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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
am
@ 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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Thursday, December 11, 2008 The Thursday Fiver Gray, rainy, cold. Using the blog to fight the blahs...  It gives me great pleasure to type this: Swirlies are returning. Though they've never officially been away. After forming here in Boston in the early 90s, and remaining fairly active through '98, recorded output and live appearances have been sporadic at best for a decade. Their most recent shows were, I think, opening for Lilys over 4 years ago, after the release of the "Cats of The Wild Volume 2" album in '03. Been too long, although singer/guitarist Damon Tutunjian has kept them alive online by archiving all their recordings at his Sneaky Flute Music site. 2009 will bring their reemergence in the form of just a trio of live shows in late February, the last of which is here in Cambridge at the Middle East. According to a post on Lemmingtrail, original Swirlies Damon T. and Andy Bernick (bass, birdwatching) will be joined by Adam Pierce (Mice Parade, Bubble Core Records) on drums, Rob Laakso (Mice Parade, Diamond Nights, Amazing Baby) on guitar, and the one n' only Deb Warfield (Broken River Prophet, Shenzhou 5) on guitar, vocals, and keys. Hot damn, I say. As someone who reached heights of near-obsession during the band's first few years on Taang! Records, drove many collected miles to see them play (and was honored to be in a band that opened for 'em a couple times), then saw my already-high expectations blown away by the 1996 release of the "They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons" album (still among my favorite records of all time), the news that they'll be on stage in a couple short months does more than excite. In fact, it leads to crazy run-on sentences like that last one there. The dates, with guests to be announced, are... Thursday, Feb. 26th in Philly @ Johnny Brenda'sNote that says the MidEast Up, which translates to sell-out. A Saturday night? A hometown show after many years? You betcha. Tickets are already available here or at the Middle East box office (daily 1pm - 7pm, no service fees), so get with the gettin'. In the meantime, keep checking here for news of the overdue "Sneaky Flute Moods: A Tribute to The Swirlies" LP, which will be released for free via Archive.org. And if you are, heaven forbid, unfamiliar with Swirlies, grab a few tracks from this BV post, or grab even more from the official Swirlies audio page, which shares entire albums, including the aforementioned brilliant "TSTWYDITGWOTS", which contains... Mp3: Swirlies - "Sunn" (and allow me to offer up a prayer to the Swirlies setlist god... pleasepleaseplease play that song. amen.) The joyful news of the return of a fave is juxtaposed with the retirement of another: As you may have heard, Brooklyn quartet Dirty on Purpose has called it quits, and will bow out with a New Year's Eve show at NYC's Mercury Lounge (with friends A Place To Bury Strangers). Had the pleasure of seeing them a few times over the past few years, first in 2005 at TTs (which I recorded and shared with their blessing), and most recently opening for the New Year at the Middle East just two months ago. I recorded that set as well, and it came out beautifully, so I think I'll share it soon to mark the band's imminent stroll into the sunset. Grab some free DoP songs at RCRDLBL, and check out all other projects that DoP's members are involved with via links in this post at Hearsay. Fans and followers of seminal mid-70s Detriot pre-punk trio Death (who get the reissue treatment in February thanks to Drag City) would do well to check this excellent interview with drummer Bobby Hackney Sr. on the Solid State music blog of the Burlington, Vermont-based weekly Seven Days. A great read, especially for his reaction to the resurgence of interest in the band and their lasting influence (something he was almost entirely unaware of). The chat was triggered by a special occasion: Hackney's son, Bobby Jr., and his band Rough Francis got together to play a bunch of Death songs up in Burlington last weekend. Wish I could have been there. Recorded visual evidence of the show resides here. Buffalo Tom's Bill Janovitz chugs on with his freely downloadable "cover of the week" project, sharing up a couple more keepers: His takes on Springsteen's "One Step Up", and this week, a cover of Blondie's "Dreaming" that eases gently into the Stones' "Til Our Next Goodbye". There's a good story to go with that one, so check out the whole post. And if you're looking to download the tracks rather than stream them, here's your direct link. And bookmark that so I don't have to keep reminding you all winter. Sheesh. Your agenda this evening: Join me at PA's Lounge in Somerville for an ace lineup of truly talented local troubadours and noisemakers, headlined by a visiting luminary: Centro-matic's Will Johnson will finish off an evening that starts with our own Drew O'Doherty, follows with instrumental combo Empty House Cooperative (featuring Mr. David Michael Curry), and serves up a solo set from Chris Brokaw (who I now realize I can no longer call a "local", what with his recent relocation from Cambridge to NYC). Doors at 8:30, so get there on time to catch all the goodness. Having had to miss out on Centro-matic's recent Boston-area show, I'm grateful to be able to see Will play some of his stellar songs in person. Tomorrow: In honor of +/- {Plus/Minus} playing at the Middle East Upstairs this Saturday, I'll be sharing up a recording of their August appearance. As if you need further convincing to go.  |
midlake
two copies of their new cd
running until 9am on 2/12
david bazan + his band
live at tt the bear's place
in cambridge, mass.
on tuesday, october 20th, 2009
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