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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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Monday, February 23, 2009 Nac Anniversary Mp3s: Bedhead live in VT 1998 It dawned on me a few days back that the Almanac passed its 9th anniversary on Sunday, February 15th. Or at least that was the date, in the year 2000 (cheers, Conan), that I registered this here domain name. While it would be a couple years before the place morphed from a personal site into a bonafide blog, I started shouting my musical obsessions into this series of tubes from the get-go. To mark this minor occasion, I thought I'd share up what may be the most treasured live set I own, a document of one of my favorite bands on their last-ever tour. A performance and recording that, in a way, inspired me to do what I do... to share my own recordings with others who might find them as valuable as I find this one. I didn't record it myself, but I owe a debt of gratitude to the person who did. In late April of 1998, some friends and I made the long drive down route 7 from my then-hometown of Burlington, Vermont to Bennington College, about 120 miles straight south. Truthfully, the distance didn't matter, because the band performing was Bedhead. I was, and still am, deeply in love with their work, and to that point had never seen them play in person. I instantly adored all three of their three long players, still place them high in my desert island discs, and will forever follow the musical output of the brothers Kadane, whatever form it takes. Soundtrack work, collaborations, or with their current band, The New Year... I'm on board for any and all of it. It would take total hearing loss or their retirement to shake me loose.  By the time we showed up to the woody Bennington campus, it was already pitch dark, and we wandered aimlessly until a student directed us to the Carriage House, which was one not just in name, but formerly of function. The large open barn had no stage to speak of, just instruments on the floor at one end, and a relatively sparse crowd leaning against the walls during the opening band (who I believe featured the student who made this recording, but I've long since forgotten his name). After so many years listening to Bedhead, and the emotional impact their songs had on me, they'd become near-mythic figures... they seemingly resisted most press coverage, didn't have many photos out there, and their ultra-spare album artwork and minimal liner notes left an aura of mystery around them that bands rarely have nowadays. So when they walked up to their instruments that night, I was about as excited as I could have been. A let-down would have been easy, but it never came.Methodically, magically, the band played their entire latest (and unfortunately, final) album, "Transaction de Novo", from start to finish, track one to track nine, from the first note of "Exhume" to the last strains of "The Present"... and then proceeded to take requests for the rest of the set. From relative oldies "Haywire" and "Bedside Table" (the first Bedhead song I ever heard), to all-time personal favorite "What's Missing" (my request) and their seldom-played cover of Joy Division's "Disorder", it was far more than I could have hoped for. Two months after that show, I left Vermont for Boston. And two months after that, Bedhead broke up. While I've long traded for this set, I've never posted it to the 'Nac (preferring to only share what I record myself), so I took this opportunity to clean up the original, maximizing volume levels and doing some EQ work. I think it's a marked improvement over what's out there, so enjoy... Bedhead Live at Bennington College in Bennington, VT on April 20th, 1998 01. Exhume 02. More Than Ever 03. Parade 04. Half Thought 05. Extramundane 06. Forgetting 07. Lepidoptera 08. Psychosomatica 09. The Present 10. The Dark Ages 11. What's Missing 12. Haywire 13. Bedside Table 14. Disorder (Joy Division cover) 15. Losing Memories 16. The Rest Of The Day To learn more about the band that was Bedhead, visit their official site at Brainwashed, MySpace page, Wikipedia entry, and Touch & Go page. To stream the songs shared here, visit 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 (are usually) recorded with a Sony ECM-719 mic and a Sony MZ-RH10 minidisc, converted to .wav and then edited to 192kbps Mp3s. This set was recorded by someone else, but delivered to me on a cd made from the source files, edited, then converted to Mp3. Files are made available for a limited time, and are not reposted once removed.  |
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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music audiocasts
surf-worthy
- amie's flickr page
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- bridget's journal
- ckelly's ink
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- the great leap forward
- heath's media diet
- hedgehog's dilemma
- the icebox journals
- jim's flickr page
- jen's jenville
- jen's blossom
- joe sizzle's
- kimprobable
- march to the sea's musings
- marm0t's livejournal
- mickipedia!
- miller's memorables
- mishie's tear
- off on a tangent
- rsl's ostracons
- the shy turnip
- sooz's dot com
- steve's f.r.h.m.
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- boston.com
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- craigslist boston
- exploit boston!
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