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sunday, march 14th
a special screening of the
white stripes tour documentary
"under the great white northern lights"
free admission / prize pack drawing
10pm @ the otherside cafe
sunday, march 14th
carbon leaf
@ 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
tuesday, march 16th
bacchus king
croquet
cathy cathodic
the ugly fucklings
@ the middle east upstairs
wednesday, march 17th
joanna newsom
@ the sanders theatre, harvard
wednesday, march 17th
henry rollins (spoken word)
@ the somerville theatre
thursday, march 18th
apollo sunshine
drug rug
@ the paradise
friday, march 19th
i, pistol
mascara
planetoid
forgetful jones
@ tt the bears
saturday, march 20th
the whitehaus family blastfest
needy visions, manners,
morgan shaker, avi jacob,
and many more
@ cambridge ymca theatre
saturday, march 20th
air
am
@ berklee performance center
sunday, march 21st
the clientele
field music
@ great scott
wednesday, march 24th
extraneous noise presents...
golden spurs
spirit kid
some say fire
the novel ideas
@ the middle east upstairs
thursday, march 25th
"thursday night alright!" with
the beatings
aloud
action camp
hello ninja
@ great scott
thursday, march 25th
the donnas
@ the paradise
friday, march 26th
eldridge rodriguez (the beatings)
ryan lee crosby
ted billings (age rings/hot protestants)
@ the somerville armory
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
magic magic
@ 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
cassavettes
the grownup noise
kingsley flood (cd release)
spouse
@ the middle east upstairs
saturday, april 3rd
black rebel motorcycle club
alberta cross
@ the house of blues
saturday, april 3rd
nada surf
dawn landes & the hounds
@ the paradise
sunday, april 4th
serena maneesh
depreciation guild
black fortress of opium
@ tt the bears
tuesday, april 6th
wilco
@ the orpheum
tuesday, april 6th
ben fold & a piano
kate miller-heidke
@ the house of blues
wednesday, april 7th
florence & the machine
@ the paradise
wednesday, april 7th
rocky votolato
brooke waggoner
@ great scott
thursday, april 8th
faces on film
hands & knees
st. claire (cd release!)
mr. sister
@ tt the bears
thursday, april 8th
thom yorke + atoms for peace
flying lotus
@ the citi/wang theatre
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
screaming females
@ the paradise
saturday, april 10th
pissed jeans
confines
sqrm
@ great scott
sunday, april 11th
fanfarlo
lawrence arabia
robert francis
@ the paradise
monday, april 12th
the wedding present
play their 1989 lp 'bizarro'
with openers girl in a coma
@ the middle east downstairs
monday, april 12th
titus andronicus
the babies
@ great scott
thursday, april 15th
jakob dylan with guests
neko case + kelly hogan
@ the wilbur theatre
thursday, april 15th
red sparowes
doomriders
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, april 16th
guillermo sexo
freddie t and the people
(ex-june of 44 / hoover)
travels
ghost box orchestra
@ pa's lounge
friday, april 16th
have nots (vinyl release!)
the appreciation post
razors in the night
wicked whiskey
the swaggerin growlers
@ tt the bears
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
heavy trash (w/jon spencer)
the konks
the cobra-matics
@ 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
timber timbre
@ the paradise
tuesday, april 20th
quasi
let's wrestle
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, april 21st
the church
special 30th anniversary
acoustic career retrospective
@ the somerville armory
wednesday, april 21st through
wednesday, april 28th
the 8th annual independent film festival of boston
@ various boston area theatres
including the somerville + brattle
thursday, april 22nd
the mary onettes
@ great scott
saturday, april 24th
graham parker with
the figgs
@ johnny d's, somerville
saturday, april 24th
los campesinos!
here we go magic
@ the paradise
sunday, april 25th
harlem
@ the great scott
monday, april 26th
echo + the bunneymen
hatcham social
@ 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
the everyday visuals
the lights out
the flying machines
aloud
@ tt the bears
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
saturday, may 1st
white rabbits
here we go magic
@ the paradise
monday, may 3rd
yeasayer
sleigh bells
@ the paradise
tuesday, may 4th
gregory & the hawk
lady lamb the beekeeper
@ tt the bears
tuesday & wednesday
may 4th & 5th
public image ltd.
@ the royale (formerly the roxy)
wednesday & thursday
may 5th & 6th
jonsi (from sigur ros)
@ the house of blues
thursday, may 6th
shout out louds
@ the paradise
friday, may 7th
ok go
earl greyhound
robert francis
@ the paradise
saturday, may 8th
local natives
@ great scott
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
saturday, may 22nd
killing joke
@ the paradise
tuesday, may 18th
spectrum (featuring sonic boom
from spacemen 3 + e.a.r.)
with the broken river prophet
@ the middle east upstairs
tuesday, may 25th
the smittens
allo darlin'
one happy island
hearts!attack
a smile and a ribbon
horowitz
@ the lizard lounge
wednesday, may 26th
reverend horton heat
cracker
miss derringer
@ the house of blues
friday, may 28th
mono
the twilight sad
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, june 2nd
kings of convenience
franklin for short
@ the paradise
wednesday, june 2nd
ryan bingham & the dead horses
@ tt the bears
wednesday & thursday
june 2nd & 3rd
the national
@ the house of blues
friday, june 4th
brian jonestown massacre
@ the paradise
friday, june 18th
reigning sound
movers & shakers
triplethick
@ tt the bears
saturday, june 19th
james taylor
carole king
@ the garden
sunday + monday
june 20th + 21st
isis
melvins
totimoshi
@ the paradise
thursday + saturday
august 19th + 21st
tom petty + the heartbreakers
my morning jacket
@ the comcast center
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Monday, February 12, 2007 Boston Bits, Tix, + Music Flicks  Here's a quick one this morning before I share up the weekly live set...We shouldn't have much longer to wait for the arrival of perennial Boston band (and Jon Stewart fave) Buffalo Tom's seventh album. According to an update from singer/guitarist Bill Janovitz: "Looks like our record will be out around May". Here's hoping. Looks like Bill, Chris, and Tom will be heading down to SxSW next month, so catch 'em for me if you're down there. For those in the downtown Boston area this week, Bill will be playing a free solo set at noon on Wednesday the 14th at the First Act Guitar Store on Boylston (and I'm sure he won't be able to resist covering a love song of some sort). The following week, on Friday the 23rd, you can catch another free lunchtime set from Dear Leader / Sheila Divine frontman Aaron Perrino.  Another Valentine's Day show to make note of is an appearance by The Community Sisters, which brings together three of Boston's best: Seana Carmody (Swirlies/Syrup USA/Shenzou 5), Mona Elliott (Victory at Sea/Spore), and Deb Warfield (Broken River Prophet/Shenzou 5). The acoustic trio plays on Wednesday night at PA's Lounge in Somerville with Carlisle Sound, Kahoots, and Jeff Chasse, and if the Community Sisters' MySpace page gives any indication, fans of our furry outdoor friends will be most pleased. Former Bostonian and ex-Helium frontwoman Mary Timony has announced the title and release date for the next album with her band (which includes Medications singer/guitarist Devin Ocampo on drums and bass player Chad Molter). It'll be called "The Shapes We Make", and will be out on May 8th, 2007 on Kill Rock Stars. I'm sure we'll get a preview during a March tour they have planned, which includes a stop at SxSW. Here's a link to the track that the band contributed to the recent KRS "Winter Holiday Album", which was recorded at J. Robbins' Magpie Cage studios in Baltimore during the same sessions for "The Shapes We Make"... In case you hadn't yet heard, former Belly frontwoman and Throwing Muse Tanya Donelly has generously offered up 10 downloadable demos that she recorded before the album that eventually became Belly's "Star". According to Tanya's notes, some of the tracks include contributions from Kim Deal, as they almost ended up as Breeders songs before the parting of musical ways that resulted in Belly and a Tanya-less Breeders. Along with those 10 tracks, you'll find almost 20 other demos from her solo career, and while all the songs are freely shared, there's a Paypal tip jar you can use to return Tanya's generosity with a little of your own. The Shins just added a bunch more stops to their now-in-progress North American tour, and Boston is one of 'em. The band will hit the Orpheum on Thursday, March 15th with Viva Voce (so, yes, look for Anita Robinson to add her gorgeous harmonies to some Shins songs on stage). Tickets will go on sale this Saturday, February 17th, at 10am, and will sell out shortly thereafter. I'm actually slightly surprised that Bloc Party hasn't yet sold out their own show at the Orpheum on March 28th, but I'm guessing it's gotta be close. I was on the fence about seeing them this time around, but after spending tons of time with "Weekend In The City" (and the dozen-or-so b-sides), I checked ticket availability over the weekend and scored a couple seats in the front row of a balcony box. Tight budget be damned, I'm there. You have until this Wednesday night to catch one of the only Boston-area showings of the re-released mid-90s indie-rock-ish flick Half-Cocked (that's a lotta hyphens). The film, which was co-directed by Suki Hawley and former Sleepyhead bass player Michael Galinsky, is screening daily at 6:30 and 8:30pm at The Video Underground in Jamaica Plain (pdf flyer here). If you're at all a fan of the American indie-rock scene circa 15 years ago, the black and white film will either spark all sorts of fond memories, or act as a minor history lesson if you weren't paying attention back then. But a rocking history lesson, to be sure. The Grifters' performance of "She Blows Blasts of Static" is worth the price of admission alone. If you're looking to see it on your own smaller screen, the film has just been released on a 10th-anniverary DVD, which includes Galinksy & Hawley's follow-up film, "Radiation", and a slew of bonus material. I'll write more on the DVD release later on, but you can check out some of the bonus material over at the Half-Cocked site. Another music-specific film I'm really looking forward to is coming to Boston in April, just a month after it premieres at Austin's SXSW. "The Silver Jew", which follows David Berman as he plays the Middle East (yes, the actual Middle East, not our local club) with his band, The Silver Jews (via Aquarium Drunkard). The 50-minute documentary (.mov trailer here) will be part of the 2007 Independent Film Festival of Boston, which will be marking its fifth year on April 25th through the 30th. This is the first bit of lineup news I've heard about the festival, and I'm already excited... can't wait to see what else the IFFBoston crew has planned for this year. Lastly, thanks to Will at Northeast Performer magazine for asking me to contribute some music-blog-related ramblings to an article in their February issue titled "Blogs and Internet Radio: The Online Explosion of Personal Preference". I was pretty pleased to discover my thoughts alongside those of WOXY's Bryan Jay Miller (I do love me some WOXY), and also to read the phrase "as Searles wisely points out". I'm not sure the word "wisely" and I have ever been linked.  |
sparklehorse
live at the paradise
in boston, mass.
on monday, february 26th, 2009
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