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closing night tonight!

ending wednesday, april 28th

the 8th annual independent

film festival of boston

@ the coolidge corner theatre


wednesday, april 28th

little boots

dragonette

fan death

@ the middle east downstairs


wednesday, april 28th

gogol bordello

devotchka

jesse malin

st. mark's social

@ the house of blues


wednesday, april 28th

naked on rollerskates

liberation day

croquet

highly personal trash

@ tt the bears


wednesday, april 28th

kate nash

supercute

@ great scott


thursday, april 29th

frightened rabbit

maps & atlases

bad veins

@ the paradise


friday, april 30th

the big east, banana phonetic,

strange tribe, sun cut flat,

and tin soldier

@ church of boston


friday, april 30th

reading/signing with author

(+ boing boinger) cory doctorow

7pm @ the harvard coop


friday, april 30th +

saturday, may 1st

roflcon II!

internet madness @ mit, cambridge


friday, april 30th

union square roundtable

with jonny cohen,

david bryant's somerville speakout,

and much more

@ pa's lounge


friday, april 30th

the everyday visuals

the lights out

the flying machines

aloud

@ tt the bears


friday, april 30th

corinne bailey ray

@ the house of blues


friday, april 30th

the album leaf

sea wolf

@ the paradise


saturday, may 1st

white rabbits

here we go magic

@ the paradise


sunday, may 2nd

taylor hawkins & the coattail riders

township

@ great scott


monday, may 3rd

yeasayer

sleigh bells

@ the paradise


tuesdays in may!

may 4th, may 11th, + may 18th

john shade + the neave quartet

3-week residency with guests

nina violet (on the 4th),

vikesh kapoor (on the 11th),

+ the low anthem's jocie adams (on the 18th),

@ the lizard lounge


tuesday, may 4th

cartoonist dan clowes

6pm @ the brattle theatre


tuesday, may 4th

john doe + exene

(from x, of course)

dennis brennan

@ the paradise


tuesday, may 4th

gregory & the hawk

lady lamb the beekeeper

@ tt the bears


tuesday & wednesday

may 4th & 5th

public image ltd.

@ the royale (formerly the roxy)


wednesday, may 5th

dom, magic magic,

and the royalty,

with passion pit dj set

featuring ayad + jeff

@ great scott, allston


wednesday, may 5th

minus the bear

@ the wilbur theatre


wednesday & thursday

may 5th & 6th

jonsi (from sigur ros)

death vessel

@ the house of blues


thursday, may 6th

the joy formidable

the dig

@ harpers ferry


thursday, may 6th

shout out louds

freelance whales

@ the paradise


friday, may 7th

ok go

earl greyhound

robert francis

@ the paradise


saturday, may 8th

local natives

@ great scott


tuesday & wednesday

may 11th & 12th

dr. dog

deer tick

@ the paradise


wednesday, may 12th

mass art invades the armory

with humanwine, kelsey jarboe, erica russo,

rick berlin, ryan greene, dave tree,

josh stedman, amy toxic, amy mills,

duncan wilder johnson, jessica lynch,

alvan long, kevin clancy, ian deleon,

and tim bailey

all ages, 7pm @ the somerville armory


thursday, may 13th

massive attack

neon indian

martina topley-bird

@ house of blues


thursday, may 13th

small brown bike

bridge and tunnel

your skull my closet

wallcreeper

@ great scott


friday, may 14th

david bazan (solo)

living room show in beverly, ma


saturday, may 15th

the lindsey buckingham

appreciation society

performs fleetwood mac's 'tusk'

@ the lizard lounge


saturday, may 15th

two door cinema club

bad veins

millionyoung

@ great scott


monday, may 17th

cotton candy (mark robinson

and evelyn hurley)

veronica falls, + reports

@ charlie's kitchen

monday, may 17th

hooray for earth

twin shadow

@ the middlesex lounge


tuesday, may 18th

"music 2.0: tools + tech for

musicians, marketers, + managers"

free with rsvp at above link

6pm @ microsoft's n.e.r.d.


monday, may 17th

buzzcocks

the jollyrots

@ the paradise


monday, may 17th

pearl jam

band of horses

@ the garden


tuesday, may 18th

spectrum (featuring sonic boom

from spacemen 3 + e.a.r.)

with the broken river prophet

@ the middle east upstairs


thursday, may 20th

magic man

magic magic

arpline

some say fire

@ tt the bears


friday, may 21st

hurricane bells

the fatal flaws

reverse

thick as thieves

@ tt the bears


saturday, may 22nd

the needy visions (lp release!)

tulsa, mmoss,

life partners,

+ maine coons

@ the temple in j.p.


saturday, may 22nd

holly miranda

@ tt the bears


sunday, may 23rd

they might be giants

two children's shows @ 12 + 3pm

@ the regent theatre, arlington


saturday, may 22nd

killing joke

@ the paradise


tuesday, may 25th

the smittens

allo darlin'

one happy island (cd release party!)

hearts!attack

a smile and a ribbon

horowitz

@ the lizard lounge


wednesday, may 26th

imogen heap

@ the orpheum


wednesday, may 26th

reverend horton heat

cracker

miss derringer

@ the house of blues


friday, may 28th

mono

the twilight sad

@ the middle east downstairs


sunday, may 30th

boston-area blog bbq shindig!

details to come

@ bridge sound & stage, cambridge


sunday, may 30th

the besnard lakes

land of talk

the drew o'doherty trio

@ tt the bears


tuesday, june 1st

stars

@ the paradise


wednesday, june 2nd

kings of convenience

franklin for short

@ the paradise


wednesday, june 2nd

ryan bingham & the dead horses

@ tt the bears


wednesday & thursday

june 2nd & 3rd

the national

@ the house of blues


friday, june 4th

broken bells

the morning benders

@ the royale


friday, june 4th

brian jonestown massacre

young sinclairs

@ the paradise


friday + saturday, june 4th + 5th

the conan o'brien 'prohibited' tour

with reggie watts

@ the wang theatre/citi center


saturday, june 5th

matt pond pa

wintersleep

@ great scott


saturday, june 5th

the psychedelic furs

she wants revenge

@ house of blues


tuesday, june 8th

junip (jose gonzalez' band)

forest fires

@ great scott


tuesday, june 8th

concrete blonde

@ the royale


thursday, june 10th

the trashcan sinatras

the candles

@ tt the bears


friday, june 11th

buffalo tom

@ the paradise


wednesday, june 16th

damien jurado

kay kay + his weather underground

marc pinansky

@ tt the bears


friday, june 18th

the new pornographers

the dodos

the duchess + the duke

@ house of blues


friday, june 18th

reigning sound

movers & shakers

triplethick

@ tt the bears


saturday, june 19th

evelyn evelyn

(amanda palmer + jason webley)

@ the house of blues


saturday, june 19th

james taylor

carole king

@ the garden


sunday + monday

june 20th + 21st

isis

melvins

totimoshi

@ the paradise


wednesday, june 23rd

hole

@ the house of blues


friday, june 25th

modest mouse

morning teleportation

@ the house of blues


sunday, june 27th

mary chapin carpenter

madeleine peyroux

@ boston's symphony hall


thursday, july 1st

she & him

@ the house of blues


sunday, july 11th

jeremy jay

@ tt the bears


monday, july 12th

wolf parade

the moools

@ the house of blues


wednesday, july 14th

squeeze

cheap trick

@ the boa pavilion


saturday, july 17th

crowded house

@ the house of blues


monday, august 2nd

the gaslight anthem

tim barry

@ the house of blues


friday, august 13th

deerhunter

@ the royale


monday, august 16th

tears for fears

@ the house of blues


thursday + saturday

august 19th + 21st

tom petty + the heartbreakers

my morning jacket

@ the comcast center


saturday, august 21st

boston band crush presents...

ONE NIGHT BAND!

@ the middle east downstairs


tuesday, september 7th

tortoise

@ the paradise


sunday, september 12th

blondie

@ the house of blues


tuesday, september 14th

rush

@ the td garden


saturday, december 4th

killing joke

@ the paradise


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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Mp3s: My Bloody Valentine @ ATP NY

Well, here it is, the first full set I'm sharing from my seems-like-a-dream trip to the inaugural All Tomorrow's Parties NY in the Catkills last month, and I'm starting at the end with My Bloody Valentine's grand festival finale. I've been debating not posting this one -- how could my tiny clip-on stereo mic possibly funnel what MBV delivers? These Mp3s can't reproduce the full-body experience of being inside the Stardust Ballroom at the kitschy Kutsher's Country Club for that aural assault. If you know MBV, you know this was their first stateside appearance in 16 years, and it was the only way to cap off 3 days and 35 opening bands. Hell, there was no logistical way they could have headlined any other day -- I'm sure there was a risk that the speakers on that special-ordered sound system (and some attendees ears) wouldn't survive it. Better to get every other band out of the way just in case.


I've written before about my favorite-ever live shows here on the 'Nac, but for new visitors, I count MBV's 1992 appearance at Axis in Boston (with openers Buffalo Tom and Mercury Rev) in my all-time top five. I went in expecting greatness, and came out transformed. The 16-minute intentional-catastrophe during "You Made Me Realise" (long-since dubbed 'the holocaust') was easily the most intense in-concert experience I'd had in my life to that point, made moreso by the fact that it was entirely unexpected. With the internet still in its infancy, I'd not read much about that tour on Usenet groups, and it was only another rabid fan in the front row beside me who said "You will not believe what they do at the end." as we waited for them to take the stage. He'd seen them the night before and was still reeling (and he's also the reason I know exactly how long our jet-engine breakdown was, since he was prepared to time it). When the wave started, rose up, and washed over us, I was simply lost -- eyes closed, entranced, with no concept of time or place. As their revelatory set ended and the lights came up, more than half the crowd had disappeared. With no way to prepare themselves (and no free earplugs like ATP), most at Axis were literally pushed outside, some of my friends (MBV loyalists all) included.

That quick drive down memory lane is to explain why I was slightly, only very slightly, let down by MBV's ATP NY set -- it couldn't possibly have lived up to that first time. I knew they were doing the "YMMR" breakdown again, so it could only feel a bit gimmicky in its repetition. That's not to say I wasn't into it, but this time my mind and eyes wandered a bit (my ears? impossible). I turned around to see hundreds of fingers in hundreds of ears; I watched as many bailed out, either too worn out or too pained to take any more; I noticed the massive hanging speaker system swaying from soundwaves; Out of the corner of my eye, I thought I saw a small piece of the ceiling fall; I watched as my camera slowly vibrated off its resting place on the railing in front of me. In 1992, I was too engulfed to notice anything of the sort. In distraction and expectation lies the difference. Had I not had previous experience to lessen it, it may have been my favorite performance of the fest, but it wasn't. That, I'll share later.

Here's MBV's ATP set, which will be posted here for a very short time. Like I said, I'm hesitant to share it at all, but once I started seeing other live recordings (linked below) from MBV's reunion tour show up online, along with all the ubiquitous (and sonically sub-par) YouTube clips, I figured this was worth adding to the archives, so I spent some serious time EQ-tweaking my source files to make them sound better. I also encoded them at 256kbps rather than my usual 192kbps. Enjoy...


Some MBV online resources...
  • Their official site, Wikipedia entry, Come In Alone fansite, and their MySpace page.

  • Additional Audio: As I mentioned above, there are a few recordings from the reunited MBV available online, including the entire 6/13/08 ICA London warm-up show courtesy of the Wired blog. The rest are all stateside, including the 9/23/08 NYC show at the Traders Den (login required), the 9/27 Chicago show at The Decibel Tolls, and the 9/30 San Francisco show at Waves and Wires. The Decibel Tolls also shared up a couple of 1992 MBV shows (Paris and Vancouver).

  • Video: Tons via an MBV YouTube search.

  • Photos: My Flickr-hosted shots are here. Fellow Bostonian and ATP festival attendee Doug Orleans just shared up all his photo and video from the weekend here, with his MBV shots at the end of this set. Much more to be found through a full My Bloody Valentine Flickr search.

  • Easily Stream any and all 'Nac-hosted Mp3s at ye olde Hype Machine.

  • the fine print... 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 (256kbps for this one) Mp3s. Files are made available for a limited time, and are not reposted once removed.

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    Friday, September 19, 2008

    Greetings from ATP NY!


    Well, technically I'm about a 15 minute drive away, hooked up through complimentary wireless at a Days Inn in scenic Liberty, NY. Just finished a four-hour solo drive from Boston, and roughly three hours from now, down route 17 at Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello, Bardo Pond will take the stage as the very first performer of the inaugural All Tomorrow's Parties NY festival. Between now and the finale, 35 bands (and 4 comedians) will be split between two stages, with fest closers My Bloody Valentine finishing things off in the early hours of Monday morning. My ears are rested and ready.

    The killer schedule...
    FRIDAY 19TH SEPT
    DON'T LOOK BACK (full album performances)


    STAGE 1
    BUILT TO SPILL - 11.20pm - 12.50am
    THURSTON MOORE - 9.15pm - 10.30pm
    TORTOISE - 7.45pm - 8.45pm
    MEAT PUPPETS - 6.00pm - 7.00pm
    BARDO POND - 4.30pm - 5.30pm

    STAGE 2
    PATTON OSWALT - 10.30pm -11.15pm
    EUGENE MIRMAN - 10pm 10.25pm
    MARIA BAMFORD - 9.30pm - 9.55pm
    JOE DeROSA - 9.00pm - 9.25pm

    SATURDAY 20TH SEPT
    CURATED BY ATP


    STAGE 1
    LIGHTING BOLT 12.45am - 1.30am
    SHELLAC 11.30pm - 12.30pm
    LES SAVY FAV 9.45pm - 10.45pm
    POLVO 8.15pm - 9.15pm
    EDAN with Guest Dagha 6.30pm - 7.30pm
    FUCK BUTTONS 4.45pm - 5.45pm
    THE DRONES 3.30pm - 4.15pm
    APSE 2.15pm - 3pm
    Doors 1.45pm

    STAGE 2
    THEE SILVER MOUNT ZION 9.45pm - 11.15pm
    LOW 8.00pm - 9.00pm
    OM 6.45pm - 7.30pm
    HARMONIA 5.30pm - 6.15pm
    WOODEN SHJIPS 4.15pm - 5.00pm
    GROWING 3.00pm - 3.45pm
    ALEXANDER TUCKER 1.30pm - 2.15pm
    Doors 1pm

    SUNDAY 21ST SEPT
    CURATED BY MY BLOODY VALENTINE


    STAGE 1
    MY BLOODY VALENTINE - 12am - 1.30am
    DINOSAUR JR. - 10.00pm - 11.00pm
    MOGWAI - 8.15pm - 9.15pm
    YO LA TENGO - 6.45pm - 7.30pm
    MERCURY REV - 5.30pm - 6.15pm
    EPMD - 4.15pm - 5.00pm
    ROBIN GUTHRIE - 3.00pm - 3.45pm

    STAGE 2
    BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - 10.45pm - 11.45pm
    BOB MOULD - 9.15pm - 10.00pm
    TRAIL OF DEAD - 7.30pm - 8.15pm
    SPECTRUM - 6.00pm - 6.45pm
    GEMMA HAYES - 4.45pm - 5.30pm
    LILYS - 3.30pm - 4.15pm
    WOUNDED KNEES - 2.15pm - 3.00pm
    LE VOLUME COURBE - 1.00pm - 1.45pm
    I'm hoping to write a bit about the fest each day when I return to my room (and possibly do a little twittering in between). Words, pictures, maybe more. And if you're not here with us, join in from afar by streaming select performances thanks to the wonderful WFMU.

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