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wednesday and thursday
february 10th and 11th
the magnetic fields
laura barrett
@ the wilbur theatre
thursday, february 11th
v66 reunion
with rod & cones, big city rock,
the fools, o positive, animotion,
right turn, digney fingus, ernie boch jr.,
lizzie borden and the axes, & more
@ house of blues
thursday, february 11th
found audio
the first annual
the rockefeller fortune
boone
@ oliver's / cask 'n flagon
friday, february 12th
kings of convenience
franklin for short
@ the paradise
saturday, february 13th
one happy island
human hearts (with franklin bruno)
boy genius
free! @ toad, cambridge
saturday, february 13th
a benefit for haiti
the okay win
new son rising
the elevators
@ copperfields
saturday, february 13th
tegan & sara
holly miranda
@ the orpheum
sunday, february 14th
we were promised jetpacks
bad veins
royal bangs
@ the middle east downstairs
monday, february 15th
a benefit for haiti
with big bear, ketman,
chris brokaw, monique ortiz,
art decade, & the dirty dishes
@ the middle east downstairs
tuesday, wednesday, & thursday
february 16th, 17th, & 18th
3 nights with jonathan richman
@ the middle east upstairs
thursday, february 18th
editors
the antlers
@ house of blues
friday, february 19th
28 degrees taurus
el jezel
the broken river prophet
metal feathers
@ o'briens, allston
friday, february 19th
taken by trees
el perro del mar
@ the cambridge ymca theatre
saturday, february 20th
dawes
corey chisel & the wandering sons
jason boesel (rilo kiley)
@ great scott
monday, february 22nd
boy without god
ryan lee crosby quartet
the wailing wall
sleepy very sleepy
@ tt the bears
wednesday, february 24th
wild beasts
still life still
dj carbo
@ great scott
saturday, february 27th
hadoken (cd release)
caspian
irepress
slowest runner
@ tt the bears
monday, march 1st
rogue wave
@ the paradise
tuesday, march 9th
jet
crash kings
@ 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
wednesday, march 17th
joanna newsom
@ the sanders theatre, harvard
wednesday, march 17th
henry rollins (spoken word)
@ the somerville theatre
sunday, march 21st
the clientele
field music
@ great scott
saturday, march 20th
air
am
@ berklee performance center
thursday, march 25th
aloud
action camp
hello ninja
@ great scott
thursday, march 25th
the donnas
@ the paradise
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
@ 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
nada surf
@ the paradise
sunday, april 4th
serena maneesh
depreciation guild
@ tt the bears
tuesday, april 6th
wilco
@ the orpheum
wednesday, april 7th
florence & the machine
@ the paradise
wednesday, april 7th
rocky votolato
brooke waggoner
@ great scott
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
@ the paradise
saturday, april 10th
pissed jeans
confines
sqrm
@ great scott
monday, april 12th
the wedding present
play their 1989 lp 'bizarro'
with openers girl in a coma
@ the middle east downstairs
thursday, april 15th
red sparowes
doomriders
@ the middle east downstairs
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
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
@ the paradise
tuesday, april 20th
quasi
let's wrestle
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, april 24th
los campesinos!
here we go magic
@ 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
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
monday, may 3rd
yeasayer
sleigh bells
@ the paradise
thursday, may 6th
shout out louds
@ the paradise
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
tuesday, may 25th
smittens
allo darlin'
one happy island
horrowitz
@ toad
wednesday, may 26th
reverend horton heat
cracker
miss derringer
@ the house of blues
wednesday, june 2nd
the national
@ the house of blues
friday, june 4th
brian jonestown massacre
@ the paradise
saturday, june 19th
james taylor
carole king
@ the garden
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Friday, March 23, 2007 Mp3s: The Shins in Boston I owe my appreciation for the Shins to two factors: The discriminating tastes of Micki Krimmel, and a perfect afternoon at River Gods. Shortly after 2003's "Chutes Too Narrow" came out, Micki soundly chastised me over IM for not liking it very much. Knowing my tastes, she was pretty surprised I hadn't felt it, and I think my dismissive response to her was "Chutes Too Sixties". But I made a mental note to give the disc another chance. A few months later, in the early spring of 2004, I needed some solo time and a couple of pints, so I swung by Cambridge's River Gods with a good book, and settled into the front window seat. As I did, the hand claps, woo!, and strummed guitar of "Kissing The Lipless" started almost on queue, and I spent the next 35 minutes falling completely in love with every song that followed. Something clicked that afternoon... maybe it was the long-awaited end of winter, maybe it was the couple pints, but I was a full-on Shins fan. And Micki could say "I told you so." I held onto them through the Braff-fueled explosion and inevitable hipster-than-though backlash, and believe that "Wincing the Night Away" is a solid, though not nearly as strong, follow-up to "Chutes Too Narrow" (mostly marred by the unfortunate experiment that is "Sea Legs"). I liked it well enough to finally see the band live, and bought a couple tickets to see them two weeks ago at the Orpheum here in Boston. To be honest, my expectations for their live show weren't all that high. The size of the venue, the widening of the fanbase, and my not-quite-as-obsessed opinion of the latest album had been added to the general blog-fed consensus that weren't the most energetic of performers. But those low hopes were pretty much crushed, the band brought far more energy to the stage than anticipated (especially guitarist/bassist Dave Hernandez), and I found myself connecting with both the old songs and the newer. James Mercer's voice, from the moment he sings "Spill it out in the ragged floor" in set-starter "Sleeping Lessons", was so right on, so clear and strong, that I gained an even deeper respect for it. No studio trickery, no double-tracking or multiple takes needed. Actually, the clarity of his vocals made the rest of the instruments suffer in comparison... it was likely the fault of the mix in the large room, and as you might hear in the recordings, things are a bit muffled at times. Still, worth a listen, especially for the rousing encore cover of "Someone I Care About" (with assistance from opener Viva Voce), originally written by Boston's own Jonathan Richman-fronted Modern Lovers. Here's the full set...  The Shins Live at the Orpheum in Boston, Mass. on Thursday, March 15th, 2007 01. Sleeping Lessons 02. Australia 03. Pam Berry / Phantom Limb 04. Kissing The Lipless 05. Mine's Not A High Horse 06. Girl Inform Me 07. Girl On The Wing 08. New Slang 09. Saint Simon 10. Girl Sailor 11. Turn A Square 12. Gone For Good 13. A Comet Appears (aborted) 14. A Comet Appears 15. Turn On Me 16. Know Your Onion! 17. Caring Is Creepy encore... 18. Pink Bullets 19. Someone I Care About (Modern Lovers cover) 20. So Says I  orpheum photo by gollermike Some Shins-centric links... As an aside, I learned something valuable from this show: Make sure you pay very close attention to the small "obstructed view" warning if they appear on your Orpheum tickets. Because when they say "obstructed", they are not f&%king around. Joining me was in-town visitor Ned (as in No Love For), and it's a good thing we both had a sense of humor (and a couple of beers) that night. Our seats were, quite literally, about 2 feet from a monster stack of speakers that extended up and sideways a full story each. Not only could we not see any of the stage, but the speakers gave us nothing but the low-end of the pre-show mix. We joked that the view from the bathroom would be just as good, but the sound in there would probably be even better. But luck was on our side: not only did our dependable Boston-area ticket-scalping machine overestimate the demand for the show (sold out, but literally dozens of craigslist posts offering up discounted tickets that day, and you couldn't swing your fist without smacking a scalper out front), but a friend was working the crowd that night, and he hooked us up with some unsold seats. His kindness made it much easier to laugh at the venue's strict definition of 'obstructed'. Next time, I'm paying more attention to the fine print.  speaking of which, the fine print... If anyone has any issues whatsoever with this live set being made available, just say the word (contact info in the 'nac faq). I am but a fan trying to share and spread the word. Recorded with a Sony ECM-719 mic and a Sony MZ-RH10 minidisc, converted to .wav and then edited to 192kbps mp3s. Tracks are made available for a limited time, and are not reposted once removed. Labels: livemp3s  |
midlake
two copies of their new cd
running until 9am on 2/12
david bazan + his band
live at tt the bear's place
in cambridge, mass.
on tuesday, october 20th, 2009
recent posts on the 'nac...
- Giveaway: Long Winters + Broken West Tix
- Out Now: new A Northern Chorus
- Mp3 Debut: Caspian's ASA
- Monday Music Miscellany
- Boston Giveaway: See The Hero Cycle
- Mp3s: Rob Crow in Cambridge, MA
- Heads Up Boston: Spoon, The National, Beach House,...
- Spotlit: The "For Callum" Benefit Compilation
- Nac Flashback: Arcade Fire in Cambridge, MA
- Mp3s: Sparklehorse in Boston
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- anti-gravity bunny
- the ash gray proclamation
- aurgasm
- band in boston
- beginning to see the light
- boston band crush
- boston music spotlight
- boston through my eyes
- clicky clicky
- drive blind
- enough cowbell
- exitfare
- forgotten disc friday
- the giant panther
- heads up boston
- hip to be square
- melophobe
- morkelson
- music down to your soul
- new artillery
- one in a million media
- onward charles
- pelly twins
- pilgrims of sound
- playground boston
- pocket|trax
- rock n roll boston
- ryan's smashing life
- soho the dog
- stereo typing
- the stu reid experiment
- under 21 in boston
- under the rotunda
- zed equals zee
boston music media
boston live show / event info
music blogroll
- between thought & expression
- brainwashed
- brooklyn vegan
- captain's dead
- the catbirdseat
- cerulean's love of music
- chromewaves
- coolfer
- comets, stars, & moons
- donewaiting
- ear farm
- excellent online
- extrawack!
- fluxblog
- for the records
- gorilla vs. bear
- hard to find a friend
- harmonium
- heartache with hard work
- the hype machine
- i am fuel, you are friends
- idolator
- i guess i'm floating
- ijamming
- information leafblower
- junkmedia's world of sound
- kingblind
- lacunae
- largehearted boy
- the late greats
- leaky sparrow
- little hits
- more cowbell
- music for robots
- muzzle of bees
- my old kentucky blog
- pitchfork
- quick before it melts
- said the gramophone
- scenestars
- shake your fist
- sixeyes
- skatterbrain
- song, by toad
- the sound of indie
- stereogum
- the rawking refuses to stop
- too much rock
- torr
- unfinished
- yeti don't dance
music audiocasts
surf-worthy
- amie's flickr page
- andi's nonsequiturs
- bitter-girl
- brian wood
- bridget's journal
- ckelly's ink
- the dead part of you
- falfa's milk
- the great leap forward
- heath's media diet
- hedgehog's dilemma
- the icebox journals
- jim's flickr page
- jen's jenville
- jen's blossom
- joe sizzle's
- kimprobable
- march to the sea's musings
- marm0t's livejournal
- mickipedia!
- miller's memorables
- mishie's tear
- off on a tangent
- rsl's ostracons
- the shy turnip
- sooz's dot com
- steve's f.r.h.m.
other frequent haunts
boston-centric
- boston.com
- boston phoenix
- boston online
- boston common
- boston blogs
- craigslist boston
- exploit boston!
- boston wireless
- surfacecity's boston
- tourfilter
- the middle east cafe
- tt the bears place
- the plan @ great scott's
- wmbr concert report
- wzbc concert report
- phoenix movie listings
- coolidge corner theater
- brattle theater
- red sox / dirt dogs
- sox: surviving grady
- patriots / go pats
- celtics
- mass pike traffic
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