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recommended boston area events

thursday, july 2nd

the church

adam franklin (swervedriver)

@ showcase live, foxborough


sunday, july 5th

city breathing

deep sea diver

adam rich

steve pardo & lindley cameron

@ the middle east upstairs


saturday, july 11th

the luxury

the click five

midatlantic

aloud

@ the paradise


sunday, july 12th

the dead weather

screaming females

@ the house of blues


saturday, july 18th

butterflies

travels

@ pa's lounge


sunday, july 19th

grand duchy (w/frank black)

the bunnies

van elk (w/valerie mistle thrush)

@ the middle east downstairs


sunday, july 19th

lymbyc systym

coralcola

the cush

the pandas

@ the middle east upstairs


monday, july 20th

you can be a wesley (cd release!)

casper & the cookies

everything, now!

magic magic

@ the middle east upstairs


monday, july 20th

green day

the bravery

@ the garden


tuesday, july 21st

mark eitzel & marc capelle

performing american music club songs

@ the lizard lounge


friday, july 24th

varsity drag (cd release!)

the grownup noise

winterpills

brendan boogie & the best intentions

@ the middle east upstairs


sunday, july 26th

pete yorn

@ the house of blues


tuesday, july 28th

cass mccombs

jennifer o'connor & band

mike bones

@ tt the bears


wednesday, july 29th

foreign born

the veils

faces on film

@ tt the bears


thursday, july 30th

justin ripley & his band

@ pa's lounge


friday, july 31st

destroyer (dan bejar)

iran

wooden wand

@ the paradise


friday, july 31st

depeche mode

peter bjorn & john

@ great woods


saturday, august 1st

alasdair roberts

@ lorem ipsum books, inman square


saturday, august 1st

wheat (cd release show!)

the xyz affair

@ great scott


sunday, august 2nd

soft power (featuring mary timony)

gramercy arms (featuring dave derby)

@ tt the bears


monday, august 3rd

billy bragg

@ the berklee performance center


monday, august 3rd

tinted windows

(james iha, adam schlesinger,

taylor hanson, & bun e. carlos)

@ the paradise


monday, august 3rd

coldplay

elbow

kitty daisy & lewis

@ the comcast center


wednesday, august 5th

the rural alberta advantage

joshua english (ex-six going on seven)

with lisa molinaro

baby teeth

@ the middle east upstairs


wednesday, august 5th

arctic monkeys

modey lemon

@ the paradise


wednesday, august 5th

joe pernice (solo show & book tour)

@ the brattle theatre (2 shows)


wednesday and thursday

august 5th and 6th

paul mccartney

@ fenway park


friday, august 7th

the electric prunes

love

sky saxon (of the seeds)

@ the middle east downstairs


saturday, august 8th

blondie

pat benatar

@ the b.o.a. pavilion


wednesday, august 12th

the warlocks

@ great scott


wednesday, august 12th

the pretenders

cat power

juliette lewis

@ the bank of american pavilion


thursday, august 13th

bat for lashes

@ the paradise


friday, august 14th

six finger satellite

@ tt the bears


sunday, august 16th

the decemberists

heartless bastards

@ mountain park, holyoke


sunday, august 16th

trashcan sinatras

@ tt the bears


monday, august 17th

the breeders

@ the paradise


friday, august 21st

choo choo la rouge (cd release!)

the big disappointments

impossible hair

the operators

@ pa's lounge


saturday & sunday

august 22nd & 23rd

bruce springsteen & the e street band

@ the comcast center / great woods


saturday, august 29th

caspain

actors & actresses

irepress

arms & sleepers

@ tt the bears


sunday, august 30th

the flaming lips

explosions in the sky

stardeath and white dwarfs

@ the boa pavilion


thursday, september 3rd

kay hanley (letters to cleo)

antisocialites

ingenue

@ tt the bears


saturday, september 5th

the pains of being pure at heart

cymbals eat guitars

depreciation guild

@ the middle east downstairs


saturday, september 5th

pet shop boys

@ the house of blues


thursday, september 10th

autolux

sleepy sun

@ the paradise


thursday, september 10th

dirty three

@ the i.c.a. boston


friday, september 11th

kings of leon

glasvegas

@ the comcast center / great woods


saturday, september 12th

the cult

performing 'love' in its entirety

@ the house of blues


sunday, september 13th

down

melvins

@ the house of blues


tuesday, september 15th

the horrors

@ the paradise


saturday & sunday

september 19th & 20th

boston lebowski fest

with movie screening & bowling

@ the house of blues & kings


sunday, september 20th

u2

snow patrol

@ gillette stadium


tuesday, september 22nd

son volt

@ the paradise


friday, september 25th

township

the lights out (cd release!)

reverse

gravehaven

@ tt the bears


friday, september 25th

charlatans uk

hatcham social

@ the paradise


saturday, september 26th

kmfdm

@ the house of blues


sunday, september 20th

maximo park

@ the paradise


monday, september 28th

sunny day real estate

@ the house of blues


wednesday, september 30th

mono

maserati

@ the middle east downstairs


sunday, october 4th

the "loud & rich" tour

richard thompson &

loudon wainwright iii

performing solo & together

@ the sanders theatre, harvard


wednesday, october 7th

bob mould

@ the paradise


saturday, october 10th

the psychedelic furs

happy monday

@ the house of blues


wednesday, october 14th

loney dear

asobi seksu

@ great scott


wednesday, october 21st

mum

@ the somerville theatre


saturday, october 31st

pinback

@ the paradise


friday, november 13th

janeane garofalo

rob riggle

two shows @ the wilbur theatre


visit tourfilter for more shows



Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Mp3s: Kristin Hersh in Boston, MA

One of my all-time faves, Throwing Muse and 50 Foot Waver Kristin Hersh, returns to the Boston area this weekend in support of her latest solo record, "Learn To Sing Like A Star". But this visit isn't just your average (well, K is never average) girl-n-guitar show, rather a full-blown, full-band affair with strings (!). And not just any band: it's the two gents who make up her 50 Foot trio, bassist (and fellow Muses member) Bernard Georges and drummer Rob Ahlers. And it's not just any string section, either: it's the freakin' McCarricks, the very same UK-based married couple who've contributed their beautifully arranged sounds to a wealth of notable projects (including their gorgeous work with Dead Can Dance, and on 4AD's This Mortal Coil albums). See how I started three sentences with conjunctions right there? That's how excited I am for this show. Writing etiquette be damned.

But (see?) my excitement is slightly tempered by last night's news that the McCarricks are being held up in their home country with the ever-increasing visa troubles (hooray for 'homeland security'), and it looks like they'll miss the first few dates of the tour, which starts tonight in New Haven. If we're lucky, and I mean truly lucky, the couple will make it stateside and meet up with the tour here in Boston for their show at Arlington's Regent Theater on Saturday night. Now, I'm not going to complain too much if they don't make it... it's no one's fault (well, some anonymous paper-pusher, perhaps), and any Kristin show is one worth seeing. But I can't say I won't be a little disappointed. As I've said many times, I'm such a sucker for strings, and the McCarricks appear more often in my collection than any others. The magnificent "Strings" EP that Kristin put out years ago (which has some of her "Strange Angels" songs arranged for just strings and K's voice) has had me hankering to see them play with her, and I never thought I'd get the chance. My fingers are so tightly crossed that they're starting to hurt...

When the new album was released in January, Kristin did a string of acoustic in-store appearances around the U.S., including one here in Boston at the Newbury St. location of Newbury Comics. It was a tight fit, but a few dozen of us fans squeezed amongst the aisles of DVDs for a rush-hour set on a snowy Monday evening. And here are the mp3s...



Kristin Hersh

Solo acoustic at Newbury Comics
on Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts
on Monday, January 22nd, 2007

01. Day Glo
02. Winter
03. Nerve Endings
04. The Thin Man
05. Gazebo Tree
06. Your Dirty Answer



Some added Kristin Hersh content...
  • The Throwing Music site, her MySpace page, and the Yep Roc Records page. And if you're even a marginal KH fan, you should be reading her blog. Her way with the written word is as inspiring as her way with music.

  • Mp3s: Lots of free tracks from Kristin, the Muses, and 50'~ can be found at the Throwing Music Free Music page. If you dig, make a donation there, or perhaps make a purchase at the TM online store. And from the new album, here's an mp3 for the lead-off track, "In Shock". update: and as I was reminded in the comments, Kristin Hersh, Throwing Muses, & 50 Foot Wave are all Live Music Archive-friendly, so you can find other live recordings over there.

  • Stream: The entirety of Kristin's "Learn To Sing Like A Star" album can be streamed here.

  • Video: The Orrin Anderson-directed clip for "In Shock", the first single off the album; Lots more live clips and older vids to be found on a KH YouTube search.

  • Learn more about the McCarricks at their site. You can listen to some of their own material at their MySpace page, but unfortunately their excellent hand assembled EP Box thing has sold out (it was ltd. edition, after all). Hopefully they'll bring some merch with them on the tour, because not only are they playing with Kristin, but they'll be doing a set of their own before she hits the stage.

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

  • the fine print... 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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