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recommended boston area events

friday, saturday, & sunday

february 3rd, 4th, & 5th

ladyfest boston!

more great bands than should

be legally allowed for one event

all weekend @ cambridge ymca


friday, february 3rd

jack's mannequin

jukebox the ghost

allen stone

@ the house of blues


saturday, february 4th

the sheila divine

@ the paradise


wednesday, february 8th

dum dum girls

widowspeak

@ the paradise


thursday, february 9th

tea leaf green

ha ha tonka

@ the paradise


sunday, february 12th

happy jawbone family band

bozmo

zebu!

trabants

@ great scott


wednesday, february 15th

yellowbirds

quilt

@ great scott


thursday, february 16th

slowdim

you won't (cd release!)

friendly people

the suitcase junket

@ tt the bears


friday, february 17th

o'brother

junius

@ brighton music hall


saturday, february 18th

cuffs

woollen kits

headband

@ the plough & stars


saturday, february 18th

the wandas

aloud

when particles collide

the bynars

@ radio, somerville


wednesday, february 22nd

the del fuegos (reunited)

@ the paradise


thursday, february 23rd

heartless bastards

@ the middle east downstairs


thursday, february 23rd

sharon van etten

shearwater

@ the paradise


sunday, february 26th

the twilight sad

micah p. hinson

forest fire

@ brighton music hall


thursday, march 1st

travels

eratok

the broken river prophet

l.r.a.d.

@ o'brien's


thursday, march 1st

jennifer o'connor

thalia zedek

choo choo la rouge

cotton candy

@ church of boston


friday, march 2nd

tennis

hospitality

@ brighton music hall


monday, march 5th

fanfarlo

young man

@ the paradise


tuesday, march 6th

kaiser chiefs

@ house of blues


thursday, march 8th

atlas sound

white rainbow

carnivores

@ the paradise


friday, march 9th

anti-flag

the flatliners

have nots

@ brighton music hall


friday, march 16th

obits

fists

plus guests

@ tt the bears


friday, march 16th

new multitudes

(woody guthrie tribute)

with will johnson (centro-matic),

jay farrar (son volt),

anders parker (varnaline),

& yim yames (my morning jacket)

bobby bare jr.

@ the paradise


monday, march 19th

music 2.0: tools + tech for

musicians, marketers, & managers

6-9pm @ microsoft n.e.r.d. center


tuesday, march 20th

the postelles

fort lean

@ great scott


friday, march 23rd

the wedding present

(performing 'seamonsters' & new songs!)

jet age

pinky piglet

@ brighton music hall


friday, march 23rd

ben kweller

sleeper agent

the dig

@ the paradise


saturday, march 24th

martin sexton

@ the house of blues


saturday, march 24th

bowerbirds

@ the paradise


monday, march 26th

chairlift

nite jewel

@ brighton music hall


monday, march 26th

bruce springsteen

& the e street band

@ td garden


tuesday, march 27th

delta spirit

waters

@ the paradise


tuesday, march 27th

kasabian

@ house of blues


thursday, march 29th

swervedriver

@ brighton music hall


friday, march 30th

young adults

soccer mom

autochrome

night fruit

@ tt the bears


friday, march 30th

the joy formidable

a place to bury strangers

exitmusic

@ the paradise


saturday, march 31st

wild flag

the labor pool

@ the paradise


sunday, april 1st

of montreal

loney dear

kishi bashi

@ the paradise


monday, april 2nd

cursive

cymbals eat guitars

@ the middle east downstairs


friday, april 6th

nada surf

an horse

@ the paradise


friday & saturday

april 6th & 7th

the magnetic fields

devotchka (acoustic)

@ the berklee performance center


monday, april 9th

the ting tings

mndr

@ the paradise


wednesday, april 11th

dinosaur feathers

grandchildren

onslo

@ church of boston


wednesday, april 11th

the horrors

small black

@ brighton music hall


thursday, april 12th

snow patrol

ed sheeran

@ the orpheum


thursday, april 12th

white denim

hundred visions

@ the paradise


saturday, april 14th

white rabbits

gull

@ the paradise


tuesday, april 17th

lambchop

@ the paradise


wednesday, april 18th

amy ray

kaia wilson (team dresch)

@ brighton music hall


saturday, april 21st

death cab for cutie

backed by the

magik*magik orchestra

with openers low

@ the wang theatre


sunday, april 22nd

portugal. the man

the lonely forest

@ the house of blues


monday, april 23rd

rodrigo y gabriela

@ the orpheum


tuesday, april 24th

we were promised jetpacks

breton

@ the paradise


friday & saturday

april 27th & april 28th

archers of loaf

@ the middle east downstairs


saturday, april 28th

wu lyf

@ brighton music hall


thursday, may 3rd

bear in heaven

@ brighton music hall


friday, may 4th

school of seven bells

@ brighton music hall


sunday, may 6th

andrew bird

patrick watson

@ the house of blues


monday, may 7th

feist

@ the house of blues


tuesday, may 8th

m. ward

lee ranaldo band

@ the house of blues


wednesday, may 9th

the dear hunter

performing 'the color spectrum'

in its entirety

@ the somerville theatre


wednesday, may 9th

m83

i break horses

@ the house of blues


wednesday, may 9th

spiritualized

@ the paradise


saturday, may 12th

the feelies

@ the paradise


friday, june 15th

foster the people

tokyo police club

@ boa pavilion


friday & saturday

june 15th & 16th

the figgs!

25th anniversary shows

@ church of boston


saturday, june 16th

mogwai

@ house of blues


tuesday, august 28th

beirut

@ house of blues


visit tourfilter for more shows






Monday, April 27, 2009

Exclusive Mp3 & Interview with Now, Now Every Children

As detailed earlier, I'm pretty well thrilled to play a part in bringing Minneapolis' Now, Now Every Children to town for the very first time this Friday, May 1st. After a couple of promising EPs, the duo (and touring trio) delivered a stunning debut album titled "Cars" in February, and I obsessed enough over it to make it my mission to see them play live. That'll happen in just a few days at TT the Bears, where the band will be joined by a couple of my local faves (The Hush Now & You Can Be A Wesley) and my Vermont-based pals Let's Whisper. Tickets can be had right here, or at TTs to skip the service charge.

NNEC's Cacie Dalager and Bradley Hale are back home in Minneapolis after finishing up their first European tour, getting ready to head out for a string of dates that kicks off with an all-ages Abbey Pub gig in Chicago on Wednesday and includes Friday's Cambridge show along with The Bamboozle fest in NJ on Sunday and a stop at NYC's Mercury Lounge a few days later.

Cacie took some time to answer some quick email questions, and their label (Afternoon Records) graciously gave me permission to share my very favorite song from "Cars". Here you go, but grab the Mp3 soon, since I'll only be sharing it up until the TTs show on Friday night...

[Mp3]: Now, Now Every Children - "Have You Tried"



an email interview with...

Cacie Dalager of Now, Now Every Children

Bradley's Almanac: So you recently finished up your first-ever trip overseas. How did the shows go overall? Was it everyone's first time over there? What people/places/happenings stand out as highlights? (You can cover what is probably the lowlight in the next question).

Cacie: The shows went really really well! They've been more fun than the majority of our US shows so far. Yep, that was the first time for all of us. I think one of our favorite moments was seeing the Eiffel Tower. We totally weren't even that into seeing it, but when we got there we literally all started peeing ourselves. And we had kind of been wanting to see it sparkle (did you know it sparkles?) but we went there at like 1am thinking we'd missed our chance. But then it did and we all started running around and screaming like maniacs. There are videos of it. It was so ridiculous, but super awesome. It was also really nice to meet everyone at our german label Tapete Records. They are seriously some of the coolest people I've ever met. We also just made some really great friends over there. I think the whole trip was a highlight haha.

BA: So I was pretty bummed to see your April 9th Twitter message say "DENIED ACCESS TO THE UK". Can you share a bit about what happened? Were you able to take advantage of your downtime stuck in France?

Cacie: Yeah, it was a tottaaallllllll bummer. I can't even explain how bummed we were. I hate to be the punk kid who says "they just didn't like us", but no joke they just didn't like us. They stopped us initially for the wrong reason saying we needed a work permit. But you actually don't need a work permit unless you're going to be there for over three months. What ended up happening was we needed to be on a list of some sort saying we could be playing over there. It was super technical and stupid. It wouldn't have been so bad if they weren't so rude about it you know? They said unless we were as known as Frank Sinatra. It was so ridiculous. So we were detained for 4 and a half hours in a detainment room. And got our fingerprints taken and our stuff searched and things of that awesome nature. But whatever, we know what to do now. So HOPEFULLY they'll let us in next time. France was still pretty fun. Our friend Charley came from the UK to keep us company since we didn't make it in. So we just hung out with her and went running back to the Eiffel Tower to make ourselves feel better. We also went to a super dumb amusement park. But I'd like to pretend that never happened haha.

BA: So "Cars" has been out for a few months, but is seeing a bit of a re-release in July. Got any solid plans for a national tour? How about taking another crack at the UK?

Cacie: I'm hoping we'll do a pretty extensive tour this summer. But I really don't know what's going on yet. We'll see what happens when we get back from this next little tour to Bamboozle. Dude of course! We'll plow through those suckers like red rover.

BA: Is it too early to talk about a second album? Any super-new songs in the works, or are you just focusing on playing the "Cars" stuff live?

Cacie: Nope definitely not too early. Of course! We've been working on one all night actually haha. It's good to focus on what you have and get good at it, but it's also good to keep the creative juices flowing. I can't wait to start demoing again.

BA: You guys are technically a duo, although you tour as a trio... can you talk a bit about making that decision, and if adding someone has made you debate remaining a duo when you record again? Do you find the duo thing more liberating or at all restrictive?

Cacie: When you go through lineup changes (as we have many times) it's kind of confusing to the kids who listen to you. Because then they're like "oh dude where's so and so?". It's hard to explain what happened over and over. Especially if it's something that you can't really talk about. It's mainly just to keep things simple. I think Brad and I will always record as a duo. We know how each other's brains work. I think it's the best match for our situation.

BA: And lastly, an entirely selfish question... you play "Have You Tried" live, right? Just checkin'.

Cacie: Haha, yep! We do. It's one of my favorites to play. I don't think we're playing it much on our next tour though. We'll see.
Thanks to Cacie for the answers, and here's hoping that song does indeed make it into their setlist on Friday night at TTs. Do join us, won't you?




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