navigate the 'nac
almanac mp3 archives almanac shared mp3 archive
live show photo archive boston-area live shots on flickr
'my life or some dream'
original mp3 compilation

free mp3 compilation on club fub
bands i've been in bands i've played drums in
the 'nac faq & contact info
contact info and more

the 'nac on the 'net

the almanac rss feed
subscribe to my rss feed
follow me on twitter the almanac twitter account
become a fan on facebook the 'nac on facebook
hype machine 'nac page the almanac hype machine page
the 'nac songkick gig page the almanac songkick gig page
almanac events on sponty the almanac sponty events page
the almanac last.fm page the almanac last.fm page

the almanac archives



search the 'nac


recommended boston area events

sunday, march 14th

a special screening of the

white stripes tour documentary

"under the great white northern lights"

free admission / prize pack drawing

10pm @ the otherside cafe


sunday, march 14th

carbon leaf

@ the paradise


monday, march 15th

one happy island

standard fare

summer cats

@ great scott


monday, march 15th

letting up despite great faults

the brother kite

plumerai

singing bridges

@ the middle east upstairs


tuesday, march 16th

bacchus king

croquet

cathy cathodic

the ugly fucklings

@ the middle east upstairs


wednesday, march 17th

joanna newsom

@ the sanders theatre, harvard


wednesday, march 17th

henry rollins (spoken word)

@ the somerville theatre


thursday, march 18th

apollo sunshine

drug rug

@ the paradise


friday, march 19th

i, pistol

mascara

planetoid

forgetful jones

@ tt the bears


saturday, march 20th

the whitehaus family blastfest

needy visions, manners,

morgan shaker, avi jacob,

and many more

@ cambridge ymca theatre


saturday, march 20th

air

am

@ berklee performance center


sunday, march 21st

the clientele

field music

@ great scott


thursday, march 25th

"thursday night alright!" with

the beatings

aloud

action camp

hello ninja

@ great scott


thursday, march 25th

the donnas

@ the paradise


friday, march 26th

eldridge rodriguez (the beatings)

ryan lee crosby

ted billings (age rings/hot protestants)

@ the somerville armory


friday, march 26th

basia bulat

marissa nadler

lady lamb the beekeeper

@ tt the bears


saturday, march 27th

your say party! we say die!

the new collisions

static of the gods (cd release)

@ tt the bears


saturday, march 27th

the big pink

a place to bury strangers

magic magic

@ the paradise


saturday, march 27th

spoon

deerhunter

@ the house of blues


sunday, march 28th

beach house

bachelorette

@ the paradise


monday, march 29th

the soft pack

nodzzz

beaters

@ great scott


tuesday, march 30th

shearwater

wye oak

hospital ships

@ tt the bears


tuesday, march 30th

manchester orchestra

the features

biffy clyro

o'brother

@ the paradise


wednesday, march 31st

japandroids

love is all

girlfriends

@ the middle east downstairs


wednesday, march 31st

miike snow

delorean

@ the paradise


wednesday, march 31st

a sunny day in glasgow

pants yell!

bearstronaut

@ great scott


thursday, april 1st

girls

dum dum girls

@ the paradise


friday, april 2nd

the xx

jj (late show only)

two shows @ the paradise


friday, april 2nd

drive-by truckers

lucero

langhorne slim

@ the house of blues


saturday, april 3rd

cassavettes

the grownup noise

kingsley flood (cd release)

spouse

@ the middle east upstairs


saturday, april 3rd

black rebel motorcycle club

alberta cross

@ the house of blues


saturday, april 3rd

nada surf

dawn landes & the hounds

@ the paradise


sunday, april 4th

serena maneesh

depreciation guild

black fortress of opium

@ tt the bears


tuesday, april 6th

wilco

@ the orpheum


tuesday, april 6th

ben fold & a piano

kate miller-heidke

@ the house of blues


wednesday, april 7th

florence & the machine

@ the paradise


wednesday, april 7th

rocky votolato

brooke waggoner

@ great scott


thursday, april 8th

faces on film

hands & knees

st. claire (cd release!)

mr. sister

@ tt the bears


thursday, april 8th

thom yorke + atoms for peace

flying lotus

@ the citi/wang theatre


friday, april 9th

midlake

@ the paradise


saturday, april 10th

xiu xiu

tune-yards

@ the middle east downstairs


saturday, april 10th

ted leo & the pharmacists

obits

screaming females

@ the paradise


saturday, april 10th

pissed jeans

confines

sqrm

@ great scott


sunday, april 11th

fanfarlo

lawrence arabia

robert francis

@ the paradise


monday, april 12th

the wedding present

play their 1989 lp 'bizarro'

with openers girl in a coma

@ the middle east downstairs


monday, april 12th

titus andronicus

the babies

@ great scott


thursday, april 15th

jakob dylan with guests

neko case + kelly hogan

@ the wilbur theatre


thursday, april 15th

red sparowes

doomriders

@ the middle east downstairs


friday, april 16th

guillermo sexo

freddie t and the people

(ex-june of 44 / hoover)

travels

ghost box orchestra

@ pa's lounge


friday, april 16th

have nots (vinyl release!)

the appreciation post

razors in the night

wicked whiskey

the swaggerin growlers

@ tt the bears


saturday, april 17th

kaki king

an horse

@ the middle east downstairs


saturday, april 17th

the morning benders

miniature tigers

@ tt the bears


sunday, april 18th

heavy trash (w/jon spencer)

the konks

the cobra-matics

@ tt the bears


sunday, april 18th

the thermals

past lives

@ the middle east downstairs


monday, april 19th

trans am

@ the middle east downstairs


tuesday, april 20th

owen pallett (aka final fantasy)

@ the ica boston


tuesday, april 20th

elvis costello & the sugarcanes

@ the orpheum


tuesday, april 20th

the low anthem

timber timbre

@ the paradise


tuesday, april 20th

quasi

let's wrestle

@ the middle east downstairs


wednesday, april 21st

the church

special 30th anniversary

acoustic career retrospective

@ the somerville armory


wednesday, april 21st through

wednesday, april 28th

the 8th annual independent

film festival of boston

@ various boston area theatres

including the somerville + brattle


thursday, april 22nd

the mary onettes

@ great scott


saturday, april 24th

los campesinos!

here we go magic

@ the paradise


sunday, april 25th

harlem

@ the great scott


monday, april 26th

echo + the bunneymen

hatcham social

@ the paradise


wednesday, april 28th

gogol bordello

devotchka

jesse malin

st. mark's social

@ the house of blues


thursday, april 29th

frightened rabbit

@ the paradise


friday, april 30th

the everyday visuals

the lights out

the flying machines

aloud

@ tt the bears


friday, april 30th

corinne bailey ray

@ the house of blues


friday, april 30th

the album leaf

sea wolf

@ the paradise


wednesday, april 28th

little boots

dragonette

fan death

@ the middle east downstairs


saturday, may 1st

white rabbits

here we go magic

@ the paradise


monday, may 3rd

yeasayer

sleigh bells

@ the paradise


tuesday, may 4th

gregory & the hawk

lady lamb the beekeeper

@ tt the bears


tuesday & wednesday

may 4th & 5th

public image ltd.

@ the royale (formerly the roxy)


wednesday & thursday

may 5th & 6th

jonsi (from sigur ros)

@ the house of blues


thursday, may 6th

shout out louds

@ the paradise


friday, may 7th

ok go

earl greyhound

robert francis

@ the paradise


saturday, may 8th

local natives

@ great scott


tuesday & wednesday

may 11th & 12th

dr. dog

deer tick

@ the paradise


thursday, may 13th

small brown bike

bridge and tunnel

your skull my closet

wallcreeper

@ great scott


saturday, may 22nd

killing joke

@ the paradise


tuesday, may 18th

spectrum (featuring sonic boom

from spacemen 3 + e.a.r.)

with the broken river prophet

@ the middle east upstairs


tuesday, may 25th

the smittens

allo darlin'

one happy island

hearts!attack

a smile and a ribbon

horowitz

@ the lizard lounge


wednesday, may 26th

reverend horton heat

cracker

miss derringer

@ the house of blues


friday, may 28th

mono

the twilight sad

@ the middle east downstairs


wednesday, june 2nd

kings of convenience

franklin for short

@ the paradise


wednesday, june 2nd

ryan bingham & the dead horses

@ tt the bears


wednesday & thursday

june 2nd & 3rd

the national

@ the house of blues


friday, june 4th

brian jonestown massacre

@ the paradise


friday, june 18th

reigning sound

movers & shakers

triplethick

@ tt the bears


saturday, june 19th

james taylor

carole king

@ the garden


sunday + monday

june 20th + 21st

isis

melvins

totimoshi

@ the paradise


thursday + saturday

august 19th + 21st

tom petty + the heartbreakers

my morning jacket

@ the comcast center


visit tourfilter for more shows



Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Future Faves? Upcoming 2010 album releases...

As far as my ears are concerned, yesterday was the first major multi-album new music release day of 2010, so it's past time for my annual list of what I'm looking forward to in the months ahead. I've included albums with solid dates, some with ballpark estimates, a few that are mere whispers on the wind. Oh, and a couple of pure fantasies. A boy can dream, can't he?

Keep in mind, this is not even close to a comprehensive rundown of what's supposed to be coming out - just the stuff I have high hopes for. If it's not on here, I'm either apathetic at best or totally unaware. That said, go ahead and let me know what you're looking forward to this year, and any guesses you have at surprises that might show up down the road...

(note: Labels and release dates are U.S.-centric. And when available, label name links will send you to pre-order info for each album. So, y'know, go ahead and do that. I've also made all the MP3s linked here available in one handy .zip file, linked at the bottom.)

JANUARY 2010

  • Major Stars - "Return To Form" [Jan. 26th on Drag City]
                [MP3] "The Space You Know"
  • The Magnetic Fields - "Realism" [Jan. 26th on Nonesuch]
                [Stream] the entire album at Drowned In Sound
  • Retribution Gospel Choir - "2" [Jan. 26th on Sub Pop]
                [MP3] "Hide It Away"
                [Stream] the entire album
  • Boy Genius - "Staggering" [Jan. 26th on Greenpop Recordings]
                [MP3] "Blame Love"
  • Beach House -"Teen Dream" [Jan. 26th on Sub Pop]
                [MP3] "Norway"
  • Los Campesinos! - "Romance Is Boring" [Jan. 26th on Arts & Crafts]
                [MP3] "Romance Is Boring"

    FEBRUARY 2010

  • Midlake - "The Courage of Others" [Feb. 2nd on Bella Union]
                [MP3] "Rulers, Ruling All Things"
                [Stream] The album at NPR
                [Watch] album teaser trailer
  • The Album Leaf - "A Chorus of Storytellers" [Feb. 2nd on Sub Pop]
                [MP3] "Falling From The Sun"
  • Theodore - "Hold You Like A Lover"
           [Feb. 9th on Moon Jaw Records]
  • Chris Page (The Stand GT/Camp Radio) - "A Date With A Smoke Machine"
             [Feb. 16th on Kelp Records]
                [MP3] "Two Twenty Twos"
  • Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson - self-titled second album
           [Feb. 23rd on How is Annie Records/Norway]
                [MP3] "To Sit Down Or To Follow, So I Follow"
  • Robert Pollard - "We All Got Out of the Army" [Feb. 23rd on GVB Inc]
  • Field Music - "Measure" [Feb. 16th on Memphis Industries]
                [MP3] "Measure"
  • Quasi - "American Gong" [Feb. 23rd on Kill Rock Stars]
                [MP3] "Repulsion"
  • Eluvium - "Similes" [February 23rd on Temporary Residence]
                [MP3] "The Motion Makes Me Laugh"
  • Shearwater - "The Golden Archipelago" [Feb. 23rd on Matador]
                [MP3] "Black Eyes"
  • Various Artists - "Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox" (physical release) [Feb. 23rd on Merge]
                [Stream] the album at Merge

    MARCH 2010

  • Frightened Rabbit - "The Winter of Mixed Drinks"
           [March 1st on Fat Cat Records]
                [Video] "Nothing Like You"
  • Rogue Wave - "Permalight" [March 2nd on Brushfire]
                [MP3] "Good Morning"
  • Arletta - "Dandelion Bingo Parlour"
           [download code available at 3/6 Great Scott show / possibly vinyl later]
                [MP3] "You Ruined My Election
  • Sennen - "Age Of Denial" [March 8th on Hungry Audio]
                [Video] For title track "Age Of Denial"
                [Stream] New songs on MySpace
  • Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "The Brutalist Bricks" [March 9th on Matador]
                [MP3] "Even Heroes Have To Die"
  • Broken Bells - self-titled debut
           [March 9th on Columbia/Sony]
                [Video] "The High Road
  • The Morning Benders - "Big Echo" [March 9th on Rough Trade/Beggars]
                [MP3] "Promises"
  • Standard Fare - "The Noyelle Beat"
           [March 16th on Bar/None]
                [MP3] "Fifteen
                [Download] a free Christmas song @ SPC
  • Love Is All - "Two Thousand And Ten Injuries" [March 16th on Polyvinyl]
                [MP3] "Kungen"
  • Bettie Serveert - "Pharmacy of Love" [March 23rd on Second Motion]
                [Video] "Deny All"
  • Jonsi Birgisson (of Sigur Ros) - "Go" [March 23rd on XL Recordings]
                [Stream ] "Boy Lilikoi" on his site
  • Radar Bros. - "The Illustrated Garden" [March 23rd on Merge]
                [MP3] "Horse Warriors"
  • Serena Maneesh - "S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor" [March 23rd on 4AD]
                [MP3] "Ayisa Abyss"
  • Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 - "Propellor Time" [March 23rd on Sartorial Records]
                The V3 are Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, & Bill Reiflin, and album guests include
                Johnny Marr, Nick Lowe, Egyptian/Soft Boy Morris Windsor & John Paul Jones
  • Let's Wrestle - "In the Court of the Wrestling Let's" [March 23rd on Merge]
                [MP3] "We Are the Men You'll Grow to Love Soon"
                [Video] "We Are the Men You'll Grow to Love Soon"
  • Nada Surf - "if i had a hi-fi" (covers album)
           [Available on March 25th at shows]
                [Stream] "Enjoy The Silence" (Depeche Mode/home demo)
  • Black Francis - "NonStopErotik"
           [March 30th on Cooking Vinyl]
  • Teenage Fanclub - "Shadows" (their 9th full-length)
           [In March? on their own PeMa label]
                [Watch] "When I Still Have Thee" (new song, live acoustic)
                [Watch] live videos of three other new ones

    APRIL 2010

  • Elliott Smith - "Roman Candle" and "From a Basement on a Hill"
             (vinyl resissues/remastered) [April 6th on Kill Rock Stars]
  • Red Sparowes - "The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer"
             [April 6th on Sargent House]
                [Video] album teaser
  • The Tallest Man on Earth - "The Wild Hunt" [April 13th on Dead Oceans]
                [MP3] "King of Spain"
  • The Break [ex-Midnight Oil/Violent Femmes] - "Church of the Open Sky"
             [April 16 on Bombora/MGM]
                [Stream] "Cylinders" on their site
  • Caribou - "Swim" [April 20th on Merge]
                [Download] New song "Odessa" in exchange for your email addy
  • The Radio Dept. - "Clinging To A Scheme" [April 21st on Labrador]
                [MP3] "Heaven's On Fire"
  • Walter Schreifels - "An Open Letter To The Scene" [April on Big Scary Monsters]

    MAY 2010

  • The New Pornographers - "Together" [May 4th on Matador]
  • Broken Social Scene - title tba
           [May 4th on Arts & Crafts, I assume]
  • Paul Weller - "Wake Up the Nation" [May 4th on Yep Roc]
  • Kevin Dunn - "No Great Lost: Songs, 1979-1985"
           [May 18th on Casa Nuevo]
                [Download] free MP3 with email addy and code 'paris'
  • The National - title tba [May on 4AD]

    Elsewhen in twenty-ten...

  • Travels - "Robber On The Run"
           [June on Own Records]
  • Tim and Sam's Tim and the Sam Band with Tim and Sam - "Life Stream" [March/April]
                [MP3] Download a demo
  • Soundpool - "Mirror In Your Eyes" CD/LP
           ["Early 2010" on Killer Pimp / 7" available now]
                [MP3] "But It's So
  • Ceremony - "Rocket Fire" CD/LP
           ["Early 2010" on Killer Pimp / 7" available now]
                [MP3] "Someday
  • Snowden - new EP (before SxSW) / new album ("soon to arrive")
  • Tiny Pupils - sophomore album in early 2010
  • Kristin Hersh - "Crooked" [CASH music / Early 2010]
                [Stream] full album with a Strange Angels membership
                [MP3s] Download demos at CASH Music
  • Mogwai - "Special Moves" live CD/DVD (includes live film "Burning")
           [Spring on Rock Action Records]
                [Watch] "Burning" teaser trailer
                [Download] "2 Wrongs Make 1 Right" live MP3 w/email address
  • Versus - in the studio
                [Stream] rough mix of new song "Neither Nor" on Myspace
  • Boston Spaceships - [EP in April/Album in June]
  • Bottomless Pit - "Blood Under The Bridge" ("...expect a summer release.")
  • WALLcreeper - Boston-based band's debut album (mems. of Karate/Blanketeer)
  • Soft Power (Mary Timony's new band) - in the studio last Fall
  • One Happy Island - self-titled full-length
           [June 7th on Odd Box Records/UK]
  • The Thermals - title tba [Sept. 7th on KRS, I assume]
  • Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody - "I Could Sleep For A Thousand Years"
  • Crowded House
  • Ghost Wars (Arlie Carstens from Juno) - recording underway
  • Buffalo Tom
  • School of Seven Bells - "Disconnect From Desire" [Spring on Vagrant]
  • British Sea Power - "...recording is 95% finished"
  • Tokyo Police Club [early 2010 on Mom+Pop]
  • Clean Equations - debut full-length
  • The Twilight Singers - "...upcoming album and tour"
  • Tara Jane O'Neil & Lori Goldston - Soundtrack selections from the films
             "Bass Ackwards" and "Great Speeches From A Dying World"

  • The Joy Formidable - first full-lengther
                [Download] new song "Greyhounds in the Slips" in exchange for your email addy

    Optimistically on the way...

  • Arcade Fire
  • Autolux - "Transit Transit"
  • The Cure's supposedly darker companion to "4:13 Dream" is "... slowly taking shape"
  • Explosions in the Sky [working on new songs]
  • Interpol
  • The Long Winters
  • Now Now Every Children
  • Rival Schools
  • You Can Be A Wesley

    And in my dreams...

  • The long-awaited new Idaho album? ("...shooting for late spring")
  • Some new Arcwelder songs? (if only)
  • Harriet Wheeler's voice on something... anything
                (hey, we got Liz Fraser's return recently, so why not?)

    [DOWNLOAD]: A 135MB .zip file of all the MP3s linked above.

    Ok, so sound off in the comments with what I missed, what you care about, and what you're hoping for in 2010...












  • featured mp3 download
    sparklehorse
    live at the paradise
    in boston, mass.
    on monday, february 26th, 2009

    'nac twitter action

      latest live band pics



      recent posts on the 'nac...


      latest comments...


      on the mp3 player

      on the screen

      on the nightstand


      other boston-area music blogs


      boston music media


      boston live show / event info


      music blogroll


      music audiocasts


      surf-worthy


      other frequent haunts


      boston-centric


      some cele-bloggers



      Locations of visitors to this page




      Weblog Commenting by HaloScan.com

      This page is powered by Blogger Pro.

      Blog Directory - Blogged