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friday & saturday
november 27th & 28th
pixies
performing 'doolittle'
@ the wang / citi center
friday, november 27th
do make say think
the happiness project
years
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, november 28th
deli magazine new england launch party
muy cansado
28 degrees taurus
otis grove
the day's weight
@ the middle east upstairs
sunday, november 29th
the mountain goats (full band)
final fantasy
@ the wilbur theatre
sunday, november 29th
drekka
quilt
with eyes
monday, november 30th
elvis perkins in dearland
bowerbirds
dave godowsky
@ the paradise
tuesday, december 1st
the big pink
crystal antlers
@ the paradise
wednesday, december 2nd
they might be giants
in-store kids performance + signing
@ borders bookstore in braintree
wednesday, december 2nd
mew
@ the paradise
thursday, december 3rd
sloan
@ tt the bears
thursday, december 3rd
nitzer ebb
provocateur
@ the paradise
friday, december 4th
the xx
live in-store performance
5pm @ newbury comics, newbury st.
friday, december 4th
friendly fires
the xx
@ the paradise
friday, december 4th
wfnx miracle on tremont st.
spoon
phoenix
passion pit
@ the orpheum
saturday, december 5th
coo & howl (cd release show)
yoko oh, no!
rococo la boy
@ pa's lounge
saturday, december 5th
ted leo & the pharmacists
titus andronicus
wallcreeper
@ the middle east
sunday, december 6th
the 2009 bazaar bizarre boston!
so much cool stuff for sale, with
djs (including me!) throughout the day
noon to 7pm @ the bca cyclorama
sunday, december 6th
wye oak
@ great scott
monday, december 7th
weezer
jack's mannequin
motion city soundtrack
@ agganis arena
tuesday, december 8th
wzbc's flyweight presents...
soundpool
nightmare air
the broken river prophet
endless wave
jon whitney on visuals
@ tt the bears
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
thursday, december 17th
fanfarlo
freelance whales
the painted lights
@ the paradise
friday, december 18th
stellastarr*
postelles
the daily pravda
@ the paradise
friday, december 18th
the figgs
corin ashley quartet
@ tt the bears
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
thursday, january 14th
joe pernice
@ the lizard lounge
friday & saturday
january 15th & 16th
mission of burma
@ the paradise
sunday, january 17th
the cribs
adam green
the dead trees
@ the paradise
saturday, january 29th
cheap trick
dear leader
@ the house of blues
sunday, january 31st
jason molina & will johnson
(magnolia electric co/centro-matic)
with chris brokaw (come/the new year)
and drew o'doherty
@ the middle east down
wednesday, february 24th
wild beasts
still life still
dj carbo
@ great scott
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Saturday, July 25, 2009 The 'Nac at XX Merge: Gone Mergin'!  Greetings from below the Mason-Dixon line, y'all. In case you haven't been following me on Twitter, I'm down in the Chapel Hill, North Carolina area for XX Merge - the 5-day 20th anniversary blowout celebrating the magic made by Merge Records. They're one of my favorite labels, perhaps the fave, and when this thing was announced earlier this year I was compelled to make the journey down south from Boston. Actually, the Boston area is well-represented here at XX Merge, with at least a dozen attending fans I could name off the top of my head, and likely many more I haven't met. Warms the heart, it does.  As I write this, we've hit the festival's halfway point - it kicked off on Wednesday at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro (the event's main venue), and what followed were three consecutive nights of massively varied, rarely disappointing, passionately delivered sets by artists who are clearly grateful to be here, and to be part of the Merge family. 17 bands so far, with at least 16 more to go: a free outdoor show this afternoon in the parking lot behind the wonderful Orange County Social Club, then one more Cat's Cradle show tonight, and a grand finale at UNC's Memorial Hall tomorrow evening. Then home, where I will clearly require a post-vacation vacation.  One of the best parts of this shindig is the lack of a mapped-out lineup for all four of the Cat's Cradle shows - you only know what time the first band's on, but you don't know who they'll be, or who will follow them, unless you're looking for clues on the merch table or the equipment setup. It's added a lot of extra fun to this thing, and has also helped keep the crowds solid for just about every act. I'm planning (ok, more like hoping) to write up a post on each day, but for now I'll just share a few links for you to experience XX Merge vicariously, through my eyes and others... By the way, I can feel your envy from here... best not to bottle that up. You can take comfort in the fact that this party is being very well-documented, with at least five-camera video being shot, participating bands being interviewed, and from what I hear, special acoustic take-away performances being laid down. Esteemed director Jem Cohen is involved, so there's little doubt the footage will see the light of day, somehow, somewhere, somewhen. And hopefully sometime before XXV Merge. Which, given the absolute blast I've been having, I'll be at as well. More later... back onto the humid Carrboro streets I go... Labels: xxmerge  |
loney dear
live in allston, ma
on wednesday, may 6th, 2009
recent posts on the 'nac...
- Ticket + Vinyl Giveaway: The Veils @ TTs on 7/29
- Live Mp3s: Tullycraft in Somerville
- Boston: Your Weekend Music Plans
- Boston: So Many Good Shows Ahead (Part 1)
- Show Preview (with live Mp3s): Wooden Birds @ TTs ...
- Ticket Giveaway: Andrew Bird + Calexico in Boston ...
- Mp3s: Radio Dept. at NYC Popfest
- Listen Up Boston: Some Local Mp3s & Shows
- Memorial Day Mp3s: Mogwai live at ATP NY
- Ticket Giveaway: Comedian Christian Finnegan @ Gre...
latest comments...
on the mp3 player
- hallelujah the hills | colonial drones
- lou barlow | goodnight unknown
- you can be a wesley | heard like us
- the hush now | constellations
- mean creek | sky (or the underground)
- the sea navy | memory matches
- wye oak | the knot
- dinosaur jr. | farm
- caspian | tertia
- telekinesis | telekinesis
- mono | hymn to the immortal wind
on the screen
on the nightstand
other boston-area music blogs
- anti-gravity bunny
- the ash gray proclamation
- aurgasm
- band in boston
- beginning to see the light
- boston band crush
- boston music spotlight
- boston through my eyes
- clicky clicky
- drive blind
- enough cowbell
- exitfare
- forgotten disc friday
- the giant panther
- heads up boston
- hip to be square
- hip to be square
- kd's local boston music
- melophobe
- morkelson
- new artillery
- onward charles
- pelly twins
- playground boston
- pocket|trax
- rock n roll boston
- ryan's smashing life
- the stu reid experiment
- soho the dog
- under 21 in boston
- under the rotunda
- zed equals zee
boston music media
boston live show / event info
music blogroll
- between thought & expression
- brainwashed
- brooklyn vegan
- captain's dead
- the catbirdseat
- cerulean's love of music
- chromewaves
- coolfer
- comets, stars, & moons
- donewaiting
- ear farm
- excellent online
- extrawack!
- fluxblog
- for the records
- gorilla vs. bear
- hard to find a friend
- harmonium
- heartache with hard work
- the hype machine
- i am fuel, you are friends
- idolator
- i guess i'm floating
- ijamming
- information leafblower
- junkmedia's world of sound
- kingblind
- lacunae
- largehearted boy
- the late greats
- leaky sparrow
- little hits
- more cowbell
- music for robots
- muzzle of bees
- my old kentucky blog
- pitchfork
- quick before it melts
- said the gramophone
- scenestars
- shake your fist
- sixeyes
- skatterbrain
- song, by toad
- the sound of indie
- stereogum
- the rawking refuses to stop
- too much rock
- torr
- unfinished
- yeti don't dance
music audiocasts
surf-worthy
- amie's flickr page
- andi's nonsequiturs
- bitter-girl
- brian wood
- bridget's journal
- ckelly's ink
- the dead part of you
- falfa's milk
- the great leap forward
- heath's media diet
- hedgehog's dilemma
- the icebox journals
- jim's flickr page
- jen's jenville
- jen's blossom
- joe sizzle's
- kimprobable
- march to the sea's musings
- marm0t's livejournal
- mickipedia!
- miller's memorables
- mishie's tear
- off on a tangent
- rsl's ostracons
- the shy turnip
- sooz's dot com
- steve's f.r.h.m.
other frequent haunts
boston-centric
- boston.com
- boston phoenix
- boston online
- boston common
- boston blogs
- craigslist boston
- exploit boston!
- boston wireless
- surfacecity's boston
- tourfilter
- the middle east cafe
- tt the bears place
- the plan @ great scott's
- wmbr concert report
- wzbc concert report
- phoenix movie listings
- coolidge corner theater
- brattle theater
- red sox / dirt dogs
- sox: surviving grady
- patriots / go pats
- celtics
- mass pike traffic
( < | > random list )
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