bradley's almanac - a boston music blog

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

tuesday, september 23rd

cut copy

the presets

@ the paradise

wednesday, september 24th

low

tulsa

@ 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

sunday, october 12th

jamie lidell

@ the paradise

tuesday, october 14th

cold war kids

@ the paradise

thursday, october 16th

ben kweller

whitley

@ 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

Monday, September 18, 2006

Mp3s: Snowden live in Boston

Atlanta four-piece Snowden came to town a few weeks back for a single-band show at Allston's Great Scott, and had me by the throat from the very first note. Already a fan of their Jade Tree debut, "Anti-Anti", they did what any live band only hopes to do: take some great songs and improve on them, serve 'em up with seemingly effortless stage presence and all-out urgency. No warm-up act, no encore, just 34 too-short minutes of wow-inducing intensity.

While singer/guitarist Jordan Jeffares' vocals can feel emotionally distant, the propulsive, menacing, music underneath is far from it. David Payne's tasteful guitar atmospherics sit atop a rock-solid bed of bass and drums, a rhythm section that is one of the best I've seen in months. Drummer Chandler Rentz's razor-sharp style is never flashy, and bassist Corinne Lee's own playing and presence made it hard to pay attention to anything else. A true talent, she's got instant rockstar written all over her, and I mean that in the best sense of the word.

If you're at all into their songs (links below), just go see them. Trust me on this. ~~For now, here's their 8-song Allston set...~~ (live mp3s removed at the request of the band's management.))

update 9/19/06: In lieu of live recordings, I've been given links to a couple of Snowden videos (including one new exclusive clip). Check out the details in the links section below.

"music is not a fasion statement"

Snowden

Live at Great Scott
Allston, MA
Friday, August 25th, 2006

01. intro
02. Like Bullets
03. Anti-Anti
04. Counterfeit Rules
05. Filler Is Wasted
06. Stop Your Bleeding
07. Between The Rent And Me
08. Kill The Power
09. Black Eyes

Now get out your calendar and mark down the closest one of these Snowden dates...

Sep 18, 2006 - O'Leavers Pub, Omaha, NE
Sep 19, 2006 - Subterranean, Chicago, IL
Sep 20, 2006 - Alchemize Bar, Cincinnati, OH
Sep 21, 2006 - Z:Lounge, Pittsburgh, PA
Sep 22, 2006 - The Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
Sep 23, 2006 - Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY
Sep 25, 2006 - The Middle East, Cambridge, MA
Sep 27, 2006 - The Talking Head, Baltimore, MD
Sep 29, 2006 - The Nick, Birmingham, AL
Oct 06, 2006 - Pure Nightclub, Philadelphia, PA
Oct 12, 2006 - WRAS studio session, Atlanta, GA
Oct 12, 2006 - Caledonia Lounge Athens, GA
Oct 18, 2006 - The Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA
Nov 01, 2006 - Gothamist acoustic set, New York, NY

Bostonians, you'll notice they return to our area next Monday night, September 25th when they play the Middle East Upstairs with Stab the Matador, Karate High School, and Sweet Irony. On November 10th they kick off a UK tour, and later that month they return for some U.S. dates with iForward, Russia!.

Some Snowden links...

A couple of Snowden QT video clips: Frontman Jordan Jeffares and engineer Erik Wofford get jiggy during the recording of "Stop Your Bleeding" (exclusive - 11.31 MB), and a 5 minute clip from Snowden's last tour (49.78 MB), put together by guitarist David Payne.

Their MySpace page (four streaming songs, one mp3).

Download the title track from 'Anti-Anti' courtesy of Jade Tree.

More Snowden mp3s can be found on the band's own media page, including songs from their 2004 self-titled EP. No longer linked, but still available, is a cover of the Zombie's "Time of the Season", as well as two songs from their "Licorice" EP: "Happy Christmas" and "China Light".

After their Great Scott show, Snowden headed down to Brooklyn to play Southpaw the next night. Stereogum was there.

BohemianPlayboy offers up the 'Le Castle Vania Disco Remix' of the song "Black Eyes".

Another mix via ezarchive thanks to Bricolage Fantasy: "Anti-Anti (Jordan's Stutter Remix)"

the fine print... If anyone has an issue with this live set being made available, just say the word (email link at bottom 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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