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recommended boston area events

saturday, december 12th

curtis harvey

glorytellers

chris brokaw & geoff farina duo

tired old bones

@ great scott


sunday, december 13th

arctic monkeys

screaming females

@ the house of blues


wednesday, december 16th

the secret sea

lovers

ill ease

cotton candy

@ great scott


wednesday, december 16th

"cook food every day" cookbook

release party, show, & bake sale

theory engine

quoins

mind yeti

@ pa's lounge


thursday, december 17th

hallelujah the hills

faces on film

tulsa

jesse gallagher

@ the middle east downstairs


thursday, december 17th

marcus foster

blue roses

ryan lee crosby

@ great scott


thursday, december 17th

fanfarlo

freelance whales

the painted lights

@ tt the bears


friday, december 18th

stellastarr*

postelles

the daily pravda

@ the paradise


friday, december 18th

the figgs

corin ashley quartet

@ tt the bears


wednesday, december 30th

caspian

constants

and more

@ 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.


wednesday, january 6th

passion pit

@ 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

@ the paradise


saturday, january 16th

the wrens

@ the middle east downstairs


sunday, january 17th

the cribs

adam green

the dead trees

@ the paradise


saturday, january 29th

cheap trick

dear leader

@ the 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


wednesday, march 17th

henry rollins (spoken word)

@ the somerville theatre


friday, april 2nd

the xx

jj

@ the paradise


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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Live Mp3s: Tullycraft in Somerville

If you need to put a smile on your face, or at least widen your already-existing one, there's no surefire way to do that than to see Tullycraft play live. There's an exuberance to their shows and songs, a sincerity of sweetness and light that could knock over even the most jaded hipster. So it was with no slight sadness that I read their MySpace update back in March that said the following...
"Each of us has had a wonderful time, but over the years it's become increasingly difficult to balance our personal lives (i.e. Chris' goat farm, Cori's adult bookstore, etc...) with our time in the band. While we're excited to continue to write and record music together, we've decided to take a step back from playing live shows".
To say goodbye, at least for now, the band played two more (west coast, unfortunately) shows in the spring, including a May appearance at the SF Popfest (setlist), then packed their tour cases away. Being a Seattle-based band, we didn't get a ton of Tullycraft visits here in Boston, but when they did come, it was a guaranteed good time. The world needs more of those, not less, but we can take comfort in knowing that the band hasn't clearly not called it quits (more on that below).

To mark their live hiatus, I figured it was time to (finally!) share up this set I recorded last summer at PA's lounge, with the kind permission of TC's Sean Tollefson. Even though he claims this wasn't the best performance of the tour, and the fact that the sound at PA's is rarely perfect, he gratefully gave his consent anyway (and I quote: "Tullycraft has never been a band that has been known for being tight or our playing ability, so I'm cool with [it]."). Thanks, Sean.

Here it is, a rough and ready 12-song set from Somerville, MA last summer. Be sure to scroll down below for some info and links...


As regular readers of the 'Nac know (or at least those that read the fine print below), I capture all the shows I go to on a little Minidisc recorder, a little machine that never really caught on, but still has a few loyalists. Was nice to find out from Sean that Tullycraft guitarist Chris is a fellow MD fan. Sean also let me know that while things are now quieter in band-land, they're not completely quiet: Sean is working on new song demos and Chris is rebuilding their recording studio, which includes setting up a new 16-track analog machine (their last four albums were recorded on 8 tracks). So fans take heart that more music is on the way.

Some Tullycraft links...
  • Their official site, MySpace page, Wikipedia entry, and their Magic Marker label page.

  • Additional Audio: The band has freely downloadble songs from each of their albums on their own Mp3s page, and you can stream 5 tracks on MySpace.

    And get this: Tullycraft's Sean maintains his own date-appropriate "Mp3 of the Day" feature on the TC blog, offering up songs he likes by non-Tullycraft artists. It's a daily visit, and you'd do well to throw this feed link in your RSS reader.

  • Required reading: Tullycraft wears their "Twee" badge with honor, and Sean took some time to pull together a little "Twee Primer" for the Washington Post's Post Rock music blog last summer. Some great recommendations to be found in there.

  • Video: There's one for "Georgette Plays A Goth" from their latest album, "Every Scene Needs A Center". You can try a full Tullycraft YouTube search for live clips.

  • Photos: My Flickr-hosted shots from the PA's show are here. Check out the full Tullycraft Flickr tag search.

  • Easily stream any and all 'Nac-hosted Mp3s at the Hype Machine.

  • ye olde 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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