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recommended boston area events

wednesday, december 30th

caspian

constants

doomstar

animal hospital

@ the middle east downstairs


thursday, december 31st

as part of first night boston 2010

kristin hersh (2 sets)

chris brokaw + geoff farina

drew o'doherty

@ emmanuel church, 15 newbury st.


thursday, december 31st

as part of first night boston 2010

buffalo tom

neats

lyres

@ the orpheum


wednesday, january 6th

passion pit

magic magic

@ the house of blues


monday, january 11th

grant hart (ex-husker du)

ian adams

@ the middle east upstairs


thursday, january 14th

joe pernice

@ the lizard lounge


friday & saturday

january 15th & 16th

mission of burma

with the konks (on the 15th)

and bunnies (on the 16th)

@ the paradise


saturday, january 16th

the wrens

@ the middle east downstairs


sunday, january 17th

the cribs

adam green

the dead trees

@ the paradise


tuesday, january 19th

freelance whales

animal tropical

@ great scott


thursday, january 21st

tourfilter dj night

djs chris from tourfilter and

brad from the almanac (me!) play

songs by bands visiting boston soon

9pm sharp @ river gods, cambridge


friday, january 22nd

the everyday visuals

meandjoancollins

thick as thieves

@ tt the bears


thursday, january 28th

retribution gospel choir

(members of low)

@ great scott


saturday, january 30th

cheap trick

dear leader

@ the house of blues


tuesday, february 2nd

adam franklin (swervedriver)

& the bolts of melody

the crushing low

@ great scott


wednesday, february 3rd

mean creek

destry

@ tt the bears


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


tuesday, wednesday, & thursday

february 16th, 17th, & 18th

3 nights with jonathan richman

@ the middle east upstairs


thursday, february 18th

editors

@ house of blues


wednesday, february 24th

wild beasts

still life still

dj carbo

@ great scott


monday, march 15th

one happy island

standard fare

summer cats

@ great scott


wednesday, march 17th

henry rollins (spoken word)

@ the somerville theatre


sunday, march 21st

the clientele

field music

@ great scott


saturday, march 27th

big pink

a place to bury strangers

@ the paradise


friday, april 2nd

the xx

jj

@ the paradise


saturday, april 10th

ted leo & the pharmacists

@ the paradise


saturday, april 17th

the morning benders

@ tt the bears


monday, may 3rd

yeasayer

@ the paradise


visit tourfilter for more shows



Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Mp3s: The Long Winters live in Allston, MA

Yes, it may be an overly-obvious thematic choice, but in honor of the blessed end of a brutally long Boston winter, I've decided to share up a live recording of... The Long Winters. It's been exactly two years since John Roderick and his merry band visited our fair city, when they played to a packed house at Allston's Great Scott on a fantastic bill that included The Broken West (who coincidentally played here again just last night) and The Stars of Track and Field. While it does often take me a very long time to share up certain sets, hitting the two-year mark is flat-out embarrassing, and I surely deserve to be scolded. But look at it this way: perhaps this will help you endure the ongoing wait for the LW's next album.

When I asked Mr. Roderick if it was cool to share up this set (which, of course, it is), he had this to say about progress on the follow-up to 2006's "Putting The Days To Bed"...
"We're still plugging away at it daily, but no vocals have been recorded yet so there's nothing very interesting to share. It's going to suck if I'm killed in a plane crash, because they won't even be able to release the 'unfinished record' with the demo vocals. I mean, there's NO vocals of any kind."
So let's hope that either John remains on the ground for awhile, or that the flying fates are kind. If his Twitter account falls silent for more than a day, someone will need to send out a search party.


Some Long Winters links...
  • Their own site, MySpace page, Wikipedia entry, and Barsuk Records page. There are a couple of fine fansites out there, including The Long Winters Library & Archive and Hater High (more on H.H. just below).

  • Additional Audio: An Mp3 for "Pushover", thanks to Barsuk. A few mp3s from their previous discs are available here as well, and at their own site. You can also grab some live Mp3s pulled from their recent DVD release (more on that below) from Barsuk over here.

    The band played some songs a few years back on NPR's World Cafe. Stream live versions of "Teaspoon", "Honest", and "Fire Island, AK" right here. You can also find a couple of live shows shared on the indispensable Live Music Archive.

    For lots more freely available audio goodness, but sure to visit the lovingly maintained Hater High fansite, where you can grab a bunch of live lossless recordings (including the FLAC versions of the Mp3s I just shared above). There are also a number of other live sessions in Mp3 form as well.

  • Video: Here's the clip for Fire Island, AK (also on YouTube), and the unedited version of older vid "Blue Diamonds" (quicktime). There's a plethora of live clips on YouTube, of course.

    The Long Winters' most recent official release, which also helps bide the time between albums, is the excellent limited edition Live At The Showbox DVD, put out by Dorsia Films last December. Check out the trailer right here, and pick up a copy of your very own from Barsuk.

  • Photos: My Flickr-hosted shots are here. Check out the full Long Winters Flickr search as well.

  • As always, easily stream any and all 'Nac-hosted Mp3s at the Hype Machine.

  • the fine print... 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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