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 wednesday, september 24th low @ 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 tuesday, october 14th cold war kids @ 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, May 08, 2006 Mp3s: Pinback in Boston The five-piece touring version of Pinback hit Boston on Saturday night, cranking through 21 songs in about 90 minutes to a sold-out Paradise Lounge. I've been into 'em since 2001's Blue Screen Life, but bad timing and big-crowd aversion have kept me from seeing them live until now. Real glad I made the effort and braved the packed Saturday night show. The band was pretty tight, you could tell they'd been on the road for a few weeks. They even pulled out 'Sender' for the first time on this tour, claiming they were going to 'fuck up real hard right now'. Which they didn't. Actually, the only time they bailed on a song wasn't even their fault; it was thanks to a stereotypically drunken frat-ish type who stormed the stage during 'Penelope' and started slurring non-sensically into Rob Crow's microphone. Rob's response was ace, though: "I'm sorry dude, Slapshot broke up, like, years ago." The stagediving pinhead got thrown out, although it sure took the Paradise bouncers long enough to do it. The recording came out pretty well, thanks mostly to the excellent house mix. Whoever Pinback has on the road doing their sound has got their balance down. It's been awhile since I've heard the 'dise sound that good... ![]() Pinback Live at The Paradise Boston, MA Saturday, May 6th, 2006 01. Bloods On Fire 02. The Yellow Ones 03. Syracuse 04. Non Photo-Blue 05. Microtonic Wave 06. Concrete Seconds 07. Boo 08. Soaked 09. Penelope 10. Talby / X.I.Y. 11. Offline P.K. 12. Tripoli 13. Shag 14. Loro 15. Fortress 16. a.f.k. encore... 17. banter 18. Prog 19. Sender 20. Manchuria 21. June ![]() Opening 'band' Pleaseeasaur (one guy with lots of costumes, and another manning two overhead projectors) could easily have been annoying, but ended up winning me over with their over-the-top goofiness. Total artistic commitment to songs about Star Wars, pizza, and limo companies that would have fit right in on a James Kochalka Superstar double-bill. If you know James, you know what I'm talkin' about. According to Pleaseeasaur's site, they've just signed a multi-cd/dvd deal with Comedy Central, so you'll no doubt be hearing much more from them. The Pinback tour continues tonight in Portland, Maine, then heads south and west, finishing up at the end of May in San Francisco. If you're at all into them, make sure you visit the excellent PinbackFreak site. Also check out this Rob Crow-centric fansite, or some new music from his Pinback partner Zach, who just released an EP under his solo moniker, Systems Officer. ![]() He adds knowingly: If anyone has an issue with this live set being made available, just say the word (email link on left). Recorded with a Sony ECM-719 mic and a Sony MZ-RH10 minidisc, converted to .wav and then edited to 192kbps mp3s. fyi, these live mp3s are made available for just a few weeks, and are not reposted once removed. Labels: livemp3s $blog_id=114704561470074902; $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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