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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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Tuesday, April 10, 2007 Coming: The Indie Film Fest of Boston  One of my most favorite signs of early spring: The announcement of the full schedule for the annual Independent Film Festival of Boston. This year marks the fifth edition, and while I've attended every one so far, this is the first year I've purposefully left my social schedule open between April 25th and May 1st. No conflicts, no out-of-town trips, no rock shows to get in the way. The only choices I'll have to make are between films I want to see that happen to conflict with each other.Of the long list of this year's films, both narrative and documentary, here's one from each day that jumps out at me... Wednesday, April 25th, 2007  The opening night film this year is director Hal Hartley's latest, Fay Grim, with Parker Posey in the title role. If the character's name sounds familiar to Hartley fans, it's because the movie is a sequel to his 1997 film Henry Fool, with Posey reprising her character. Co-star James Urbaniak, who will be appearing at the opening night screening, also reprises the role of her brother Simon Grim. And while Urbaniak's imdb listing is lengthy, I'm most psyched to see the man who voices Dr. Venture on the animated Venture Bros. series on Adult Swim, and a guy whose blog I read regularly. Thursday, April 26th, 2007  The world premiere of On Broadway on the fest's second night will be the quintessential Boston-flavored affair, as the film couldn't be any more locally connected. It's set here, was filmed here, and most of the cast and crew are from here. The screening is sure to be a party, with director Dave McLaughlin and some of the cast in attendance, including former New Kid Joey McIntyre, Watertown native (and, yes, leather-pantsed vampire slayer) Eliza Dushku, and (cue "The Final Countdown") Arrested Development's low-voiced puppet-master, Will Arnett. No doubt much of the crew will be in the audience as well, and I'm sure tickets will disappear shortly. Hell, I'd stop reading this right now and go get yours if I were you. Friday, April 27th, 2007  Friday night at the Brattle brings the documentary Punk's Not Dead, about the current and ever-evolving state of the over 30-year-old punk rock movement. Tons of bands and musicians in this thing, o'course: Fugazi, Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, X, Black Flag, NOFX... the list goes on and on. Director Susan Dynner will be in town for both screenings of the film, and I'm sure she'll have some stories to tell. Saturday, April 28th, 2007  There is no film with a higher geek-factor this year than documentary The King of Kong, which means, of course, that I am compelled to attend. Seriously, an entire movie about the original world record-holder of the Donkey Kong high score, and the man who threatened to dethrone him 20 years later? Total arcade generation gold. (also screens on Friday night) Sunday, April 29th, 2007  Sunday night I'll be at The Ten, directed by David Wain of The State comedy collective, and of the sadly departed Stella TV series. Apart from the Stella episodes and shorts, I believe this is the first film he's directed since 2001's Wet Hot American Summer, which had a pretty great cast... but this one might just top it: Paul Rudd, Famke Janssen, Winona Ryder, Justin Theroux, Liev Schreiber, Gretchen Mol, Rob Corddry, Janeane Garofalo, Adam Brody, and Jessica Alba. And that's not even a complete list of recognizable names. The film is a series of ten (duh) short stories centered around the ten commandments, and word is that someone from the cast will make it to one or both of the screenings (there's another the previous day as well). Monday, April 30th, 2007  During the Silver Jews tour of Israel in the summer of 2006, filmmaker (and blogger) Michael Tully followed David Berman & company around to document the noteworthy trip, and the results are the film Silver Jew. As a longtime Joos fan who was very glad to see them play here in Boston that year, I'm really looking forward to this one, especially with director Tully in attendance at both screenings (the film also screens on Sunday night).  The music geek in me won out over the baseball fan on this particular night of the fest, but I've gotta mention the documentary Rumbo a Las Grandes Ligas, which I'd be seeing if it wasn't for Silver Jew. It takes an in-depth look at baseball in the Dominican Republic, where for many kids it's more a religion than a pastime. Our own Big Papi, the Red Sox David Ortiz (who, as I type this, has just hit a couple homers), appears in the film , and both director Jared Goodman and producer Eran Lobel will be at the screening. And hey, the Sox are off that day, and will be back in town to play Oakland... wonder what the chances of Ortiz showing up at that screening are? Hmmmm... Tuesday, May 1st, 2007  The film that will officially bring the 5th annual Independent Film Festival of Boston to a close is the world premiere of Brooklyn Rules from Rhode Island-born director Michael Corrente. He'll be at the final night screening of the movie, which stars Alec Baldwin, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Scott Caan, Jerry Ferrara (Entourage's Turtle), and Mena Suvari. And that hardly scratches the surface of this year's lineup, and as the fest gets closer I'll no doubt add a bunch more to my "gotta see" list (especially some of the "late night" screenings). Check the full schedule to make your own list, and get on those tickets (or better yet, a festival pass) before they're gone... every year too many film fans are shut out who wait until the last minute, so don't be one of 'em. A few IFFB links...
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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
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