultz & the skyline
pepi ginsberg
@ tt the bears
tuesday, august 12th
(and every tuesday this month)
neil cleary's 'doozy'
a guest-packed 4-show residency
@ the lizard lounge
wednesday, august 13th
radiohead
grizzly bear
@ the tweeter center
thursday, august 14th
grizzly bear
violens
outside in the courtyard
@ the museum of fine arts
friday, august 15th
the ex
getachew mekuria
debo band
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, august 16th
+/- (plus minus)
broken river prophet (cd release!)
animal hospital
ba-na-nas
free kickass cupcakes from 9-10pm!
@ the middle east upstairs
tuesday, august 19th
(and every tuesday this month)
neil cleary's 'doozy'
a guest-packed 4-show residency
@ the lizard lounge
wednesday, august 20th
human league, belinda carlisle, abc,
flock of seagulls, naked eyes
@ the bank of america pavilion
thursday, august 21st
yndi halda
caspian
irepress
@ tt the bears
friday, august 22nd
obits (ex-hot snakes/rftc)
@ the middle east
saturday, august 23rd
amo joy!
franklin bruno
(from nothing painted blue)
one happy island (ep release!)
@ the lily pad
saturday, august 23rd
newbury comics / unnatural axe
30th anniversary bash
the meatmen, queers, nasties,
unnatural axe, sleazies
@ the middle east down
tuesday, august 26th
the final installment of...
neil cleary's 'doozy'
a guest-packed august residency
@ the lizard lounge
wednesday, august 27th
liz phair performing
'exile in guyville'
@ the paradise
wednesday, august 27th
xiu xiu
prurient
@ the paradise
monday, september 1st
the juan maclean
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, september 5th
silver jews
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, september 6th
my morning jacket
@ the bank of america pavilion
sunday, september 7th
ryan adams & the cardinals
@ the bank of america pavilion
tuesday, september 9th
paul weller
@ the berklee performance center
saturday, september 13th
wfnx disorientation 2008
the kooks, flogging molly,
alkaline trio, rogue wave,
and more to be announced
@ bank of america pavilion
monday, september 15th
james
@ the paradise
tuesday, september 16th
a place to bury strangers
@ the paradise
thursday, september 18th
the walkmen
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, september 19th
sigur ros
@ the bank of america pavilion
friday, september 19th to
sunday, september 21st
all tomorrow's parties
with my bloody valentine, low
built to spill, mogwai, shellac,
polvo, yo la tengo, lilys, autolux
dinosaur jr, mercury rev, & more
@ the catskills in nyc
monday, september 22nd
mogwai
fuck buttons
@ the wilbur theatre
tuesday, september 23rd
writer dennis lehane
(release day for 'the given day')
@ the coolidge corner theatre
wednesday, september 24th
low
@ the museum of fine arts boston
saturday, september 27th
built to spill
performing 'perfect from now on'
dinosaur jr.
meat puppets
@ the orpheum
sunday, september 28th
the bird and the bee
willoughby
@ great scott
thursday, september 30th
boston spaceships
(gbv's robert pollard)
big dipper
@ the paradise
sunday, october 5th
pinback
@ the paradise
monday, october 6th
the wedding present
@ the middle east downstairs
monday, october 6th
stereolab
monade
@ the paradise
wednesday, october 8th
wire
@ the middle east downstairs
sunday, october 12th
the residents
@ showcase live, foxboro
sunday, october 12th
the notwist
@ the roxy
tuesday, october 14th
cold war kids
@ the paradise
friday, october 17th
jonathan richman
with drummer tommy larkin
@ the somerville theatre
saturday, october 18th
ra ra riot
walter meego
the morning benders
@ the middle east
tuesday & wednesday
october 21st & 22nd
billy bragg
@ the somerville theatre
wednesday, october 22nd
lyle lovett & john hiatt
(acoustic, on stage together)
@ the orpheum
thursday, october 30th
of montreal
@ the orpheum
saturday, november 1st
henry rollins (spoken word)
@ the orpheum
monday, november 3rd
coldplay
@ the td banknorth garden
visit tourfilter for more shows
Friday, November 12, 2004
Live: Silkworm & the Karl Hendricks Trio
Memo to myself: You are definitely not too old to check out late-running rocks shows on weeknights. You are, however, too old to stay up for an additional three hours, editing audio files and playing Halo 2. Three hours of sleep doesn't come close to cutting it.
So I'm paying for it this morning, but oh it was so worth it. Not the Halo 2 part, although that was pretty fun. I'm talking about seeing Silkworm and the Karl Hendricks Trio at Great Scott in Allston last night. Or was it this morning? It's kind of a blur. I blame the bands (and the Dunkies coffee) for getting me so wired up I couldn't get to sleep afterwards.
 I owe Mr. Karl Hendricks an apology... I quite simply lost track of his still-excellent band from Pittsburgh. In 1996 I worked at a little indie record store up in Burlington, Vermont, and Merge had sent us a promo copy of KHT's For a While, It Was Funny. I played that sucker to death, knew it by heart, but for some random reason didn't keep up with their subsequent output. I'll have to fix that, because last night showed that Mr. Hendrick's songwriting is still up to snuff. I woulda bought their latest if I hadn't spent my last ten bucks on beer. Hopefully it won't be another 8 years before they're back in Boston. |
 As drummer Michael Dalquist changed into his rock-shorts, and Tim Midgett and Andy Cohen waited for him on stage, I wondered if Silkworm would treat us to an oldie or two. That question was quickly answered as Michael sat down and started tap-tap-tapping the intro to "Swings", off 1996's Firewater (probably my favorite SKWM record. maybe.) What a freakin' treat. And not only did we expectedly get stuff from the new record, It'll Be Cool, but we even heard a couple new ones. Right on. |
They ended up playing a 14-song set that seemed all too short. Y'know, I've never had a less than great time at a Silkworm show, and while this set wasn't as mind-bending as the last couple times I've seen 'em, it was inspiring as always. Felt a little bad that they didn't have a larger crowd, but they were up against the Blues Explosion down the street and Pedro the Lion across the river. The show also got very little promotion, as it was at the relatively unknown (at least for rock shows) Great Scott's in Allston. Much thanks to The Plan for giving these guys a place to play.
Here, have some live mp3s from last night. I stayed up late so you didn't have to...
SilkwormI guessed at the titles of the new ones. I also got a few songs from the Karl Hendricks Trio set, so I'll be posting those sometime soon. They're good, but not good enough to keep me up another hour this morning.
Live at The Plan / Great Scott
Allston, MA, Nov. 11th, 2004
01. Swings
02. Eff
03. Penalty Box
04. Raging Bull
05. Slave Wages
06. Hang (new)
07. Insomnia
08. The Third
09. The Old You
10. The Operative
11. Is She A Sign?
12. (I Hope You) Don't Survive
13. Don't Look Back
Tonight: A sold-out Arcade Fire show at TT the Bears. Keep an eye out for mp3s from that one over the weekend. I hope.
I've never been more in need of a power nap than I am right now.
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