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boston area events of note:


thursday, january 8th

forest henderson

the new collisions

the lights out

sir q

@ great scott


saturday, january 10th

head automatica

radio 4

@ great scott


sunday, january 11th

whistlejacket

voxhaul broadcast

local natives

the union line

@ tt the bears


monday, january 12th

varsity drag

the rationales

nate rogers (ex-scamper)

@ tt the bears


thursday, january 15th

illinois

@ great scott


thursday, january 15th

the raveonettes

@ the paradise


friday, january 16th

dear leader

hallelujah the hills

faces on film

@ the paradise


saturday, january 17th

the rosebuds

the love language

the fatal flaw

@ the middle east downstairs


sunday, january 18th

frightened rabbit

@ great scott


sunday, january 18th

department of eagles

@ the brattle theatre


saturday, january 24th

longwave

wheat

bon savants

@ great scott


saturday, january 24th

arts at the armory benefit

mission of burma

the neighborhoods

@ the somerville theatre


saturday, january 24th

vic chesnutt

elf power

@ the middle east


tuesday, january 27th

annuals

jessica lee mayfield

what laura says

@ the paradise


friday, january 30th

andrew bird

loney dear

@ the orpheum


wednesday, february 4th

the pretenders

@ the orpheum


thursday, february 5th

illinois

mean creek

you can be a wesley (cd release)

@ great scott


wednesday, february 11th

the godfathers

@ the middle east down


friday, february 13th

los campesinos!

@ the paradise


saturday, february 14th

animal hospital

travels (cd release!)

arms & sleepers

mary page

@ pa's lounge


sunday, february 15th

the pains of being pure at heart

pants yell!

the depreciation guild

@ the middle east upstairs


sunday, february 15th

fujiya & miyagi

@ the paradise


wednesday, february 18th

m. ward

@ the somerville theatre


saturday, february 21st

norm macdonald

@ the wilbur theatre


tuesday, february 24th

ben kweller

the watson twins

@ the somerville theatre


tuesday, february 24th

tapes 'n tapes

wild light

@ the paradise


wednesday, february 25th

comedian eugene mirman

'the will to whatevs' book tour

@ the brookline booksmith


thursday, february 26th

jimmy eat world

'clarity 10th anniversary tour'

@ the new house of blues


thursday, february 26th

blizten trapper

alela diane

@ the paradise


saturday, february 28th

swirlies!

gregory & the hawk

@ the middle east up


saturday, february 28th

fountains of wayne (acoustic)

everyday visuals (acoustic)

@ the paradise


saturday, march 7th

airborne toxic event

alberta cross

henry clay people

@ the paradise


wednesday, march 11th

fleetwood mac

@ the garden


saturday, march 14th

throwing muses

screaming females

50 foot wave

@ the middle east downstairs


saturday, march 14th

a.c. newman (new pornographers)

with dent may & his

magnificent ukulele

@ the paradise


sunday, march 29th

morrissey

@ the house of blues


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Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Mp3s: Albert Hammond Jr. in Boston

I hope it's not too much of a back-handed compliment to say that Albert Hammond Jr. surprised the hell out of me. I've been a pretty passive Strokes fan, having listened to their albums but never liking quite enough songs to add them to my collection, and never having gone out of my way to see them live. And while I wasn't overly anxious to hear what their guitarist would sound like on his own, I was at least curious to check out his first solo album, "Yours To Keep", when it came out in the UK last year. I didn't get a taste until I came across the first singles ("101 and "Everyone Gets A Star") on satellite radio, and was struck enough by them to look forward to his opening set for Bloc Party when they came through town in late March.

And I really, really liked it. It's fairly unavoidable to make comparisons to his other band, but I found the songs more instantly catchy, more dynamic, and was struck by how solid a singer Hammond Jr. is, especially considering his guitar-only role in the Strokes. He's also put together one seriously talented backing band, who added an energy to the material that already sounds pretty rockin' on the disc (which I picked up after it's domestic release in March). Bonus points for the Frank Black and Guided By Voices covers, as well as sharing a new song called "In My Room".

Here are the Mp3s of the set, during which you might here a commotion as some fool tries to storm the stage... and gets his ass handed to him by the 'event staff' before he even comes close. Ejection accomplished. Considering the ticket price for a Bloc Party show nowadays, I can't imagine that was money well-spent...



Albert Hammond Jr.

Live at the Orpheum
in Boston, Massachusetts
on Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

01. Everyone Gets A Star
02. In Transit
03. Old Black Dawning (Frank Black cover)
04. Bright Young Thing
05. In My Room (new)
06. 101
07. Holiday
08. Scared
09. Postal Blowfish (GBV cover)
10. Hard to Live (In the City)



Some added A.H.Jr. linkage...
  • His MySpace page, Wikipedia entry, and his Scratchie Records label page.

  • Mp3s: "101" (live on Conan O'Brien); "In Transit" (from "Yours To Keep").

  • Stream: Four songs on MySpace.

  • Video: There are two different clips for "101", with one that's mostly studio footage from the recording of the album, and another directed by Patrick Daughters that follows AHJ's sad, suited ghost. As usual, many more live clips can be found with a YouTube search.

  • Event site Hey Let's Go has re-christened itself as Going.com, and they're putting on some free concerts to mark the new branding. One of them is with Albert and his band, and takes place tomorrow, Thursday, May 10th, at the Hiro Ballroom in NYC. To RSVP for the free show, head here. You may have to sign up for the site first to view that page.

  • Albert Hammond Jr. will return to the road for a month-long headlining tour that starts May 20th in San Francisco, and winds up in NYC on June 18th. Boston's own The Dead Trees will offer their support for the entire tour, but unfortunately the closest they're coming to our area is a Northampton show on June 13th. There are some open dates near the end of the trip, so perhaps a Boston stop will show up at some point.

  • Guilty pleasure alert: Can't resist sharing my favorite Strokes song, which exists thanks to the mash-up skills of The Freelance Hellraiser. It's the collision of the Strokes' "Hard To Explain" with Christina Aguilera's "Genie In A Bottle". Mp3: Freelance Hellraiser - "A Stroke of Genie-Us".

  • Listen to all 'Nac-hosted tracks on the Hype Machine.

  • the post-script... If anyone has an issue with these Mp3s being made available, just say let me know (contact info in the 'nac faq). 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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