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recommended boston area events

tuesday, may 15th

races

herego

@ tt the bears


wednesday, may 16th

father john misty

har mar superstar

@ brighton music hall


wednesday, may 16th

hyper-local craft brew tasting

two sessions: 3-6pm / 7-10pm

@ the somerville armory


saturday, may 19th

the somerville porchfest!

a wide variety of bands

playing all over town

12-6pm on porches around somerville


saturday, may 19th

foolish ida - ep release!

(featuring sarah rabdau)

an homage to maurice sendak

& inspired by his book

"outside over there"

also performing: jaggery,

heather christian & the arbornauts

red room @ cafe 939


tuesday, may 22nd

the polyphonic spree

@ the paradise


wednesday, may 23rd

sinead o'connor

canceled

@ house of blues


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black fortress of opium

varsity drag

peter buzzelle &

soul clinic bible school

birdsmakebirds

@ radio


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mean creek

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@ house of blues


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garbage

@ the paradise


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radiohead

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@ the comcast center


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the psychedelic furs

@ showcase live


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jonathan coulton

john roderick (long winters)

@ the paradise


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the dandy warhols

@ the royale


friday, june 1st

marissa nadler

faces on film

@ the somerville armory


saturday, june 2nd

the okay win (ep release!)

7pm @ the lily pad, cambridge


monday, june 4th

the clean

times new viking

@ brighton music hall


tuesday, june 5th

the cult

against me!

the icarus line

@ house of blues


wednesday, june 6th

primordial sounds presents...

prefab messiahs (reunion/tour kickoff)

bobb trimble

jesse gallagher (apollo sunshine)

@ middlesex lounge


thursday, june 7th

endless wave

ghost box orchestra

soccer mom

hex map

@ great scott


thursday, june 7th

the temper trap

@ house of blues


tuesday, june 12th

keane

mystery jets

@ house of blues


wednesday, june 13th

2:54

widowspeak

@ tt the bears


thursday, june 14th

the union square round table

presents "too much too soon"

with kristin hersh

eugene mirman

& cotton candy

@ the brattle theatre


thursday, june 14th

the david bromberg quartet

loudon wainwright iii

@ somerville theatre


friday, june 15th

laura marling

@ berklee


friday, june 15th

deer tick

turbo fruits

@ the paradise


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the duke spirit

hacienda

@ berklee


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foster the people

tokyo police club

@ boa pavilion


friday & saturday

june 15th & 16th

the figgs!

new album release shows!

@ church of boston


saturday, june 16th

mogwai

@ house of blues


saturday, june 16th

alejandro escovedo

@ brighton music hall


tuesday, june 19th

matthew sweet

@ the paradise


wednesday, june 20th

destroyer

sandro perri

@ the paradise


friday, june 22nd

built to spill

@ the paradise


saturday, june 23rd

the hives

@ house of blues


tuesday, june 26th

the beach boys

@ boa pavilion


thursday, june 28th

billy bragg

@ the somerville theatre


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fountains of wayne

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@ the paradise


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codeine

@ brighton music hall


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fiona apple

@ the citi/wang theatre


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roger waters: the wall

@ fenway park


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fruit bats

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@ brighton music hall


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tangerine dream

@ house of blues


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dirty projectors

purity ring

@ the paradise


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debo band

grupo fantasma

@ brighton music hall


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the b-52s

squeeze

@ the boa pavilion


wednesday, july 18th

best coast

those darlins

@ the royale


friday, july 20th

refused

off!

@ house of blues


saturday, july 21st

the promise ring

@ the paradise


wednesday, july 25th

gomez

@ the paradise


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shonen knife

@ great scott


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real estate

@ the paradise


friday, august 24th

brian jonestown massacre

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tuesday, august 28th

beirut

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monday, october 1st

godspeed you! black emperor

@ the orpheum


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Friday, November 12, 2004

[Live MP3s] Silkworm at Great Scott, Allston 2004

(update 12/28/2010: Re-upped the set, doubled the encoding size. You're welcome.)

Memo to myself: You are definitely not too old to check out late-running rock 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...
Silkworm
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. Lily White & Cherry Red
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
I 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.

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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