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recommended boston area events

wednesday and thursday

february 10th and 11th

the magnetic fields

laura barrett

@ the wilbur theatre


thursday, february 11th

v66 reunion

with rod & cones, big city rock,

the fools, o positive, animotion,

right turn, digney fingus, ernie boch jr.,

lizzie borden and the axes, & more

@ house of blues


thursday, february 11th

found audio

the first annual

the rockefeller fortune

boone

@ oliver's / cask 'n flagon


friday, february 12th

kings of convenience

franklin for short

@ the paradise


saturday, february 13th

one happy island

human hearts (with franklin bruno)

boy genius

free! @ toad, cambridge


saturday, february 13th

a benefit for haiti

the okay win

new son rising

the elevators

@ copperfields


saturday, february 13th

tegan & sara

holly miranda

@ the orpheum


sunday, february 14th

we were promised jetpacks

bad veins

royal bangs

@ the middle east downstairs


monday, february 15th

a benefit for haiti

with big bear, ketman,

chris brokaw, monique ortiz,

art decade, & the dirty dishes

@ the middle east downstairs


tuesday, wednesday, & thursday

february 16th, 17th, & 18th

3 nights with jonathan richman

@ the middle east upstairs


thursday, february 18th

editors

the antlers

@ house of blues


friday, february 19th

28 degrees taurus

el jezel

the broken river prophet

metal feathers

@ o'briens, allston


friday, february 19th

taken by trees

el perro del mar

@ the cambridge ymca theatre


saturday, february 20th

dawes

corey chisel & the wandering sons

jason boesel (rilo kiley)

@ great scott


monday, february 22nd

boy without god

ryan lee crosby quartet

the wailing wall

sleepy very sleepy

@ tt the bears


wednesday, february 24th

wild beasts

still life still

dj carbo

@ great scott


saturday, february 27th

hadoken (cd release)

caspian

irepress

slowest runner

@ tt the bears


monday, march 1st

rogue wave

@ the paradise


tuesday, march 9th

jet

crash kings

@ the paradise


monday, march 15th

one happy island

standard fare

summer cats

@ great scott


monday, march 15th

letting up despite great faults

the brother kite

plumerai

singing bridges

@ the middle east upstairs


wednesday, march 17th

joanna newsom

@ the sanders theatre, harvard


wednesday, march 17th

henry rollins (spoken word)

@ the somerville theatre


sunday, march 21st

the clientele

field music

@ great scott


saturday, march 20th

air

am

@ berklee performance center


thursday, march 25th

aloud

action camp

hello ninja

@ great scott


thursday, march 25th

the donnas

@ the paradise


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

@ 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

nada surf

@ the paradise


sunday, april 4th

serena maneesh

depreciation guild

@ tt the bears


tuesday, april 6th

wilco

@ the orpheum


wednesday, april 7th

florence & the machine

@ the paradise


wednesday, april 7th

rocky votolato

brooke waggoner

@ great scott


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

@ the paradise


saturday, april 10th

pissed jeans

confines

sqrm

@ great scott


monday, april 12th

the wedding present

play their 1989 lp 'bizarro'

with openers girl in a coma

@ the middle east downstairs


thursday, april 15th

red sparowes

doomriders

@ the middle east downstairs


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

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

@ the paradise


tuesday, april 20th

quasi

let's wrestle

@ the middle east downstairs


saturday, april 24th

los campesinos!

here we go magic

@ 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

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


monday, may 3rd

yeasayer

sleigh bells

@ the paradise


thursday, may 6th

shout out louds

@ the paradise


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


tuesday, may 25th

smittens

allo darlin'

one happy island

horrowitz

@ toad


wednesday, may 26th

reverend horton heat

cracker

miss derringer

@ the house of blues


wednesday, june 2nd

the national

@ the house of blues


friday, june 4th

brian jonestown massacre

@ the paradise


saturday, june 19th

james taylor

carole king

@ the garden


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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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