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wednesday, january 6th

passion pit

magic magic

@ the house of blues


friday, january 8th

julian casablancas

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@ the paradise


saturday, january 9th

mary lou lord

& guests

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monday, january 11th

grant hart (ex-husker du)

ian adams

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thursday, january 14th

joe pernice

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friday & saturday

january 15th & 16th

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and bunnies (on the 16th)

@ the paradise


saturday, january 16th

the wrens

@ the middle east downstairs


sunday, january 17th

the cribs

adam green

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tuesday, january 19th

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@ 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

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thursday, january 28th

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saturday, january 30th

cheap trick

dear leader

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tuesday, february 2nd

adam franklin (swervedriver)

& the bolts of melody

the crushing low

@ great scott


wednesday, february 3rd

mean creek

destry

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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

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thursday, february 18th

editors

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wednesday, february 24th

wild beasts

still life still

dj carbo

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monday, march 15th

one happy island

standard fare

summer cats

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wednesday, march 17th

henry rollins (spoken word)

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sunday, march 21st

the clientele

field music

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saturday, march 27th

big pink

a place to bury strangers

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friday, april 2nd

the xx

jj

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saturday, april 10th

ted leo & the pharmacists

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saturday, april 17th

the morning benders

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monday, may 3rd

yeasayer

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Friday, June 05, 2009

Mp3s: Radio Dept. at NYC Popfest

I was gearing up to write this intro for my recording of The Radio Dept. live at the NYC Popfest last month, then I re-read Chromewaves' recap of the night and realized I (and you) would be much better served by sticking with his summary. So go read that and come back. Ok. Done? Alright then.

Like Frank, I traveled to Brooklyn specifically for the Swedish trio, fulfilling a longtime wish to watch them play, and like him, I'd agree that seeing them was simply about the songs, not about any on-stage energy (or any lack thereof). My compulsion to see them perform their heartfelt (and heartstring-tugging) music directly in front of me wasn't going to be defeated by any possible deficiency of stage presence, or the absence of a drummer. In fact, the only stage presence I required was that they were standing on one. And they were, so I was happy.

New songs, old songs, b-sides, they played 'em. The 12-song set felt painfully short, but I'd be saying that even if it had lasted all night (although the army of post-show indie-pop dancers might have been slightly let down). I did spend 8 hours alone in my car for it, after all. The band played a couple songs that will no doubt be found on the eventual next album ("Clinging To A Scheme"), although the absence of new single "David" (out June 24th, downloadable below) was notable (they did perform a b-side, "Messy Enough").

Here's their set, and here's hoping they return to our shores sometime in the next, oh, decade or so. More please.


Some Radio Dept. linkage...
  • The RadioDept.com website is invaluable, and in fact, you could have downloaded someone else's recording of this set earlier if you'd been paying attention over there. Also hit their MySpace page, Wikipedia entry, and Labrador label page.

  • Additional Audio: As I mentioned their next single is "David", and Labrador has made the track available for free.
    [Mp3] The Radio Dept. - "David"
    Order the single from Labrador to get 3 extra tracks. Frank Chromewaves also has lots of RD Mp3s linked in his post, and the RadioDept.com downloads section has tons of studio and live material. Seriously, it's the mother lode.

  • Video: Official videos and more over at the RadioDept.com video section, and a mess of live clips with a YouTube search.

  • Photos: My few Flickr-hosted shots are here, but as with the words, you're better off at Chromewaves for his excellent shots. And of course there's many more on Flickr.

  • Stream this entire set, and all 'Nac-hosted Mp3s, over at 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 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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