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the almanac archives
thursday, september 2nd
lou barlow + the missingmen
wye oak
the unfamiliars
@ the middle east upstairs
saturday, september 4th
mg lederman (ex-victory at sea) cd release show with
the wrong reasons
the beat awfuls
brant deatley
@ the plough & stars
sunday, september 5th
sweet apple
(w/j mascis on drums)
black helicopter
zombie radio
@ the middle east downstairs
sunday, september 5th
the milling gowns
what time is it, mr. fox?
faux ox
jaggery
@ harper's ferry
monday, september 6th
wallcreeper
@ charlie's kitchen
monday, september 6th
shellac
helen money
@ the middle east downstairs
tuesday, september 7th
tortoise
greg davis
ben vidas
@ the paradise
tuesday, september 7th
someone still loves you boris yeltsin
telekinesis
golden bloom
@ tt the bears
tuesday, september 7th
kele (from bloc party)
does it offend you, yeah?
@ the royale boston
wednesday, september 8th
hot hot heat
22-20s
hey rosetta!
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, september 8th
airborne toxic event (acoustic)
with the calder string quartet
@ the somerville theatre
thursday, september 9th
apple betty
this blue heaven
the backup factor
apollo run
@ tt the bears
friday, september 10th
i, pistol
black fortress of opium
the crushing low
@ precinct
friday, september 10th
the charlatans uk
sherlock's daughter
@ the royale boston
saturday, september 11th
school of seven bells
active child
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, september 11th
neutral uke hotel (nmh covers on ukelele)
the michael j. epstein memorial library
@ cafe 939, berklee
saturday, september 11th
28 degrees taurus
magic shoppe (record release!)
@ the rosebud
saturday, september 11th
jamie lidell
@ the royale boston
friday + saturday
september 11th + 12th
lots of bands, raising money for kids
over 2 days in canton, ma
sunday, september 12th
jarrod gorbel
(of the honorary title)
air traffic controller
@ great scott
sunday, september 12th
blondie
@ the house of blues
sunday, september 12th
vampire weekend
beach house
dum dum girls
@ the boa pavilion
monday, september 13th
dirty projectors
owen pallett (final fantasy)
@ the wilbur theatre
monday, september 13th
isobel campbell
mark lanegan
willy mason
@ the middle east downstairs
tuesday, september 14th
rush
@ the td garden
wednesday, september 15th
laura veirs + the hall of flames
the watson twins
led to sea
@ tt the bears
thursday, september 16th
of montreal
janelle monae
@ the house of blues boston
friday, september 17th
one happy island
kevin dunn
cotton candy
7:30pm @ the lily pad, cambridge
friday, september 17th
broken social scene
@ the house of blues
friday & saturday
september 17th & 18th
the 5th annual viva la vinal festival!
with live performances from
audrey ryan, kingsley flood,
this blue heaven, bridget + the squares,
the international string trio, & justin shorey
6-10pm on friday + 12-9 on saturday
@ somerville community growing center
on vinal ave. in somerville's union square
saturday, september 18th
pavement
jenny (lewis) + johnny (rice)
@ agganis arena
saturday, september 18th
wavves
@ brandeis university, waltham
sunday, september 19th
thee oh sees
the human tail
thick shakes
@ the magic room gallery, brighton
sunday, september 19th
caribou
holy fuck
emeralds
@ the paradise
monday, september 20th
girlfriends
carnivores
weekend dads
@ o'brien's
tuesday, september 21st
superchunk
versus
@ royale boston
tuesday, september 21st
basia bulat
the acorn
john shade
@ tt the bears
tuesday, september 21st
sea wolf (alex acoustic)
sera cahoone
patrick park
@ the middle east upstairs
wednesday, september 22nd
phantogram
railbird
@ the paradise
wednesday, september 22nd
david bazan
the mynabirds
@ tt the bears
wednesday, september 22nd
field music
@ great scott
thursday, september 23rd
aloud (album release party!)
st. claire
old jack
with special emcee
poet/author james caroline
@ church of boston
thursday, september 23rd
stars
wild nothing
@ the house of blues
thursday, september 23rd
!!! (chk chk chk)
fol chen
@ the royale boston
thursday, september 23rd
bettie serveert
meandjoancollins
the painted lights
@ tt the bears
friday, september 24th
eels
@ the royale boston
saturday, september 25th
teenage fanclub
@ the royale boston
saturday, september 25th
james
ed harcourt
@ the paradise
sunday, september 26th
come (reunited!)
wussy
@ tt the bears
sunday, september 26th
mr. sister (debut album release!)
coyote kolb
tallahassee
@ great scott
sunday, september 26th
mates of state
@ the paradise
monday, september 27th
rogue wave
midlake
peter wolf crier
@ royale boston
tuesday, september 28th
lcd soundsystem
sleigh bells
@ the orpheum
tuesday, september 28th
best coast
male bonding
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, september 29th
quilt
paper castles
toothache
@ the lilypad
wednesday, september 29th
foals
esben + the witch
@ the paradise
thursday, september 30th
mc frontalot
@ tt the bears
thursday, september 30th
menomena
suckers
@ the royale boston
thursday + friday
sept 30th + oct 1st
built to spill
revolt revolt
pretty & nice
@ the paradise
friday, october 1st
the tallest man on earth
s. carey (of bon iver's band)
@ the somerville theatre
friday, october 1st
ra ra riot
chikita violenta
we barbarians
@ the royale boston
saturday, october 2nd
gayngs
(with bon iver's justin vernon)
glasser
@ the paradise
saturday, october 2nd
film school
the depreciation guild
static of the gods
night fruit
@ tt the bears
sunday, october 3rd
the xx
@ the orpheum
sunday, october 3rd
tom tom club
caravan of thieves
tony castles
@ the paradise
sunday, october 3rd
lost in the trees
@ tt the bears
tuesday, october 5th
the vaselines
jeffrey lewis
@ the paradise
tuesday, october 5th
chapterhouse
ulrich schnauss
@ the middle east downstairs
tuesday, october 5th
ratatat
dom
@ the house of blues boston
wednesday, october 6th
gorillaz
@ agganis arena
wednesday, october 6th
the hold steady
wintersleep
@ the royale boston
thursday, october 7th
the walkmen
a.a. bondy
blood feathers
@ the royale boston
friday, october 8th
death
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, october 8th
fountains of wayne
marshall crenshaw (solo)
@ the paradise
friday, october 8th
bell x1 (acoustic)
@ the brattle theatre
saturday, october 9th
paul f. tompkins
@ the brattle theatre
sunday, october 10th
deerhoof
xiu xiu
father murphy
first show @ the paramount!
sunday, october 10th
miike snow
@ the house of blues
sunday, october 10th
primus
mucca pazza
@ the orpheum
tuesday, october 12th
ingrid michaelson
@ the house of blues
wednesday, october 13th
dead kennedys
@ the paradise
thursday, october 14th
the thermals
cymbals eat guitars
@ the paradise
thursday, october 14th
the morning after girls
the lovetones
the december sound
ghost box orchestra
@ tt the bears
friday, october 15th
nick lowe + his band
graham parker (solo acoustic)
@ the somerville theatre
friday, october 15th
jimmy eat world
@ the house of blues
friday, october 15th
bowerbirds
death vessel
@ tt the bears
friday, october 15th
belle + sebastian
@ the wang theatre / citi center
saturday, october 16th
deerhunter
real estate
casino vs. japan
@ royale boston
sunday, october 17th
the henry clay people
the dig
@ tt the bears
monday, october 18th
greg dulli
(afghan whigs/twilight singers)
first-ever solo tour
with opener craig wedren
(of shudder to think)
@ the brattle theatre
monday, october 18th
bad religion
the bouncing souls
@ the house of blues
monday, october 18th
the drums
the hairs
@ the paradise
monday, october 18th
phoenix
two door cinema club
wavves
@ agganis arena
tuesday, october 19th
massive attack
thievery corporation
@ the orpheum
wednesday, october 20th
the pains of being pure at heart
yuck
eternal summers
@ the paradise
wednesday, october 20th
helmet
@ the middle east downstairs
sunday, october 22nd
gary numan
rasputina
playing 'the pleasure principle'
@ the paradise
saturday, october 23rd
local natives
the ruby suns
union line
@ the house of blues
sunday, october 24th
woven bones
frankie rose & the outs
@ tt the bears
monday, october 25th
the corin tucker band
hungry ghost
darren hanlon
@ the paradise
wednesday, october 27th
a sunny day in glasgow
candy claws
@ great scott
wednesday, october 27th
black prairie
(members of the decemberists)
sarah jarosz
@ the middle east upstairs
thursday, october 28th
the tt's halloween bash
with members of mean creek + campaign
for real time (as talking heads)
john powhida (as todd rundgren)
preacher roe (as guided by voices)
@ tt the bears
friday, october 29th
frightened rabbit
plants and animals
the phantom band
@ the paradise
saturday, october 30th
hallelujah the hills
magic magic
boy without god
@ great scott
sunday, october 31st
florence and the machine
the smith westerns
@ the house of blues
monday, november 1st
blonde redhead
pantha du prince
@ the paradise
monday, november 1st
social distortion
lucero
frank turner
@ the house of blues boston
tuesday, november 2nd
junip (jose gonzales)
sharon van etten
@ the royale boston
tuesday, november 2nd
black mountain
the black angels
@ the paradise
wednesday, november 3rd
the dandy warhols
blue giant
@ tt the bears
wednesday, november 3rd
land of talk
suuns
little scream
@ tt the bears
thursday, november 4th
through sunday, november 7th
the international pop overthrow
4 nights @ pa's lounge
thursday, november 4th
matt + kim
javelin
@ the house of blues
thursday, november 4th
blitzen trapper
@ the paradise
friday, november 5th
guided by voices
blitzen trapper
@ the paradise
sunday, november 7th
drivin 'n cryin
@ tt the bears
monday, november 8th
clinic
the fresh & onlys
@ the paradise
tuesday, november 9th
the morning benders
@ the paradise
thursday + friday
november 11th + 12th
sufjan stevens
@ the orpheum
thursday, november 11th
shearwater
horse feathers
damien jurado
anais mitchell
@ the house of blues
thursday, november 11th
deer tick
@ the royale boston
thursday, november 11th
mumford & sons
cadillac sky
king charles
@ the house of blues
friday, november 12th
bottomless pit
black helicopter
chris brokaw
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, november 13th
roky erickson
@ the royale boston
saturday, november 13th
grinderman
(nick cave, warren ellis, + more)
@ the house of blues
sunday, november 14th
elizabeth mitchell (of ida)
and friends
(a children's show!)
4:30pm @ club passim
sunday, november 14th
man or astro-man?
@ the middle east downstairs
monday, november 15th
la roux
@ the house of blues
tuesday, november 16th
a night of springsteen covers
with chris keene (mean creek),
corin ashley, dave aaronoff,
brendan little, hilken mancini,
the dirty truckers, drew o'doherty,
and more to be announced
marking the release of the new
6-disk 'darkness on the edge of town'
box set @ tt the bears
tuesday, november 16th
the posies
brendan benson
aqueduct
@ the royale boston
wednesday, november 17th
cornershop
@ the middle east downstairs
thursday, november 18th
kate nash
@ the paradise
thursday, november 18th
bear in heaven
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, november 19th
township
the lights out
the organ beats
@ tt the bears
saturday, november 20th
delorean
lemonade
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, november 24th
idlewild
happy hollows
@ the middle east downstairs
thursday, december 2nd
director/actor kevin smith
@ the house of blues
saturday, december 4th
peter hook + the light
play joy division's "unknown pleasures"
@ the royale boston
saturday, december 4th
killing joke
@ the paradise
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Monday, February 26, 2007
Let's see how fast I can crank through this one. Compulsive spellcheckers, enjoy...  In case you hadn't heard 'em, I snagged the audio from a these two recent live television appearances. Great performances, all... Mp3: Explosions In The Sky - "Welcome, Ghosts" (live on Conan O'Brien)Whitney over at Pop Candy was in the Saturday Night Live audience and wrote up her experience. Y'know, Win Butler's guitar-smashing didn't bother me a bit, but I am just glad he didn't start kicking things with his gigantic feet. Now that would have been some serious destruction. Starting this morning, you can stream the entirety of Arcade Fire's slightly-hyped new album, "Neon Bible", thanks to NME... Album Stream: Arcade Fire - "Neon Bible"You'll have to register for an NME account, but that's a small price to pay. I've been holding off listening to any leaked tracks (aside from the live SNL cuts, of course) so I could get the full-on experience, and let's just say I 'm glad I did. Tickets for Arcade Fire's only Boston date, on May 10th at the Orpheum, went on sale Friday and promptly sold out, no surprise there. My fast-clickin' fingers treated me well. The Craigslist madness has already begun, drowning out the pleas for extra tix to next month's long-since-sold-out Explosions in the Sky show. I swear, if I lacked a music-fan's conscience, I could make a killing on the Craigslist ticket speculation market. Out tomorrow is "Back Numbers", the second full-lengther from former Luna and Galaxie 500 frontman Dean Wareham and his musical companion Britta Phillips. I've spent a lot of time with it over the past few weeks, and while I sometimes miss the full-band-feel of Luna, it's a welcome addition to the Dean-involved discography. Here's the second track from the disc, courtesy of Rounder Records imprint Zoe... Mp3: Dean & Britta - "Words You Used To Say"Don't forget that Dean & Britta are playing at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston on Friday, March 9th. Tickets are still available here. While the headlines exclaimed that "Sonic Youth, Slint to play classic albums" as part of this year's "Don't Look Back" concert series, I was far more excited by the fact that the House of Love will be performing the entirety of their 1988 self-titled debut. Yeah, wrong continent, but I can still hope a recording gets out there, either officially or through some industrious taper. Even better, let's see the band make its way to American shores. Can someone get on that for me? So I've been waiting patiently for this show to get scheduled, and it finally appeared: Kristin Hersh returns to the Boston area in support of her fantastic new disc, "Learn To Sing Like A Star" on Saturday, April 21st. She's hitting the Regent Theater in Arlington, and it won't be your run-of-the-mill solo acoustic performance... this time around not only will she have a full band, but string accompaniment as well (who I can only assume will be the brilliant McCarricks). As a sucker for string work, and especially their brand of it, I couldn't be more excited. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, March 3rd, through Ticket#$!@*, the Middle East box office, and hopefully, Virtuous. Kristin recently played three songs from the new album ("In Shock", "Winter", and "Under The Gun") on WXPN's World Cafe, and you can listen to them at NPR's website right here. Also just announced: A Boston-area stop for the Ben Gibbard (DCFC) / David Bazan (PTL) solo troubadour tour. The two are teaming up for dates this Spring, and they'll be hitting our Somerville Theater on the 7th of May with Johnathan Rice. Tickets go on sale this Friday morning, March 2nd, at 10am right here. The official site for the Poster Children has received a spiffy redesign thanks to singer/guitarist Rick's web skillz, and the band has just started a feature called the "Single of the Moment" through their 12 Inch Records imprint. I'll let Rick's words explain... "There's a lot of nattering about 'The Future of Music' but what people are really talking about is 'The Future of the Music Business', and as a music fan and music maker I don't really care how or if Sony, Time Warner, Rupert Murdoch or Apple will be able to make millions of dollars off of other people's creativity in the next few years- I'm interested in hearing the next song or band that will make my day. The future of music is what it has always been: the future of music is musicians.Love it. Head over to the site to listen to the first song, "Machines (Take Good Care Of The)", and drop a buck or two in the PKids hat. Put your money behind the true believers. And don't forget to tune in to Rick and Rose's Radiozero podcast. Fellow Bostonian Chris Brokaw is heading out to Chicago this weekend to play "Molto Amore: A Salut! To Silkworm" on Saturday, and I only wish I could make the trip as well. Read an interview with organizer Joe Sepi on Glorious Noise. According to Centro-matic's MySpace page, they'll have a new EP titled "Operation Motorcide" out this Spring courtesy of Houston Party Records. Tracks include "All This Fresh Mutiny", "Atlanta", "Operation Motorcide", "A Celebrated Grime", "Blood On The Floor", "Daggers Sharp Enough", "Circuits to Circuses", and "74 Cuts 74 Scars". Eight songs? That's a mighty generous EP, it is. The weekly sharing of the Touch & Go Records 25th Anniversary video featurettes continues apace, with a new clip appearing every Monday morning like well-calibrated clockwork. So far we've got interviews and concert footage from Shipping News, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Calexico, Didjits, and this morning, a brand new clip from Quasi. It's overall amazing footage, the perfect compliment to last September's live experience, and I damn well hope it all ends up compiled on a DVD (with bonus live songs, perhaps?). Ok, so the coolest part about the Jesus and Mary Chain reuniting (well, aside from the fact that the Jesus and Mary Chain are reuniting) is that their rhythm section is Ride drummer Loz Colbert and Lush bass player Phil King. Can you say "shoegaze soopergroop"? Actually, don't say it. It just sounds silly. It's a crazy week for shows here in Boston... there's just far too much to choose from... Tonight over at the Paradise we've got Sparklehorse in the main room and Catherine Wheel frontman Rob Dickinson right there in the Lounge. A painful coincidence, to have to choose between shows that are separated by a couple of walls. This morning's post over at Chromewaves has me leaning even more towards Sparklehorse... I've always wanted to see them/him live, and knowing that Mark Linkous and his band will be playing lots of old stuff kinda seals the deal. But if there's any possible way to sneak up for some of Rob's songs either before or after, I'm there. And tomorrow, if I wasn't going to see a live staging of This American Life (with lots of great guests, including Mates of State and Sarah Vowell) at the Opera House, I'd probably be over at Great Scott checking out another Fenway Recordings Session. This one's got Elvis Perkins (fresh off some dates with Okkervil River) playing with Patrick Watson. If you haven't heard Perkins, check out his recent live Daytrotter Session. Wednesday, yet another serious conundrum: Do I check out Pinback's Rob Crow doing a solo show at TT the Bears, or Asobi Seksu next door at the Middle East Downstairs. I'm digging Rob Crow's new solo album, but I love the Asobi Seksu disc. I prefer TTs as a live venue, and that show has the added benefit of the wonderful Geoff Farina opening up. But I feel like I need to make up for bailing on Asobi Seksu when they played a tiny room at Tufts and I couldn't deal with the jammed-in crowd. Hmmm. I suppose it'd be asking too much for the set-timing to allow me to see both? Yeah, probably would. Back tomorrow with a great post I've been working on for awhile, and a new shared live set. Until then... Labels: music  |
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