[Boston Ticket Giveaway] CENTRO-MATIC at Great Scott on Wednesday
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:01 am | No Comments
It’s a relatively rare occasion that the gents from Centro-matic make their way from Denton, Texas up to Boston to treat us to a set of songs, but last week’s release of “Candidate Waltz” has them on the road and in town for a show at Allston’s Great Scott tomorrow night. Singer/guitarist/songwriter Will Johnson his band have put out one of the strongest records of their 16-year run, so I’m especially psyched to see them run through this new stuff. Not that I won’t also be hoping for a heaping helping of older songs, o’course.
Thanks to the generous Great Scott, I’ve got a pair of guest list spots to catch Centro-matic with Texas-based tourmate Sarah Jaffe and an opening solo set from Township‘s Marc Pinansky. And for the random winner, I’ll throw in a copy of Centro-matic’s new “Candidate Waltz” on CD, compliments of Undertow, the band’s truly excellent label.
To enter, send off a quick email to giveaways [at] bradleysalmanac [dot] com, throw “C-M” in the subject line, and include your full name. Get it to me before Noon on Wednesday, when I’ll pick one winner for the two spots and let Great Scott know to add them the list. The catch: don’t enter if you can’t make it to the show, ‘cuz that’s where I’ll be putting a copy of their new disc in your happy little hands.
Pick up tickets of your own right here. Prep for the show by listening to an excellent new NPR interview with Will Johnson, and have a look at the video for “Candidate Waltz” track “Only In My Double Mind“…
[Live MP3 Re-Up] UNDERTOW ORCHESTRA (Bazan, Chesnutt, Eitzel, Johnson) in Boston 2006
Posted on June 26, 2011 at 12:27 pm | 4 Comments
With last month’s release of David Bazan‘s great new record, “Strange Negotiations”, and last week’s arrival of the latest Centro-matic full-length, “Candidate Waltz”, I’ve been thinking about how lucky Boston was to get a visit during the one-and-only tour from The Undertow Orchestra. The five-piece was an understated supergroup, with Bazan & Centro-matic’s Will Johnson joined by American Music Club‘s Mark Eitzel, Centro-matic’s Scott Danbom, and the tragically departed Vic Chesnutt. His absence on this plane makes this show even more special in retrospect – any time I listen to Vic now it’s bittersweet, but hearing him make music with those who knew and loved him is a particular kind of beautiful pain.
I was poking around the pedrothelion.org forums the other day and saw a fellow fan hunting for this recording of the Undertow Orchestra’s magical Valentine’s Day 2006 performance at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Hadn’t realized it had already been five years since that perfect night, so it’s passed time I re-shared this one for all. For my thoughts and details on the show, check out my original post.
Oh, and stop by here tomorrow (Monday, 6/27), when I’ll kick off a giveaway for a pair of tickets to see Will Johnson’s Centro-Matic return to Allston’s Great Scott this Wednesday, along with a CD of their new album, “Candidate Waltz”. Any time a member of the Orchestra comes to town, file it under “gotta go”.
download as a single 162MB .zip file
Live at the Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, MA
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
1. intro
2. Tent Of Total Mystery *
3. Vultures Await *
4. interlude 1
5. Just To Know What You’ve Been Dreaming *
6. interlude 2
7. Bands With Managers #
8. interlude 3
9. Priests And Paramedics #
10. Slow Car Crash #
11. interlude 4
12. Stupid Preoccupations ^
13. I’m Through ^
14. interlude 5
15. Iraq ^
16. Sleeping Beauty +
17. St. Michael My Pet Rat +
18. Home +
19. interlude 6
20. Just Some Silence *
21. Closing Down My House *
22. I See Through You *
23. interlude 7
24. Criticism As Inspiration #
25. interlude 8
26. The Devil Is Beating His Wife #
27. I Do #
28. Ladies And Gentlemen +
29. interlude 9
30. Patriot’s Heart +
31. interlude 10
32. Johnny Mathis’ Feet +
33. The Pool ^
34. interlude 11
35. In My Way, Yes ^
* – Will Johnson
# – David Bazan
^ – Vic Chesnutt
+ – Mark Eitzel
