bradley's almanac - a boston music blog

boston area shows of note:

thursday, august 21st

yndi halda

caspian

irepress

@ tt the bears

friday, august 22nd

varsity drag

lump

charcoal lavage

jake and the jakes

@ o'briens

friday, august 22nd

obits (ex-hot snakes/rftc)

viva viva

dead cats dead rats

sunday morning music

@ the middle east

saturday, august 23rd

the soft drugs

higgins

the toothaches

drama queens

@ pa's lounge

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

sunday, august 24th

don cabellero

ponytail

irepress

@ harper's ferry

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

friday, august 29th

liz phair performs

'exile in guyville'

@ the paradise

monday, september 1st

the juan maclean

@ the middle east downstairs

wednesday, september 3rd

ryan's smashing life presents...

justice of the unicorns

tigers & monkeys

spanish armada

wild business

@ the middle east

friday, september 5th

silver jews

hallelujah the hills

who shot hollywood

@ the middle east downstairs

saturday, september 6th

my morning jacket

@ the bank of america pavilion

saturday, september 6th

matt pryor (get up kids)

kevin devine

mike fiore (faces on film)

@ harper's ferry

sunday, september 7th

ryan adams & the cardinals

@ the bank of america pavilion

tuesday, september 9th

paul weller

@ the berklee performance center

friday, september 12th

mission of burma

in-store performance

7pm @ newbury comics, newbury st.

friday, september 12th

buffalo tom

as part of the boston arts festival

@ christopher columbus park

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

lymbyc systym

this will destroy you

arms and sleepers

@ harper's ferry

monday, september 15th

lagwagon, mxpx,

only crime, & tat

@ harper's ferry

monday, september 15th

sunset rubdown

@ the middle east

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

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

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

saturday, september 27th

mike viola (solo)

(2nd of 3 weekly residencies)

@ the lizard lounge

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

@ the paradise

thursday, september 30th

boston spaceships

(gbv's robert pollard)

big dipper

@ the paradise

thursday, september 30th

say hi

jukebox the ghost

@ the middle east

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

@ the paradise

monday, october 6th

the wedding present

the jealous girlfriends

@ the middle east downstairs

monday, october 6th

fleet foxes

@ the somerville theatre

monday, october 6th

stereolab

monade

@ the paradise

tuesday, october 7th

liam finn

the veils

@ the paradise

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

the feelies

@ the roxy

sunday, october 12th

the residents

@ showcase live, foxboro

sunday, october 12th

the notwist

@ the roxy

sunday, october 12th

jamie lidell

@ 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

@ tt the bears

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

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

@ 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

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

coldplay

@ the td banknorth garden

sunday, november 9th

the hold steady

drive-by truckers

@ the orpheum

tuesday, november 11th

deerhunter

times new viking

the vivian girls

@ the paradise

wedneseday, november 12th

kings of leon

we are scientists

the whigs

@ the orpheum

tuesday, november 18th

m83

school of seven bells

@ the middle east down

thursday, november 20th

bishop allen

@ the middle east

saturday, december 13th

neil young

wilco

@ the dcu center, worcester

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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...

MP3: The Twilight Singers w/ Mark Lanegan
'Live With Me' (live on KEXP)

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.

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