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.Labels: atp, livemp3s
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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. Labels: atp
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