[Somerville Tonight!] NEW MUSIC NIGHT at the ONCE Lounge (& last month’s NMN playlist)
Posted on July 18, 2016 at 8:58 am | No Comments
Another month, another Monday, another New Music Night at ONCE Somerville this evening. By now you may know the deal: A couple hours of new songs interspersed with ticket giveaways and taco-eating. Tonight’s a bit different for me, though, as I’ll be remembering the many hours spent up in the roost at beloved Cambridge bar River Gods, where Chris generously had me along for so many Tourfilter DJ Nights, and where Jay and I started the original editions of NMN. Hosted a bunch of new release listening-parties there, too. Not to mention all the non-DJ nights I ended up sitting at the bar while others spun sounds. When the sudden word of its closing hit, it hit pretty hard.
So many memories. So many people met, friends made, drinks downed, and fries dipped in that extra-awesome aioli.
In the absence of an official wake for our old home, and since I couldn’t make the Chris Ewen-hosted RGs tribute at Zuzu last Thursday, maybe come hang out with us tonight at Once. Perhaps my old partners Chris & Jay will select a few songs? Wonder if I can convince JJ & company to do up a little aioli & fries combo, or maybe name a temporary menu item in RGs honor? Still can’t believe it’s gone. Just like that.
Here’s the latest edition of the poster from Daykamp, followed by the playlist from last month’s NMN. And keep an eye out for details on the upcoming August installment, ‘cuz we’ve got something pretty special planned…
NEW MUSIC NIGHT
@ ONCE Somerville
Monday, June 13th, 2016
01. The Album Leaf – “Back To The Start”
02. Owen – “Lost”
03. Marissa Nadler – “All The Colors Of The Dark”
04. Secretary – “Words”
05. Steve Kilbey + Frank Kearns – “Black River”
06. Quilt – “Passersby”
07. Rob Sutherland – “Weep Willow”
08. Walter Schreifels – “Overjoyed”
09. Pale Monsters – “Fine”
10. Speedy Ortiz – “Emma O”
11. Wye Oak – “If You Should See”
12. Night School – “Last Disaster”
13. School 94 – “Common Sense”
14. Spook The Herd – “Slurpee Surf”
15. Spook School – “Gone Home”
16. Lady Pills – “Irrelevant”
17. Lost Cosmonauts – “Happy”
18. Field Mouse – “The Mirror”
19. Modern Baseball – “Apple Cider, I Don’t Mind”
20. David Bazan – “Oblivion”
21. Laura Gibson – “Not Harmless”
22. Tall Tales & The Silver Lining – “Boulder To Birmingham” (Emmylou Harris)
23. Lydia Loveless – “Longer”
24. Factory Edge – “Lack Of”
25. Teenage Fanclub – “I’m In Love”
26. Gold Muse – “Trick of Time”
27. Bug Jar – “Space Visitor”
28. Cities and States – “Ambulance Racer”
29. Bruvs – “New Digs”
30. Black Helicopter – “Deadlines for Deadbeats”
31. Descendents – “Victim Of Me”
32. Diarrhea Planet – “Bob Dylan’s Grandma”
33. Hallelujah The Hills – “Are We Failing?”
34. Stone Roses – “Beautiful Thing”
35. Mogwai – “Tzar”
Listen to many of the songs above on the oft-updated ‘Nac Tracks streaming Soundcloud playlists.
[Somerville Again Tonight!] NEW MUSIC NIGHT at the ONCE Lounge (& last NMN’s playlist)
Posted on June 13, 2016 at 1:28 pm | No Comments
One Monday each month I host an evening of new music at the magical ONCE Lounge in Somerville, Massachusetts, and today happens to be one of those Mondays. So at 7:30pm I’ll kick off another New Music Night while the Once staff serves up a selection of killer tacos. Given the weekend’s lingering sadness & anger, I’m looking forward to this one more than usual.
Bonus: Ticket giveaways throughout the night to a bunch of much-recommended Boston-area shows. I’m particularly psyched about this month’s freebies, which include upcoming local appearances by Pale Monsters, Sidewalk Driver, Guillermo Sexo, Pale Hands, Black Helicopter, Shatner, Vic Firecracker, Eldridge Rodriguez, Wye Oak, Modern Baseball, Joyce Manor, Thin Lips, Quilt, Widowspeak, David Bazan, Laura Gibson, Hallelujah the Hills, The Barbazons, the Thalia Zedek Band, Black Beach, and Marissa Nadler. Whew.
So come by, hang out, and test your ticket-winning luck while you fill your ears and heart with new songs. And your belly with fresh tacos.
Here’s the latest iteration of the NMN poster from the wonderful Daykamp Creative, this time in soothing fountain blue…
And while I’m at it, here’s the playlist from the previous installment of NMN in May, with a few embedded for your listening pleasure. You can hear more over on my monthly “Nac Tracks” streaming playlists. Dig in…
NEW MUSIC NIGHT
Monday, May 16th, 2016
@ The ONCE Lounge
in Somerville, MA
01. Andy Shauf – “The Worst In You”
02. New Dog – “Our Whole Life”
03. Marissa Nadler – “Katie I Know”
04. Chris Page – “Bakelite In The Moonlight”
05. Andy Sadoway – “Having Trouble Again”
06. Trashcan Sinatras – “Autumn”
07. David Bazan – “With You”
08. Womanizer – “Lie No 5”
09. Blessed Isles – “Round and Round”
10. Hotelier – “Doing the Unstuck” (Cure cover)
11. Idle Pilot – “Questionable Status”
12. Dowsing – “Red Legs Kicking”
13. Great Hare – “A Second Chance”
14. Modern Baseball – “Everyday”
15. Grave School – “Eugene OR”
16. A Giant Dog – “Not a Miracle”
17. Hurricane #1 – “I Wanna Kill You”
18. Jackal Onasis – “Runty Little Puppy”
19. The Rutabega – “Nosy Neighbors”
20. Yuck – “Bled White” (Elliott Smith cover)
21. Mo Troper – “Happy Birthday”
22. Nothing – “Vertigo Flowers”
23. Pink Milk – “Detroit”
24. Major Leagues – “Leave”
25. Augustines – “When Things Fall Apart”
26. Ghost Box Orchestra – “Days are Forever”
27. Tancred – “Bed Case”
28. Speedy Ortiz – “Death Note”
29. White Hot Moon – “A Satisfactory World For Reasonable People”
30. Black Helicopter – “Under The Gun”
31. Savak – “Alive In Shadows”
32. Psychic Teens – “Winter Grey”
33. Radiohead – “Ful Stop”
34. Low – “Not a Word” (with S Carey)
Mark your calendar for the next NMN on Monday, July 18th. Summahtime. At last.