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saturday, march 13th
butch walker & the black widows
will dailey
@ the paradise
sunday, march 14th
a special screening of the
white stripes tour documentary
"under the great white northern lights"
free admission / prize pack drawing
10pm @ the otherside cafe
sunday, march 14th
carbon leaf
@ the paradise
monday, march 15th
one happy island
standard fare
summer cats
@ great scott
monday, march 15th
letting up despite great faults
the brother kite
plumerai
singing bridges
@ the middle east upstairs
tuesday, march 16th
bacchus king
croquet
cathy cathodic
the ugly fucklings
@ the middle east upstairs
wednesday, march 17th
joanna newsom
@ the sanders theatre, harvard
wednesday, march 17th
henry rollins (spoken word)
@ the somerville theatre
thursday, march 18th
apollo sunshine
drug rug
@ the paradise
friday, march 19th
i, pistol
mascara
planetoid
forgetful jones
@ tt the bears
saturday, march 20th
the whitehaus family blastfest
needy visions, manners,
morgan shaker, avi jacob,
and many more
@ cambridge ymca theatre
saturday, march 20th
air
am
@ berklee performance center
sunday, march 21st
the clientele
field music
@ great scott
thursday, march 25th
"thursday night alright!" with
the beatings
aloud
action camp
hello ninja
@ great scott
thursday, march 25th
the donnas
@ the paradise
friday, march 26th
eldridge rodriguez (the beatings)
ryan lee crosby
ted billings (age rings/hot protestants)
@ the somerville armory
friday, march 26th
basia bulat
marissa nadler
lady lamb the beekeeper
@ tt the bears
saturday, march 27th
your say party! we say die!
the new collisions
static of the gods (cd release)
@ tt the bears
saturday, march 27th
the big pink
a place to bury strangers
magic magic
@ the paradise
saturday, march 27th
spoon
deerhunter
@ the house of blues
sunday, march 28th
beach house
bachelorette
@ the paradise
monday, march 29th
the soft pack
nodzzz
beaters
@ great scott
tuesday, march 30th
shearwater
wye oak
hospital ships
@ tt the bears
tuesday, march 30th
manchester orchestra
the features
biffy clyro
o'brother
@ the paradise
wednesday, march 31st
japandroids
love is all
girlfriends
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, march 31st
miike snow
delorean
@ the paradise
wednesday, march 31st
a sunny day in glasgow
pants yell!
bearstronaut
@ great scott
thursday, april 1st
girls
dum dum girls
@ the paradise
friday, april 2nd
the xx
jj (late show only)
two shows @ the paradise
friday, april 2nd
drive-by truckers
lucero
langhorne slim
@ the house of blues
saturday, april 3rd
cassavettes
the grownup noise
kingsley flood (cd release)
spouse
@ the middle east upstairs
saturday, april 3rd
black rebel motorcycle club
alberta cross
@ the house of blues
saturday, april 3rd
nada surf
dawn landes & the hounds
@ the paradise
sunday, april 4th
serena maneesh
depreciation guild
black fortress of opium
@ tt the bears
tuesday, april 6th
wilco
@ the orpheum
tuesday, april 6th
ben fold & a piano
kate miller-heidke
@ the house of blues
wednesday, april 7th
florence & the machine
@ the paradise
wednesday, april 7th
rocky votolato
brooke waggoner
@ great scott
thursday, april 8th
faces on film
hands & knees
st. claire (cd release!)
mr. sister
@ tt the bears
thursday, april 8th
thom yorke + atoms for peace
flying lotus
@ the citi/wang theatre
friday, april 9th
midlake
@ the paradise
saturday, april 10th
xiu xiu
tune-yards
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, april 10th
ted leo & the pharmacists
obits
screaming females
@ the paradise
saturday, april 10th
pissed jeans
confines
sqrm
@ great scott
sunday, april 11th
fanfarlo
lawrence arabia
robert francis
@ the paradise
monday, april 12th
the wedding present
play their 1989 lp 'bizarro'
with openers girl in a coma
@ the middle east downstairs
monday, april 12th
titus andronicus
the babies
@ great scott
thursday, april 15th
jakob dylan with guests
neko case + kelly hogan
@ the wilbur theatre
thursday, april 15th
red sparowes
doomriders
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, april 16th
have nots (vinyl release!)
the appreciation post
razors in the night
wicked whiskey
the swaggerin growlers
@ tt the bears
saturday, april 17th
kaki king
an horse
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, april 17th
the morning benders
miniature tigers
@ tt the bears
sunday, april 18th
heavy trash (w/jon spencer)
the konks
the cobra-matics
@ tt the bears
sunday, april 18th
the thermals
past lives
@ the middle east downstairs
monday, april 19th
trans am
@ the middle east downstairs
tuesday, april 20th
owen pallett (aka final fantasy)
@ the ica boston
tuesday, april 20th
elvis costello & the sugarcanes
@ the orpheum
tuesday, april 20th
the low anthem
timber timbre
@ the paradise
tuesday, april 20th
quasi
let's wrestle
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, april 21st
the church
special 30th anniversary
acoustic career retrospective
@ the somerville armory
wednesday, april 21st through
wednesday, april 28th
the 8th annual independent film festival of boston
@ various boston area theatres
including the somerville + brattle
thursday, april 22nd
the mary onettes
@ great scott
saturday, april 24th
los campesinos!
here we go magic
@ the paradise
sunday, april 25th
harlem
@ the great scott
monday, april 26th
echo + the bunneymen
hatcham social
@ the paradise
wednesday, april 28th
gogol bordello
devotchka
jesse malin
st. mark's social
@ the house of blues
thursday, april 29th
frightened rabbit
@ the paradise
friday, april 30th
the everyday visuals
the lights out
the flying machines
aloud
@ tt the bears
friday, april 30th
corinne bailey ray
@ the house of blues
friday, april 30th
the album leaf
sea wolf
@ the paradise
wednesday, april 28th
little boots
dragonette
fan death
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, may 1st
white rabbits
here we go magic
@ the paradise
monday, may 3rd
yeasayer
sleigh bells
@ the paradise
tuesday, may 4th
gregory & the hawk
lady lamb the beekeeper
@ tt the bears
tuesday & wednesday
may 4th & 5th
public image ltd.
@ the royale (formerly the roxy)
wednesday & thursday
may 5th & 6th
jonsi (from sigur ros)
@ the house of blues
thursday, may 6th
shout out louds
@ the paradise
friday, may 7th
ok go
earl greyhound
robert francis
@ the paradise
saturday, may 8th
local natives
@ great scott
tuesday & wednesday
may 11th & 12th
dr. dog
deer tick
@ the paradise
thursday, may 13th
small brown bike
bridge and tunnel
your skull my closet
wallcreeper
@ great scott
saturday, may 22nd
killing joke
@ the paradise
tuesday, may 18th
spectrum (featuring sonic boom
from spacemen 3 + e.a.r.)
with the broken river prophet
@ the middle east upstairs
tuesday, may 25th
the smittens
allo darlin'
one happy island
hearts!attack
a smile and a ribbon
horowitz
@ the lizard lounge
wednesday, may 26th
reverend horton heat
cracker
miss derringer
@ the house of blues
friday, may 28th
mono
the twilight sad
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, june 2nd
kings of convenience
franklin for short
@ the paradise
wednesday, june 2nd
ryan bingham & the dead horses
@ tt the bears
wednesday & thursday
june 2nd & 3rd
the national
@ the house of blues
friday, june 4th
brian jonestown massacre
@ the paradise
friday, june 18th
reigning sound
movers & shakers
triplethick
@ tt the bears
saturday, june 19th
james taylor
carole king
@ the garden
sunday + monday
june 20th + 21st
isis
melvins
totimoshi
@ the paradise
thursday + saturday
august 19th + 21st
tom petty + the heartbreakers
my morning jacket
@ the comcast center
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 Midweek Music Miscellany Yeah, I'm still here. And still stuck in serious work-mode. But I've got five seconds to spare, so I'll dust this place off a bit and get down to it...  Congrats to the winners of the various contests I've run over the past couple weeks: Brian from Somerville got to check out Wye Oak at the Middle East (as did I, they were great, and I'll definitely be sharing up my recording). Ellen, also from S-ville, got the 7" and two tix to Taken By Trees at the MFA. And Roxbury resident Beth and a friend should be joining us (and you?) to see Syme tonight at the Paradise Lounge. For an idea of what we're in for, have a listen to this live Syme set and interview over at Jamnow. Heads up: The Night Marchers are coming to town, and pre-sale tickets are on sale now. In case you missed my recent mention of these guys, it's the new project from former Rocket From The Crypt / Hot Snakes / Drive Like Jehu genius John Reis and Snakes bassist Gar Wood. The band will make their Boston-area debut at the Middle East Upstairs on Thursday, May 8th, and in a space that small it's a guaranteed sell-out. While Ticket&$*#er tix go on sale at 10am tomorrow right here, you can buy pre-sale will-call tickets here at this very moment. Go go go. For you non-Bostonians, more tour dates are here. As if I wasn't already a proud enough papa, my little 8-month old rocker-in-training was totally digging on The Clash Live: Revolution Rock Monday night on PBS. The documentary, comprised primarily of killer live footage from throughout their existence (from small clubs to Shea Stadium), was pretty damn thrilling, and most of the songs had little B doing the pogo in my lap. If you want to do some mini-moshing of your own, Boston-area PBS station WGBH will re-air the doc Thursday at 2:30am and Friday night at 10:30pm (other airdates and cities listed here), or you can pick up the DVD release with lots of extra Clash content on April 15th. And oh, sweet irony: Joe Strummer sings "... gimme Sony, so cheap and real phony" on a DVD that's brought to you by, you guessed it, the Sony/BMG/Epic megacorp. And that's the promo clip they're using, a fantastic performance of "The Magnificent Seven" on Tom Snyder. Crucial viewing. Major props to Timedoor for shining a little spotlight on one of my old-skool Boston faves, Scruffy the Cat. Looks like the four mp3s that they shared are down, but they link a video for "Oh Baby" that you should check out. Loved those guys, and they were a staple of Randy and my late-80s WWPV radio show. And now I've got "You Dirty Rat" in my head. Boston's own Boy in Static did an eight-date tour with Freezepop last month, and are starting to share some live video from the trip. The first clip is for a new song, "Osaka", recorded live in Indianapolis. I owe Ashley and her guest DJ spot at WMBR (when she played "Where It Ends") for turning me on to BiS big-time. On this gray, rainy March day, listening to some Idaho suits me just right. Got me thinking that we could really use some new stuff from Mr. Jeff Martin, but for now we can settle for a two-disc re-release of his Forbidden EP and Alas full-length, which includes a bunch of extra tracks that he recorded 10 years back with friend John Voscamp. Idaho just wrapped up a European tour last week with lots of dates in Germany and France, and I'm optimistic we'll see some U.S. dates in the first half of this year. According to the Idaho message board, Jeff misses playing Boston, and says a show here in "early '08 should work out". Fingers crossed that was more than wishful thinking. For your own Idaho fix, check out some YouTube videos of a live performance at the Knitting Factory in 1996, including "Skyscrape", "Stare At The Sky", and "Get You Back". You can also grab some Idaho rarities from the excellent Sliding Past fansite (just click the Unreleased link there). Despite the fact that I haven't enjoyed much of their work over the past couple, um, decades, and have little patience left for pretension, I went and checked out the new "U23D" IMAX film based on several strong recommendations and lots of hyperbole. Well, add me to the list of the totally impressed. I was completely floored by the visuals, and even blown away by the audio -- surround sound used better than I'd ever heard it -- if the camera was center-stage, you hear the guitar from your right, bass from your left, drums behind you, vox right next to you. As the camera floats away, the sound pans perfectly, the crowd surges as you dip in and out of it. Totally intense. "Immersive" is the word I've seen thrown around the most, and it's true. My words really can't do the experience justice (try Eliot Van Buskirk's Wired review for better words), and honestly, even if you're U2-averse, you should see this thing just to dream of your favorite bands captured in this way. It will be many, many years before this kind of experience can be had in your living room, so make the effort to get out there to an IMAX theater and see it. Hot damn, at last we've got new music from The Notwist, courtesy of City Slang... The Notwist's "The Devil, You + Me" is out in the UK in May, and in the US the following month. I'll end with a little viewer's vent: From the very first episode, aired on June 2nd, 2002, I've been a seriously and emotionally-invested fan of The Wire. Even with my Tivo, it became must-watch-that-night television, until the fourth year, when I tried a little experiment -- I somehow mustered up the willpower to record and save every episode of season 4, and when it was over, I had my own little Wire weekend, watching all 13 hours over the course of 2 days. And it was glorious. Like devouring the best page-turner in one sitting, I lost myself in it, and was a perfect wreck when it faded out. So I decided to do the same this year, for the fifth and final story, which started unfolding in January. The last episode ever, the 10th of this season, airs this Sunday on HBO. And shortly after that, my 10-hour marathon begins. So why is this a vent when I've got such a guaranteed good time ahead? Well, thanks to certain entertainment sites, a couple of major plot points have been totally blown for me, in headlines. You read that right. As the Wire's popularity increased and peaked in this final year, avoiding spoilers became more difficult, but not impossible -- I just skipped every article and review. But avoiding headlines? Those shi*tbirds. To quote Clay Davis: "Sheeeeeeiiit."  |
sparklehorse
live at the paradise
in boston, mass.
on monday, february 26th, 2009
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