NIGHT: This Thursday Night (12/4) VENUE: The Middle East in Central Square: Ben, Tommy and Jesse of JUKEBOX the GHOST It's kind of like the indie rock version of stage cabaret and high energy pop all wrapped up in one. The songs from Live and Let Ghosts - the brand new release from Jukebox the Ghost, are experimental and exciting. All in all, a fun and intellectual [...]
DATELINE: CAMBRIDGE Mason Proper finished off their four show 'mini-tour' with Cloud Cult and Exit Clov at The Middle East last night. I really am too tired to give you a full run-down, but the show was predictably awesome. MP are easily one of the best live bands in the country right now, thanks in no small part to the strength of the new album, "Olly Oxen Free." Mason Proper played [...]
Photo: Kimicon . Today I awoke before my desire. At the foot of the bed it lay in its sore spot, twitching in nightmare or dream. I passed my hand over it, like an abscess. No birds were aware of me. They came and went, nothing resembled anything else. The house across the water was still, as if it would always be frozen. - Matthew Zapruder. Little Joy - Don't watch me Dancing Little Joy (Rough [...]
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED LIVE PERFORMANCE: Mason Proper and Cloud Cult bring the noise! Both have great new records in 2008 WIN A FREE PAIR OF PASSES from the RSL Music Blog! Michigan's Mason Proper comes to Boston this Thursday and we couldn't be more excited. We just told you about Mason Proper's Simply Amazing new record, Olly Oxen Free . This album is about to [...]
Our BARACK THE VOTE CONCERT goes down tomorrow, and we got a write-up in the Boston Herald today courtesy of Marty C. Click Here to read the full article . Remember, If you live in the New England area - come down to the Middle East on Election Night for Boston's BARACK THE VOT E concert. And if you want to hear these three chop it up on political issues, download the interview from this past Sunday's episode of The Launchpad . DOWNLOAD: Akrobatik, [...]
You Should Know Info on this band is scant. I've ascertained the following information: (a) The Middle East is from Australia. (b) The Middle East broke up at some point. Now their frustratingly uninformative Myspace page says (not finished) after their name. For the love of Buddha, let this mean the band has decided to stay together after all. If this isn't the case then I'm willing to trade a finger and a 6-pack of grape sodas for their resurrection. There are talentless overpaid hacks plastered all over [...]
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Reem Kelani - Sprinting Gazelle * Photo by Queen • B.
One our Favorites Do-It-Yourself-ers Finally Arrives in Boston Two Years Ago , not too long after this blog modestly opened its doors to the world.... I stumbled across the heartfelt music of Phil Radiotes - a talented DIYer who had a penchant for playing epic songs about everyday life and seemed to be having a lot of fun doing it. Artistry, Passion and Fun - I have since learned, don't always go hand in hand. Bands come [...]
השבוע, בעונג שבת: אפולו סאנשיין (מי?), דה מידל איסט (מה?), א-הא (למה? א-הא!), בון איבר, פסטיבלים נהדרים בסוכות, חוזה גונזלס (במוצ"ש בבארבי!!!), נעם רותם, ארט ספיגלמן, עשרת הדיברות להופעות חיות, דירהוף, אהד פישוף, המאבק בארץ ובחו"ל על זכויות יוצרים, תרמיות מדעיות, פנטסיה 2000 (חוזרת!!!), פול מקרטני אבל הפעם עם מוזיקה חדשה, נשבע לכם, פרסי נובל ואיג-נובל, וגם, אה, שמעתי שדפש מוד מגיעים לארץ או משהו
The beauty of music in today's age is just how easily it spreads. Once upon a time it took money and major support to get your music heard. Such forces still exists, but the internet has changed the game. Music can spread purely on its own merits, independent of the band's efforts. If a song is good enough, the listeners will do the promoting. Take, for example, the song 'Blood' by The Middle East. By all logical explanations, I shouldn't know it exists. The band is based in Townsville, over 1000km away. I had neither heard or heard of them [...]
Ravish Momin & Trio Tarana - Peace for Kabul * Photo by mknobil.
Photo: Kathy Zhuang . Comme un éléphant son ivoire, J'ai en bouche un bien précieux. Pourpre mort! J'achète ma gloire au prix des mots mélodieux. - Guilleme Apollinaire, L'Éléphant. The Middle East - The Darkest Side The recordings of the middle east (self released / 2008) Fleet Foxes - He doesn't know why Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop / 2008) Death Vessel - Jitterkadie [...]
Amir ElSaffar - The Blues in E Half-Flat * Photo by Spinning On Air.
An RSL production: Boston-area Show of the Week! $9 Doors - 8:45pm Our 5th Show this Summer! This One Features: JOTU : Justice of The Unicorns Justice of The Unicorns - McCarren Pool [...]
Last week I found myself alone in Boston eating clam chowder. I took the T from downtown out to a cool neighborhood off the Central Square stop in Cambridge. Grabbed dinner at The Green Street Grill , which has the best drink menu I've ever seen, and swallowed down a couple non-adventurous Smuttynose beers. I was just killing some time before heading to the legendary Middle East to catch Port O'Brien. Port O'Brien's MySpace page said the show was going to start at 8pm. I arrived at the Middle East at 6.30pm, thinking [...]
Recommended Show: An EXCEPTIONAL Indie Rock band PLUS MINUS Don't Miss Brooklyn's Plus/Minus, a threesome of very inventive indie rockers. James Baluyut, Chris Deaner and Patrick Ramos will bring the show to the Middle East upstairs tomorrow night. Here at the RSL we have been big fans for awhile now. Plus/Minus - Steal the Blueprints [...]
There are all sorts of odd things happening in the dunia-politik. Not least of those for me are the convolutions in New Zealand over the suggestions / disclosures that the National Party are perhaps trying to win a general election on not really telling the exact truth as to what they really plan to do if elected. As a died in the wool lefty that doesn't really surprise me that much…you can't
ANNOUNCING: New Music Showcase It is with great pleasure that The RSL Music Blog presents our fifth live night of sponsored rock in 2008. (It's been a very good year!) We take on The Middle East on Wednesday September 3rd giving two New York and two Boston bands a time to shine. That's a hell of a lot of amazing new talent. (You know these guys will be good!) More details - including presale info soon! [...]
We've been so busy wrapping our heads around the new Deerhunter album, which leaked about two months ago (and is still not out till late October), we almost forgot how much we liked Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel (Kranky) , the gauzy debut full-length from Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox's solo project ATLAS SOUND , which came out way back in February. Cox returns to the Middle East, this time by himself (according to his myspace, "solo performances using electronics, vocals, and guitar"; this guy says he's toting Animal [...]
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