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thursday, september 2nd
lou barlow + the missingmen
wye oak
the unfamiliars
@ the middle east upstairs
saturday, september 4th
mg lederman (ex-victory at sea) cd release show with
the wrong reasons
the beat awfuls
brant deatley
@ the plough & stars
sunday, september 5th
sweet apple
(w/j mascis on drums)
black helicopter
zombie radio
@ the middle east downstairs
sunday, september 5th
the milling gowns
what time is it, mr. fox?
faux ox
jaggery
@ harper's ferry
monday, september 6th
wallcreeper
@ charlie's kitchen
monday, september 6th
shellac
helen money
@ the middle east downstairs
tuesday, september 7th
tortoise
greg davis
ben vidas
@ the paradise
tuesday, september 7th
someone still loves you boris yeltsin
telekinesis
golden bloom
@ tt the bears
tuesday, september 7th
kele (from bloc party)
does it offend you, yeah?
@ the royale boston
wednesday, september 8th
hot hot heat
22-20s
hey rosetta!
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, september 8th
airborne toxic event (acoustic)
with the calder string quartet
@ the somerville theatre
thursday, september 9th
apple betty
this blue heaven
the backup factor
apollo run
@ tt the bears
friday, september 10th
i, pistol
black fortress of opium
the crushing low
@ precinct
friday, september 10th
the charlatans uk
sherlock's daughter
@ the royale boston
saturday, september 11th
school of seven bells
active child
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, september 11th
neutral uke hotel (nmh covers on ukelele)
the michael j. epstein memorial library
@ cafe 939, berklee
saturday, september 11th
28 degrees taurus
magic shoppe (record release!)
@ the rosebud
saturday, september 11th
jamie lidell
@ the royale boston
friday + saturday
september 11th + 12th
lots of bands, raising money for kids
over 2 days in canton, ma
sunday, september 12th
jarrod gorbel
(of the honorary title)
air traffic controller
@ great scott
sunday, september 12th
blondie
@ the house of blues
sunday, september 12th
vampire weekend
beach house
dum dum girls
@ the boa pavilion
monday, september 13th
dirty projectors
owen pallett (final fantasy)
@ the wilbur theatre
monday, september 13th
isobel campbell
mark lanegan
willy mason
@ the middle east downstairs
tuesday, september 14th
rush
@ the td garden
wednesday, september 15th
laura veirs + the hall of flames
the watson twins
led to sea
@ tt the bears
thursday, september 16th
of montreal
janelle monae
@ the house of blues boston
friday, september 17th
one happy island
kevin dunn
cotton candy
7:30pm @ the lily pad, cambridge
friday, september 17th
broken social scene
@ the house of blues
friday & saturday
september 17th & 18th
the 5th annual viva la vinal festival!
with live performances from
audrey ryan, kingsley flood,
this blue heaven, bridget + the squares,
the international string trio, & justin shorey
6-10pm on friday + 12-9 on saturday
@ somerville community growing center
on vinal ave. in somerville's union square
saturday, september 18th
pavement
jenny (lewis) + johnny (rice)
@ agganis arena
saturday, september 18th
wavves
@ brandeis university, waltham
sunday, september 19th
thee oh sees
the human tail
thick shakes
@ the magic room gallery, brighton
sunday, september 19th
caribou
holy fuck
emeralds
@ the paradise
monday, september 20th
girlfriends
carnivores
weekend dads
@ o'brien's
tuesday, september 21st
superchunk
versus
@ royale boston
tuesday, september 21st
basia bulat
the acorn
john shade
@ tt the bears
tuesday, september 21st
sea wolf (alex acoustic)
sera cahoone
patrick park
@ the middle east upstairs
wednesday, september 22nd
phantogram
railbird
@ the paradise
wednesday, september 22nd
david bazan
the mynabirds
@ tt the bears
wednesday, september 22nd
field music
@ great scott
thursday, september 23rd
aloud (album release party!)
st. claire
old jack
with special emcee
poet/author james caroline
@ church of boston
thursday, september 23rd
stars
wild nothing
@ the house of blues
thursday, september 23rd
!!! (chk chk chk)
fol chen
@ the royale boston
thursday, september 23rd
bettie serveert
meandjoancollins
the painted lights
@ tt the bears
friday, september 24th
eels
@ the royale boston
saturday, september 25th
teenage fanclub
@ the royale boston
saturday, september 25th
james
ed harcourt
@ the paradise
sunday, september 26th
come (reunited!)
wussy
@ tt the bears
sunday, september 26th
mr. sister (debut album release!)
coyote kolb
tallahassee
@ great scott
sunday, september 26th
mates of state
@ the paradise
monday, september 27th
rogue wave
midlake
peter wolf crier
@ royale boston
tuesday, september 28th
lcd soundsystem
sleigh bells
@ the orpheum
tuesday, september 28th
best coast
male bonding
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, september 29th
quilt
paper castles
toothache
@ the lilypad
wednesday, september 29th
foals
esben + the witch
@ the paradise
thursday, september 30th
mc frontalot
@ tt the bears
thursday, september 30th
menomena
suckers
@ the royale boston
thursday + friday
sept 30th + oct 1st
built to spill
revolt revolt
pretty & nice
@ the paradise
friday, october 1st
the tallest man on earth
s. carey (of bon iver's band)
@ the somerville theatre
friday, october 1st
ra ra riot
chikita violenta
we barbarians
@ the royale boston
saturday, october 2nd
gayngs
(with bon iver's justin vernon)
glasser
@ the paradise
saturday, october 2nd
film school
the depreciation guild
static of the gods
night fruit
@ tt the bears
sunday, october 3rd
the xx
@ the orpheum
sunday, october 3rd
tom tom club
caravan of thieves
tony castles
@ the paradise
sunday, october 3rd
lost in the trees
@ tt the bears
tuesday, october 5th
the vaselines
jeffrey lewis
@ the paradise
tuesday, october 5th
chapterhouse
ulrich schnauss
@ the middle east downstairs
tuesday, october 5th
ratatat
dom
@ the house of blues boston
wednesday, october 6th
gorillaz
@ agganis arena
wednesday, october 6th
the hold steady
wintersleep
@ the royale boston
thursday, october 7th
the walkmen
a.a. bondy
blood feathers
@ the royale boston
friday, october 8th
death
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, october 8th
fountains of wayne
marshall crenshaw (solo)
@ the paradise
friday, october 8th
bell x1 (acoustic)
@ the brattle theatre
saturday, october 9th
paul f. tompkins
@ the brattle theatre
sunday, october 10th
deerhoof
xiu xiu
father murphy
first show @ the paramount!
sunday, october 10th
miike snow
@ the house of blues
sunday, october 10th
primus
mucca pazza
@ the orpheum
tuesday, october 12th
ingrid michaelson
@ the house of blues
wednesday, october 13th
dead kennedys
@ the paradise
thursday, october 14th
the thermals
cymbals eat guitars
@ the paradise
thursday, october 14th
the morning after girls
the lovetones
the december sound
ghost box orchestra
@ tt the bears
friday, october 15th
nick lowe + his band
graham parker (solo acoustic)
@ the somerville theatre
friday, october 15th
jimmy eat world
@ the house of blues
friday, october 15th
bowerbirds
death vessel
@ tt the bears
friday, october 15th
belle + sebastian
@ the wang theatre / citi center
saturday, october 16th
deerhunter
real estate
casino vs. japan
@ royale boston
sunday, october 17th
the henry clay people
the dig
@ tt the bears
monday, october 18th
greg dulli
(afghan whigs/twilight singers)
first-ever solo tour
with opener craig wedren
(of shudder to think)
@ the brattle theatre
monday, october 18th
bad religion
the bouncing souls
@ the house of blues
monday, october 18th
the drums
the hairs
@ the paradise
monday, october 18th
phoenix
two door cinema club
wavves
@ agganis arena
tuesday, october 19th
massive attack
thievery corporation
@ the orpheum
wednesday, october 20th
the pains of being pure at heart
yuck
eternal summers
@ the paradise
wednesday, october 20th
helmet
@ the middle east downstairs
sunday, october 22nd
gary numan
rasputina
playing 'the pleasure principle'
@ the paradise
saturday, october 23rd
local natives
the ruby suns
union line
@ the house of blues
sunday, october 24th
woven bones
frankie rose & the outs
@ tt the bears
monday, october 25th
the corin tucker band
hungry ghost
darren hanlon
@ the paradise
wednesday, october 27th
a sunny day in glasgow
candy claws
@ great scott
wednesday, october 27th
black prairie
(members of the decemberists)
sarah jarosz
@ the middle east upstairs
thursday, october 28th
the tt's halloween bash
with members of mean creek + campaign
for real time (as talking heads)
john powhida (as todd rundgren)
preacher roe (as guided by voices)
@ tt the bears
friday, october 29th
frightened rabbit
plants and animals
the phantom band
@ the paradise
saturday, october 30th
hallelujah the hills
magic magic
boy without god
@ great scott
sunday, october 31st
florence and the machine
the smith westerns
@ the house of blues
monday, november 1st
blonde redhead
pantha du prince
@ the paradise
monday, november 1st
social distortion
lucero
frank turner
@ the house of blues boston
tuesday, november 2nd
junip (jose gonzales)
sharon van etten
@ the royale boston
tuesday, november 2nd
black mountain
the black angels
@ the paradise
wednesday, november 3rd
the dandy warhols
blue giant
@ tt the bears
wednesday, november 3rd
land of talk
suuns
little scream
@ tt the bears
thursday, november 4th
through sunday, november 7th
the international pop overthrow
4 nights @ pa's lounge
thursday, november 4th
matt + kim
javelin
@ the house of blues
thursday, november 4th
blitzen trapper
@ the paradise
friday, november 5th
guided by voices
blitzen trapper
@ the paradise
sunday, november 7th
drivin 'n cryin
@ tt the bears
monday, november 8th
clinic
the fresh & onlys
@ the paradise
tuesday, november 9th
the morning benders
@ the paradise
thursday + friday
november 11th + 12th
sufjan stevens
@ the orpheum
thursday, november 11th
shearwater
horse feathers
damien jurado
anais mitchell
@ the house of blues
thursday, november 11th
deer tick
@ the royale boston
thursday, november 11th
mumford & sons
cadillac sky
king charles
@ the house of blues
friday, november 12th
bottomless pit
black helicopter
chris brokaw
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, november 13th
roky erickson
@ the royale boston
saturday, november 13th
grinderman
(nick cave, warren ellis, + more)
@ the house of blues
sunday, november 14th
elizabeth mitchell (of ida)
and friends
(a children's show!)
4:30pm @ club passim
sunday, november 14th
man or astro-man?
@ the middle east downstairs
monday, november 15th
la roux
@ the house of blues
tuesday, november 16th
a night of springsteen covers
with chris keene (mean creek),
corin ashley, dave aaronoff,
brendan little, hilken mancini,
the dirty truckers, drew o'doherty,
and more to be announced
marking the release of the new
6-disk 'darkness on the edge of town'
box set @ tt the bears
tuesday, november 16th
the posies
brendan benson
aqueduct
@ the royale boston
wednesday, november 17th
cornershop
@ the middle east downstairs
thursday, november 18th
kate nash
@ the paradise
thursday, november 18th
bear in heaven
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, november 19th
township
the lights out
the organ beats
@ tt the bears
saturday, november 20th
delorean
lemonade
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, november 24th
idlewild
happy hollows
@ the middle east downstairs
thursday, december 2nd
director/actor kevin smith
@ the house of blues
saturday, december 4th
peter hook + the light
play joy division's "unknown pleasures"
@ the royale boston
saturday, december 4th
killing joke
@ the paradise
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Friday, October 14, 2005
Boston and the rest of the northeast has been cloud-covered for what seems like weeks, time has slowed to a crawl, the endlessly gray days are blending together. This is supposed to be my favorite time of year, but it's just bringin' me down, man. I'm draggin', and the energy is hard to come by. Just a couple weeks in and I've already blown my Monday/Thursday posting promise, no excuses. If the mood isn't there, it's tough to force it. But here I am.  I'm kinda kicking myself for missing Rob 'Catherine Wheel' Dickinson last Monday when he played TTs. I was a massive CW fan, although I was way more into Ferment and Chrome than the later releases. I suppose if Rob's new solo material (and, um, cheezy album artwork) had grabbed me strongly, I might've made it out. In a more motivated world, I'd have a recording of his set right here for you. So instead I've got a little something to make up for missing it... three live Catherine Wheel tracks straight from the limited edition bonus EP that came with early pressings of Ferment in early '92. Discovering that album, and getting three live tracks right away, was a revelation. Great stuff. I'd end up seeing CW a bunch of times in the few years that followed... 1. Catherine Wheel - Shallow (live) 2. Catherine Wheel - I Want To Touch You (live) 3. Catherine Wheel - Salt (live) If you're into Catherine Wheel, you should download 'Too Much Is Not Enough', a five disc collection of CW cover songs, available entirely online. Some real gems can be found in there. And here are some pictures from the TTs show. That I missed. Dammit. Yes, I missed posting on the first official John Peel Day. But I celebrated in my own way by listening to some old Peel Session recordings (the Sub Pop and Too Pure sessions, along with some other Stereolab tracks, to be exact). To kick off the day, New Order played a full set of Joy Division on Wednesday night. Good gracious. You can stream the BBC's 6 hour-long Peel-centric broadcast here, and three New Order live tracks are available at about the 19:56:00 mark during the first 2 hour chunk. Aw, hell, lemme save you some work and share up those suckers... 1. New Order - Transmission (Peel Day live) 2. New Order - Atmosphere (Peel Day live) 3. New Order - Warsaw (Peel Day live) Dood, Warsaw! "Let's do this one for Ian, lads...". Wow. To further honor the memory of the much-missed Mr. Peel, a new website has been created called Unpredictable Pooridge, which promises to help expose people to new music. Very fitting indeed, if the quality of content measures up to Peely's mostly-fantastic tastes. Glad to read that The Futureheads will have a 3-song EP out next month, a little something to tide us over until their second full-lengther, which they hope to finish by January. Details here at NME. Also cool: Former Guided By Voices mastermind Robert Pollard is putting out his first official post-GBV solo album on Merge in January. Expectedly lengthy tracklisting at bitchfork. Hell yes, I say. Hell yes, indeed. Rhino will apparantly be releasing an Afghan Whigs anthology CD (with rare bonus material, please?), along with a Whigs DVD sometime in 2006. The news comes from the email newsletter of Whigs guitarist Rick McCollum's band, Moon Man, which also mentions that Rick will play a little on the next Twilight Singers disc, also due next year. Aces all around. From a promo-guy's outbox to my inbox to your ears: Stream five songs from the new boxset collection from The Band, titled 'A Musical History'. Five discs and a DVD, over six hours of music, including a bunch of performances with Dylan, of course. I know someone who might want it for Christmas... hope you're not reading this, Dad. A couple of music podcasts to take note of: Too Much Rock just barely posted their second one ever, and Pregnant Without Intercourse recently posted their sophomore one, too. Check 'em. The selection and quality of indie-ish podcasts just keeps on growin'. I'm probably the last music-ish blogger to mention this, but the Beatnik Pad has a fairly complete list (well, as far as I know) of musicians who blog. Well, technically it's a list of 'cool' musicians who blog, but that's up for some debate. Look, the Almanac got on a list! It's the 'best music blogs out there', according to the quite-excellent Harmonium. I think I actually felt my ego move a little bit there, but I'm not sure. Nope, nevermind, false alarm. I've been completely oblivious to the New Music Tipsheet until now, and it's been up and running since 2002. It tries to keep an up-to-date list of upcoming releases, and also pulls together random recent music headlines. Just added their news feed to my rss reader, so I'll be interested to see if they cover different areas than Billboard, Pitchfork, or NME. Haven't seen the new Firefly movie, Serenity, yet? For shame, for shame. Get out there and do it, will ya? We need more good, solid sci-fi, I say. If you're hesitant, just go here and watch the first nine minutes of the movie in pretty freakin' high quality. Totally free and entirely legal. That'll wet your whistle. Speaking of Serenity, it's one of the many choices on this here vote put together by New Scientist magazine's online site. They're trying to narrow down the 'Best in Space Science Fiction Ever', so if you're a sci-fi geek, get over there and choose your three faves. It's a tough one, as the list includes books, movies, tv shows, even radio, and settling on just three is mighty painful. I ended up going with The Empire Strikes Back, Serenity, and the new Battlestar Galactica teevee series, but leaving off Farscape, Babylon 5, and Hitchhiker's Guide kinda smarted. Fans of Office-creators and current Extras guys Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant might want to check out this page over at XFM online. They've made many of the excellent radio shows they hosted available as downloadable mp3s. It's a bit annoying that some shows are broken up into many different parts, but well worth the effort in the end. Very cool of XFM to archive 'em for free. If you're digging the current season of Lost, drag your mouse to highlight the space below for some random cool links...
Comedian Eugene 'man from the sea' Mirman has been blogging for the Village Voice. He makes me laugh, he does. I completely binged on the Season 1 DVDs of Veronica Mars yesterday, watching 8 episodes straight thanks to Netflix. Great show, although now I remember exactly why I didn't make it past episode three when they originally aired: Paris. Hilton. I was so annoyed by her presence, and the fact that they resorted to such weak 'stunt-casting' so quickly, that I bailed. Which is a shame... but now I'm fixing that mistake. As soon as I finish up the first season, Amie and I get to do a little mini-marathon of the Season 2 episodes that are gathering on our TiVo. Bless her for waiting for me to catch up. For VM fans: Although the Season 1 DVDs are seriously light on bonus material, creator Rob Thomas has tried to make amends by posting a downloadable director's commentary for the first episode on his website. Just enter the site, click the Veronica Mars link, then click 'downloads' on the menu that appears, followed by the 'Downloads' button that appears on the right. The title of the mp3 will speak for itself. Amie and I went to see comedian-author-movie-and-tv-actor-guy Chris Elliott at the Coolidge Corner Theater the other night, where he read from his new book, 'The Shroud of the Thwacker', and took a bunch of questions before a screening of Cabin Boy. The place was packed, and Mr. Elliott was genuinely humbled by the size of the crowd. Some bits of info learned during the Q&A... For more, check out this new interview with Chris over at the Onion AV Club. Almost time for the weekend to begin, and it promises to be a good one. A little poker playing this evening, and rumor has it we might actually see sunshine at some point tomorrow. We can dream. Early Sunday morning is the Making Strides Breast Cancer walk that Amie and I are doing, so I'm reeeeeally hoping it's not in the freakin' rain. This is, of course, the last time I'll ask for this... if you've got a little disposable income, and would like to donate towards my participation in the walk, click right here. They've made the online pledging pretty easy, so if you're up for it, my team thanks ya. Sunday night brings Australia's The Dirty Three to town, touring for their just-released Cinder disc. Really looking forward to this one, not only because I love the new album, but because it's taking place at the Museum of Fine Arts. It should be a pretty special show, and keep your fingers crossed for a recording posted here on Monday, depending on how busy the workday becomes. Until then, head over to Stereogum for a couple new D3 mp3s. I'll end this with a very sad note, as today is the Florida funeral for our longtime family friend (and voice of the Toronto Blue Jays), Tom Cheek. He passed away last Saturday at 66, after a long battle with cancer, and it just doesn't seem possible. He remains a powerful figure from my childhood, my formative younger years spent next door to him and his wife Shirley, friends with his kids Jeff, Lisa, and Tommy. Even if he wasn't so tall, he was larger than life to me, and provided me with one of my best memories, the day he brought my family into Toronto's Exhibition Stadium for a 1978 game against the Orioles. He didn't only say my name over the radio (a huge deal to a 9 year-old baseball fan), didn't just bring me to the club house (ditto), but he had the entire team autograph a ball for me. Above and beyond. The last time I saw him was on July 1st, 2002, when he was in Boston with the Blue Jays for a series against the Sox. It was the day Toronto's Raul Mondesi was traded to the Yanks, and all the Jays were gathered around the large screen TV in the Sheraton hotel lobby, looking at an image of their now-absent teammate with a Yankees hat photoshopped on his head, just after a loss at Fenway. My parents and I sat with Tom and talked family while that surreal spectacle took place behind us. I'm glad I got to see Tom, on the road doing the thing he loved, and which only his illness would ever have kept him from. Rest in peace, Mr. Cheek. Touch 'em all.  |
arcade fire
live at the boa pavilion
in boston, mass.
on sunday, august 1st, 2010
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- celtics
- mass pike traffic
( < | > random list )
some cele-bloggers
