bradley's almanac - a boston music blog

boston area shows of note:

thursday, august 21st

yndi halda

caspian

irepress

@ tt the bears

friday, august 22nd

varsity drag

lump

charcoal lavage

jake and the jakes

@ o'briens

friday, august 22nd

obits (ex-hot snakes/rftc)

viva viva

dead cats dead rats

sunday morning music

@ the middle east

saturday, august 23rd

the soft drugs

higgins

the toothaches

drama queens

@ pa's lounge

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

sunday, august 24th

don cabellero

ponytail

irepress

@ harper's ferry

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

friday, august 29th

liz phair performs

'exile in guyville'

@ the paradise

monday, september 1st

the juan maclean

@ the middle east downstairs

wednesday, september 3rd

ryan's smashing life presents...

justice of the unicorns

tigers & monkeys

spanish armada

wild business

@ the middle east

friday, september 5th

silver jews

hallelujah the hills

who shot hollywood

@ the middle east downstairs

saturday, september 6th

my morning jacket

@ the bank of america pavilion

saturday, september 6th

matt pryor (get up kids)

kevin devine

mike fiore (faces on film)

@ harper's ferry

sunday, september 7th

ryan adams & the cardinals

@ the bank of america pavilion

tuesday, september 9th

paul weller

@ the berklee performance center

friday, september 12th

mission of burma

in-store performance

7pm @ newbury comics, newbury st.

friday, september 12th

buffalo tom

as part of the boston arts festival

@ christopher columbus park

saturday, september 13th

wfnx disorientation 2008

the kooks, flogging molly,

alkaline trio, rogue wave,

and more to be announced

@ bank of america pavilion

sunday, september 14th

lymbyc systym

this will destroy you

arms and sleepers

@ harper's ferry

monday, september 15th

lagwagon, mxpx,

only crime, & tat

@ harper's ferry

monday, september 15th

sunset rubdown

@ the middle east

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

saturday, september 20th

mike viola (solo)

(1st of 3 weekly residencies)

with guest blue and their

band, the major labels

@ the lizard lounge

saturday, september 20th

noah & the whale

@ toad

sunday, september 21st

the low lows

magic magic

ryan lee crosby

@ tt the bears

monday, september 22nd

the broken west

@ the middle east

monday, september 22nd

oxford collapse

love as laughter

takka takka

@ tt the bears

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

tuesday, september 23rd

weezer

angels & airwaves

tokyo police club

@ the tsongas arena

tuesday, september 23rd

cut copy

the presets

@ the paradise

wednesday, september 24th

joan as policewoman

@ the middle east

wednesday, september 24th

low

tulsa

@ the museum of fine arts boston

saturday, september 27th

mike viola (solo)

(2nd of 3 weekly residencies)

@ the lizard lounge

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

sunday and monday

september 28th and 29th

ratatat

@ the paradise

thursday, september 30th

boston spaceships

(gbv's robert pollard)

big dipper

@ the paradise

thursday, september 30th

say hi

jukebox the ghost

@ the middle east

thursday & friday

october 2nd & 3rd

baltimore round robin

29 bands playing in a circle,

non-stop, one song at a time,

with you in the very center

with dan deacon, beach house,

creepers, the death set, adventure,

and everyone listed here

@ mass art

friday, october 3rd

death cab for cutie

@ agganis arena

friday, october 3rd

the fratellis

airborne toxic event

electric touch

@ the orpheum

saturday, october 4th

mike viola @ friends

(3rd of 3 weekly residencies)

@ the lizard lounge

sunday, october 5th

old 97s

@ the wilbur theatre

sunday, october 5th

pinback

@ the paradise

monday, october 6th

the wedding present

the jealous girlfriends

@ the middle east downstairs

monday, october 6th

fleet foxes

@ the somerville theatre

monday, october 6th

stereolab

monade

@ the paradise

tuesday, october 7th

liam finn

the veils

@ the paradise

wednesday, october 8th

wire

@ the middle east downstairs

thursday, october 9th

chuck ragan (of hot water music)

ben nichols (of lucero)

tim barry (of avail)

with guest jesse malin

@ the middle east

saturday, october 11th

the feelies

@ the roxy

sunday, october 12th

the residents

@ showcase live, foxboro

sunday, october 12th

the notwist

@ the roxy

sunday, october 12th

jamie lidell

@ the paradise

sunday, october 12th

against me!

ted leo & the pharmacists

the future of the left

@ the wilbur theatre

monday, october 13th

tv on the radio

the dirtbombs

@ the wilbur theatre

tuesday, october 14th

cold war kids

@ the paradise

thursday, october 16th

ben kweller

whitley

@ the paradise

thursday, october 16th

jonatha brooke

glen phillips

(from toad the wet sprocket)

@ the wilbur theatre

friday, october 17th

hallelujah the hills

wonderful spells

capstan shafts

@ tt the bears

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

sunday, october 19th

the spinto band

frightened rabbit

@ the middle east

monday, october 20th

magnetic morning

(adam swervedriver & sam interpol)

julie ocean

springhouse (w/jack rabid)

@ great scott

tuesday, october 21st

minus the bear

annuals

sylvie

@ the wilbur theatre

tuesday & wednesday

october 21st & 22nd

billy bragg

@ the somerville theatre

wednesday, october 22nd

yeasayer

@ the paradise

wednesday, october 22nd

lyle lovett & john hiatt

(acoustic, on stage together)

@ the orpheum

thursday, october 23rd

lykke li

@ the paradise

thursday, october 23rd

deerhoof

experimental dental school

@ the middle east down

friday, october 24th

fujiya & miyagi

@ the paradise

sunday, october 26th

broken social scene

land of talk

@ the wilbur theatre

monday, october 27th

matthew sweet

@ the paradise

wednesday, october 29th

legendary pink dots

@ the middle east down

thursday, october 30th

of montreal

@ the orpheum

friday, october 31st

the rumble strips

birdmonster

@ tt the bears

friday, october 31st

david byrne

performing the songs of byrne & eno

@ the wang center

saturday, november 1st

henry rollins (spoken word)

@ the orpheum

monday, november 3rd

coldplay

@ the td banknorth garden

sunday, november 9th

the hold steady

drive-by truckers

@ the orpheum

tuesday, november 11th

deerhunter

times new viking

the vivian girls

@ the paradise

wedneseday, november 12th

kings of leon

we are scientists

the whigs

@ the orpheum

tuesday, november 18th

m83

school of seven bells

@ the middle east down

thursday, november 20th

bishop allen

@ the middle east

saturday, december 13th

neil young

wilco

@ the dcu center, worcester

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Friday, April 15, 2005

Golden Rays Shine Down...

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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