Mp3s: The Broken West in Boston
Posted on August 22, 2007 at 10:57 am | No Comments
And here’s another prime example of a band whose album sparked my interest, but whose live show sealed the deal. I was duly impressed by The Broken West‘s Merge Records full-length debut, “I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On…”, enough to make sure I arrived in time to see them open for the Long Winters back in late March, but can’t say I really “got it” until I saw them run through their material on stage. Their set of finely-constructed, rootsy pop songs was too short by far, so hopefully they’ll be back soon for a headlining gig of their own. Here’s their seven-song performance…
Live at Great Scott
in Allston, Massachusetts
on Thursday, March 29th, 2007
01. Down In The Valley
02. So It Goes
03. Big City
04. Slow
05. Hale Sunrise
06. On The Bubble
07. Brass Ring
Some not-broken Broken West links…
Their official site, Wikipedia entry, MySpace page, and Merge Records page. Audio: Mp3s – “Down In The Valley“, the spotlit track from “I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On…”. The band also made an excellent live track available for download on their MySpace page, but given how unreliable MySpace is for grabbing files, here it is: “Big City” (live in Seattle, 4/17/07). So Much Silence also has live Mp3s of the band’s performance at SxSW earlier this year. Video: A Broken West YouTube search results in lots of nice live clips. No official videos from the band so far. The band has many upcoming live dates, but unfortunately none near Boston. Listen to all ‘Nac-hosted tracks on the Hype Machine.
the footnote… 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.
Last Night’s Playlist
Posted on August 17, 2007 at 8:36 am | No Comments
Here’s what the packed room heard during my 9-11pm set at River Gods in Cambridge, MA on Thursday as part of the monthly Tourfilter DJ Night. The playlist was made up entirely of ‘Nac-approved artists who are coming to the Boston area sometime soon, so I’ve included the specific show info as well. Of the times I’ve done it so far, this was probably my most fun set yet, and hopefully I’ll be back there next month to fill the place with another couple hours of my faves…
1. +/- (Plus Minus): “Trapped Under Ice Floes”
playing on Saturday, September 29th @ the Middle East Upstairs
2. Midlake – “Roscoe” (Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)
playing on Sunday, September 9th @ the Paradise
3. Spacemen 3 – “Big City“
S3’s Sonic Boom (of Spectrum/E.A.R.) @ the MidEast Up on August 28th
4. The One AM Radio – “Mercury“
playing on Wednesday, September 5th @ the Middle East Upstairs
5. John Vanderslice – “The Minaret“
playing on Thu & Fri, Sept. 27th & 28th @ the MidEast Up
6. Adam Franklin (of Swervedriver) – “Silver Freight Train“
playing on Tuesday, August 21st @ Great Scott
7. Sleepyhead – “CB”
playing on Saturday, September 29th @ the Middle East Upstairs
8. Pretty & Nice – “Grab Your Nets“
playing on Thursday, August 23rd @ Bill’s Bar
9. Bishop Allen – “Rain“
playing on Friday, August 17th @ the Middle East Downstairs
10. Hallelujah The Hills – “Wave Backwards To Massachusetts“
playing on Saturday, August 25th @ TT the Bears
11. The Clientele – “Somebody Changed“
playing on Friday, September 7th @ Avalon
12. Okkervil River – “Unless It’s Kicks“
playing on Tuesday, September 25th @ the Middle East Downstairs
13. The Magic Numbers – “This Is A Song“
playing on Tuesday, August 21st @ Avalon
14. The Ladybug Transistor – “Massachusetts” (Bee Gees)
playing on Thursday, September 27th @ TT the Bears
15. The Lucksmiths – “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” (Smiths)
playing on Thursday, September 27th @ TT the Bears
16. Lucky Ladybugs (Lucksmiths w/Ladybug Transistor) – “Even Stevens”
playing on Thursday, September 27th @ TT the Bears
17. Darren Hanlon – “Beta Losers“
Friday, August 17th @ the Lily Pad
18. Neil Cleary – “Genevieve“
playing on Friday, September 21st @ the Middle East Upstairs
19. Rilo Kiley – “Spectacular Views“
playing on Friday, September 21st @ Avalon
20. Blonde Redhead – “Dr. Strangelove“
playing on Wednesday, September 26th @ the Roxy
21. VHS or Beta – “Can’t Believe A Single Word“
Tuesday, August 28th @ Great Scott
22. Interpol – “Who Do You Think“
playing on Wednesday, September 12th @ Agganis Arena
23. Editors – “Bones“
playing on Thursday, September 6th @ the Paradise
24. The Broken River Prophet – “December Wolves“
playing on Saturday, September 29th @ the Middle East Up
25. Wheat – “I Had Angels Watching Over Me“
playing on Friday, September 21st @ the Middle East Upstairs
26. The Cure – “From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea“
playing on Tuesday, September 25th @ Agganis Arena
27. The Hoodoo Gurus – “Another World“
playing Saturday, September 8th @ the Middle East Down
28. Christians & Lions – “Skinny Fists“
playing on Saturday, August 25th @ TT the Bears
29. Numbers – “Mind Hole“
playing on Friday, September 14th @ the Milky Way
30. The Lymbyc Systym – “Carved By Glaciers“
playing on Wednesday, September 5th @ the Middle East Upstairs