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thursday, september 2nd
lou barlow + the missingmen
wye oak
the unfamiliars
@ the middle east upstairs
saturday, september 4th
mg lederman (ex-victory at sea) cd release show with
the wrong reasons
the beat awfuls
brant deatley
@ the plough & stars
sunday, september 5th
sweet apple
(w/j mascis on drums)
black helicopter
zombie radio
@ the middle east downstairs
sunday, september 5th
the milling gowns
what time is it, mr. fox?
faux ox
jaggery
@ harper's ferry
monday, september 6th
wallcreeper
@ charlie's kitchen
monday, september 6th
shellac
helen money
@ the middle east downstairs
tuesday, september 7th
tortoise
greg davis
ben vidas
@ the paradise
tuesday, september 7th
someone still loves you boris yeltsin
telekinesis
golden bloom
@ tt the bears
tuesday, september 7th
kele (from bloc party)
does it offend you, yeah?
@ the royale boston
wednesday, september 8th
hot hot heat
22-20s
hey rosetta!
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, september 8th
airborne toxic event (acoustic)
with the calder string quartet
@ the somerville theatre
thursday, september 9th
apple betty
this blue heaven
the backup factor
apollo run
@ tt the bears
friday, september 10th
i, pistol
black fortress of opium
the crushing low
@ precinct
friday, september 10th
the charlatans uk
sherlock's daughter
@ the royale boston
saturday, september 11th
school of seven bells
active child
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, september 11th
neutral uke hotel (nmh covers on ukelele)
the michael j. epstein memorial library
@ cafe 939, berklee
saturday, september 11th
28 degrees taurus
magic shoppe (record release!)
@ the rosebud
saturday, september 11th
jamie lidell
@ the royale boston
friday + saturday
september 11th + 12th
lots of bands, raising money for kids
over 2 days in canton, ma
sunday, september 12th
jarrod gorbel
(of the honorary title)
air traffic controller
@ great scott
sunday, september 12th
blondie
@ the house of blues
sunday, september 12th
vampire weekend
beach house
dum dum girls
@ the boa pavilion
monday, september 13th
dirty projectors
owen pallett (final fantasy)
@ the wilbur theatre
monday, september 13th
isobel campbell
mark lanegan
willy mason
@ the middle east downstairs
tuesday, september 14th
rush
@ the td garden
wednesday, september 15th
laura veirs + the hall of flames
the watson twins
led to sea
@ tt the bears
thursday, september 16th
of montreal
janelle monae
@ the house of blues boston
friday, september 17th
one happy island
kevin dunn
cotton candy
7:30pm @ the lily pad, cambridge
friday, september 17th
broken social scene
@ the house of blues
friday & saturday
september 17th & 18th
the 5th annual viva la vinal festival!
with live performances from
audrey ryan, kingsley flood,
this blue heaven, bridget + the squares,
the international string trio, & justin shorey
6-10pm on friday + 12-9 on saturday
@ somerville community growing center
on vinal ave. in somerville's union square
saturday, september 18th
pavement
jenny (lewis) + johnny (rice)
@ agganis arena
saturday, september 18th
wavves
@ brandeis university, waltham
sunday, september 19th
thee oh sees
the human tail
thick shakes
@ the magic room gallery, brighton
sunday, september 19th
caribou
holy fuck
emeralds
@ the paradise
monday, september 20th
girlfriends
carnivores
weekend dads
@ o'brien's
tuesday, september 21st
superchunk
versus
@ royale boston
tuesday, september 21st
basia bulat
the acorn
john shade
@ tt the bears
tuesday, september 21st
sea wolf (alex acoustic)
sera cahoone
patrick park
@ the middle east upstairs
wednesday, september 22nd
phantogram
railbird
@ the paradise
wednesday, september 22nd
david bazan
the mynabirds
@ tt the bears
wednesday, september 22nd
field music
@ great scott
thursday, september 23rd
aloud (album release party!)
st. claire
old jack
with special emcee
poet/author james caroline
@ church of boston
thursday, september 23rd
stars
wild nothing
@ the house of blues
thursday, september 23rd
!!! (chk chk chk)
fol chen
@ the royale boston
thursday, september 23rd
bettie serveert
meandjoancollins
the painted lights
@ tt the bears
friday, september 24th
eels
@ the royale boston
saturday, september 25th
teenage fanclub
@ the royale boston
saturday, september 25th
james
ed harcourt
@ the paradise
sunday, september 26th
come (reunited!)
wussy
@ tt the bears
sunday, september 26th
mr. sister (debut album release!)
coyote kolb
tallahassee
@ great scott
sunday, september 26th
mates of state
@ the paradise
monday, september 27th
rogue wave
midlake
peter wolf crier
@ royale boston
tuesday, september 28th
lcd soundsystem
sleigh bells
@ the orpheum
tuesday, september 28th
best coast
male bonding
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, september 29th
quilt
paper castles
toothache
@ the lilypad
wednesday, september 29th
foals
esben + the witch
@ the paradise
thursday, september 30th
mc frontalot
@ tt the bears
thursday, september 30th
menomena
suckers
@ the royale boston
thursday + friday
sept 30th + oct 1st
built to spill
revolt revolt
pretty & nice
@ the paradise
friday, october 1st
the tallest man on earth
s. carey (of bon iver's band)
@ the somerville theatre
friday, october 1st
ra ra riot
chikita violenta
we barbarians
@ the royale boston
saturday, october 2nd
gayngs
(with bon iver's justin vernon)
glasser
@ the paradise
saturday, october 2nd
film school
the depreciation guild
static of the gods
night fruit
@ tt the bears
sunday, october 3rd
the xx
@ the orpheum
sunday, october 3rd
tom tom club
caravan of thieves
tony castles
@ the paradise
sunday, october 3rd
lost in the trees
@ tt the bears
tuesday, october 5th
the vaselines
jeffrey lewis
@ the paradise
tuesday, october 5th
chapterhouse
ulrich schnauss
@ the middle east downstairs
tuesday, october 5th
ratatat
dom
@ the house of blues boston
wednesday, october 6th
gorillaz
@ agganis arena
wednesday, october 6th
the hold steady
wintersleep
@ the royale boston
thursday, october 7th
the walkmen
a.a. bondy
blood feathers
@ the royale boston
friday, october 8th
death
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, october 8th
fountains of wayne
marshall crenshaw (solo)
@ the paradise
friday, october 8th
bell x1 (acoustic)
@ the brattle theatre
saturday, october 9th
paul f. tompkins
@ the brattle theatre
sunday, october 10th
deerhoof
xiu xiu
father murphy
first show @ the paramount!
sunday, october 10th
miike snow
@ the house of blues
sunday, october 10th
primus
mucca pazza
@ the orpheum
tuesday, october 12th
ingrid michaelson
@ the house of blues
wednesday, october 13th
dead kennedys
@ the paradise
thursday, october 14th
the thermals
cymbals eat guitars
@ the paradise
thursday, october 14th
the morning after girls
the lovetones
the december sound
ghost box orchestra
@ tt the bears
friday, october 15th
nick lowe + his band
graham parker (solo acoustic)
@ the somerville theatre
friday, october 15th
jimmy eat world
@ the house of blues
friday, october 15th
bowerbirds
death vessel
@ tt the bears
friday, october 15th
belle + sebastian
@ the wang theatre / citi center
saturday, october 16th
deerhunter
real estate
casino vs. japan
@ royale boston
sunday, october 17th
the henry clay people
the dig
@ tt the bears
monday, october 18th
greg dulli
(afghan whigs/twilight singers)
first-ever solo tour
with opener craig wedren
(of shudder to think)
@ the brattle theatre
monday, october 18th
bad religion
the bouncing souls
@ the house of blues
monday, october 18th
the drums
the hairs
@ the paradise
monday, october 18th
phoenix
two door cinema club
wavves
@ agganis arena
tuesday, october 19th
massive attack
thievery corporation
@ the orpheum
wednesday, october 20th
the pains of being pure at heart
yuck
eternal summers
@ the paradise
wednesday, october 20th
helmet
@ the middle east downstairs
sunday, october 22nd
gary numan
rasputina
playing 'the pleasure principle'
@ the paradise
saturday, october 23rd
local natives
the ruby suns
union line
@ the house of blues
sunday, october 24th
woven bones
frankie rose & the outs
@ tt the bears
monday, october 25th
the corin tucker band
hungry ghost
darren hanlon
@ the paradise
wednesday, october 27th
a sunny day in glasgow
candy claws
@ great scott
wednesday, october 27th
black prairie
(members of the decemberists)
sarah jarosz
@ the middle east upstairs
thursday, october 28th
the tt's halloween bash
with members of mean creek + campaign
for real time (as talking heads)
john powhida (as todd rundgren)
preacher roe (as guided by voices)
@ tt the bears
friday, october 29th
frightened rabbit
plants and animals
the phantom band
@ the paradise
saturday, october 30th
hallelujah the hills
magic magic
boy without god
@ great scott
sunday, october 31st
florence and the machine
the smith westerns
@ the house of blues
monday, november 1st
blonde redhead
pantha du prince
@ the paradise
monday, november 1st
social distortion
lucero
frank turner
@ the house of blues boston
tuesday, november 2nd
junip (jose gonzales)
sharon van etten
@ the royale boston
tuesday, november 2nd
black mountain
the black angels
@ the paradise
wednesday, november 3rd
the dandy warhols
blue giant
@ tt the bears
wednesday, november 3rd
land of talk
suuns
little scream
@ tt the bears
thursday, november 4th
through sunday, november 7th
the international pop overthrow
4 nights @ pa's lounge
thursday, november 4th
matt + kim
javelin
@ the house of blues
thursday, november 4th
blitzen trapper
@ the paradise
friday, november 5th
guided by voices
blitzen trapper
@ the paradise
sunday, november 7th
drivin 'n cryin
@ tt the bears
monday, november 8th
clinic
the fresh & onlys
@ the paradise
tuesday, november 9th
the morning benders
@ the paradise
thursday + friday
november 11th + 12th
sufjan stevens
@ the orpheum
thursday, november 11th
shearwater
horse feathers
damien jurado
anais mitchell
@ the house of blues
thursday, november 11th
deer tick
@ the royale boston
thursday, november 11th
mumford & sons
cadillac sky
king charles
@ the house of blues
friday, november 12th
bottomless pit
black helicopter
chris brokaw
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, november 13th
roky erickson
@ the royale boston
saturday, november 13th
grinderman
(nick cave, warren ellis, + more)
@ the house of blues
sunday, november 14th
elizabeth mitchell (of ida)
and friends
(a children's show!)
4:30pm @ club passim
sunday, november 14th
man or astro-man?
@ the middle east downstairs
monday, november 15th
la roux
@ the house of blues
tuesday, november 16th
a night of springsteen covers
with chris keene (mean creek),
corin ashley, dave aaronoff,
brendan little, hilken mancini,
the dirty truckers, drew o'doherty,
and more to be announced
marking the release of the new
6-disk 'darkness on the edge of town'
box set @ tt the bears
tuesday, november 16th
the posies
brendan benson
aqueduct
@ the royale boston
wednesday, november 17th
cornershop
@ the middle east downstairs
thursday, november 18th
kate nash
@ the paradise
thursday, november 18th
bear in heaven
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, november 19th
township
the lights out
the organ beats
@ tt the bears
saturday, november 20th
delorean
lemonade
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, november 24th
idlewild
happy hollows
@ the middle east downstairs
thursday, december 2nd
director/actor kevin smith
@ the house of blues
saturday, december 4th
peter hook + the light
play joy division's "unknown pleasures"
@ the royale boston
saturday, december 4th
killing joke
@ the paradise
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Things mentioned and linked below include Swervedriver, Retribution Gospel Choir, Film School, The Night Marchers, Sea Wolf, The Jealous Girlfriends, Slowdive/Mojave 3's Neil Halstead, Rogue Wave, Nada Surf, Billy Bragg, Elbow, Sigur Ros, Ida, R.E.M., New Radiant Storm King, The Mountain Goats, Sebadoh, Silkworm, "The Wire", and Kids in the Hall.  New Boston area shows of note, from ye olde left hand column...
Nada Surf made an appearance on the Tonight Show last week to play "Weightless" (which, as Leno plugged, happens to appear on the "Heroes" soundtrack. Ah, sweet network synergy). The trio was augmented with an electric cello player and a keyboardist, filling out the sound nicely. Take a listen... Mp3: Nada Surf - "Weightless" (live on Leno)The band also did an acoustic performance and interview session for the newly-christened MySpace Transmissions recently as well. Another late night appearance last week was Billy Bragg's on Conan O'Brien, performing "I Keep Faith", off his upcoming "Mr. Love & Justice" disc. The performance was unlike anything you'll hear Bragg do again, as his backing band was Conan's own (minus regular drummer Max Weinberg), including the horn section. Here 'tis... Mp3: Billy Bragg - "I Keep Faith" (live on Conan)In the wake of Billy's recent opinion piece in the New York Times about internet royalties for musicians, he shares further thoughts in a dialogue with commenters at The Stalwart. Well worth a read. Also previewing tracks from an almost-out album was Elbow, who recorded a session at Maida Vale for BBC1, and stopped into Zane Lowe's show last week to share some of the results. Not sure how many songs they tracked in all, but two were played last Wednesday (stream here until tomorrow), and another Thursday (stream "One Day Like This" here for two more days). In addition to first single "Grounds For Divorce", they performed this one... Mp3: Elbow - "The Bones Of You" (live on BBC1)Elbow's fourth album, "The Seldom Seen Kid", is already out in the UK, and arrives on U.S. shores on April 22nd. Music Slut directs our attention to a YouTube video recording of a new Sigur Ros song that will likely/hopefully appear on their next album. Check out some new photos from the recording sessions of said album back in January here. Ida has shared a video for a song from their beautiful latest album, "Lovers Prayers". Head here for the Megan Holmes-directed clip for the song "The Weight of the Straw". I'm really enjoying "Accelerate", the almost-out new R.E.M. album, now streaming at iLike. As I said awhile back, I've found something worthwhile in most of their late-era records, but haven't been this instantly struck by one in many, many years, and I'm happily surprised. Whenever I hear the phrase "return to form", I fear contrived emptiness, potential trying-too-hard insincerity, but this one really sounds like R.E.M. just being R.E.M.. The songs, the production, the brevity, it's all working for me. And I'm very glad to be able to write that in 2008. Stream the entire thing here, and you don't even have to register to do it. Thanks to Jay @ Clicky Clicky for the heads up that there's going to be another New Radiant Storm King album later this year. Their last one, "The Steady Hand", was one of my faves of 2006, so I'm fairly eager to hear what they follow it up with. The band plays as part of a promising line-up at PA's Lounge on April 6th, with The Spanish Armada, Dr. Powerful (Ex-Polvo members within), and Bullpen Catcher (Ex-Kudgel within). Jay's update also allowed me to notice that the band shared an outtake from the "Winter's Kill" album on their MySpace page. Head there to hear "Doppelganger in Tow", along with three from "The Steady Hand" if you've never had the pleasure. The Phoenix's On The Download shares up three videos from the Mountain Goats appearance at Museum of Fine Arts Boston a couple weekends ago: The title track from "Heretic Pride", a Rodney Crowell cover, and a brand new song called "Sign Of The Crow". Again, I must warn you... turn your volume down before you head to that page, as all three videos auto-start at the same time with an advertisement. Back in August, Sebadoh's Lou Barlow said on his messageboard that the next reissue the band would be working on would be the excellent "Bubble & Scrape". Well, looks like the work's done, as a release date has been announced: The remastered and expanded "Bubble & Scrape" will arrive on May 5th via Sub Pop and Domino. Jason Loewenstein shared the full tracklisting here, and Barlow adds that the "Smash Your Head On The Punk Rock" reissue is planned, but that a reissue of "Weed Forestin'" is a bit up in the air. Fellow Silkworm fans should be keeping an eye on the production blog for the in-progress "Couldn't You Wait" documentary, as new content is regularly added. Video clips and photos from the creator's recent trip out to California was added last month, and earlier this month they shared interview video clips with Steve Albini, Jeff Tweedy, Stephen Malkmus, Henry Owings, and Brian Teasley. Great stuff, which you can also see here. In case you haven't seen the 4-minute trailer yet, have a look here. Click here to help fund the thing, if you've got Silkworm love and some spare dollars. Non-musical, but demanding the attendance of fans of HBO's now-ended, brilliant series "The Wire": A Harvard-hosted lecture and panel discussion on Friday, April 4th titled "HBO's 'The Wire': Racial Inequality and Urban Reality." Panelists will include Wire creator David Simon, Boston Police deputy superintendent and liaison to the homeless community Nora Baston, Columbia University's Sudhir Venkatesh, and Geoffrey Canada, the president of Harlem Children's Zone; William Julius Wilson of Harvard University will moderate the discussion, which starts at 5pm on Friday, April 4th. No registration is necessary, just arrive early enough to get in at 79 JFK Street near Harvard Square, Cambridge. And in case you missed it, read this interesting article over at Time.com titled "The Wire's War on the Drug War", written by Wire series writers David Simon, Ed Burns, Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos, and Richard Price. And on a completely different note, the no-longer-kids Kids in the Hall are touring again, and comedy saints be praised, one of their dates is in Boston. Yes, the Canadian quintet will be performing at the Citi Center (aka the Wang) on Thursday, April 17th, 2008, and I snagged myself 8th row tickets over the weekend. Get your own here, more details here. If your appreciation for Buffy the Vampire Slayer remains despite its absence (unless you're reading the comics), you might want to have a listen to this recording of last week's cast reunion at this year's Paley Fest. You can also watch video interviews with the cast on the night of the reunion here. Links to more coverage can be found at Pop Candy, or Whedonesque, of course. And lastly, for any Boston area readers, a reminder: If you're not doing anything tonight (aside from sleeping), I'll be on stage with four friends at the Abbey Lounge, playing the drums in Stratford Projects. It's the SP's first performance ever, and my first time behind the drums in quite awhile. Night owl's will appreciate that we hit the stage around 11:45pm, playing after St. Helena, who have been hosting a Tuesday night residency all month long. A little info on Stratford Projects -- we're led by current Sixth Great Lake and former Guppyboy / Essex Green member Michael Barrett on guitar and vocals, and along with my rusty drumming, Mike's wife Anna will be playing keyboards, Neil Cleary plays guitar, and former Jumproper Adam Boc is on bass.  Needless to say, after waking at 6AM to listen to the first Japan-hosted Red Sox game of the season, I'll be taking a nice nap before hitting the stage almost 18 hours later...  |
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