So here we are at the weekend before the holiday season officially begins and everyone's schedule gets really busy, so get your music fixes in now. On Thursday night you can check out the final night of the Jenny Dee & The Deelinquints residency at the Lizard. It's also the first night of the International Pop Overthrow 4 night stint at Church. Night 1 of the IPO has The Buckners, The Doom Buggies and more. There are also 2 great free shows on Thursday, Lars Vegas is at the Alchemist and Sally O'Brien's has an impressive lineup. On Friday Thalia [...]
Hat tip to Michael Marotta of the Boston Herald for this. Here's his full post . And the nominees are! Album of the Year Manners - Passion Pit The Everyday Visuals - The Everyday Visuals Saving Seamus Ryan - Esoteric Diving for Gold - Session Americana Axe to Fall - Converge Torrent - Will Dailey Oh My God, Charlie Darwin - The Low Anthem Act of the Year Will Dailey Doomriders [...]
So many great choices for Thursday. You could start at Toad for the early part of the night and see uke master Melvern Taylor. Afterwards there are many venues that have great line-ups. Gordon Gano, yup the guy from the Violent Femmes, and his his new band is at the Middle East with Sidewalk Driver and Mascara. Also on Thursday there's the Lovewhip cd release at Church or go to TTs for John Powhida International Airport, Logan 5 and the Runners, Weisstronauts and Mercy James (great local line-up!). On Friday, I'll Be at Precinct to see My Own Worst Enemy, [...]
Friday, November 6, 2009 Jesse Cook at BB King's Bill Maher at Wellmont Theatre John Pinette at Community Theatre at Mayo Center for Performing Arts, Morristown Dana Fuchs at Highline Ballroom Monsters Of Folk at United Palace Amy Milan (of Stars and Broken Social Scene) at Bell House, Bklyn Bo Burnham at Starland Ballroom Keb Mo and Kristina Train at Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown NY Rick Barry at Old Man Rafferty's Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles at [...]
Zowie, another great weekend of music with lots of choices. On Thursday, unfortunately the UK band, Heavy scheduled to play at Great Scotts has cancelled their tour so if you were planning on checking them out, sorry. But don't fret, there's an awesome show at the Lizard with Jenny Dee & the Deelinquints, the Rudds and Brett Rosenberg. Friday starts a big weekend for the Plough and Stars which is celebrating its 40th Anniversary with a plethora of bands playing and it's free! Friday night has Andrea Gillis , The Family Jewels and others at the Plough. If that's not [...]
Zowie, another great weekend of music with lots of choices. On Thursday, unfortunately the UK band, Heavy scheduled to play at Great Scotts has cancelled their tour so if you were planning on checking them out, sorry. But don't fret, there's an awesome show at the Lizard with Jenny Dee & the Deelinquints, the Rudds and Brett Rosenberg. Friday starts a big weekend for the Plough and Stars which is celebrating its 40th Anniversary with a plethora of bands playing and it's free! Friday night has Andrea Gillis , The Family Jewels and others at the Plough. If that's not [...]
The daily mix: 1) Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles: "Yesterday's Love" 2) Detroit Cobras: "99 and a Half Just Won't Do" 3) The Whigs: "Hot Bed" 4) THe BAcksliders: "Last Call" 5) Ezra Furman And The Harpoons: "The Moon" 6) The Primary 5: "Lost and Confused" 7) Sebadoh: "Scars, Four Eyes" 8) Troubled Hubble: "Ear, Nose & Throat" 9) The Dictators: "The Savage Beat" 10) The Dandy Warhols: "Nietzche"
Help. Please. (artist - song - album + purchase link :: extra info) Tegan and Sara - Hell - Sainthood World's Greatest Ghosts - Phantastes - No Magic , out November 10 Rhytm Police - Ghosttrain - Turbo Bells Sea Wolf - Wicked Blood - White Water, White Bloom :: watch video [...]
Apparently Halloween Weekend means every band in the area is appearing as another band, could be entertaining or just confusing I guess we'll have to check them out to find the answer. On Thursday you can go to TTs and see the Talking Heads, Robert Palmer x 2, The Replacements and The Who. Or you could go to the Plough for the surf band The Trabants and the Middle East has King Khan & the BBQ Show and Downbeat 5. On Friday the Armory in Somerville has a spooky event with the screening of Phantom of the Opera and music [...]
It's that time once again... Wednesday night at 7:00 (Eastern), WDVX and wdvx.com will broadcast this month's edition of Tennessee Shines live from the Bijou Theatre in downtown Knoxville. This month's lineup is a pretty solid one featuring Americana stalwart Dave Alvin, former Nickel Creek fiddler Sara Watkins, Band of Horses guitarist Tyler Ramsey, and up and coming Oklahoma songwriter Samantha Crain. Obviously, the biggest name on this month's bill is Dave [...]
So what's happening this weekend? I think there are still tix available for Bill Maher at the Wilbur on Thursday (and they now have a liquor license so cheers!). Also on Thursday you have a chance to check out the new project the Port Charles Quintet at the Plough which sounds fun or you could go to the Brattle for the Califone show. But if these don't appeal to you, don't worry, there are many other great choices on Thursday. On Friday, the show at the Cantab looks strong with the Brooklyns, but then there's also Dennis [...]
Another great week of cool music! On Thursday there are some awesome choices: there's the legendary Al Green at the House of Blues (hopefully you took advantage of reduced tickets thru Live Nation), great indie rock at the Middle East Downstairs with The DoDos and The Ruby Suns, The Ego and the Oracle (aka Jim of Jim's Big Ego) at the Burren, the reclusive cult figure Daniel Johnston at the Paradise and more, how to choose? Friday brings Art Brut to the Middle East, Reverse to Church and the Spendid Nobodies to Toad; all are great choices. On Saturday you [...]
ROcktober continues with another great weekend. On Thursday, you could go to Precinct to check Barrence Whitfield on his second week of his October residency or go to the Alchemist in JP to see Lars Vegas (for Free!). Or maybe you want to revisit the 1980's and see Howard Jones at Scullers. On Friday,not certain if there are still tix available but I'm looking forward to seeing Black Joe Lewis at the Landsdowne Pub and then heading over to Harpers Ferry for the Upper Crust (gotta love their powdered wigs, puffy shirts and beauty marks!). If that's not your thing [...]
I'm gonna do my very best to catch some of this show and you should too. Local rocky tonker (that's me combining rocker and honky tonker) Sarah Borges will be playing Precinct from 10pm on, and she'll be joined by special guests including the awesome Jimmy Ryan , rockdolinist (that's mandolinist + rocker) extraordinaire, and the awesome Christian McNeill , rooster (rock + rootster? Ok this went downhill fast) who helms Precinct favorites Sea Monsters and who helmed bygone Somerville roots scene favorites Hybrasil. On their own each of these people is incredible so there ought [...]
Wow, it's already October. I guess time flies when you're having fun or something like that. On Friday I'm torn about the Dinosaur Jr show at the Middle East for a little Pioneer Valley rock or Jay Retard at Harpers or Jetset and Highland Moore at the Plough, too many choices. Saturday has another good night of music with Ra Ra Riot at the Paradise (I love their Rhumb Line cd but have never seen them live yet), a great local line up at TTs with Sidewalk Driver, The Motion Sick, Aloud and John Powhida's International Airport and yet another [...]
This is one of those weekends that I've been looking forward to for a long time and if you have too then yay! It's here. On Thursday, there's free ice cream at Coldstone Creamery which is a good start to any weekend. Also on Thursday, there are good choices for music for exotica/tiki music there's Waitiki at Ryles, there's Moby at the House of Blues, there's Poi Dog Pondering at the Regatta Bar, there's Elizabeth and the Catapult at TTs and Three Day Threshold at Toad. The Friday show that I'm really looking forward to is a big one at [...]
Happy Autumnal Equinox! I can't believe that we are entering the fall season, how did that happen? Fortunately there are many shows to occupy our time and to keep us from thinking about the upcoming cold weather that right around the corner. On Thursday I hope you got you code to see Polyphonic Spree at the Paradise. If you didn't, there's always uke master Melvern Taylor at Toad or you can go to the Middle East to catch Hollywood starlet turned to rocker, Juliette Lewis. On Friday, there are lots of great choices and you can't go wrong with any [...]
In case you missed it - and I did - Cincinnati's annual Midpoint Music Festival has really become a legit deal over the last few years. I remember looking at the inaugural lineup a few years back and not knowing more than a couple of the bands on the list. Then, last year, the festival seemed to take a leap into the big time by featuring high profile acts including Robert Pollard, Mates of State, Jukebox the Ghost, The Sadies and AA Bondy. And this year's lineup is even better. [...]
This weekend is chock full of cool things to add to your calendar. On Thursday, there are a couple of instrumental shows that look good. There's the Dirty Three at the ICA or if local bands are more your thing, there's a strong triple bill at TTs with Axe Munkee, The Invisible Rays and the Weisstronauts. But if you're feeling funky and want to hear Cult of Personality, head over to Johnny D's for the big show with Living Colour, but get there early (like 6p) if you really want to get in. On Friday, make certain you sign [...]
So here we are at Labor Day Weekend, does that mean that summer's over? I hope not...So if you're not going away for the long weekend, here are some options for you. On Thursday you can check out Kay Hanley doing her solo thing at TTs (as I write this, it's soldout on line but there are tix at the door so get there early, like 6p). Also on Thursday is the popular indie band !!! aka Clik Clik Clik at the Middle East (I think there are still tix available for the show but no guarantees). On Friday The [...]
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