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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
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Mp3s: Buffalo Tom live in Boston
For me, Buffalo Tom is the quintessential Boston band. Around since 1987 with nary a lineup change, the trio's continued existence is a testament to hanging in there just for the love of making music with friends. No massive stylistic changes over time, peaks and valleys of popularity, from indies to majors and now on their own, but always three guys playing solid songs. First time I saw them was back in '92 on one of my many trips from Burlington, VT down here to Boston for a good show, and that visit was one of the best: Buffalo Tom, Mercury Rev, and My Bloody Valentine. The stuff from which lasting memories (and ear damage) are made. Got to see BT again just a few months later when they came up to Burlington for Sub Pop's Vermonstress Fest, and by then I'd become well hooked on both 'Birdbrain' and 'Let Me Come Over', and would soon be equally enamored of 1994's 'Big Red Letter Day'. I admittedly lost track of them just after 'Smitten' came out, when they followed it up with both an A-sides and B-sides collection, as well as a long break from playing out.
While Buffalo Tom never actually broke up, they did hit a five year haitus at the turn of the century while singer/guitarist Bill Janovitz and singer/bassist Chris Colbourn worked on solo material and other projects (Bill with his band Crown Victoria, Chris with former Fuzzy singer/guitarist Hilken Mancini). And as a Red Sox fan, Bill has participated in the 'Hot Stove, Cool Music' project, which brings together both area sports-loving and sports-playing musicians on stage for charity. The next one actually takes place at Fenway Park a week from tonight, on July 12th (update - and at which Buffalo Tom will be playing with Red Sox GM Theo Epstein on guitar, as Mark reminded me of in the comments).
It's only recently that Bill, Chris, & Tom have returned to Boston-area stages as a trio, with a few Buffalo Tom shows last year and a string of dates this summer. They played the Paradise a couple weeks back for two gigs, one in the Paradise Lounge on Friday, June 23rd, and one in the larger main room the following night. For you, here's the Friday night set...
Buffalo Tom
Live at The Paradise Lounge
Boston, MA
Friday, June 23rd, 2006
01. Staples
02. Enemy
03. Rachael
04. Summer
05. Mineral
06. Treehouse
07. banter 1
08. Kitchen Door
09. banter 2
10. Bad Phone Call (new)
11. Taillights Fade
12. banter 3
13. Three Easy Pieces (new)
14. You'll Never Catch Him (new)
15. banter 4
16. Sodajerk
17. banter 5
18. Darl
encore 1...
19. (a stab at Little Red Rooster)
20. Wiser
21. banter 6
22. Tangerine
23. banter 7
24. Clobbered
25. I'm Allowed
encore 2...
26. banter 8
27. Under My Thumb (Stones cover)
28. banter 9
29. Larry
30. Frozen Lake
It was an excellent, energetic night, with songs from all over their discography, although as the band themselves would admit, it wasn't the tightest they've ever been. Whether it was a bit of rust or a little too much beer, I dug it all the same. The crowd was a tad uptight at times, especially for a Friday night; the usual smattering of aging hipsters (aka longtime fans) was filled out by more of a collared-shirt and pleaded pants contingent, possibly some of the mainstream sports-fan crossover crowd that Bill's been picking up over the past few years. Either way, the applause did come generously, enough to get them out for a couple encores. And the night wouldn't have been complete without at least one patented song-ending Janovitz-jump...
There aren't many bands who not only don't mind that there's a baseball game on the bar televisions while they're playing, but actually ask the score inbetween songs (and for the record, the Sox beat Philly 10-2 that night, and again the next day with an Ortiz walk-off homer. BT dedicated their Saturday night set to Big Papi).
They've been teasing fans with songs from, and hints about, their eventual next album, so let's hope there's more solid news of that in the months ahead. Keep tabs on the BT sites linked above, as well as the lovingly maintained Kitchen Door fansite, where you can find a video clip from their second night at the Paradise. And for a fantastic 3-camera live video of 'Velvet Roof' from the same show, check the BT video page. More song clips should be showing up on YouTube sometime soon.
Buffalo Tom heads to Belgium and Holland for a couple of shows this week, then returns to play the Mercury Lounge in NYC on Thursday, July 13th (tix). That'll be followed up with a special acoustic set at Joe's Pub on Friday the 14th (tix).
the 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. Mp3s are made available for a limited time, and are not reposted once removed.
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