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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Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Mp3s: Radiohead live in Boston

Radiohead are, to me, one of the few bands that have gotten big without getting boring. Sure, they've messed around with their early-guitar-heavy formula (losing some hipster fans along the way), maybe leaned a little heavily on the techy knob-twiddling in recent years, but for the most part, the songs are still there. When I'd start to wonder if they'd peaked with 'The Bends' or 'OK Computer', they'd go write something like 'Knives Out' or 'Idioteque', or even 'There There'.

I figured my days of seeing Radiohead live were over... ticket demand and crowd sizes grew faster than I really cared to keep up with. I skipped their last couple Boston stops, one at the too-large Suffolk Downs racetrack, another at the Tweeter Center, a couple venues I really have no interest in seeing live shows at. But when I found out they'd be playing a couple nights at the 5,000 seat Bank of America Pavilion on the Boston waterfront (not exactly intimate, but far smaller than they could have played), I had to give it a shot. Well, it was a nice thought... but tickets were gone in a matter of seconds. Me and my lone browser never had a chance. In the end I tried to feel better knowing that I'd saved some pricy-concert cash.

Color me surprised when a week later I got an email from a kind stranger, responding to a blog comment I'd made about being shut out: He had an extra, and it was mine for face value if I wanted it. Jonah had gotten himself up in the early hours for fan ticket pre-sales, and had scored. 2nd row center. And I was in. Can't thank him enough for the gesture, and I can only guess how much he could have re-sold that seat for. Fortunately for me, he's not that kinda guy.

So ~~here's~~ here was last night's fantastic show in its entirety. Some very promising new songs, some older stuff, a really varied setlist with a few nice surprises...

(apologies for the fuzzy cell-phone shot... it's all I got)

Radiohead

Live at the Bank of America Pavilion
Boston, MA
Monday, June 5th, 2006

Due to disappearing bandwidth issues, these mp3s
were removed on Friday, June 9th at 12pm EST.
The songs can still be heard through the Hype Machine.

01. Intro
02. Climbing Up The Walls
03. Bangers 'n' Mash (new)
04. 15 Step (new)
05. Morning Bell
06. Kid A
07. Fake Plastic Trees
08. Videotape (new)
09. Bodysnatchers (new)
10. Where I End And You Begin
11. Knives Out
12. There There
13. Nude (new)
14. Just
15. Spooks (new)
16. Idioteque
17. House of Cards (new)
18. Planet Telex

encore 1...
19. Like Spinning Plates
20. Arpeggi (new)
21. No Surprises
22. Everything In Its Right Place

encore 2...
23. The Tourist

A few personal highlights: Guitarist Ed O'Brien's total enthusiasm during the peak of 'Fake Plastic Trees' (even after all these years), closing the main set with 'Planet Telex', Colin Greenwood's stellar rolling bass lines on 'Where You End And I Begin', Thom Yorke's 'Idioteque'-idiot dance, 5,000 voices behind me singing along to 'Just', and ending the night with 'The Tourist'. Favorite of new songs: 'Videotape', by far. Can't wait to hear the studio version of that one.

I'll refrain from complaining about any crowd jackassery this time around... it abounded, but I just had too much of a good time to let it get to me. Maybe it was the contact high from the three girls and their very-potent pipe next to me, maybe it was the large-sized harpoon IPAs, or maybe the fact that I was a few feet from the stage, but damn did I ever enjoy myself.

Some links for ya...

A fairly high quality torrented recording of the first Boston night can be found right here, and Boston Phoenix writer Will Spitz wrote a review of it over here. He also did a great rundown of all the new songs the band is playing live lately.

For a ton of fan discussion on last night's show, check out this thread on the AtEaseWeb.com messageboard.

Radiohead is keeping a random road blog called Dead Air Space, and their soundman is keeping his MySpace page updated as he travels with 'em.

Stereogum wrote up last Thursday's show in Philadelphia right here.

some fine print: 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. They are made available for a limited time, and are not reposted once removed.

Now, most of the live set posting I do is for smaller shows and lesser-known bands... it's not like Radiohead needs my help. So this set may be up for a shorter amount of time than usual, either by choice (bandwidth goes boom), or when the band's major label lawyers come a'callin. Either way, get to grabbing.

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