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boston area shows of note:


sunday, september 7th

ryan adams & the cardinals

@ the bank of america pavilion


monday, september 8th

mates of state

the cool kids

tim fite

(free, but students only)

5:30pm @ northeastern university


tuesday, september 9th

paul weller

@ the berklee performance center


wednesday, september 10th

'what the fluff?' fest

comic book art exhibit opening

somerville community access tv

5-8pm, 90 union square, somerville


friday, september 12th

mission of burma

in-store performance

7pm @ newbury comics, newbury st.


friday, september 12th

buffalo tom

@ the boston arts festival

6pm @ christopher columbus park


saturday, september 13th

rogue wave (in-store)

@ newbury comics grand opening

8:30pm in norwood, ma


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

juliana hatfield (full band)

hayden

@ the brattle theatre


sunday, september 14th

lymbyc systym

this will destroy you

arms and sleepers

@ harper's ferry


sunday & monday

september 14th & 15th

james

unkle bob

@ the paradise


monday, september 15th

lagwagon, mxpx,

only crime, & tat

@ harper's ferry


monday, september 15th

sunset rubdown

@ the middle east


tuesday, september 16th

a place to bury strangers

sian alice group

neptune

@ the paradise


thursday, september 18th

bell x1

wild light

@ the paradise


thursday, september 18th

the walkmen

@ the middle east downstairs


friday, september 19th

sigur ros

@ the bank of america pavilion


friday, september 19th

the swell season ('once'/frames)

bill callahan (smog)

@ agganis arena


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

wye oak

@ cafe 939 @ berklee


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


wednesday, september 24th

gemma hayes

sydney wayser

@ great scott


friday, september 26th

ben folds

missy higgins

@ the orpheum


saturday, september 27th

mike viola (solo)

(2nd of 3 weekly residencies)

@ the lizard lounge


saturday, september 27th

julie doiron

mount eerie

calm down, it's monday

@ massart


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

panther

e*rock

@ the paradise


tuesday, september 30th

boston spaceships

(gbv's robert pollard)

big dipper

@ the paradise


tuesday, september 30th

say hi

jukebox the ghost

@ the middle east


wednesday, october 1st

chromeo

treasure fingers

@ the paradise


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

sbach

@ the paradise


monday, october 6th

the wedding present

the jealous girlfriends

@ the middle east downstairs


monday, october 6th

fleet foxes

frank fairfield

@ the somerville theatre


monday, october 6th

stereolab

le loup

monade

@ the paradise


tuesday, october 7th

liam finn

the veils

@ the paradise


wednesday, october 8th

lucinda williams

@ the orpheum


wednesday, october 8th

the opening night of

carrie fisher's one woman show

'wishful drinking'

@ the huntington theater (bu)


wednesday, october 8th

allison moyet

@ the wilbur theatre


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

les savy fav

passion pit

@ 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

janelle monae

@ 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

needy visions

@ tt the bears


friday, october 17th

jonathan richman

with drummer tommy larkin

@ the somerville theatre


saturday, october 18th

asobi seksu

the broken river prophet

@ the middle east


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

prototypes

@ the paradise


sunday, october 26th

scars on broadway

the duke spirit

@ 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

hotel cafe tour

with rachael yamagata, meiko,

thao nguyen, samanatha crain,

and jenny owen youngs

@ the paradise


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

matt and kim

best fwends

@ the middle east


monday, november 3rd

coldplay

@ the td banknorth garden


wednesday, november 5th

conor oberst +

the mystic valley band

@ the roxy


thursday, november 6th

the decemberists

loche lamond

@ the orpheum


friday, november 7th

"my name is bruce"

area theatrical premiere

with director/star bruce campbell

@ a boston-area theatre (tbd)


sunday, november 9th

the hold steady

drive-by truckers

@ the orpheum


tuesday, november 11th

deerhunter

times new viking

the vivian girls

@ the paradise


wednesday, november 12th

the sea and cake

@ the middle east down


wednesday, november 12th

kings of leon

we are scientists

the whigs

@ the orpheum


thursday, november 13th

nicole atkins & the sea

salt & samovar

@ tt the bears


thursday, november 13th

scarce (cd release!)

wheat

triplethick

@ tt the bears


tuesday, november 18th

m83

school of seven bells

@ the middle east down


thursday, november 20th

bishop allen

@ the middle east


friday, november 21st

robyn hitchcock

performing 'i often dream of trains'

@ the somerville theatre


saturday, december 13th

neil young

wilco

@ the dcu center, worcester


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Thursday, December 15, 2005

Mp3s: Explosions in the Sky live in NYC

So I just flew back from NYC and boy are my arms ears tired. Actually, my whole body is beat, and achey, and all sorts of other pain-related adjectives. Wrestled with a nasty cold during the entire trip, and was determined not to let the bug bring me down. Essentially pretending it didn't exist, I went about my normal getaway plans... and am paying for it now. Wandering around a chilly city, seeing shows, drinkin' beers, staying out too late, and crashing at the pads of kind friends is not the ideal cold remedy (and I can only pray I don't repay my inviting hosts by infecting them... my fingers have been crossed for days, you guys).

I did a bunch of stuff while I was down there (and I'll write about some of it later), but the capper of my four day visit was on the final night, when I caught Explosions in the Sky for the second of their three shows at the Bowery Ballroom. Here's the set...



Explosions in the Sky

Live at the Bowery Ballroom
Manhattan, NYC
Monday, December 12th, 2005

(files removed on 3/1/2006)

1. First Breath After Coma
2. New Song?
3. Six Days At The Bottom Of The Ocean
4. Have You Passed Through The Night?
5. Memorial
6. The Moon Is Down


It was an excellent, ear-blistering set... the delicacy of their studio work was there, though trumped by the pedal-fueled moments of fury. These guys know how to swell to a sonic payoff, and they were as tight doing so as their recordings promised. Speaking of, I was finally able to pick up discs I'd only had as mp3s at their merch table, including the one-per-person / immediately-out-of-print Travels in Constants EP, 'The Rescue', which includes these words in the liner notes:
"... for this, our idea was to take two weeks and write and record a song every day. (we ended up doing this for eight days and the rest of the two weeks was spent mixing the results). No riffs were to be written beforehand; things would be made up on the spot. It seemed daunting but fun and perhaps, instructive. A learning experience. A chance to try new instruments and new ways of thinking about writing songs."
So that explains the 'Day One' through 'Day Eight' titles, for all you downloaders. The band is cool with you stealing that sucker online if you aren't fortunate enough to find it at one of the few shows they're playing right now. If you do get to see 'em in person, grab that EP early, because they were gone fast in NYC.

As you can see on the setlist, we got what I'd imagine is one of the new songs that will end up on their in-progress next album (did anyone else get different unveilings at other shows?). If it's an old one I'm not familiar with, set me straight in the comments. For those upcoming show dates (two in LA this weekend, two in Texas next month), check out the EitS site, and for more frequent news updates, hit this excellent fan site. For a couple more pictures from the Bowery show, head over to my Flickr page. (12/19 eta: some excellent photos from the sunday show can be found at crackers united.)


As always, here comes the fine print: live songs are recorded with a Sony minidisc recorder, converted from .wav to 192kbps mp3s, and are made available for a few weeks. If the artist or anyone involved with making the music has an issue with them being shared here, just say the word... my email address is on the left.

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