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tuesday, march 16th
bacchus king
croquet
cathy cathodic
the ugly fucklings
@ the middle east upstairs
wednesday, march 17th
joanna newsom
@ the sanders theatre, harvard
wednesday, march 17th
henry rollins (spoken word)
@ the somerville theatre
thursday, march 18th
TOURFILTER DJ NIGHT!
when tourfilter's chris +
the almanac's brad (aka, me)
spin songs by bands coming to
the boston area sometime soon
9pm sharp @ river gods
thursday, march 18th
apollo sunshine
drug rug
@ the paradise
friday, march 19th
i, pistol
mascara
planetoid
forgetful jones
@ tt the bears
saturday, march 20th
the whitehaus family blastfest
needy visions, manners,
morgan shaker, avi jacob,
and many more
@ cambridge ymca theatre
saturday, march 20th
air
am
@ berklee performance center
sunday, march 21st
the clientele
field music
@ great scott
wednesday, march 24th
extraneous noise presents...
golden spurs
spirit kid
some say fire
the novel ideas
@ the middle east upstairs
thursday, march 25th
"thursday night alright!" with
the beatings
aloud
action camp
hello ninja
@ great scott
thursday, march 25th
the donnas
@ the paradise
friday, march 26th
eldridge rodriguez (the beatings)
ryan lee crosby
ted billings (age rings/hot protestants)
@ the somerville armory
friday, march 26th
basia bulat
marissa nadler
lady lamb the beekeeper
@ tt the bears
saturday, march 27th
your say party! we say die!
the new collisions
static of the gods (cd release)
@ tt the bears
saturday, march 27th
the big pink
a place to bury strangers
magic magic
@ the paradise
saturday, march 27th
spoon
deerhunter
@ the house of blues
sunday, march 28th
beach house
bachelorette
@ the paradise
monday, march 29th
the soft pack
nodzzz
beaters
@ great scott
tuesday, march 30th
shearwater
wye oak
hospital ships
@ tt the bears
tuesday, march 30th
manchester orchestra
the features
biffy clyro
o'brother
@ the paradise
wednesday, march 31st
japandroids
love is all
girlfriends
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, march 31st
miike snow
delorean
@ the paradise
wednesday, march 31st
a sunny day in glasgow
pants yell!
bearstronaut
@ great scott
thursday, april 1st
girls
dum dum girls
@ the paradise
friday, april 2nd
the xx
jj (late show only)
two shows @ the paradise
friday, april 2nd
drive-by truckers
lucero
langhorne slim
@ the house of blues
saturday, april 3rd
cassavettes
the grownup noise
kingsley flood (cd release)
spouse
@ the middle east upstairs
saturday, april 3rd
black rebel motorcycle club
alberta cross
@ the house of blues
saturday, april 3rd
nada surf
dawn landes & the hounds
@ the paradise
sunday, april 4th
serena maneesh
depreciation guild
black fortress of opium
@ tt the bears
tuesday, april 6th
wilco
@ the orpheum
tuesday, april 6th
ben fold & a piano
kate miller-heidke
@ the house of blues
wednesday, april 7th
florence & the machine
@ the paradise
wednesday, april 7th
rocky votolato
brooke waggoner
@ great scott
thursday, april 8th
faces on film
hands & knees
st. claire (cd release!)
mr. sister
@ tt the bears
thursday, april 8th
thom yorke + atoms for peace
flying lotus
@ the citi/wang theatre
friday, april 9th
midlake
@ the paradise
saturday, april 10th
xiu xiu
tune-yards
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, april 10th
ted leo & the pharmacists
obits
screaming females
@ the paradise
saturday, april 10th
pissed jeans
confines
sqrm
@ great scott
sunday, april 11th
fanfarlo
lawrence arabia
robert francis
@ the paradise
monday, april 12th
the wedding present
play their 1989 lp 'bizarro'
with openers girl in a coma
@ the middle east downstairs
monday, april 12th
titus andronicus
the babies
@ great scott
thursday, april 15th
jakob dylan with guests
neko case + kelly hogan
@ the wilbur theatre
thursday, april 15th
red sparowes
doomriders
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, april 16th
guillermo sexo
freddie t and the people
(ex-june of 44 / hoover)
travels
ghost box orchestra
@ pa's lounge
friday, april 16th
have nots (vinyl release!)
the appreciation post
razors in the night
wicked whiskey
the swaggerin growlers
@ tt the bears
saturday, april 17th
kaki king
an horse
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, april 17th
the morning benders
miniature tigers
@ tt the bears
sunday, april 18th
heavy trash (w/jon spencer)
the konks
the cobra-matics
@ tt the bears
sunday, april 18th
the thermals
past lives
@ the middle east downstairs
monday, april 19th
trans am
@ the middle east downstairs
tuesday, april 20th
owen pallett (aka final fantasy)
@ the ica boston
tuesday, april 20th
elvis costello & the sugarcanes
@ the orpheum
tuesday, april 20th
the low anthem
timber timbre
@ the paradise
tuesday, april 20th
quasi
let's wrestle
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, april 21st
the church
special 30th anniversary
acoustic career retrospective
@ the somerville armory
wednesday, april 21st through
wednesday, april 28th
the 8th annual independent film festival of boston
@ various boston area theatres
including the somerville + brattle
thursday, april 22nd
the mary onettes
@ great scott
saturday, april 24th
graham parker with
the figgs
@ johnny d's, somerville
saturday, april 24th
los campesinos!
here we go magic
@ the paradise
sunday, april 25th
harlem
@ the great scott
monday, april 26th
echo + the bunneymen
hatcham social
@ the paradise
wednesday, april 28th
gogol bordello
devotchka
jesse malin
st. mark's social
@ the house of blues
thursday, april 29th
frightened rabbit
@ the paradise
friday, april 30th
the everyday visuals
the lights out
the flying machines
aloud
@ tt the bears
friday, april 30th
corinne bailey ray
@ the house of blues
friday, april 30th
the album leaf
sea wolf
@ the paradise
wednesday, april 28th
little boots
dragonette
fan death
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, may 1st
white rabbits
here we go magic
@ the paradise
monday, may 3rd
yeasayer
sleigh bells
@ the paradise
tuesday, may 4th
gregory & the hawk
lady lamb the beekeeper
@ tt the bears
tuesday & wednesday
may 4th & 5th
public image ltd.
@ the royale (formerly the roxy)
wednesday & thursday
may 5th & 6th
jonsi (from sigur ros)
@ the house of blues
thursday, may 6th
shout out louds
@ the paradise
friday, may 7th
ok go
earl greyhound
robert francis
@ the paradise
saturday, may 8th
local natives
@ great scott
tuesday & wednesday
may 11th & 12th
dr. dog
deer tick
@ the paradise
thursday, may 13th
small brown bike
bridge and tunnel
your skull my closet
wallcreeper
@ great scott
saturday, may 22nd
killing joke
@ the paradise
tuesday, may 18th
spectrum (featuring sonic boom
from spacemen 3 + e.a.r.)
with the broken river prophet
@ the middle east upstairs
tuesday, may 25th
the smittens
allo darlin'
one happy island
hearts!attack
a smile and a ribbon
horowitz
@ the lizard lounge
wednesday, may 26th
reverend horton heat
cracker
miss derringer
@ the house of blues
friday, may 28th
mono
the twilight sad
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, june 2nd
kings of convenience
franklin for short
@ the paradise
wednesday, june 2nd
ryan bingham & the dead horses
@ tt the bears
wednesday & thursday
june 2nd & 3rd
the national
@ the house of blues
friday, june 4th
brian jonestown massacre
@ the paradise
friday, june 18th
reigning sound
movers & shakers
triplethick
@ tt the bears
saturday, june 19th
james taylor
carole king
@ the garden
sunday + monday
june 20th + 21st
isis
melvins
totimoshi
@ the paradise
thursday + saturday
august 19th + 21st
tom petty + the heartbreakers
my morning jacket
@ the comcast center
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Thursday, June 22, 2006 Gouge Away... I've got an embarrassing backlog of things to write about, some of which have been sitting in my draft folder for over two months. Pathetic, I know. A job change, along with a busier than expected spring, put me way off my game, and it's been all I can do just to set aside the hours of editing it takes for my weekly live mp3s posts. That said, it's time to play catch up, so over the next week or so I hope to chip away at the pile, a few items at a time. I'll start with the semi-timely stuff first, and work my way down to things that I still think deserve some love. Here goes something...  It's the return of Curve! Well, kinda. When I saw that there would be a track entitled 'Coraline' by 'Rose Berlin (featuring Curve)' on the upcoming tribute to writer Neil Gaiman ('Where's Neil When You Need Him?'), I had to investigate. Could Dean Garcia & Toni Halliday really be making music together after calling it quits in early 2005? Well, the music on the track is indeed by studio-genius Dean, but the vocals are by none other than his 16 year-old daughter, Rose Berlin Garcia, who has a MySpace page right here. You can hear four of her own songs there, and while she writes the melodies and lyrics, daddy Dean comes up with the bass, guitar, and drum programming. She's got a pretty great voice and songwriting ability given her age, so I'm looking forward to hearing her Gaiman-inspired track. And trying not to feel old when I look at her photos page. For now, you can get one preview song from the 'Where's Neil When You Need Him?' disc, which arrives in stores on July 18th. It's by one of Magnetic Fields main-man Stephin Merritt's other projects, Future Bible Heroes, and the track is 'Mr. Punch', which can can be found right ovah yondah. If you missed out on the gorgeous Undertow Orchestra (Vic Chesnutt, Mark Eitzel, David Bazan, & Will Johnson) show I shared up back in February, you can download another shared show torrent over at Digital Panic. Greg Dulli's Twilight Singers and guest Mark Lanegan recorded a 3-song set for KEXP recently, and it hit airwaves and the internet this afternoon. If you missed it, you should be able to stream it at some point right here. To tide you over, here's one of the songs they performed, an ace cover of Massive Attack's 'Live With Me', with Lanegan on lead vocals... Dulli's old band, the amazing Afghan Whigs, will get their very own Rhino Records retrospective this September entitled 'Unbreakable', much like the Replacements got a couple weeks back. I can only hope that, like the 'Mats, the Whigs reunite and hop back in the studio to crank out a couple of new songs to throw on the end of the thing. Dulli's a busy guy, and a couple of the other Whigs have ongoing bands of their own, but my fingers will remain crossed. Here's a fix for fellow Afghan Whigs fans, though: A professionally shot video of The Twilight Singers performing the Whigs' 'Fountain & Fairfax' live at the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia on May 30th, 2006. I missed a screening of 'We Jam Econo - The Story of the Minutemen' when it came through Boston awhile back, so I'm glad it's finally out on DVD next Tuesday, June 27th. It's a 2-disc set with more than 5 hours of extras, and pre-orders not only get the disc early (uh, better hurry on that one), but get 20% off the list price from the official Minutemen store. Amazon.com and Deep Discount DVD also have it available for 25% off, but buying direct and giving a bigger share to the ex-Minutemen is the way to go. Check out the trailer here. Picked up a bunch of tickets today, including a couple for Beirut's first Boston-area show this Saturday night (thanks to cpr). It's at the smallish Lily Pad in Somerville's Inman Square, and the tix are selling fast at the oh-so-fine Twisted Village record shop in Harvard Square (update: second show added). That's the only place to ensure advanced entry, and it'll cost you $10 cash, no cards. Check out some Beirut songs on their MySpace page, natch. While I was out I also grabbed tix for the Bottomless Pit (ex-Silkworm) / Magnolia Electric Co. show at the Middle East in September (that'll sell out, mark my words), and stopped by the Brookline Booksmith to get a couple for Wil Wheaton's July 1st at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. It's a mere $2, such a small price to pay for guaranteed geekery. And I mean that in the best sense of the word. I'm thinking I should prolly also snag advance tickets for The Legends at TTs on July 10th. Consider this a memo to myself. In other news, I was goofing around with Nina (that'd be our super-sweet dog) in the backyard last night, and she accidentally tagged me in the face with her paw. One of her toenails scraped an inch-long gouge in my left cheek that started spurting blood like a leaking levee. Scary stuff, but not her fault... we were play-boxing and I missed an easy block (still, you can tell she feels guilty). No stitches needed, but it appears I could end up with one bad-ass scar. I asked my doctor if I'd wind up looking like a Bond villain, and he said no, but with the right accessories... perhaps a pirate. Hey, Doc, I'm the one who makes the jokes, you're the one who's supposed to make me feel better. Aaarrrrrrrr. So now you know, and if you see me out at a show, you no longer have to silently debate whether or not to ask me what the hell is wrong with my face. But if you catch me telling someone I was in a knife fight, don't ruin my fun with the truth.  |
sparklehorse
live at the paradise
in boston, mass.
on monday, february 26th, 2009
recent posts on the 'nac...
- Mp3s: David Bazan live in Cambridge, MA
- Hook In My Head
- Mp3s: Cat Power in Boston
- Giveaway: The Futureheads in Boston
- Mp3s: Radiohead live in Boston
- Mp3s: Film School live in Boston
- Mp3s: Weddoes & Twilight Singers on the radio
- Mp3s: Margot & the Nuclear So and So's in Boston
- The Ball in the Sky
- Mp3s: Mogwai in Boston
latest comments...
on the mp3 player
on the screen
on the nightstand
other boston-area music blogs
- anti-gravity bunny
- the ash gray proclamation
- aurgasm
- band in boston
- beginning to see the light
- boston band crush
- boston music spotlight
- boston through my eyes
- clicky clicky
- drive blind
- enough cowbell
- forgotten disc friday
- the giant panther
- heads up boston
- hip to be square
- i heart noise
- melophobe
- morkelson
- music down to your soul
- new artillery
- one in a million media
- onward charles
- pelly twins
- pilgrims of sound
- playground boston
- pocket|trax
- rock n roll boston
- ryan's smashing life
- soho the dog
- stereo typing
- the stu reid experiment
- under 21 in boston
- under the rotunda
- zed equals zee
boston music media
boston live show / event info
music blogroll
- between thought & expression
- brainwashed
- brooklyn vegan
- captain's dead
- the catbirdseat
- cerulean's love of music
- chromewaves
- coolfer
- comets, stars, & moons
- donewaiting
- ear farm
- excellent online
- exitfare
- extrawack!
- fluxblog
- for the records
- gorilla vs. bear
- hard to find a friend
- harmonium
- heartache with hard work
- the hype machine
- i am fuel, you are friends
- idolator
- i guess i'm floating
- ijamming
- information leafblower
- junkmedia's world of sound
- kingblind
- lacunae
- largehearted boy
- the late greats
- leaky sparrow
- little hits
- more cowbell
- music for robots
- muzzle of bees
- my old kentucky blog
- pitchfork
- quick before it melts
- said the gramophone
- scenestars
- shake your fist
- sixeyes
- skatterbrain
- song, by toad
- the sound of indie
- stereogum
- the rawking refuses to stop
- too much rock
- torr
- unfinished
- yeti don't dance
music audiocasts
surf-worthy
- amie's flickr page
- andi's nonsequiturs
- bitter-girl
- brian wood
- bridget's journal
- ckelly's ink
- the dead part of you
- falfa's milk
- the great leap forward
- heath's media diet
- hedgehog's dilemma
- the icebox journals
- jim's flickr page
- jen's jenville
- jen's blossom
- joe sizzle's
- kimprobable
- march to the sea's musings
- marm0t's livejournal
- mickipedia!
- miller's memorables
- mishie's tear
- off on a tangent
- rsl's ostracons
- the shy turnip
- sooz's dot com
- steve's f.r.h.m.
other frequent haunts
boston-centric
- boston.com
- boston phoenix
- boston online
- boston common
- boston blogs
- craigslist boston
- exploit boston!
- boston wireless
- surfacecity's boston
- tourfilter
- the middle east cafe
- tt the bears place
- the plan @ great scott's
- wmbr concert report
- wzbc concert report
- phoenix movie listings
- coolidge corner theater
- brattle theater
- red sox / dirt dogs
- sox: surviving grady
- patriots / go pats
- celtics
- mass pike traffic
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