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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

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Monday, August 27, 2007

Heads Up Boston: Area Show Info

Details on some upcoming not-to-be-missed shows here in the Boston area, including appearances by Kevin Drew (of Broken Social Scene), Ryan Walsh (of Hallelujah the Hills), Bob Mould, Kristin Hersh, Tanya Donelly, Sleepyhead, the Cure, and non-musically but no less noteworthy, Monty Python's Michael Palin...

First, the secret show that is now anything but: Yes, in the past few days you've probably heard that Kevin Drew & Co. will be playing at TT the Bears in Cambridge, MA tomorrow night, at a MySpace-sponsored free show that will be absolutely mobbed. Any self-respecting Boston-area music blogger could not resist the pull of posting about this one immediately, regardless of how much they wanted to keep the word from spreading for slightly selfish reasons (not that it ever crossed my mind, no, um, not at all).

Not sure which of Drew's Broken Social Scene compadres will be making up the band (Mr. Canning, probably?), but I do hope that American Analog Set's Andrew Kenny is part of this particular incarnation, as I've read elsewhere. Be nice to see him on stage again.

And a special opener for the free show was announced over the weekend: Ryan Walsh of Boston's own Hallelujah the Hills will be playing first with a rare solo set. Considering the event, it's not like I have to tell anyone to arrive early (doors are at 7pm), but at the very least, pay close attention early.

Unfortunately for those with inescapable day jobs, the free admission wristbands will be given out starting at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at TTs (with no lineups before 1pm, so there will be many of us milling about looking like we're, uh, not trying to form a line). And, oddly enough, there are no cameras or cameraphones allowed in the show, which clashes with BSS's historical anything-goes attitude (and perhaps also clashes with the law: I'm not sure cellphones can be banned due to safety issues)... so I assume it's a misguided MySpace "control the image" policy. Gotta keep those precious pictures for their own site, right? Ah, corporate tomfoolery at its finest. It'll be interesting to see what happens when the first cellphones start snapping as the band takes the stage.

And an event that is guaranteed to be untouched by silly corporate hands: Ticket details for the amazing Kristin Hersh + Tanya Donelly team-up shows at the esteemed Brattle Theatre in Cambridge were posted on their site over the weekend, and here's the skinny: Tix for both of the Saturday, October 6th shows (a 5:30 one and an 8:30 one) go on sale this Saturday, September 1st, exclusively through the Brattle website, but not at their ticket window. And although the Brattle site says you can get them via the excellent Virtuous online outlet, that's since been changed. They'll be $30 each for general admission, or you can spring for the $100 'premium seats', which gets you into both shows, probably in the first few rows, along with 'special goodies' that will be announced later (a live recording, maybe?). Money's tight lately, but I'm not sure I can resist, especially with K & T sharing the stage for some (Throwing Muses!) songs in addition to their own solo sets. Can't miss a moment.

Mr. Bob Mould is performing a special short acoustic set at the small-ish Paradise Lounge on Monday, November 5th, after which he'll be providing the 'A' part of a 'Q&A' session, and we the audience will be providing the 'Q's. Following that, we get a screening of his new concert DVD, "Circle of Friends", which captures a 2005 full band show. And what a full band it was, with Richard Morel, Jason Narducy, and Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty. The DVD includes interviews with all involved, and what I'm sure is an amazing 22-song set that covers all of Mould's songwriting career, including Sugar and Husker Du songs. The full tracklisting and a great live clip of "A Good Idea" from the DVD are here, and tickets for Bob's appearance can be found here (scroll down), but won't be for long I'd wager.

You can pre-order your own copy of Bob Mould's "Circle Of Friends" live DVD here. Oh, and his next album will be out in January 2008 on Anti-Records. It marks his first solo release since 2005's excellent "Body of Song".

After a long absence, former NYC and now West Roxbury-based trio Sleepyhead is returning for a show, hopefully the first of many, and it's in Cambridge at the Middle East on Saturday, September 29th with +/-, Moools, and my pals the Broken River Prophet. On their MySpace page, the band shares the news that they're almost done their 5th album, which should be out in early 2008.

The one and only Michael Palin will be doing a reading at the First Parish Church Meetinghouse in Harvard Square on Friday, September 7th, from his new book, "Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years". This is a personal can't-miss, and my dad (who is responsible for my early Monty Python appreciation), is coming into town to see it with me. The event, which is being presented by the Harvard Bookstore, will no doubt sell out, and details on getting the $5 tickets (which are also good for $5 off at the store) can be found here. (thanks to Mike for the early heads up). As of a couple days ago, tickets were remarkably still available.

Here's what is maybe my favorite Palin bit, from Monty Python's 1980 "Contractual Obligation" album...

Mp3: Michael Palin (Monty Python) -
"The Martyrdom of St. Victor"

And lastly, yes, the big Fall 2007 tour from the Cure has now become the big Spring 2008 tour. All dates, including the planned September 25th stop at the Agannis Arena here in Boston, were completely canceled and will be eventually rescheduled, for the slightly sketchy reason that they need more time to finish their long-awaited next album. If that is, in fact, the real reason for the postponement, it seems to me that Robert probably shouldn't have scheduled a tour until the record was in the can. The official Cure site is abuzz with sad, sorry tales of woe, of thousands of dollars wasted in non-refundable hotel and airline costs, many from Brits who have waited so long for a visit from the band that they sprung for overseas trips. Hey, Cure fans don't need more reasons to mope, thank you very much. That next album had best be a damn good one, or I predict torch-waving mobs surrounding Mr. Smith's castle tower.

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