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

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

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Mp3s: Ted Leo + the Pharmacists in Boston

At any given moment, it's more likely that Ted Leo and his Pharmacists are on the road than not. And with the recent release of "Living With The Living", Ted will be hunting for cheap hotels and good vegan food all over the place, with North American shows in April and May, then a ton of European dates over the summer. Rinse, rest up, and repeat.

Boston's been lucky enough to get no less than four (maybe five?) Ted visits within the past year as he readied material for the album, and two of them couldn't have been more different from each other: a Sunday afternoon all-ages show at the small-ish Middle East Upstairs in Cambridge (an announced solo set that turned into a full-band surprise), and just a few months later, an opening slot for Death Cab For Cutie at the resplendent Boston Opera House. While seeing Ted and his band play is never less than worth it, it's not tough to guess which set was more fun.

When I shared that Middle East set back in August, I deferred to Ted's wishes that I hold off on posting the not-yet-recorded new songs. Regardless of how blown away I was by the first ever live performance of "The Lost Brigade", the songs were still in their formative stages, and I was happy to oblige. But with the album's arrival, the spreading of various live versions around the 'net, and the many requests from 'Nac readers, I thought it'd be alright to let them see the light of day. So along with the TL/Rx Opera House set below, you'll also find the missing songs from that amazing August performance. Enjoy...

Ted Leo & the Pharmacists

Live at The Boston Opera House
in Boston, Massachusetts
on Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

01. My Vien Ilin (fade-in)
02. Dial Up
03. Sons of Cain
04. Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?
05. Me and Mia
06. Army Bound
07. Counting Down the Hours
08. Little Dawn
09. Timorous Me
10. Walking To Do

(Death Cab For Cutie's set can be found here)

and the new songs from August 6th, 2006
at the Middle East Upstairs
in Cambridge, MA

(for the rest of the show, go here)

11. Sons of Cain
13. Some Beginner's Mind
18. Army Bound
19. Unwanted Things
21. Who Do You Love?
23. Colleen
26. The Lost Brigade

Some Ted Leo links...

Ted's own website, which should soon see a redesign, the band's MySpace page, their Wikipedia entry, and the Touch & Go label page.

Mp3s: "Sons of Cain", courtesy of Touch & Go; an alternate version of "Bomb.Repeat.Bomb.(1954)"; No less than sixteen downloadable mp3s on Ted's audio page.

Video: The new clip for "Bomb.Repeat.Bomb."; an older one for "Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?"; and a link to a full Ted Leo YouTube search, where you can find a wealth of Ted footage. For some truly excellent TL video action, pick up the "Dirty Old Town" DVD on Plexifilm, which chronicles the Pharmacist's 2003 visit to Coney Island for the Siren Music Festival. For a taste, check out this live clip of "Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone".

More Cowbell has a great write-up of Ted's appearance with DCFC when hit the DAR Constitution Hall in DC a few days after the Boston stop.

Ted Leo & the Pharmacists return to Boston on Friday, May 4th for a show at Avalon. Tickets are still available here. Opening up are tourmates Love of Diagrams.

As ever, you can listen to all 'Nac-hosted tracks on the Hype Machine.

postscript... If anyone has an issue with this live set being made available, just say the word (contact info in the 'nac faq). 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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