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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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Monday, November 07, 2005
Mp3s: Clogs & Bell Orchestre live in Boston
Friday brought another perfect evening of music to the Museum of Fine Arts here in Boston, as their fall schedule of independent music came to a close with Clogs and the Bell Orchestre. It was the first night of their tour together, and the insane number of instruments on stage makes me damn glad I'm not their roadie. Let's see, between the two bands we had violas, french horn, trumpet, bassoon, stand-up bass, organ, guitars, drums, xylophone, steelpan, typewriter... I'm no doubt missing many.
How to describe what we were treated to? 'Classical' is too broad, 'post-rock' is too silly... somewhere in between Rachels and Godspeed, perhaps, with a dash of Dirty Three. Vocal-free (save for one fantastic Clogs number below), seemingly improvisational at times (although Clogs sheet music betrays this), occasionally jazzy (Bell, not Clogs), and you don't refer to their compositions as 'songs', but instead as 'pieces'. It was great to see these perceived (but not) side projects (Clogs includes guitarist Bryce Dessner and violist Padma Newsome from The National, Bell Orchestre features The Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry and Sarah Neufeld) bring in a large and entirely captivated crowd: Sold out no doubt due to the increasing attention their more accessible 'rock' bands have garnered, and enraptured because of the collective talent displayed on stage. Were the shared players' respective other bands not so excellent, this night might've made them appear to be slumming in 'em by comparison.
Here, for you, are both sets in their entirety...
Clogs
live at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Friday, November 4th, 2005
1. Tides
2. 2:3:5
3. Canon
4. Voisons
5. Death and the Maiden
6. Fiddlegree
7. Lantern
Bell Orchestre
live at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Friday, November 4th, 2005
1. The Upwards March
2. Quintet
3. Piazolla
4. Recording a Tape (Typewriter Duet)
5. As Seen Through Windows
6. (music box intro)
7. 7 Song
8. Noviembre
9. Organ Song
10. Raj
Bell Orchestre's new album is 'Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light', out on Rough Trade in Europe and the UK already, and out in North America tomorrow. Clogs put out 'Stick Music' on Brassland last year, and their next one, 'Lantern', will be out in just a few months. Most of the songs above will likely appear on 'Lantern', but to truly whet your whistle, check out this preview medley of the songs "Ostinato" & "Five:Four", or view the beautiful video from French director Vincent Moon for the title track right here.
If you're in the Boston area, be sure to keep checking the schedule for The Museum of Fine Arts independent concert series, which resumes again in January.
Even though that show was on Friday, it already feels ages ago... I've just seen eight bands in three days and I'm reeling. Next week, instead of sharing full live sets, I'll be offering up a few standout songs from each of the other bands I caught this weekend: The Essex Green, Shout Out Louds, Aberdeen City, The Standard, & Kingsbury Manx. The sheer amount of audio editing I have ahead is daunting, but I'm game.
Standard schpeel: If anyone involved with the bands above has any objection whatsoever to these live tracks being made available, just say the word. I am but a humble fan. Live sets were recorded on a Sony MZ-RH10 minidisc recorder, and are shared up for just a few weeks.
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