[Tonight In Somerville] NEW MUSIC NIGHT returns to the ONCE Lounge (plus last NMN’s playlist)
Posted on September 19, 2016 at 9:35 am | No Comments
Well, this worked out quite nicely indeed. When we were trying to figure out which (taco!) Monday evening in September would host the monthly New Music Night at Somerville’s Once Lounge, tonight jumped right out as the ideal choice. The reason? My two hour DJ set of new music and Boston-area ticket giveaways would serve as an intro of sorts for a free performance by singular songwriter Chris Brokaw, who will in turn be opening up for Catherine Capozzi (aka Axemunkee). As a longtime fan of all-things-Brokaw (including Come, Codeine, the New Year, Empty House Cooperative, his duo work with Geoff Farina, and occasional stint helping the Lemonheads sound better), it’s a show I would have been at anyway. Since Chris relocated from Boston to Seattle five years ago (side note: 5 years already?!), his area solo sets are rarer occasions, of course, and even more rarely do they feature the combo of taco accompaniment, free admission, and a carefully chosen playlist of brand new songs to set the mood.
Taco time starts at 5pm, New Music Night (and ticket giveaways) at 6pm, and Chris should start around 8pm. Oh, and about those giveaways? Great stuff this month, including pairs to upcoming area appearances by LVL UP, Pansy Division, Tanya Donelly, Poster Children, Kudgel, Halfsour, and Flock of Dimes (Jenn from Wye Oak!). For more info, check out the Facebook event, and scroll down below this month’s Daykamp-designed flyer for a look at what I played last month at NMN’s August edition…
Last month’s NEW MUSIC NIGHT playlist
from Monday, August 22nd, 2016
at ONCE Somerville
01. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – “Stranger Things” (Extended Theme)
02. Flock Of Dimes – “Everything Is Happening Today”
03. Warpaint – “New Song”
04. The Faint – “Skylab 1979”
05. The Album Leaf – “Glimmering Lights”
06. Belle and Sebastian – “Olympic Village 6AM”
07. Stove – “Graduate and Congratulate”
08. Sam Coomes – “Stride On”
09. Dave Godowsky – “Something”
10. Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan – “Bastards Of Young” (Replacements)
11. Lydia Loveless – “Out On Love”
12. Chris Staples – “Golden Age”
13. Smittens – “Together Forever In Love” (Go Sailor cover)
14. Barbara Manning & The Go-Luckys! – “A Mountain”
15. Darren Hayman – “The Buffet Car Song”
16. Allah-Las – “Could Be You”
17. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – “A Kiss” (Stranger Things soundtrack)
[ a special live performance from New Dog ]
18. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – “She’ll Kill You” (Stranger Things soundtrack)
19. EZTV – “Reason To Run”
20. Tennis – “Ladies Don’t Play Guitar”
21. Weakened Friends – “Blankets”
22. The Wedding Present – “Broken Bow”
23. Pixies – “Talent”
24. Walter Schreifels – “Save The Saveables”
25. Brendan Canning – “Vibration Walls”
26. Bruvs – “Friends”
27. Bueno – “Oh Lord I’m Confused”
28. Creative Adult – “Moving Window”
29. Expanda Fuzz – “Flavour: Zombie”
30. LVL UP – “Hidden Driver”
31. Endless Arcade – “Lines”
32. We Can All Be Sorry – “Nowhere Us”
33. Halfsour – “Not Alright”
34. Forth Wanderers – “Slop”
35. Honey Bucket – “Downtown”
36. Joanna Gruesome – “Occult Bookshop”
37. Sheer – “Room”
38. Joyce Manor – “Fake ID”
39. Preoccupations – “Monotony”
40. LA Font – “Can’t Be Beat”
41. Teenage Fanclub – “Thin Air”
42. Suburban Living – “Come True”
43. Latchkey Lights – “No Control”
44. Lost Film – “As You Were”
45. Chris Hansen & Matt Pond – “Someone’s Daughter”
46. Pfarmers – “Red Vermin”
47. Swirlies – “Fantastic Trumpets Forever”
48. Thalia Zedek Band – “360°”
49. Eric Bachmann + Jon Rauhouse – “Camille”
[Tonight In Somerville] NEW MUSIC NIGHT with a free NEW DOG performance! (plus last NMN’s playlist)
Posted on August 22, 2016 at 2:31 pm | No Comments
New Music Night, the free monthly DJ event we host at the ONCE Lounge in Somerville, returns this evening with an extra something added: Along with the usual tacos, ticket giveaways, and playlist of new songs will be a special live performance from Anar Badalov, aka New Dog. It’s a send-off of sorts, as the former Travels/Metal Hearts member starts a European tour in a couple of weeks. I’ve featured a few New Dog songs during past NMN sets (off his two most recent, and most excellent, full-lengths), so it’s only fitting that Anar is the first live act to share one of the evenings.
My DJ set, and the accompanying ticket giveaways, start around 8pm, with New Dog around 9, and more new music after he finishes up. The giveaways? Only good stuff, including pairs of passes for upcoming shows by Jason Loewenstein (Sebadoh), Sam Coomes (Quasi/Heatmiser), & Saqqara Mastabas (Matthew Friedberger from Fiery Furnaces & Bob D’Amico from Sebadoh), the Thalia Zedek Band (album release show!), Minibeast, Black Helicopter, & Positive Negative Man, Rocky Votolato & Chris Staples, The Album Leaf & Sister Crayon, The Allah-Las & Tops, and LVL UP. Like I said, only good stuff.
The latest edition of the Daykamp-designed poster, followed by last night’s New Music Night playlist. See you tonight?
NEW MUSIC NIGHT VIII playlist
@ ONCE Somerville
from Monday, July 18th, 2016
01. Eric Bachmann & Jon Rauhouse – “Lilliwaup”
02. Adam Remnant – “When I Was A Boy”
03. New Dog – “Boy’s Own”
04. Hiss Golden Messenger – “Biloxi”
05. Mill Pond Falls – “Four Roses”
06. The Handsome Family – “Gold”
07. Owen – “A Burning Soul”
08. PJ Harvey – “Guilty”
09. Morgan Delt – “I Don’t Wanna See What’s Happening Outside”
10. Wilco – “Locator”
11. The Sandwich Police (TSP) – “Love Yourself”
12. Flock Of Dimes – “Semaphore”
13. Thee Oh Sees – “The Axis”
14. Allah-Las – “Famous Phone Figure”
15. Stargazer Lilies – “When With You”
16. LVL UP – “Pain”
17. Amy Klein – “American City”
18. Weakened Friends – “Crushed”
19. Drowners – “Human Remains”
20. PowerSlut – “Girl Crush”
21. Year Of Glad – “Keeping The Peace”
22. Helms Alee – “Tit to Toe”
23. Less Win – “Rituals”
24. Fireworks – “Bury Me”
25. The Julie Ruin – “I Decide”
26. Joanna Gruesome – “Pretty Fucking Sick (Of It All)”
27. Pixies – “Um Chagga Lagga”
28. Beach Slang – “Punks In A Disco Bar”
29. Descendents – “Without Love”
30. Dinosaur Jr. – “Tiny”
31. Brendan Canning – “Book It To Fresno”
32. Doe – “Sincere”
33. Dumb Numbers – “Girl On The Screen”
34. Sharon Van Etten – “Do You Realize?” (Flaming Lips cover)
Stream many of the tracks found above, some I’ll be playing tonight, and many other share-worthy songs, by checking out the ‘Nac Tracks monthly playlists on Soundcloud.