bradley's almanac - a boston music blog

boston area shows of note:

sunday, may 11th

hallelujah the hills

girls, guns, & glory

and many more

free @ mayfair in harvard square

sunday, may 11th

the lymbyc systym

@ the middle east

monday, may 12th

the cure

@ agganis arena

tuesday, may 13th

british sea power

the rosebuds

jeffrey lewis

@ the paradise

thursday, may 15th

tourfilter dj night

songs by bands coming to town

(with djs yours truly & chris tourfilter)

9pm @ river gods near central square

thursday, may 15th

bishop allen

the teeth

the self righteous brothers

@ the middle east downstairs

friday, may 16th

ryan's smashing life presents...

aloud, murder mystery,

miss fairchild, & scuba

@ tt the bears

friday, may 16th

bell x1

@ the paradise

friday, may 16th

bruce cockburn

catherine maclellan

@ the somerville theatre

saturday, may 17th

thee silver mt. zion memorial

orchestra & tra-la-la band

(members of godspeed you black emperor)

@ the middle east downstairs

sunday, may 18th

snowden

colour revolt

the epochs

age rings

@ great scott

monday, may 19th

daily show writer

rob kutner

signing 'apocalypse how'

@ pandemonium in cambridge

tuesday, may 20th

x (john doe, exene, bonebrake, & billy)

the detroit cobras

@ the paradise

friday, may 23rd

joe lally (of fugazi)

glorytellers

thalia zedek

@ the middle east

friday, may 23rd

writer neil gaiman

@ mit's kresge auditorium

friday, may 23rd

laura veirs

liam finn

@ the middle east

saturday, may 24th

cake, cracker,

the english beat, bodeans

@ the dcr hatch shell

saturday, may 24th

son volt

@ the museum of fine arts boston

saturday, may 24th

the mary onettes

@ the middle east

wednesday, may 28th

duran duran

@ agganis arena

friday, may 30th

the gentlemen

eric salt & the electric city

the rationales (cd release)

@ tt the bears

friday, may 30th

sea wolf

the jealous girlfriends

@ the paradise

saturday, may 31st

jeremy enigk

damien jurado

@ great scott

sunday, june 1st

ida

michael hurley

@ the nave gallery, somerville

monday, june 2nd

M83

@ the middle east downstairs

wednesday, june 4thnd

hayden

@ great scott

thursday, june 5th

the breeders

the montana boys

@ the paradise

friday, june 6th

orbit

taxpayer

the fatal flaw

boone

@ tt the bears

friday, june 6th

styrofoam

broken spindles

@ the middle east

friday, june 6th

mudhoney

the cynics

@ the middle east

saturday, june 7th

langhorne slim

baker

@ tt the bears

saturday, june 7th

pela

static of the gods

the motion sick

shawn fogel

@ the middle east

sunday, june 8th

donita sparks (ex-L7)

& the stellar moments

@ tt the bears

monday, june 9th

the kooks

@ the paradise

tuesday, june 10th

swervedriver

@ the paradise

wednesday, june 11th

the cannanes

the in out

painful dentistry

@ the midway cafe

wednesday, june 11th

grand archives

@ great scott

wednesday, june 11th

mark kozelek

(sun kil moon / red house painters)

marissa nadler

@ the museum of fine arts boston

thursday, june 12th

tullycraft

pants yell!

the smittens

@ pa's lounge

thursday, june 12th

damon & naomi

helena espvall & masaki batoh

@ tt the bears

thursday, june 12th

mission of burma

performing the album

'signals, calls and marches'

@ the paradise

friday, june 13th

mission of burma

performing the album 'vs'

@ the paradise

saturday, june 14th

centro-matic

@ the middle east upstairs

friday, june 13th

r.e.m.

modest mouse

the national

@ the tweeter center

wednesday, june 18th

sloan

the golden dogs

@ tt the bears

thursday, june 19th

retribution gospel choir

(with low's alan sparhawk)

@ the middle east upstairs

thursday, june 19th

the ting tings

@ great scott

friday, june 20th

polvo

birds of avalon

@ the middle east downstairs

friday, june 20th

my brightest diamond

clare & the reasons

@ the berklee performance center

saturday, june 21st

eksi ekso (cd release)

caspian

hooray for earth

dj die young

@ the paradise

friday, june 27th

devo

tom tom club

@ bank of american pavillion

saturday, june 28th

peter murphy

@ the roxy

saturday, june 28th

& monday, june 30th

pearl jam

ted leo & the pharmacists

@ the tweeter center

saturday, july 5th

cassavettes

girls, guns, and glory

teenage prayers

@ the paradise

tuesday, july 8th

feist

@ the bank of america pavilion

saturday, july 12th

bottomless pit

the kadane bros.

(of the new year / bedhead)

chris brokaw

@ the middle east upstairs

thursday, july 31st

the police

elvis costello & the impersonators

@ the tweeter center

saturday, august 2nd

wolf parade

@ the paradise

wednesday, august 6th

neil halstead (slowdive/mojave 3)

rogue wave

jack johnson

@ the tweeter center

wednesday, august 13th

radiohead

@ the tweeter center

wednesday, august 20th

human league, belinda carlisle, abc,

flock of seagulls, naked eyes

@ the bank of america pavilion

sunday, september 7th

ryan adams & the cardinals

@ the bank of america pavilion

tuesday, september 23rd

writer dennis lehane

(release day for 'the given day')

@ the coolidge corner theatre

monday, october 6th

stereolab

monade

@ the paradise

monday, november 3rd

coldplay

@ the td banknorth garden

visit tourfilter for more shows

Wednesday, February 02, 2005

The Miracle That You Missed...

Let's just skip the pleasantries, shall we?...

As promised, I pulled a bunch of mp3s off the 'Nac on Monday, and boyohboy am I getting overwhelmed with emails from the unlucky. Sorry 'bout that, but space was running out and a house-cleaning was long overdue.

And a note for a few: If you're thinking of asking me to repost 'em, or send them straight to ya, try not demanding it, and while you're at it, skip the l33t $p3@k. "wud u post fil3z plz?! can u uze s3nd1t?" guarantees a direct flight to my trash folder.

Might as well get the token Arcade Fire mention out of the way, right? They appeared last night on Conan O'Brien, and their performance of 'Neighborhood #2 (Laika)' was... well... odd. Here, see for yourself (avi video captured by Aeroplane from the af.net forum. update: here's the easytree torrent, too). Something was certainly lost in the televised translation. I mean, it was them, but their on-stage theatrics seemed fairly out of place when viewed on the tv screen, and not from the middle of an enthralled crowd.

Speaking of which, Amie and I will be at the Roxy tomorrow night for their return to Boston. I can only hope it measures up to what I experienced at TTs last fall. I'm going to try recording it again, so keep an eye here for some mp3s in the next few days.

The Ida show that was bumped by the Blizzard of '05 has been rescheduled for Sunday, February 20th. Tickets are available over at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts site, and thankfully, the lineup is exactly the same, with Thalia Zedek & Jodi Buonanno opening up.

I'm damn glad I'll be able to make it, as the new date missed my D.C. trip by just a few days. Whew. I can't stop listening to their new record... as a matter of fact, it's in my headphones right now. I've got it in constant rotation with the new Low and the way-better-than-expected Lou Barlow disc.

Spent a bunch of time this weekend recording many of the stellar streams from the CBC Radio site. If you haven't been over there yet, gogogo (click the 'table of contents' link once you're there).

102 different live sets, all of pretty great sound quality, with photos and write-ups to go with 'em. You're bound to find something you already love, or discover something totally new. So far I've grabbed about a dozen different sets, and I have so many more to go. (thanks to chris for the heads up)

As a big fan of Ricky Gervais and the Office, I shook my head last year at news of the proposed U.S. remake. Then I heard he'd be directly involved, and my hopes rose a bit. Then I heard Steve Carell would be playing David Brent, and they rose a bit more.

Well, someone shared up the entire pilot, and it's pretty much a carbon copy... it renders the remake as redundant as their staff at Slough. I honestly wish I could erase my memories of the original so that I could watch it with fresh eyes... for anyone who's seen the BBC version, they've made it impossible to watch this new one without comparing it scene by scene.

Credit to Carell, though... he does the best he can given the situation, and the rest of the cast hangs in there. We'll be seeing Carell again in another all-too-familiar role, as Don Adams' Agent Maxwell Smart in a new Get Smart movie. I'd be more frightened if Mel Brooks and Buck Henry weren't writing it. Might not suck.

My favorite Boston band of the moment... On Fire

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