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saturday, march 13th
butch walker & the black widows
will dailey
@ the paradise
sunday, march 14th
a special screening of the
white stripes tour documentary
"under the great white northern lights"
free admission / prize pack drawing
10pm @ the otherside cafe
sunday, march 14th
carbon leaf
@ 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
tuesday, march 16th
bacchus king
croquet
cathy cathodic
the ugly fucklings
@ the middle east upstairs
wednesday, march 17th
joanna newsom
@ the sanders theatre, harvard
wednesday, march 17th
henry rollins (spoken word)
@ the somerville theatre
thursday, march 18th
apollo sunshine
drug rug
@ the paradise
friday, march 19th
i, pistol
mascara
planetoid
forgetful jones
@ tt the bears
saturday, march 20th
the whitehaus family blastfest
needy visions, manners,
morgan shaker, avi jacob,
and many more
@ cambridge ymca theatre
saturday, march 20th
air
am
@ berklee performance center
sunday, march 21st
the clientele
field music
@ great scott
thursday, march 25th
"thursday night alright!" with
the beatings
aloud
action camp
hello ninja
@ great scott
thursday, march 25th
the donnas
@ the paradise
friday, march 26th
eldridge rodriguez (the beatings)
ryan lee crosby
ted billings (age rings/hot protestants)
@ the somerville armory
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
magic magic
@ 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
cassavettes
the grownup noise
kingsley flood (cd release)
spouse
@ the middle east upstairs
saturday, april 3rd
black rebel motorcycle club
alberta cross
@ the house of blues
saturday, april 3rd
nada surf
dawn landes & the hounds
@ the paradise
sunday, april 4th
serena maneesh
depreciation guild
black fortress of opium
@ tt the bears
tuesday, april 6th
wilco
@ the orpheum
tuesday, april 6th
ben fold & a piano
kate miller-heidke
@ the house of blues
wednesday, april 7th
florence & the machine
@ the paradise
wednesday, april 7th
rocky votolato
brooke waggoner
@ great scott
thursday, april 8th
faces on film
hands & knees
st. claire (cd release!)
mr. sister
@ tt the bears
thursday, april 8th
thom yorke + atoms for peace
flying lotus
@ the citi/wang theatre
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
screaming females
@ the paradise
saturday, april 10th
pissed jeans
confines
sqrm
@ great scott
sunday, april 11th
fanfarlo
lawrence arabia
robert francis
@ the paradise
monday, april 12th
the wedding present
play their 1989 lp 'bizarro'
with openers girl in a coma
@ the middle east downstairs
monday, april 12th
titus andronicus
the babies
@ great scott
thursday, april 15th
jakob dylan with guests
neko case + kelly hogan
@ the wilbur theatre
thursday, april 15th
red sparowes
doomriders
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, april 16th
have nots (vinyl release!)
the appreciation post
razors in the night
wicked whiskey
the swaggerin growlers
@ tt the bears
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
heavy trash (w/jon spencer)
the konks
the cobra-matics
@ 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
timber timbre
@ the paradise
tuesday, april 20th
quasi
let's wrestle
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, april 21st
the church
special 30th anniversary
acoustic career retrospective
@ the somerville armory
wednesday, april 21st through
wednesday, april 28th
the 8th annual independent film festival of boston
@ various boston area theatres
including the somerville + brattle
thursday, april 22nd
the mary onettes
@ great scott
saturday, april 24th
los campesinos!
here we go magic
@ the paradise
sunday, april 25th
harlem
@ the great scott
monday, april 26th
echo + the bunneymen
hatcham social
@ 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
the everyday visuals
the lights out
the flying machines
aloud
@ tt the bears
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
saturday, may 1st
white rabbits
here we go magic
@ the paradise
monday, may 3rd
yeasayer
sleigh bells
@ the paradise
tuesday, may 4th
gregory & the hawk
lady lamb the beekeeper
@ tt the bears
tuesday & wednesday
may 4th & 5th
public image ltd.
@ the royale (formerly the roxy)
wednesday & thursday
may 5th & 6th
jonsi (from sigur ros)
@ the house of blues
thursday, may 6th
shout out louds
@ the paradise
friday, may 7th
ok go
earl greyhound
robert francis
@ the paradise
saturday, may 8th
local natives
@ great scott
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
saturday, may 22nd
killing joke
@ the paradise
tuesday, may 18th
spectrum (featuring sonic boom
from spacemen 3 + e.a.r.)
with the broken river prophet
@ the middle east upstairs
tuesday, may 25th
the smittens
allo darlin'
one happy island
hearts!attack
a smile and a ribbon
horowitz
@ the lizard lounge
wednesday, may 26th
reverend horton heat
cracker
miss derringer
@ the house of blues
friday, may 28th
mono
the twilight sad
@ the middle east downstairs
wednesday, june 2nd
kings of convenience
franklin for short
@ the paradise
wednesday, june 2nd
ryan bingham & the dead horses
@ tt the bears
wednesday & thursday
june 2nd & 3rd
the national
@ the house of blues
friday, june 4th
brian jonestown massacre
@ the paradise
friday, june 18th
reigning sound
movers & shakers
triplethick
@ tt the bears
saturday, june 19th
james taylor
carole king
@ the garden
sunday + monday
june 20th + 21st
isis
melvins
totimoshi
@ the paradise
thursday + saturday
august 19th + 21st
tom petty + the heartbreakers
my morning jacket
@ the comcast center
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Saturday, February 14, 2009 So Many New Boston Sounds Lots of great stuff coming out of Boston lately, some recently released, some arriving soon, and all with sample mp3s below for our/your aural pleasure. Only a month or so into the year, and I'm already pretty confident that '09 will trump '08 when it comes to new local faves. Listen to and love new album tracks from The Hush Now, Logan 5 and the Runners, a brand new single from Boy In Static, an exclusive teaser from You Can Be A Wesley's long-awaited debut disc, and a special Valentine's Day cover from Somerville duo Travels...  As I write this, I'm at a table at TT the Bears, where in just a couple of hours The Hush Now will be officially celebrating the release of their self-titled debut. For some background on the band, who have gone through both a relocation and a lineup change on their way to the TT's stage tonight, check out a new interview at my compatriot Clicky Clicky, and do yourself a favor and download the entire album for free, right here. While CC likens their sound to Poole and The Ocean Blue, I swear at times they're ringers for a sonically-improved Fudge, and that's high praise indeed. If you aren't convinced to go grab the full-length yet, here's a taste that should seal the deal... Stream some more at MySpace, although I don't know why you'd do that, because hey, free album download. Also celebrating the arrival of their lovingly haunting (hauntingly lovely?) new album is the heartcore (did I just invent that? doubt it.) duo Travels, the oft-mentioned (by me) combo that joins Mona from Victory at Sea with Anar from Metal Hearts, who will be playing this Saturday at PA's Lounge in Somerville. "The Hot Summer", their second self-released full-length, is here to warm us in the middle of a long, cold winter, and it is perfectly fitting that the release party comes on Valentine's Day. Ever-generous, Mona and Anar have recorded a special (non-album) cover of "My Funny Valentine", and have gifted it to me so that I can gift it along to you... Joining Travels on Saturday at PA's to welcome "The Hot Summer" to the world are Animal Hospital, Arms & Sleepers, and Mary Page. Take someone special with you. Local quintet Logan 5 and the Runners released their own introductory album "Featurette" into the wild just last month, making it available for digital download at Digstation and iTunes, as well as at shows, of course. I just missed one on the 6th, but they'll return to the stage in Worcester on March 14th at the Lucky Dog, and better yet (for me, anyway) at the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge on March 27th. Here's a track from "Featurette" that the band has graciously offered up for sharing... I'm going to keep referring to Boy In Static as a "Boston duo", even though they now belong to San Francisco just as much as us. Alex Chen, who started the band here on the East Coast, has moved out to the West one while his partner-in-sound Kenji Ross remains a local boy (in static). After making me a fan with their second album, 2007's "Violet" (specifically, when Ashley played the track "Where It Ends" on WMBR), the duo has left much of their washy-guitar stylings behind, taking a decided turn towards more stripped down electro-pop sound with their upcoming third album, "Candy Cigarette" (due out on April 14th). Think mid-80s dance pop, or even the lighter side of Labrador Records' current roster (the Legends made a similar transformation recently). I'm still firmly on board the BiS bus, because while the instrumentation has mutated a bit, their knack for hooks has only gotten better. Proof: The first single, an ode to Alex's new stomping grounds... Boy In Static has also harnessed the remixing skills of Montreal's Montag for an alternate version of the song, which you can find over at RCRDLBL (who also previously featured a Helios remix of BiS fave "Where It Ends"). Alex made an appearance on KEXP's airwaves when they visited SF recently (check out photos here), and will also be performing an in-store at the city's Apple outlet on February 28th. It is with much pride that I've been given the go-ahead to share up the initial taste of You Can Be A Wesley's very first full-length, which should be arriving sometime this Spring. I fell for YCBAW pretty hard when I saw them at Great Scott last year, and have been trying to remain patient for news of recordings (if only to prove that they were as good as I remembered them being). This preview song, titled "Creatures", not only satisfies that hope (bringing to mind Rilo Kiley before their over-produced fall, and before they lost their distortion pedals), but has me officially impatient for the other tracks. I can't resist a band that knows exactly the right time to throw in a handclap or two (restraint is key). Enjoy... And remember, you and your sweetheart have an after-dinner date tomorrow: Travels and friends at PA's Lounge in Somerville. And if you don't have a sweetheart, maybe they'll be waiting there for you...  |
david bazan + his band
live at tt the bear's place
in cambridge, mass.
on tuesday, october 20th, 2009
recent posts on the 'nac...
- Attn Boston: A 'Dark Was The Night' Listening Part...
- IFFBoston: On Funding The Film Fest
- My Future Faves: Upcoming 2009 Releases
- Merch Giveaway: Spectacle / Sundance Schwag Bag
- Plan Ahead Boston: The 'Nac Recommends
- 2008: My Favorite Music
- Ticket Giveaway: Longwave, Wheat, + Bon Savants @ ...
- Premiere: new Travels track - "Severed"
- New Year's Giveaway: David Bazan on DVD
- Mp3s: (Farewell) Dirty on Purpose in Cambridge, MA...
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- beginning to see the light
- boston band crush
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- drive blind
- enough cowbell
- exitfare
- forgotten disc friday
- the giant panther
- heads up boston
- hip to be square
- melophobe
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- new artillery
- one in a million media
- onward charles
- pelly twins
- pilgrims of sound
- playground boston
- pocket|trax
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- ryan's smashing life
- soho the dog
- stereo typing
- the stu reid experiment
- under 21 in boston
- under the rotunda
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boston music media
boston live show / event info
music blogroll
- between thought & expression
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- excellent online
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- ijamming
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- my old kentucky blog
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- stereogum
- the rawking refuses to stop
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- unfinished
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music audiocasts
surf-worthy
- amie's flickr page
- andi's nonsequiturs
- bitter-girl
- brian wood
- bridget's journal
- ckelly's ink
- the dead part of you
- falfa's milk
- 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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- boston online
- boston common
- boston blogs
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- exploit boston!
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