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wednesday, march 17th

joanna newsom

@ the sanders theatre, harvard

wednesday, march 17th

henry rollins (spoken word)

@ the somerville theatre

thursday, march 18th

TOURFILTER DJ NIGHT!

when tourfilter's chris +

the almanac's brad (aka, me)

spin songs by bands coming to

the boston area sometime soon

9pm sharp @ river gods

thursday, march 18th

apollo sunshine

drug rug

@ the paradise

friday, march 19th

i, pistol

mascara

planetoid

forgetful jones

@ tt the bears

saturday, march 20th

the whitehaus family blastfest

needy visions, manners,

morgan shaker, avi jacob,

and many more

@ cambridge ymca theatre

saturday, march 20th

air

@ berklee performance center

sunday, march 21st

the clientele

field music

@ great scott

wednesday, march 24th

extraneous noise presents...

golden spurs

spirit kid

some say fire

the novel ideas

@ the middle east upstairs

thursday, march 25th

"thursday night alright!" with

the beatings

aloud

action camp

hello ninja

@ great scott

thursday, march 25th

the donnas

@ the paradise

friday, march 26th

eldridge rodriguez (the beatings)

ryan lee crosby

ted billings (age rings/hot protestants)

@ the somerville armory

friday, march 26th

basia bulat

marissa nadler

lady lamb the beekeeper

@ tt the bears

saturday, march 27th

your say party! we say die!

the new collisions

static of the gods (cd release)

@ tt the bears

saturday, march 27th

the big pink

a place to bury strangers

magic magic

@ the paradise

saturday, march 27th

spoon

deerhunter

@ the house of blues

sunday, march 28th

beach house

bachelorette

@ the paradise

monday, march 29th

the soft pack

nodzzz

beaters

@ great scott

tuesday, march 30th

shearwater

wye oak

hospital ships

@ tt the bears

tuesday, march 30th

manchester orchestra

the features

biffy clyro

o'brother

@ the paradise

wednesday, march 31st

japandroids

love is all

girlfriends

@ the middle east downstairs

wednesday, march 31st

miike snow

delorean

@ the paradise

wednesday, march 31st

a sunny day in glasgow

pants yell!

bearstronaut

@ great scott

thursday, april 1st

girls

dum dum girls

@ the paradise

friday, april 2nd

the xx

jj (late show only)

two shows @ the paradise

friday, april 2nd

drive-by truckers

lucero

langhorne slim

@ the house of blues

saturday, april 3rd

cassavettes

the grownup noise

kingsley flood (cd release)

spouse

@ the middle east upstairs

saturday, april 3rd

black rebel motorcycle club

alberta cross

@ the house of blues

saturday, april 3rd

nada surf

dawn landes & the hounds

@ the paradise

sunday, april 4th

serena maneesh

depreciation guild

black fortress of opium

@ tt the bears

tuesday, april 6th

wilco

@ the orpheum

tuesday, april 6th

ben folds & a piano

kate miller-heidke

@ the house of blues

wednesday, april 7th

florence & the machine

@ the paradise

wednesday, april 7th

rocky votolato

brooke waggoner

@ great scott

thursday, april 8th

faces on film

hands & knees

st. claire (cd release!)

mr. sister

@ tt the bears

thursday, april 8th

thom yorke + atoms for peace

flying lotus

@ the citi/wang theatre

friday, april 9th

midlake

@ the paradise

saturday, april 10th

xiu xiu

tune-yards

@ the middle east downstairs

saturday, april 10th

ted leo & the pharmacists

obits

screaming females

@ the paradise

saturday, april 10th

pissed jeans

confines

sqrm

@ great scott

sunday, april 11th

fanfarlo

lawrence arabia

robert francis

@ the paradise

monday, april 12th

the wedding present

play their 1989 lp 'bizarro'

with openers girl in a coma

@ the middle east downstairs

monday, april 12th

titus andronicus

the babies

@ great scott

thursday, april 15th

jakob dylan with guests

neko case + kelly hogan

@ the wilbur theatre

thursday, april 15th

red sparowes

doomriders

@ the middle east downstairs

friday, april 16th

guillermo sexo

freddie t and the people

(ex-june of 44 / hoover)

travels

ghost box orchestra

@ pa's lounge

friday, april 16th

have nots (vinyl release!)

the appreciation post

razors in the night

wicked whiskey

the swaggerin growlers

@ tt the bears

saturday, april 17th

kaki king

an horse

@ the middle east downstairs

saturday, april 17th

the morning benders

miniature tigers

@ tt the bears

sunday, april 18th

heavy trash (w/jon spencer)

the konks

the cobra-matics

@ tt the bears

sunday, april 18th

the thermals

past lives

@ the middle east downstairs

monday, april 19th

trans am

@ the middle east downstairs

tuesday, april 20th

owen pallett (aka final fantasy)

@ the ica boston

tuesday, april 20th

elvis costello & the sugarcanes

@ the orpheum

tuesday, april 20th

the low anthem

timber timbre

@ the paradise

tuesday, april 20th

quasi

let's wrestle

@ the middle east downstairs

wednesday, april 21st

the church

special 30th anniversary

acoustic career retrospective

@ the somerville armory

wednesday, april 21st through

wednesday, april 28th

the 8th annual independent

film festival of boston

@ various boston area theatres

including the somerville + brattle

thursday, april 22nd

the mary onettes

@ great scott

saturday, april 24th

graham parker with

the figgs

@ johnny d's, somerville

saturday, april 24th

los campesinos!

here we go magic

@ the paradise

sunday, april 25th

harlem

@ great scott

monday, april 26th

echo + the bunneymen

hatcham social

@ the paradise

wednesday, april 28th

gogol bordello

devotchka

jesse malin

st. mark's social

@ the house of blues

thursday, april 29th

frightened rabbit

@ the paradise

friday, april 30th

the everyday visuals

the lights out

the flying machines

aloud

@ tt the bears

friday, april 30th

corinne bailey ray

@ the house of blues

friday, april 30th

the album leaf

sea wolf

@ the paradise

wednesday, april 28th

little boots

dragonette

fan death

@ the middle east downstairs

saturday, may 1st

white rabbits

here we go magic

@ the paradise

monday, may 3rd

yeasayer

sleigh bells

@ the paradise

tuesday, may 4th

gregory & the hawk

lady lamb the beekeeper

@ tt the bears

tuesday & wednesday

may 4th & 5th

public image ltd.

@ the royale (formerly the roxy)

wednesday, may 5th

minus the bear

@ the wilbur theatre

wednesday & thursday

may 5th & 6th

jonsi (from sigur ros)

@ the house of blues

thursday, may 6th

shout out louds

@ the paradise

friday, may 7th

ok go

earl greyhound

robert francis

@ the paradise

saturday, may 8th

local natives

@ great scott

tuesday & wednesday

may 11th & 12th

dr. dog

deer tick

@ the paradise

thursday, may 13th

small brown bike

bridge and tunnel

your skull my closet

wallcreeper

@ great scott

saturday, may 22nd

killing joke

@ the paradise

tuesday, may 18th

spectrum (featuring sonic boom

from spacemen 3 + e.a.r.)

with the broken river prophet

@ the middle east upstairs

tuesday, may 25th

the smittens

allo darlin'

one happy island

hearts!attack

a smile and a ribbon

horowitz

@ the lizard lounge

wednesday, may 26th

reverend horton heat

cracker

miss derringer

@ the house of blues

friday, may 28th

mono

the twilight sad

@ the middle east downstairs

wednesday, june 2nd

kings of convenience

franklin for short

@ the paradise

wednesday, june 2nd

ryan bingham & the dead horses

@ tt the bears

wednesday & thursday

june 2nd & 3rd

the national

@ the house of blues

friday, june 4th

brian jonestown massacre

@ the paradise

friday, june 18th

reigning sound

movers & shakers

triplethick

@ tt the bears

saturday, june 19th

james taylor

carole king

@ the garden

sunday + monday

june 20th + 21st

isis

melvins

totimoshi

@ the paradise

thursday + saturday

august 19th + 21st

tom petty + the heartbreakers

my morning jacket

@ the comcast center

visit tourfilter for more shows

Friday, glorious springtime Friday. Another hell week of work nearly behind me, and it's gonna be nuts right up until quittin' time. Given that, I'm just gonna dive in and rattle off a bunch of stuff, so hold on there...

Many thanks to RSL over at Swimcommunity for pointing out that Damon from the Swirlies has just posted some live Swirlies tracks. 4 songs buried in 30 minutes of expected aural weirdness on WBCN's Nocturnal Emissions show back in May of '95. Grab 'em soon, because they're gone in early May, hopefully to be replaced by even more free downloads.

Did anyone else catch Sealab 2021 this past Sunday? One of the funniest in awhile, what with Public Enemy's (and now ex-Air America employee) Chuck D providing the voice of a cancer-stricken, suicidal whale (who had tried beaching himself, but "f'in hippies" kept putting him back in the water). Would have loved to have heard him rap a bit with Hesh (aka MC Chris), though. I've been digging the recent, and relatively minor, changes: Tornado Shanks losing the accent, the upped presence of Erik Estrada's Marco, and ending some shows with bizarre voice-loop outtakes. Gets me laughin' out loud every single time. Season 3 will be out on DVD July 12th, and damn if the packaging isn't super-stylin'. Thought they couldn't top the design of Season 2, but it looks like they may have.

I missed all the (unstoppably overblown) Sox-Yanks shenanigans last night, as I was deep down in a basement for some band practice, but I trust no one more than Surviving Grady to deliver the straight skinny. Red was there, fifteen rows behind the drunken nutjob who slapped Sheffield, and has a good eye for detail on all the replay action. Check out his take... I'm guessin' it's the most right-on and reasoned one out there (bookmark him while you're at it). So is the national sports media so starved for stories that this mess rates constant repitition? Movin' on...

I'm loving this Google Sightseeing site, a blog that pulls together notable satellite images of random landmarks, buildings, and strangeness all over the world from the new Google Maps feature. Hello, Fenway.

If you missed the live broadcast of that streaming Wedding Present gig over at Fabchannel.com last week (as I did, thanks to work), well, good news. They've now got it archived and viewable for all. Gonna check out that sucker this weekend to get even more psyched up for their Boston stop in a couple weeks.

Don't forget to set the ol' TiVo: The reunited Dinosaur Jr. is on the Late Late Show tonight (ok, technically tomorrow mornin'). My money's on Freak Scene. Oh, and their reunion tour dates were just announced, with Boston on July 15th at Avalon. I'm so going.

Summer at Shatter Creek just finished up a little West Coast jaunt, and wrote up some comments in a mini tour diary. Comin' east yet, Craig?

The nominations for this year's Eisner awards are out, and there's comic-book related congrats to pass around. While I highly agree with the inclusion of Bill Willingham's Fables, Brian K. Vaughan's books, Warren Ellis' work, and DC: The New Frontier, I'm most psyched to see Brian Wood & Becky Cloonan's 12-issue DEMO series get recognized in two categories. I've mentioned it a few times here, so my enthusiasm should come as no surprise to regulars. And because everyone is required to whine about something not getting nominated that should have, where is the love for Jock's striking cover work on The Losers. Love 'em. Hell, I love everything about that book.

For random creator reaction, read this, and as long as I'm mentioning Mr. Wood, head over to his site to check out the newly revealed redesign.

In the "ask and ye shall surprisingly receive" department: For over three years I've been silently (and barely) annoyed by the fact that there's no place to easily pick up a copy of the free Boston Phoenix weekly near my office here on Huntington Ave. Not a big deal, but a couple weeks ago, possibly in a fit of surfing boredom, I dropped the Phoenix an email asking if they might throw a distribution box outside the Copley Mall, across from the Shaws supermarket. Well, much to my surprise... a couple days ago one actually showed up. Hey, they listened! Probably didn't hurt that I mentioned their competition, The Weekly Dig, already had a box there. Nice to be able to snag a copy of both on my way into work every Thursday morning now.

Speakin' of my walk to work, on certain days I cut through the mall (if it's either super-cold, or I'm craving an early-morning coffee... which is lately every day), and on Wednesday I noticed a certain out-of-place-someone standing in the line at Dunkies. Then I noticed another, and another. What made them out of place? Let's just say they were all dressed up like "ladies of the night". Working girls, and not the business suit wearin' kind. Don't know if they were getting an early start or a late end to their shift, but you rarely see them early at the Copley.

As I grabbed my medium regular and continued on, I saw a sign that explained it all: "Auditions for America's Next Top Model Today!", and a very long line of scantily-clad, overly-made up girls waiting for their shot at so-called stardom. Now, I've never seen the show, but can whoring it up really help? Needless to say, once I spread the word at work, lots of my co-workers suddenly got coffee cravings of their own. I think one guy made six or seven trips, and thought about bringing a clipboard for his own 'personal auditions'. Yikes.

So I've got a favor to ask. If anyone in California catches The Album Leaf on tour this coming week, can you pick me up a copy of their new tour-only EP? It's a must have for me, and I'll compensate ya accordingly.

Today ain't just tax day... more importantly it's my cat's birthday. Yeah, go ahead and laugh, but I don't know what I'd do without crazy Hazel around...

She's 11 now, marking her b-day just a few days after our dog Nina, who turned 2 this past Sunday...

(Just had to mention it, in case either of them reads this, y'know).

Busy weekend ahead, starting this evening when I head straight from another band practice over to PA's Lounge in Somerville for Shumai, the Icicles, and my Vermont pals in the Smittens. Tomorrow it's more music making and hopefully a viewing of the South Korean film Oldboy, which I've been waiting awhile for. Sunday: more practice, and hopefully some relaxin'.

Why so much practice? Well, we (meaning Charlene) have a couple shows next week, the first on Tuesday night opening up for Mary Timony and Noll at TT the Bears. I'm not sure if I'm more excited just to share a bill with her and her band, or to just hold her new album in my hand when it's released that day. Cannot wait.

On Wednesday we drive up to Portsmouth, New Hampshire to play a place called Muddy River Smoke House, which I guess was a blues club that's been trying to change it's lineup a bit with more alt-indie type stuff. Dunno the details, but I do know that we're sharing the night with our friend Adam and his Broken River Prophet... which I'm supposedly playing in? Considering it's a few days away, you'd think I know for sure. I'm just looking forward to playing a place with the words "Smoke House" in it's name. That's definitely a first.

Be sure to stop back on Monday for next week's Mp3s of the Week, which will be... actually, I have no idea. We'll see if I can dig up something special over the weekend. Enjoy yours ...

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