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boston area shows of note:
thursday, august 21st
yndi halda
caspian
irepress
@ tt the bears
friday, august 22nd
varsity drag
lump
charcoal lavage
jake and the jakes
@ o'briens
friday, august 22nd
obits (ex-hot snakes/rftc)
viva viva
dead cats dead rats
sunday morning music
@ the middle east
saturday, august 23rd
the soft drugs
higgins
the toothaches
drama queens
@ pa's lounge
saturday, august 23rd
amo joy!
franklin bruno
(from nothing painted blue)
one happy island (ep release!)
@ the lily pad
saturday, august 23rd
newbury comics / unnatural axe
30th anniversary bash
the meatmen, queers, nasties,
unnatural axe, sleazies
@ the middle east down
sunday, august 24th
don cabellero
ponytail
irepress
@ harper's ferry
tuesday, august 26th
the final installment of...
neil cleary's 'doozy'
a guest-packed august residency
@ the lizard lounge
wednesday, august 27th
liz phair performing
'exile in guyville'
@ the paradise
wednesday, august 27th
xiu xiu
prurient
@ the paradise
friday, august 29th
liz phair performs
'exile in guyville'
@ the paradise
monday, september 1st
the juan maclean
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, september 3rd
ryan's smashing life presents...
justice of the unicorns
tigers & monkeys
spanish armada
wild business
@ the middle east
friday, september 5th
silver jews
hallelujah the hills
who shot hollywood
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, september 6th
my morning jacket
@ the bank of america pavilion
saturday, september 6th
matt pryor (get up kids)
kevin devine
mike fiore (faces on film)
@ harper's ferry
sunday, september 7th
ryan adams & the cardinals
@ the bank of america pavilion
tuesday, september 9th
paul weller
@ the berklee performance center
friday, september 12th
mission of burma
in-store performance
7pm @ newbury comics, newbury st.
friday, september 12th
buffalo tom
as part of the boston arts festival
@ christopher columbus park
saturday, september 13th
wfnx disorientation 2008
the kooks, flogging molly,
alkaline trio, rogue wave,
and more to be announced
@ bank of america pavilion
sunday, september 14th
lymbyc systym
this will destroy you
arms and sleepers
@ harper's ferry
monday, september 15th
lagwagon, mxpx,
only crime, & tat
@ harper's ferry
monday, september 15th
sunset rubdown
@ the middle east
monday, september 15th
james
@ the paradise
tuesday, september 16th
a place to bury strangers
@ the paradise
thursday, september 18th
the walkmen
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, september 19th
sigur ros
@ the bank of america pavilion
friday, september 19th to
sunday, september 21st
all tomorrow's parties
with my bloody valentine, low
built to spill, mogwai, shellac,
polvo, yo la tengo, lilys, autolux
dinosaur jr, mercury rev, & more
@ the catskills in nyc
saturday, september 20th
mike viola (solo)
(1st of 3 weekly residencies)
with guest blue and their
band, the major labels
@ the lizard lounge
saturday, september 20th
noah & the whale
@ toad
sunday, september 21st
the low lows
magic magic
ryan lee crosby
@ tt the bears
monday, september 22nd
the broken west
@ the middle east
monday, september 22nd
oxford collapse
love as laughter
takka takka
@ tt the bears
monday, september 22nd
mogwai
fuck buttons
@ the wilbur theatre
tuesday, september 23rd
writer dennis lehane
(release day for 'the given day')
@ the coolidge corner theatre
tuesday, september 23rd
weezer
angels & airwaves
tokyo police club
@ the tsongas arena
tuesday, september 23rd
cut copy
the presets
@ the paradise
wednesday, september 24th
joan as policewoman
@ the middle east
wednesday, september 24th
low
tulsa
@ the museum of fine arts boston
saturday, september 27th
mike viola (solo)
(2nd of 3 weekly residencies)
@ the lizard lounge
saturday, september 27th
built to spill
performing 'perfect from now on'
dinosaur jr.
meat puppets
@ the orpheum
sunday, september 28th
the bird and the bee
willoughby
@ great scott
sunday and monday
september 28th and 29th
ratatat
@ the paradise
thursday, september 30th
boston spaceships
(gbv's robert pollard)
big dipper
@ the paradise
thursday, september 30th
say hi
jukebox the ghost
@ the middle east
thursday & friday
october 2nd & 3rd
baltimore round robin
29 bands playing in a circle,
non-stop, one song at a time,
with you in the very center
with dan deacon, beach house,
creepers, the death set, adventure,
and everyone listed here
@ mass art
friday, october 3rd
death cab for cutie
@ agganis arena
friday, october 3rd
the fratellis
airborne toxic event
electric touch
@ the orpheum
saturday, october 4th
mike viola @ friends
(3rd of 3 weekly residencies)
@ the lizard lounge
sunday, october 5th
old 97s
@ the wilbur theatre
sunday, october 5th
pinback
@ the paradise
monday, october 6th
the wedding present
the jealous girlfriends
@ the middle east downstairs
monday, october 6th
fleet foxes
@ the somerville theatre
monday, october 6th
stereolab
monade
@ the paradise
tuesday, october 7th
liam finn
the veils
@ the paradise
wednesday, october 8th
wire
@ the middle east downstairs
thursday, october 9th
chuck ragan (of hot water music)
ben nichols (of lucero)
tim barry (of avail)
with guest jesse malin
@ the middle east
saturday, october 11th
the feelies
@ the roxy
sunday, october 12th
the residents
@ showcase live, foxboro
sunday, october 12th
the notwist
@ the roxy
sunday, october 12th
jamie lidell
@ the paradise
sunday, october 12th
against me!
ted leo & the pharmacists
the future of the left
@ the wilbur theatre
monday, october 13th
tv on the radio
the dirtbombs
@ the wilbur theatre
tuesday, october 14th
cold war kids
@ the paradise
thursday, october 16th
ben kweller
whitley
@ the paradise
thursday, october 16th
jonatha brooke
glen phillips
(from toad the wet sprocket)
@ the wilbur theatre
friday, october 17th
hallelujah the hills
wonderful spells
capstan shafts
@ tt the bears
friday, october 17th
jonathan richman
with drummer tommy larkin
@ the somerville theatre
saturday, october 18th
ra ra riot
walter meego
the morning benders
@ the middle east
sunday, october 19th
the spinto band
frightened rabbit
@ the middle east
monday, october 20th
magnetic morning
(adam swervedriver & sam interpol)
julie ocean
springhouse (w/jack rabid)
@ great scott
tuesday, october 21st
minus the bear
annuals
sylvie
@ the wilbur theatre
tuesday & wednesday
october 21st & 22nd
billy bragg
@ the somerville theatre
wednesday, october 22nd
yeasayer
@ the paradise
wednesday, october 22nd
lyle lovett & john hiatt
(acoustic, on stage together)
@ the orpheum
thursday, october 23rd
lykke li
@ the paradise
thursday, october 23rd
deerhoof
experimental dental school
@ the middle east down
friday, october 24th
fujiya & miyagi
@ the paradise
sunday, october 26th
broken social scene
land of talk
@ the wilbur theatre
monday, october 27th
matthew sweet
@ the paradise
wednesday, october 29th
legendary pink dots
@ the middle east down
thursday, october 30th
of montreal
@ the orpheum
friday, october 31st
the rumble strips
birdmonster
@ tt the bears
friday, october 31st
david byrne
performing the songs of byrne & eno
@ the wang center
saturday, november 1st
henry rollins (spoken word)
@ the orpheum
monday, november 3rd
coldplay
@ the td banknorth garden
sunday, november 9th
the hold steady
drive-by truckers
@ the orpheum
tuesday, november 11th
deerhunter
times new viking
the vivian girls
@ the paradise
wedneseday, november 12th
kings of leon
we are scientists
the whigs
@ the orpheum
tuesday, november 18th
m83
school of seven bells
@ the middle east down
thursday, november 20th
bishop allen
@ the middle east
saturday, december 13th
neil young
wilco
@ the dcu center, worcester
visit tourfilter for more shows
Monday, May 07, 2007
Monday Miscellany
And so another week of office work begins, while the spring sun shines brightly outside my window. Subjects below include Buffalo Tom, Built to Spill, Tara Jane ONeil, Chris Brokaw, The New Year, Bottomless Pit, Team Dresch, Colin Clary, Chikata Violenta, Age Rings, Normandy, Mary Timony, Elliott Smith, Peter Parker, and my return to the DJ booth...
Buffalo Tom has scheduled a Boston show on Saturday, July 14th to mark the release of their long-awaited next album, "Three Easy Pieces", which arrives earlier that week. It's gonna be at the Paradise, and with one hell of an opening act on board: The Moving Targets. I had to miss their reunion show awhile back, so getting to see MT and BT on the same stage will be a total treat.
Listen to a couple preview tracks off Buffalo Tom's "Three Easy Pieces" at their MySpage page, or grab an Mp3 of the title track at Stereogum. Listen to some Moving Targets at their MySpace page as well. Get tickets to the July 14th show here, or much cheaper at the Paradise box office (and take note: Livenation says doors at 4pm, show at 5pm. I'm all for early shows, but that seems... odd). Other cities on Buffalo Tom's brief meet-our-new-album tour include Toronto, NYC, San Francisco, and Hollywood. Details here.
Pre-sale tickets for Built to Spill's upcoming tour went on sale a couple weeks back, and the Boston allotment disappeared quickly. The rest went on sale a couple days ago for the Thursday, July 5th show at Avalon, so head to Ticket#$%#$$ for yours (and don't be fooled by the "Currently Not On Sale" text... they lie). As much as I dig Doug Martsch & Co., my days of spending over $25 per ticket may well be over.
Great new video featurette on the Touch & Go Records site last week, this one spotlighting Tara Jane ONeil's appearance at the 25th Anniversary fest last fall. Along with interview bits, they've got TJO playing a song with Boston's own Chris Brokaw guesting on guitar. You can catch Chris playing with Geoff Farina at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge next Wednesday, May 9th.
And as I was typing this post, this week's brand new T&G 25th video magically appeared on their site, and for one of my hands-down faves: The New Year (for those keeping score, that's back-to-back Brokaw vids). Check out their clip, which has Bubba & Matt Kadane chatting while their band performs "Half A Day", and then an uninterrupted live version of "Gasoline". And heads up for any West Coasters: The New Year is headed your way for some shows next month.
Bottomless Pit, the post-Silkworm project of Tim Midgett and Andy Cohen with bassist Brian Orchard (27) and drummer Chris Manfrin (Seam), will soon release their first official recordings (a limited tour CD-R EP came out last year). The majestically-titled "Hammer Of The Gods" will be arriving in a no-less-majestic format: A double twelve-inch. Two slabs of wax, with two songs on each side, spinning at 45 rpm. For the mathematically challenged, that's 8 songs in all, and for the turntable-challenged, every double-12" will include a compact disc with all 8 tracks. Hot damn, I say. Not sure on an exact release date or track listing (or label, for that matter), but this says that pre-orders will be taken "as soon as the master is approved". Approve away, gentlemen. I've got an itchy finger on my mouse, and a paypal account ready to go.
Possible tracks that will appear on Bottomless Pit's "Hammer Of The Gods"? Well, there were the four songs from the out-of-print tour EP ("The Cardinal Movements", "Dead Man's Blues", "Dogtag", & "Human Out of Me", which can all be heard here), three other new tracks they've shared recently ("Leave the Light On", "Repossession", "Winterwind", all now on MySpace), and a couple other songs that have been in their live sets ("State I'm In" and "Lily White"). Well, whatever it contains, I'm prolly gonna love it.
So when I wish for something, I need to be a little more specific. When Portland, Oregon's Team Dresch started playing shows again after a long absence, I silently pleaded "please come East, please come East", and finally, they're doing just that; but, alas, not to Boston. They're doing five dates on our coast next month, with stops in North Carolina, DC, Philly, NYC, and Brooklyn. My June is too crazy for me to plan a trip to NY, so I'm gonna miss out... but if everyone could do me a favor and pack those shows so they're forced to tour more, I'd appreciate it. Team Dresch mini-tour details here.
When my pal Colin Clary isn't playing in the Smittens or fronting the Magogs, he's releasing solo records, and his next one is out soon on Asaurus Records. It's called "Apocalypse Yow!" (an unsurprising title for those of us close to Colin), and you can download an mp3 of a preview track right here...
A few new things I'm really digging lately...
Chikata Violenta - The Broken Social Scene connection got me to listen to 'em, the songs keep me listening to 'em. Download an Mp3 at P4K. Read more and grab another song at TRRTS. Boston's own Age Rings' live WOXY Session during SxSW, thanks to the Futurist. NYC band Normandy's songs on MySpace. You can download the tracks that appear on their "Time I've Wasted" EP there. I like 'em enough that I may just have to get myself a tangible copy of that sucker.
Hey, Kill Rock Stars: You are the awesome. Well, you've always been the awesome, but as of last Thursday, you are the even-awesomer. Because you sent me my pre-orders of the new Mary Timony Band disc and Elliott Smith's "New Moon" double-disc five days before the street date. And you made my weekend.
Read a new interview with Mary Timony at VenusZine. And Aversion has the details on a new Elliott Smith book that'll be coming out this fall. Yes, despite the mild pangs of posthumous exploitation that such a book triggers in me, I'll always be compelled to buy every last thing related to the guy. Unavoidable, really.
So I (and a bajillion other people) caught Spider-Man 3 over the weekend with the aforementioned Mr. Clary, Amie, and my sis and bro-in-law... and damn if I wasn't a little disappointed. I mean, there were certainly some wow-inducing action sequences, and the story did an ok job of weaving together the three villains, but man, were there some bad directorial choices in there. (Highlight text for spoilers:) Singing & dancing? An uber-cheezy street-strutting shopping trip!? The Twist?!? Those sudden tonal shifts took me right outta the film, something that never happened once during Spider-Man 2 (which on most days I still rate as the best comic book film yet). And while I'm big on suspension of disbelief during superhero flicks, chalking up a couple of moments to pure coincidence (a small meteor landing, undetected, near Peter & MJ; Eddie Brock randomly being at the same church as Peter at the same crucial moment) was just a little too far for me to stretch. Chop 20 minutes off, tighten up the tale, and I may have been blown away instead of just entertained. And thanks to a few actualized comic-fanboy moments (Parker vs. li'l Osbourne, the Venom/Sandman team-up, the churchbell scene), I did. Question, though... why introduce Gwen Stacey if you're not going to have the Gobby kill her off? With both Norm & Harry dead, that moment will never come. And why not have Dr. Connors discover that soundwaves can hurt the outer-space goo, so that the audience isn't left wondering what that bell was doing to it in the church? Ok, ok, enough geeky nitpicking from me. (end spoiler action). With all that box office loot, there will be a Spidey 4, and I'm guessing we'll finally see Doc Connors get all scaly, green, and of forked-tongue. And the other villain (please, keep it at two)? Go, go Electro-power.
And just so I don't end this post on such a nerd-tastic subject, I'll mention something on the cooler end of the spectrum: I've been invited back to River Gods in Cambridge to DJ again as part of the third official Tourfilter DJ Night on Thursday, May 17th. I had such a blast the first time, was so psyched with my song selection, and I'm determined to top myself. I'll be playing only bands performing in the Boston area within the next month, so if you've got any requests by the artists listed in my left-hand column there, lay them on me and I'll do my darnedest to fit 'em in. I've got the opening slot, so make sure you're there by 9 o'clock on the 17th to catch my whole set.
Tonight: Gibbard. Bazan. Popcorn. Beer. All in one place. Hell of a swell way to start the week.
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recent posts on the 'nac...
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- Wednesday Music Miscellany
- Me: Live from River Gods
- Tonight: Tourfilter DJ Night II
- Mp3s: Kristin Hersh in Boston, MA
- Thursday Music Miscellany
- Coming: The Indie Film Fest of Boston
- Mp3s: Caspian in Allston, MA
- Mp3s: Ted Leo + the Pharmacists in Boston
- Monday Miscellany
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music audiocasts
surf-worthy
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- andi's nonsequiturs
- bitter-girl
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- bridget's journal
- ckelly's ink
- the dead part of you
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- heath's media diet
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- kimprobable
- march to the sea's musings
- marm0t's livejournal
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boston-centric
- boston.com
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- the plan @ great scott's
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- wzbc concert report
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- sox: surviving grady
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