bradley's almanac - a boston music blog

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

Saturday, December 08, 2007

Saturday Music Miscellany

A quiet week here at the 'Nac nears its end. Dad time and work-related chaos combined to keep me too busy to share up a new live show (Film School's on deck), but I do want to mention a few things now that I've got a little spare weekend time...

I'll be spinning a set of songs to kick off the 2007 Bazaar Bizarre tomorrow (Sunday the 9th) at the Cyclorama in the Boston Center for the Arts on Tremont Street. Fellow DJs include Mission of Burma/Consonant guy Clint Conley, mixmaster Mark E. Moon, organizer/Critiquess Stacie Slotnick, musician and TT's soundguy Elio Deluca, and WMBR DJ/documentary filmmaker Generoso Fierro, along with theremin-specialist Jonnie Spaceman, who will be doing his thing throughout. Needless to say, I'm honored to be in such company, and I've decided to play some of my favorite songs of 2007, so show up at Noon tomorrow to listen while you browse and buy.

Tickets for a couple of potential sell-out Boston-area shows went on sale this morning, so heads up: Editors are playing the Orpheum with Hot Hot Heat & Louis XIV on Saturday, January 19th, and Band of Horses will be at the Paradise on Wednesday, January 23rd. Head here for Editors tix, and here BoH.

Even though I've already bought my own copy of the beautiful new Sigur Ros documentary/concert film Heima, I'm glad to learn that we're finally getting our own big-screen showing here in the Boston area. Kendall Square Cinema will be screening the film on Wednesday night, December 19th, at 8pm. It's truly a film that deserves projection and surround sound, and tickets can be purchased here (thanks for the heads up, Mike).

Putting my audience recording of their TT's debut to shame, The Soft Drugs' TW Walsh has made some soundboard Mp3s available from the band's recent set at the Middle East Upstairs (with the One AM Radio and Maritime). Download all 8 songs here. There's a link to a full .zip file at the bottom of that list.

Another excellent full live set: nycTaper has downloadable Ted Leo and his Pharmacists at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn just a few days ago. (updated: nyctaper now has the third night of Yo La Tengo's Hannukah shows up for grabs. Guests include Jim James of MMJ and members of the dBs, who opened up. Nice.)

Alright, as long as I'm on the subject of live music, a Santa Cruz-area music fan named Nicholas Taplin is making his concert recordings available for streaming online, and they include a Shins show from way back in March of 2001. There are a ton more sets available, although admittedly I've only heard of a couple of the bands listed. But if you were in Santa Cruz between 1999 and 2004, it's probably a goldmine. (via oldmancrews)

The DVD for the highly-praised, music-infused film Once (trailer) arrives on December 18th, and while I've yet to see it, it's up in my Netflix queue. I've heard enough good things from people I trust that I'm sufficiently curious. Co-stars Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova performed many shows this year as the Swell Season, playing songs from the film as well as a Pixies cover. Here's an Mp3 of their version of "Cactus", which was broadcast from Washington, DC's 9:30 club back in July courtesy of NPR Music...

Mp3: The Swell Season - "Cactus" (live Pixies cover)

Head here for the rest of the NPR set, and check out a video for the song "Falling Slowly" here.

Snowden's Jordan Jeffares lets us know that he's working on new stuff (while hibernating in Chicago), and directs us to some excellent Snowden Christmas songs that the band recorded a few years back.

More holiday action: Boston's Aberdeen City has shared up the Christmas single (which includes a cover of "Just Like Christmas" and a mellow version of their "God Is Gonna Get Sick Of Me") that they released last year for free over here. And their label, Dovecote Records, has posted a special free downloable EP featuring J. Gale Kilgore covering songs by five other Dovecote artists, including the aforementioned Aberdeen City, Tim Williams, Mason Proper, Bad Veins, and Don the Reader.

That reminds me, I should have mentioned that A.C. posted a new songs on their MySpace page while back. Go stream or download Aberdeen City's "Whose Blood Is It?" here.

The Village Voice's Sound of the City blog featured Tara Jane O'Neil last week as part of their Possibly 4th Street series. Head over there for two Mp3s and a video of TJO performing live behind Manhattan bar Max Fish: "Sunday Song" and Michael Hurley's "New River Blues".

More new stuff: Travels has another new demo called "Bones" shared on their MySpace page.

TT the Bears' bartender extraordinaire Jeanne was recently diagnosed with cancer, and the club is hosting some benefit shows this month to help out with her accumulating expenses. Y'know all those times that the singer on stage said "tip your bartenders generously", and you didn't? Now's your chance to make up for it in the best way, so bring a little extra cash to these shows in addition to the ticket price. The first show happened a couple days ago, and here are the lineups for the rest....

Friday, December 21st: The Shods, The Pills, Ad Frank, the Downbeat 5, Joyce & Chick of Scarce, the Auto Interiors, and Jonny Pape

Friday, December 28th: The Gravel Pit, Francine, Baker, the Douglas Fir, and Jules Verdone

Saturday, December 29th: Buffalo Tom, Thalia Zedek, Meghan Toohey, and Keys to the Streets of Fear

It's been a long while since a couple of those bands have played shows, and a little while since Buffalo Tom was on a stage that small. Good times for a good cause. Tix for each of these benefits, and for all upcoming TTs shows, are available here.

Last week I mentioned that someone had taped and shared a recording of the House of Love playing the entirety of their debut album in London a few months back, and the kind taper gave his ok for me to post one of the tracks as an Mp3 here. After the band ran through the tracks on the full-length, they tacked on a few old faves and closed out the show with a song written during the same time period, but never recorded. Here's the relative rarity...

Mp3: The House of Love - "You've Really Got A Hold On Me"
(live at Koko, London, 13th September 2007)

I have no idea how the public radio show Fair Game had fallen under my radar for so long, but no longer. The wonderful Faith Sallie hosts the program, and their music archive plays host to many mp3s from in-studio guests including Andrew Bird, Kevin Drew & Brendan Canning, and Maritime. Drew & Canning's recent appearance even included a New Order cover...

Mp3: Kevin Drew & Brendan Canning - "Age of Consent"
(live New Order cover on Fair Game, 11/28/07)

Head here for much, much more.

Going to wrap this one up with a few visual-medium related tidbits...

I've just been informed that a movie called "The Lonely Maiden" has been filming just around the corner from my house. Who's in it? Only ~~Filliam H. Muffman~~ William H. Macy, Morgan Freeman, and Christopher freakin' Walken. Around the corner.

Picked up the just-released box set of The Wire Season 4 on the cheap this week, even though every detail from that most recent storyline is still burned deeply into my brain. But I must own it, as I do the other brilliant three seasons. And I was mightily impressed, but not terribly surprised, to see that Barack Obama named it as one of his favorite television programs of all time. If he didn't already have my vote, he might have it for that alone. No surprise: Hillary's choices look like they were picked by a focus group, straight from the top of the Nielsen ratings.

Joss Whedon and Jaime Paglia are coming to town on Friday, December 14th. Town being Cambridge, Mass. Now, you likely know who Joss Whedon is, and Paglia is the executive producer/co-creator of the Sci-Fi Channel's underrated but utterly charming series Eureka. The two writers will be here as part of a Harvard Square rally for their striking Writer's Guild of America, where they'll be joined by fellow members (including the Daily Show's Rob Kutner and some of his crew), and they're encouraging fans and supporters to show up and add to the cause. That's noon on Friday the 14th at the First Parish Church at the intersection of Mass. Ave and Church Street in Cambridge. Harvard Square's Pandemonium Books & Games in has offered space for people to make their own picket signs for the event. More details on the gathering here.

Since it's the gift-giving season, and as my brain is firmly focused on baby-centric presents (thanks to the little B and nephew J), I thought I'd throw in a little plug for some perfect young-kid-appropriate items. Two children's books have warmed up our boy's world: Kristin Hersh's story of lil' Toby Snax, and James Kochalka's Squirrelly Gray. And for the soundtrack? Any of Liz Mitchell's (of Ida) sweet and charming "You Are My..." collections of children's songs. You can also get kid-sized t-shirts and onesies for both Toby Snax and Liz's stuff. And to any friends with youngsters reading this, try to act surprised when you open them on your little one's behalf.

In closing: Sunday. Noon. Bazaar Bizarre. You. Me. Music. Gifts. Go.

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