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boston area shows of note:


monday, october 6th

catfish haven

dead confederate

mean creek

the motion sick

@ tt the bears


monday, october 6th

the wedding present

the jealous girlfriends

@ the middle east downstairs


monday, october 6th

fleet foxes

frank fairfield

@ the somerville theatre


monday, october 6th

stereolab

le loup

monade

@ the paradise


tuesday, october 7th

liam finn

the veils

@ the paradise


wednesday, october 8th

lucinda williams

@ the orpheum


wednesday, october 8th

the opening night of

carrie fisher's one woman show

'wishful drinking'

@ the huntington theater (bu)


wednesday, october 8th

allison moyet

@ the wilbur theatre


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


friday, october 10th

kirsten a. malone

scholarship fundraiser

ho-ag

bone zone

tinsel teeth

cathy cathodic

@ the milky way


friday, october 10th

writer sarah vowell

7pm @ brookline booksmith


saturday, october 11th

the new year

dirty on purpose

tre orsi

@ the middle east upstairs


saturday, october 11th

les savy fav

passion pit

phil and the osophers

@ the middle east downstairs


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

janelle monae

@ 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

TOURFILTER DJ NIGHT

with dj's chris tourfilter

and bradley almanac

featuring only songs by bands

playing soon in the boston area

9pm @ river gods, cambridge


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

needy visions

@ tt the bears


friday, october 17th

jonathan richman

with drummer tommy larkin

@ the somerville theatre


saturday, october 18th

asobi seksu

the broken river prophet

@ tt the bears


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

annuals

live in-store performance

7pm @ newbury comics, newbury st.


tuesday, october 21st

minus the bear

annuals

sylvie

@ the wilbur theatre


tuesday & wednesday

october 21st & 22nd

billy bragg

@ the somerville theatre


wednesday, october 22nd

writer/expert john hodgman

6pm @ the coolidge corner theatre


wednesday, october 22nd

yeasayer

@ the paradise


wednesday, october 22nd

lyle lovett & john hiatt

(acoustic, on stage together)

@ the orpheum


thursday, october 23rd

robert fisher

(of willard grant conspiracy)

chris brokaw

drew o'doherty

@ the lily pad


thursday, october 23rd

lykke li

@ the paradise


thursday, october 23rd

deerhoof

experimental dental school

@ the middle east down


friday, october 24th

fujiya & miyagi

prototypes

@ the paradise


sunday, october 26th

scars on broadway

the duke spirit

@ 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

hotel cafe tour

with rachael yamagata, meiko,

thao nguyen, samanatha crain,

and jenny owen youngs

@ the paradise


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

matt and kim

best fwends

@ the middle east


monday, november 3rd

coldplay

@ the td banknorth garden


wednesday, november 5th

conor oberst +

the mystic valley band

@ the roxy


thursday, november 6th

the decemberists

loche lamond

@ the orpheum


friday, november 7th

"my name is bruce"

area theatrical premiere

with director/star bruce campbell

@ the kendall square cinema


sunday, november 9th

the hold steady

drive-by truckers

@ the orpheum


tuesday, november 11th

deerhunter

times new viking

the vivian girls

@ the paradise


wednesday, november 12th

the sea and cake

@ the middle east down


wednesday, november 12th

kings of leon

we are scientists

the whigs

@ the orpheum


thursday, november 13th

nicole atkins & the sea

salt & samovar

@ tt the bears


friday & saturday

november 14th & 15th

smashing pumpkins

@ the citi wang theatre


saturday, november 15th

scarce (cd release!)

wheat

triplethick

@ tt the bears


sunday, november 16th

centro-matic

@ the middle east


monday, november 17th

margot & the nuclear so and so's

@ tt the bears


tuesday, november 18th

m83

school of seven bells

@ the middle east down


thursday, november 20th

bishop allen

@ the middle east


friday, november 21st

robyn hitchcock

performing 'i often dream of trains'

@ the somerville theatre


saturday, november 22nd

sondre lerche

@ the paradise


sunday, november 30th

18th dye

devon williams

@ tt the bears


tuesday, december 2nd

nada surf

delta spirit

jealous girlfriends

@ the paradise


friday, december 5th

mercury rev

dean & britta

@ the paradise


saturday, december 13th

neil young

wilco

everest

@ the dcu center, worcester


sunday, december 14th

bon iver

@ the wilbur theatre


monday, january 5th, 2009

glasvegas

rails to russia

@ great scott


sunday, january 18th

frightened rabbit

@ great scott


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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Mp3s: Grand Archives in Allston, MA

Seattle-based Sub Pop signees Grand Archives are in the final week of North American tour that took them across the northern U.S. and into Canada before hitting Boston a couple weeks back. The show previous saw them in my hometown of Burlington, Vermont, making the most of a very tiny audience at Higher Ground (such is the risk of weeknight shows in college towns), so I, and they, didn't know what to expect from a Wednesday night at Allston's Great Scott. Happily, a plentiful and welcoming crowd filled the place, and infectious openers You Can Be A Wesley even got some of 'em in a dancing mood. I could tell that YCBAW brought lots of friends along, and it speaks loudly of them that they not only all hung around, but appeared to love every minute of the headliners' set.

I'll admit that I hadn't spent much time with Grand Archives self-titled, February-released debut (aside from picking a couple stand-out tracks for my last River Gods DJ set), but if I had, my presence at the show wouldn't have been in question. To say I'm glad I made it out is an understatement, as their layered, laid back, harmony-fueled set of pop-rock will probably end up on my year-end best-of-shows list. And I'm not alone... I've talked to more than a couple people since who say the same, and the smiles and gratitude from the stage makes me think it might end up on the band's own list as well.

The only real bummer of the evening was the absence of tourmate (and labelmate) Sera Cahoone and her band, who had to cancel when Sera came down with a nasty case of laryngitis the day before. Fortunately for NYC, she rested up after skipping Boston and Philly and was able to play down there a few days later.

For the uninitiated, Sera and Grand Archives frontman Mat Brooke were bandmates in Carissa's Weird with Ben Bridwell, and all three went on to start Band of Horses (Sera drummed and Mat played guitar on BoH's debut disc). Sera moved on to her solo project as Mat started up Grand Archives, and the whole fam damily wound up on Sub Pop. Got it? Good.

Here's the full Grand Archives Great Scott set, shared with Mat Brooke's blessing, which includes a couple fun covers and new songs, too. Enjoy...


Some Grand Archives links...
  • Their official site, MySpace page, Wikipedia entry, and Sub Pop label page.

  • Additional Audio: Sub Pop has shared Mp3s for two songs from the GA album:
    Mp3: Grand Archives - "Torn Blue Foam Couch"
    Mp3: Grand Archives - "Miniature Birds"
  • Photos: My Flickr-hosted shots are here. Prefix has lots of photos from the June 13th Bowery Ballroom show. Check out the full Grand Archives tag search, or the band's own photo collection on MySpace.

  • Video: The band made a video for the track "Miniature Birds" (.mov / youtube), and performed the song live in 107.7 The End's studio. One of the new songs above is "Liberty Bell", and you can watch a live performance of that here. Their network TV debut came in April on Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show, where they performed "Torn Blue Foam Couch". For more, try a full Grand Archives YouTube search.

  • Sound Bites was at, and wrote about, the GA Bowery Ballroom show a couple days later.

  • Upcoming tourdates: Just a handful of shows left on this tour, then a couple weeks off before the band plays the big Sub Pop 20th Anniversary Festival in mid-July...
    June, 24 2008 @ Santa Fe Brewing Co. in Albuquerque, NM
    June, 25 2008 @ Plush in Tuscon, AZ
    June, 26 2008 @ Casbah in San Diego, CA
    June, 27 2008 @ The Echo in Los Angeles, CA
    June, 28 2008 @ Slim's in San Francisco, CA
    July, 13 2008 @ SP20 Anniversary Fest at Marymoor Park, WA
  • Listen to any and all 'Nac-hosted Mp3s at the Hype Machine.

  • the fine print... If anyone has an issue with these Mp3s being made available, just let me know (my contact info in the 'nac faq). Live sets recorded with a Sony ECM-719 mic and a Sony MZ-RH10 minidisc, converted to .wav and then edited to 192kbps Mp3s. Files are made available for a limited time, and are not reposted once removed.

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