boston area shows of note: friday, july 25th comedian joel mchale (from the soup) @ the wilbur theatre saturday, july 26th bon iver bowerbirds @ the museum of fine arts sunday, july 27th the new collisions (debut) red quiet melt @ tt the bears sunday, july 27th sunfold antiques @ the middle east upstairs wednesday, july 30th we are scientists @ the middle east downstairs wednesday, july 30th earlimart @ the middle east upstairs wednesday, july 30th spiritualized the dirtbombs @ the wilbur theatre thursday, july 31st the police elvis costello & the impersonators @ the tweeter center friday & saturday august 1st & 2nd eddie vedder liam finn solo @ the opera house saturday, august 2nd wolf parade @ the paradise monday, august 4th coldplay @ the garden tuesday, august 5th (and every tuesday this month) neil cleary's 'doozy' a guest-packed 4-show residency @ the lizard lounge wednesday, august 6th neil halstead (slowdive/mojave 3) rogue wave jack johnson @ the tweeter center saturday, august 9th margot & the nuclear so and so's @ the middle east saturday, august 9th melvins @ the paradise sunday, august 10th ho-ag six finger satellite the in-out certainly, sir @ great scott tuesday, august 12th thao nguyen with the get down stay down david schultz & the skyline pepi ginsberg @ tt the bears tuesday, august 12th (and every tuesday this month) neil cleary's 'doozy' a guest-packed 4-show residency @ the lizard lounge wednesday, august 13th radiohead grizzly bear @ the tweeter center thursday, august 14th grizzly bear violens outside in the courtyard @ the museum of fine arts friday, august 15th the ex getachew mekuria debo band @ the middle east downstairs saturday, august 16th +/- (plus minus) broken river prophet (cd release!) animal hospital ba-na-nas free kickass cupcakes from 9-10pm! @ the middle east upstairs tuesday, august 19th (and every tuesday this month) neil cleary's 'doozy' a guest-packed 4-show residency @ the lizard lounge wednesday, august 20th human league, belinda carlisle, abc, flock of seagulls, naked eyes @ the bank of america pavilion thursday, august 21st yndi halda caspian irepress @ tt the bears friday, august 22nd obits (ex-hot snakes/rftc) @ the middle east 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 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 monday, september 1st the juan maclean @ the middle east downstairs friday, september 5th silver jews @ the middle east downstairs saturday, september 6th my morning jacket @ the bank of america pavilion sunday, september 7th ryan adams & the cardinals @ the bank of america pavilion tuesday, september 9th paul weller @ the berklee performance center saturday, september 13th wfnx disorientation 2008 the kooks, flogging molly, alkaline trio, rogue wave, and more to be announced @ bank of america pavilion 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 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 cut copy the presets @ the paradise wednesday, september 24th low tulsa @ the museum of fine arts boston 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 thursday, september 30th boston spaceships (gbv's robert pollard) big dipper @ the paradise sunday, october 5th pinback @ the paradise monday, october 6th the wedding present @ the middle east downstairs monday, october 6th stereolab monade @ the paradise wednesday, october 8th wire @ the middle east downstairs sunday, october 12th the residents @ showcase live, foxboro sunday, october 12th the notwist @ the roxy sunday, october 12th jamie lidell @ the paradise tuesday, october 14th cold war kids @ the paradise thursday, october 16th ben kweller whitley @ the paradise 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 tuesday & wednesday october 21st & 22nd billy bragg @ the somerville theatre wednesday, october 22nd lyle lovett & john hiatt (acoustic, on stage together) @ the orpheum thursday, october 30th of montreal @ the orpheum saturday, november 1st henry rollins (spoken word) @ the orpheum monday, november 3rd coldplay @ the td banknorth garden visit tourfilter for more shows |
Monday, March 27, 2006 Mp3s: Billy Bragg in Somerville, MA Billy Bragg came back to the Somerville Theatre on his 'Hope Not Hate' tour last Thursday... just the man, his guitar, and a well-worn voice that registered a little lower than usual. He attributed this ragged edge to all the touring and talking he's been doing in support of his recently released box set, Volume 1, especially the "180 interviews and 70 gigs" he did at SXSW. He's using the new low range to develop a new persona called "Johnny Clash", which is "sort of low, and kinda cockney, kinda political, kinda country and slow...". He predicted a set that was 'low and lonesome', but it was far from either. You know you're in for a good bit of between-song banter at a Billy Bragg gig, and this one exceeded all previous. A two hour show with maybe 45 minutes of top-notch ramblin', ranging from the usual subjects (politics, women, and Woody Guthrie) to the not-so-usual (indie kid fasion at SXSW, curling, and King Kong's anatomical incorrectness). Fortunately for us, he also brought along a few new songs: a touching number about Rachel Corrie, a little Bush-basher, one about having faith in the American people, and a brand new one that he wrote that very night. Now, when most singers mention they've written a new song 'since soundcheck', they're likely joking or exaggerating a bit. But not Billy. He penned something likely titled "People Are On The Move" just before the show, and my being an ex-college DJ from Vermont, it sorta spoke to me. The first couple verses... I've got a friend who lives in Vermont Couldn't find the music he wants Sick and tired of the corporations Went and started his radio station Now he's on the air each day Tellin' the people about another way He plays Billy Bragg and a bit of Green Day and "I'm so bored with the U.S.A!" ![]() Billy Bragg Live at the Somerville Theatre Somerville, MA Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 (note: files removed on 6/5/2006) 01. Train Train (DeFleur / The Count Bishops) 02. A Lover Sings 03. ramble 1 04. Greetings to the New Brunette 05. ramble 2 06. The Myth of Trust 07. ramble 3 08. John Barleycorn / England, Half-English 09. ramble 4 10. The Wolf Covers Its Tracks 11. Like Soldiers Do 12. ramble 5 13. All You Fascists Bound to Lose (Guthrie) 14. Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key 15. ramble 6 16. Ingrid Bergman (Guthrie) 17. ramble 7 18. The Saturday Boy 19. The Story of Rachel Corrie (new) 20. Help Save the Youth of America 21. World Turned Upside Down 22. ramble 8 23. N.P.W.A. 24. ramble 9 25. I Keep Faith (new) (encore 1) 26. Pinball Wizard vs. Fulsom Prison Blues (Who / Cash) 27. ramble 10 28. People Are on the Move (very, very new) 29. ramble 11 30. Bush War Blues (new) (encore 2) 31. ramble 12 32. To Have and To Have Not 33. There Is Power in a Union 34. A New England According to the man himself (and as you'll hear in one of the rambles above), the Volume 2 box set should be out in October, as should a book Billy's been working on for a year about "Englishness, identity, and belonging", inspired by the political situation back in his hometown. A couple of links... ![]() The postscript: If anyone has an issue with this live set being made available, just say the word (email link on left). Songs recorded with a Sony minidisc, converted from .wav to 192kbps mp3s, and are made available for a few weeks. With such a crazy week of shows now ended, I've got a backlog of live stuff to edit down and share up. I've decided to post them in reverse order, so first was Mr. Bragg, and soon I'll have some stellar sets from Th' Faith Healers, Silver Jews, and New Radiant Storm King. Waiting seven days to share up each might be tough, so I may end up breakin' my own rules... Labels: livemp3s $blog_id=114330375627196160; $blog_mail="bsearles@gmail.com"; $file_name=$PHP_SELF; global $blog_id, $blog_mail, $file_name; include ("blogkomm/module/blogkomm_show_link.php"); ?> |
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