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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


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Monday, June 15, 2009

Ticket Giveaway: Andrew Bird + Calexico in Boston this Friday

In four short days, a genuinely special double-bill will make its way to Boston when Andrew Bird and Calexico set up at the BoA Pavilion on our waterfront's Fish Pier. As a fan of both, having seen each in far different settings and far away from Boston (Bird in a bar, under a tent, and in an old Vermont meeting house in '03, Calexico in '06 at the Touch & Go 25th Anniversary shindig in Chicago), I know the team-up will be anything but the standard guitar-based-indie-rock thang I see way too much of. While Bird's inventive, violin-and-whistlin'-accented songs don't share obvious commonalities with Calexico's energetic, Arizona-mex stylings, they for some reason feel like they'd perfect live compliments to each other. Especially if we get a break in this gray weather and a warm dusk eases us into the Friday night show.

Want a pair of tickets? Well, of course you do. Send along an email to giveaways [at] bradleysalmanac [dot] com before this Thursday noon, entitle it "AB&C", and let me know which town you live in. I'll pick a random winner from all entries, letting them know on Thursday afternoon that their name will be on the guest list with a +1. An easy enough hoop to jump through, eh? So get jumpin'.

For tickets of your own, hit up Live Nation. As you write me your entry, stream some Andrew Bird at his MySpace page, including tracks from his latest, "Noble Beast", or some Calexico at theirs. Bird is fresh off an appearance at Bonnaroo, recently chatted with WNYC's Soundcheck about his "gateway albums", and appears in an entirely un-serious interview piece called Touche at P4K. Damn, do I love that man's whistlin'. Luke at Hip2BeSquare has a preview of the show as well.

Andrew Bird's summer journey picks up again in July with some dates out West, a stop at Chicago's Lollapalooza, and then a trip overseas. Check out his tour dates page for all the info. From Boston, Calexico cruises out to Minneapolis for a Saturday show with the Decemberists (who just played the Pavilion themselves), and spends the rest of the summer hitting festivals on the other side of the Atlantic. Their busy itinerary is here.

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