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recommended boston area events

sunday, march 14th

a special screening of the

white stripes tour documentary

"under the great white northern lights"

free admission / prize pack drawing

10pm @ the otherside cafe


sunday, march 14th

carbon leaf

@ the paradise


monday, march 15th

one happy island

standard fare

summer cats

@ great scott


monday, march 15th

letting up despite great faults

the brother kite

plumerai

singing bridges

@ the middle east upstairs


tuesday, march 16th

bacchus king

croquet

cathy cathodic

the ugly fucklings

@ the middle east upstairs


wednesday, march 17th

joanna newsom

@ the sanders theatre, harvard


wednesday, march 17th

henry rollins (spoken word)

@ the somerville theatre


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

am

@ 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 fold & 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

@ the 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 & 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


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Friday, April 22, 2005

Point Your Thumb To The Sky

This is gonna be a quick one, as the clock's ticking towards quittin' time...


The third annual Independent Film Festival of Boston kicked off last night with a way-sold-out screening of the new Steve Buscemi-directed film 'Lonesome Jim'. Mr. Pink himself was in attendance, along with writer James Strouse and producer Galt Niederhoffer, answering questions from the audience afterwards...


More photos if you click that one. I'd write more about the film itself (loved it) and the Q&A, but like I said, I'm runnin' outta time before the weekend begins...

Tonight brings local guy (and hilarious Daily Show correspondent) Rob Corddry back to town for a screening of Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, a 'paintball mockumentary'. We didn't get tickets to this one, but we'll be waiting in the 'rush' line in hopes that we'll squeeze into some empty seats. Tomorrow will be easier, as we lucked out with last minute tix to Same Sex America, the documentary I've mentioned before that's showing at the MFA. Really looking forward to that one, too. I may take in the Sunday showing of the Jeff Buckley documentary, but that depends on how cinematically burnt out I am...


My desire to spread this news has trumped my slight urge to keep it quiet: Tickets for Dinosaur Jr.'s July 15th Boston reunion show go on sale Friday morning, May 6th, at 10am through here at NOON TODAY, 4/26, here. I'll be sitting in my cube with my finger on the mouse button, you bet yer bippy (I don't even know what that means).


And tickets for the upcoming Lucksmiths / Ladybug Transistor show are not going on sale anytime soon. Nope, there'll be no advance ticket sales, so I'm thinkin' the line outside PA's Lounge in Somerville's Union Square will be mighty long indeed on May 7th. I'll be there early, coming straight from a pre-show party we're havin'. If you're a friend and wanna come by, just ask.


Heads up, Boston area admirers of stellar solo songsters...
TUESDAY APRIL 26th

VAGUE ANGELS (aka Chris LEO)
and
Drew O'DOHERTY

At the ZEITGEIST GALLERY
1353 Cambridge Street, Inman Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts
All Ages! / Doors @ 8:00 / $6.00 donation
It was a short-notice scheduling, so help spread the word on this one if you can. More details can be found here, and make sure you check out some of Drew's stuff over at his MySpace page.


The more alert (or more bored?) among you may have noticed that I upgraded my Flickr photo account to a 'Pro' one last week, and was almost immediately rewarded with a free doubling of my subscription (from 2 to 4 years), an doubled monthly upload limit, and two complimentary Pro accounts to give to friends (already gifted, though, sorry). As if I didn't already love Flickr enough, they go and get cooler.

Netflix also went and got neater by revamping their Friends pages, allowing you to check out what DVDs your pals have at home, and what's in their rental queue. Not quite as cool as free upgrades, but hey, I'll take it. And as I said before, if you do the Netflix thing and don't mind sharing your info, let me know your email in the comments before so I can add ya to my friendly list.


Another upcoming Fabchannel.com live concert alert: They'll be streaming a full set from The Dears on May 7th, so get bookmarking.


Suicide Squeeze Records has started selling the upcoming Headphones debut a bit early. It's not out until May 10th, but you can order at their site and get it sooner. Haven't heard of the Headphones? It's David Bazan (Pedro the Lion), Tim Walsh (Pedro the Lion, TW Walsh), and Frank Lenz (Starflyer 59), and a complete lack of guitars. Yup, just live drums and electronics. My copy is ordered, but I've still gotta grab tickets to their TTs show on May 19th.


I am nearly drooling over this Complete Calvin & Hobbes hardcover collection. Wow. I'm so going to own that when it comes out in October. Hmmmm... my birthday is early November... hmmmm... (thanks for the tip, falfa)


Here, go ahead and Get Arrested. No, seriously, visit that site and help support the renewal of Arrested Development, the best f'in comedy on TV. Ain't that right, Franklin?


On the music-making-friends front...
  • Looks like Rykodisc is finally releasing 'Our Most Beloved', a cd/dvd collection of James Kochalka Superstar songs, although you wouldn't know it from Ryko's own freakin' website. Word is that it's out on May 10th, and includes 25 tracks and 5 videos. Why no promo, Ryko?

  • Couple new videos for you to take a look at: Colin Clary & the Magogs 'The Shape Of This Town' and a clip for 'From a Parked Car' from My First Days On Junk. Both were put together by Black and Blue Productions. It's pretty weird sittin' here in my cube, watching my friends do silly dances on my computer screen. But weird in a good way.

  • Keep an eye on the 'Nac next week, when I'll be giving away a couple of very cool specially-designed Summer At Shatter Creek posters from their recent in-store appearance at Fingerprints Music in Long Beach, CA. One of 'em is autographed by SASC's Craig and Emmy, too. Speaking of them, their new album 'All The Answers', is out at radio stations, so call your favorite one and get requestin' if you want to hear some.

    (Oh, the Fingerprints site also has that exclusive live Rilo Kiley disc... I'm all over that.)

  • Looking ahead a little... a free preview screening of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on Tuesday night, followed by that Drew & Chris show at the Zeitgeist, and then the Wedding Present returns to Boston on Thursday. Three things to help the work week go down that much smoother.

    Even further ahead... Mary Timony's return to Boston is already booked: a June 24th show back at TTs, this time with Medications, fronted by Devin Ocampo. Nice. The next day brings Eisley to town for a headlining gig, also at TTs.


    Stop on back Monday, when it looks like I'll be offering up some old live Softies songs for ya...












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