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wednesday and thursday

february 10th and 11th

the magnetic fields

laura barrett

@ the wilbur theatre

thursday, february 11th

v66 reunion

with rod & cones, big city rock,

the fools, o positive, animotion,

right turn, digney fingus, ernie boch jr.,

lizzie borden and the axes, & more

@ house of blues

thursday, february 11th

found audio

the first annual

the rockefeller fortune

boone

@ oliver's / cask 'n flagon

friday, february 12th

kings of convenience

franklin for short

@ the paradise

saturday, february 13th

one happy island

human hearts (with franklin bruno)

boy genius

free! @ toad, cambridge

saturday, february 13th

a benefit for haiti

the okay win

new son rising

the elevators

@ copperfields

saturday, february 13th

tegan & sara

holly miranda

@ the orpheum

sunday, february 14th

we were promised jetpacks

bad veins

royal bangs

@ the middle east downstairs

monday, february 15th

a benefit for haiti

with big bear, ketman,

chris brokaw, monique ortiz,

art decade, & the dirty dishes

@ the middle east downstairs

tuesday, wednesday, & thursday

february 16th, 17th, & 18th

3 nights with jonathan richman

@ the middle east upstairs

thursday, february 18th

editors

the antlers

@ house of blues

friday, february 19th

28 degrees taurus

el jezel

the broken river prophet

metal feathers

@ o'briens, allston

friday, february 19th

taken by trees

el perro del mar

@ the cambridge ymca theatre

saturday, february 20th

dawes

corey chisel & the wandering sons

jason boesel (rilo kiley)

@ great scott

monday, february 22nd

boy without god

ryan lee crosby quartet

the wailing wall

sleepy very sleepy

@ tt the bears

wednesday, february 24th

wild beasts

still life still

dj carbo

@ great scott

saturday, february 27th

hadoken (cd release)

caspian

irepress

slowest runner

@ tt the bears

monday, march 1st

rogue wave

@ the paradise

tuesday, march 9th

jet

crash kings

@ 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

wednesday, march 17th

joanna newsom

@ the sanders theatre, harvard

wednesday, march 17th

henry rollins (spoken word)

@ the somerville theatre

sunday, march 21st

the clientele

field music

@ great scott

saturday, march 20th

air

@ berklee performance center

thursday, march 25th

aloud

action camp

hello ninja

@ great scott

thursday, march 25th

the donnas

@ the paradise

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

@ 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

nada surf

@ the paradise

sunday, april 4th

serena maneesh

depreciation guild

@ tt the bears

tuesday, april 6th

wilco

@ the orpheum

wednesday, april 7th

florence & the machine

@ the paradise

wednesday, april 7th

rocky votolato

brooke waggoner

@ great scott

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

@ the paradise

saturday, april 10th

pissed jeans

confines

sqrm

@ great scott

monday, april 12th

the wedding present

play their 1989 lp 'bizarro'

with openers girl in a coma

@ the middle east downstairs

thursday, april 15th

red sparowes

doomriders

@ the middle east downstairs

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

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

@ the paradise

tuesday, april 20th

quasi

let's wrestle

@ the middle east downstairs

saturday, april 24th

los campesinos!

here we go magic

@ 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

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

monday, may 3rd

yeasayer

sleigh bells

@ the paradise

thursday, may 6th

shout out louds

@ the paradise

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

tuesday, may 25th

smittens

allo darlin'

one happy island

horrowitz

@ toad

wednesday, may 26th

reverend horton heat

cracker

miss derringer

@ the house of blues

wednesday, june 2nd

the national

@ the house of blues

friday, june 4th

brian jonestown massacre

@ the paradise

saturday, june 19th

james taylor

carole king

@ the garden

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Check, check... is this thing on? Anyone out there? If you're reading this, it means I've successfully overcome a severe case of blogger's block. Not that I haven't had anything to share - the opposite is true, actually - just that I've been stuck in a simple catch-22: When I'm in the mood to write, I lack the time, and when I find some time, I lack the mood. Wanting to spend all my non-work moments with A & B means my priorities are properly in order, but it sure keeps the 'Nac quiet.

My trip to ATP NY is partially to blame, as the time away and overwhelming amount of music through my brain (along with a demanding job schedule since my return) turned me into a homebody for a couple weeks there. But I've recovered, so I'll be sharing some words, and more importantly some sounds, from that incredible experience in the days to come. In the meantime, there are many ATPictures. And for now, a quick Sunday afternoon post. Check back tomorrow morning for a new live recording that I'm very, very psyched to be sharing up.

Also coming tomorrow is the first of two painful live music conflicts this week: While the Wedding Present will be downstairs at the Middle East, Stereolab are across the river at the Paradise. As much as I love the 'Lab and their best-in-awhile new album, my loyalty lies with with the Weddoes. Gedge and co. are well aware of the dueling shows, as they acknowledged it with a MySpace bulletin saying that Stereolab's set should be over before they start. But given that the doors to the Middle East open early at 7:30, and there's only one opening band (The Jealous Girlfriends), I have a tough time swallowing that one. Either way, I won't be risking the double-dip, so please refrain from telling me how great the Stereolab show was, k? I can't heeeaaaar yoooouuuu...

(and I can take some comfort in NYCtaper's wonderful recording of the band's NYC stop last Thursday).

There are now two Tim Middlewick-directed videos from the Wedding Present's "El Rey" album, so have a look...

Video: The Wedding Present -
"The Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend"

Video: The Wedding Present -
"Don't Take Me Home Until I'm Drunk"

Know what I love? The perfectly judicious use of tambourine in the above "The Thing I Like Best...". I don't think they're able to do that live, though. Maybe they'll let me handle that part tomorrow? I can both shake it and not break it.

And look what's going on just before the show, pretty nearby the club... Elephant Parade! With added zebra action. I'm so there.

Here, have some songs, all from albums that will be arriving in the coming weeks...

Eric Bachmann's Crooked Fingers gives us "Forfeit / Fortune" this week, and the preview track is...

Mp3: Crooked Fingers - "Phony Revolutions"

My own fingers are crossed in hopes that my pre-order of the album and accompanying DVD arrive in the next day or two. And by the way, Mr. Bachmann, the lack of a Boston-area date on your current tour schedule saddens me.

(an update - My deluxe edition of Crooked Fingers' "Forfeit / Fortune" arrived on Monday, a day ahead of the official date. Let's hear it for self-released shipping punctuality! Now that's service.)

+/- {Plus/Minus} releases "X's On Your Eyes" on October 21st thanks to Absolutely Kosher, and I've been fortunate to spend some serious time with it over the past couple weeks. Enough time to know it's my favorite +/- record yet, hands down. The preview cut is...

Mp3: +/- {Plus/Minus} - "Snowblind"

... and it's one of many, many great songs to be found within. I'm especially loving "Unsung", which I'm told I can share up in a couple weeks.

Here's a happy surprise that just arrived in my inbox: News from Planting Seeds Records of tomorrow's (digital) release of the debut EP from International Jetsetters. Why the happiness? Well, check this pedigree:

"International Jetsetters is an Oxford-based five piece. The band was formed in March 2007 by singer and guitarist Mark Crozer (The Jesus And Mary Chain) and bass player Bert Audubert. The line-up also features drummer Loz Colbert (The Jesus And Mary Chain, Ride), lead guitarist Paul Crozer, and vocalist Fi McFall."

Hey, it's Loz! Even without the added JAMC connection, that would rate instant addition to my playlist, and yours, too...

Mp3: International Jetsetters - "Inside Yourself"

International Jetsetters' six-song "Heart Is Black" EP arrives digitally tomorrow at Planting Seeds, and physically through the wonderful Darla Distribution on October 21st.

The Sea & Cake quickly follow up last year's "Everybody" with a new Thrill Jockey disc on October 21st entitled "Car Alarm", and with just a couple days of listening under my belt, I'm into it even more. It's still smooth S&C, but with an added energy that I found lacking from the previous album. Here's a preview, the title track...

Mp3: The Sea & Cake - "Car Alarm"

The Sea & Cake plays downstairs at the Middle East in Central Square, Cambridge on November 21st. Tickets here or at the MidEast box office from 1-7pm daily.

And here's a new song from the ever-transforming Labrador one-man band The Legends, who will release it as a single on November 5th...

Mp3: The Legends - "Seconds Away"

It is, of course, a catchy little number, but rather than the early-Cure electronic sparsity of their last album, we get a song about tryptizol covered in a crunchy coating of Flying-Saucer-Attack style fuzz. The single will also include the song "Over and Over" and its remix, and can be preordered here.

Well whaddya know, there's a video for a song from New Radiant Storm King's excellent new one, "Drinking in the Moonlight". Check out the Hollinsworth-directed clip right here...

Video: New Radiant Storm King - "Clouds Cover Everything"

A higher-rez version is here, and I also discovered a fun-with-microfiche video for "Quicksand Under Carpet" off their previous record, which I didn't even know existed. And here I thought I was a semi-knowledgeable NRSK fan. For shame.

The disbanded Hot Snakes have given us two new bands, and while we got the recorded debut of John Reis' Night Marchers last April ("See You In Magic" on Vagrant), we've only heard a couple live recordings from Rick Froberg's Obits. Until now. Discriminating record label Comedy Minus One has just shared up a song from the band's debut 7" on their MySpace and Facebook pages. Just use the embedded players to stream Obit's "One Cross Apiece", which will accompany "Put It In Writing" on the out-in-December 7". Another 7" will follow in January 2009, along with the band's debut full-lengther on Sub Pop shortly after.

Former Juno frontman Arlie Carstens has shared up some new (well, new to the internet, at least) recordings under his Ghost Wars banner: a song called "The Conductor" and a 4-track cover of Husker Du's "Divide & Conquer" (with Boston's own Drew O'Doherty on guitar). They join four other previously-shared songs.

Vermont band Farm's sophomore long player, titled "The Cave", will be out officially next Saturday, October 11th. While the trio doesn't have a Boston-area show scheduled yet, they'll be in Northampton, MA this Thursday, October 9th, opening for Grace Potter & the Nocturnals at the Pearl Street Ballroom. Stream some Farm sounds at their MySpace page.

Alright, little B is fast approaching the keyboard, so the time has come to post this sucker before he uea,djeioad014. Too late...

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