Ticket Giveaway: A.C. Newman @ the Paradise
Posted on March 9, 2009 at 7:43 am | No Comments
This Saturday night, March the 14th, A.C. Newman (aka Allan Carl Newman, aka Carl Newman, aka frontman of the New Pornographers and long-ago for the underappreciated Zumpano) will bring his particular brand of melodic guitar pop to the Paradise, with the help of a full band (one that includes Superchunk drummer Jon Wurster), and with opening assistance from Mr. Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele. This show finds the Canadian-via-NYC songwriter smack-dab in the middle of a 27 date tour in support of his latest solo effort, “Get Guilty”, released by Matador in January. Here’s a track…
Wanna go? Send a quick email (subject: “Newman!”) to me at giveaways [at] bradleysalmanac [dot] com. Include the city you live in, and make sure it hits my inbox by 10am this Friday the 13th. A random number generator will determine your fate, and the winner will be told that afternoon that they’ll be on Saturday night’s guest list (with a +1 for a friend) at the ‘Dise. Unlucky souls can snag tickets of their very own right here.
Ticket Giveaway: Tindersticks in Somerville this Saturday!
Posted on March 4, 2009 at 9:09 am | No Comments
It’s been five long years since Tindersticks have graced U.S. stages, and the intervening time brought the first-major shakeup to the Nottingham-based band’s lineup since their formation in 1991. In 2006, a few years after the release of their sixth album (“Waiting For The Moon”), multi-instrumentalist and founding member Dickon Hinchliffe departed the sextet along with the rhythm section of Al Macaulay and Mark Colwill. Some fans suspected, with the release of solo albums from frontman/guitarist Stuart Staples’, that the band had unofficially split, but last year those fears were squashed with the release of their seventh long-player, “The Hungry Saw”. Original members Staples, guitarist Neil Fraser, and keyboardist David Boulter remained, welcoming a new rhythm section and a new European tour plans for 2008.
And so 2009 brings them to our shores at last, but for a relatively short stretch of just nine shows, kicking off tonight in Philly (at World Cafe Live) and winding up in San Francisco on March 15th. Fortunately for us here in the Boston area, one of those dates is this Saturday night at the Somerville Theatre (with opener Dawn Landes), and thanks to WORLD MUSIC/CRASHarts, I have a two pairs of tickets to give away to a couple of Almanac readers.
Hopefully you know the routine by now — just drop an email (subject: “Tindersticks!”) to me at giveaways [at] bradleysalmanac [dot] com. Include the city you live in, and get it to my before 2pm this Friday, when I’ll fire up the ol’ random number generator and pick two winners. Those fortunate souls will be emailed that afternoon and will each have a pair of tickets waiting for them at the Somerville Theatre box office on Saturday night. But I wouldn’t leave your attendance in the hands of fate — pick up tix of your own through the WORLD MUSIC/CRASHarts site, where you’ll pay far less without those convenient Ticketb@st@rd fees.
Stream some Tindersticks at their official MySpace page, or listen to three songs from “The Hungry Saw” on their website.