bradley's almanac - a boston music blog

boston area shows of note:

monday, october 6th

catfish haven

dead confederate

mean creek

the motion sick

@ tt the bears

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

friday, october 10th

kirsten a. malone

scholarship fundraiser

ho-ag

bone zone

tinsel teeth

cathy cathodic

@ the milky way

friday, october 10th

writer sarah vowell

7pm @ brookline booksmith

saturday, october 11th

the new year

dirty on purpose

tre orsi

@ the middle east upstairs

saturday, october 11th

les savy fav

passion pit

phil and the osophers

@ the middle east downstairs

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

TOURFILTER DJ NIGHT

with dj's chris tourfilter

and bradley almanac

featuring only songs by bands

playing soon in the boston area

9pm @ river gods, cambridge

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

@ tt the bears

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

annuals

live in-store performance

7pm @ newbury comics, newbury st.

tuesday, october 21st

minus the bear

annuals

sylvie

@ the wilbur theatre

tuesday & wednesday

october 21st & 22nd

billy bragg

@ the somerville theatre

wednesday, october 22nd

writer/expert john hodgman

6pm @ the coolidge corner theatre

wednesday, october 22nd

yeasayer

@ the paradise

wednesday, october 22nd

lyle lovett & john hiatt

(acoustic, on stage together)

@ the orpheum

thursday, october 23rd

robert fisher

(of willard grant conspiracy)

chris brokaw

drew o'doherty

@ the lily pad

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

@ the kendall square cinema

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

friday & saturday

november 14th & 15th

smashing pumpkins

@ the citi wang theatre

saturday, november 15th

scarce (cd release!)

wheat

triplethick

@ tt the bears

sunday, november 16th

centro-matic

@ the middle east

monday, november 17th

margot & the nuclear so and so's

@ 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, november 22nd

sondre lerche

@ the paradise

sunday, november 30th

18th dye

devon williams

@ tt the bears

tuesday, december 2nd

nada surf

delta spirit

jealous girlfriends

@ the paradise

friday, december 5th

mercury rev

dean & britta

@ the paradise

saturday, december 13th

neil young

wilco

everest

@ the dcu center, worcester

sunday, december 14th

bon iver

@ the wilbur theatre

monday, january 5th, 2009

glasvegas

rails to russia

@ great scott

sunday, january 18th

frightened rabbit

@ great scott

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Monday, January 02, 2006

Mp3s: Headphones, Pilot To Gunner, The Burdocks, A Northern Chorus

I'll kick off '06 by sharing up some of the last live songs I recorded during the final couple months of '05. A little clearing of the decks, if you will. Some great stuff to be had in here...

On November 16th, Headphones warmed up for American Analog Set at TT the Bear's in Cambridge. It was the first of a few dates that David Bazan's no-guitar project would join AmAnSet on, and I was glad to get an opener that I dug. While I was surprised to not find either Frank Lenz or TW Walsh behind the drum kit (TW's absence would be explained later), Western States drummer Nick Peterson did a fine job providing Bazan's backbeat. Here are five songs from the set...

Headphones

live at TT the Bears
Cambridge, MA
November 16th, 2005

"Pick out a good note, and play it a loud as you can..."

Major Cities
Shit Talker
The Five Chord
Pink and Brown
Hot Girls

The studio version of (the amusingly aborted and restarted) 'The Five Chord' is a non-album track that can be found on iTunes. The other four songs come from their self-titled debut disc.

Brooklyn's Pilot to Gunner had a fairly quiet '05, but they snuck in one last show at Allston's Great Scott on November 17th. The set included a couple pretty stellar new songs that I haven't shared up, and they'll likely find their way onto their next full length. Here's hoping anyway...

Pilot to Gunner

live at Great Scott
Allston, MA
November 17th, 2005

Get Saved
Metropolitan
Downstate
All The Lights

The studio recording of 'All The Lights' is an eMusic exclusive, and the other tracks can be found on PtG's latest disc, 'Get Saved'.

I hadn't ever heard of Halifax, Nova Scotia's The Burdocks before we ended up sharing a bill with them and their touring partners, A Northern Chorus, at the Lizard Lounge last month. Being a big ANC fan, I figured they'd likely be bringing along someone well worth hearing. I was most certainly not mistaken...

The Burdocks

live at the Lizard Lounge
Cambridge, MA
December 3rd, 2005

1. Made In The World
2. Pop Cult
3. Ok Ok
4. Room Temperature
5. Let's Cut Each Other Up
6. Icicle Knife
7. Werewolves

~~If you're aware of the titles of those two unknown songs, let me know in the comments~~ (thanks for the song titles, seth). Studio versions of most of the other tracks can be heard on their latest release, 'What We Do Is Secret'.

I was entirely blown away by Ontario's A Northern Chorus the first time I saw them back in August, and I'll be damned if they didn't do it again. An absolutely beautiful set, layers of guitar, cello, and striking harmonies. Their fantastic new drummer fit in perfectly, and you really can't beat a bass player who uses a broken string to make well-timed cymbal hits. Well played, sir. They were kind enough to play a bunch of songs we didn't hear them do here few months back...

A Northern Chorus

live at the Lizard Lounge
Cambridge, MA
December 3rd, 2005

1. Subjects and Matter
2. Let The Parrots Speak For Themselves
3. Red Carpet Blues
4. Don't Think of Collapse
5. Until These Seams Are Sewn Again
6. Winterize
7. Louder Than Love
8. The Shepherd and the Chauffeur

You'll find most of those songs on their third full-length, the excellent 'Bitter Hands Resign'.

I'll be officially closing the book on '05 later on, when I finally get around to sharing up mp3s from the Jewcy party in NYC last month, and when I eventually post my personal best-of-year. Like most of you, I'm entirely listed-out, but I'm not gonna start '06 by breaking a five year tradition...

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