Category: music
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Nellie McKay at the Paradise tonight
<Update> – two photos on flickr from the show – sorry for the low quality but I only had the cellphone camera, and the way the stage was setup we were watching Nellie’s back through most of it. Strange to watch someone sing and play piano from behind – but the sound was great. Here…
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Can’t Get This Out Of My Brain
Can’t stop singing this song. Not sure if that’s a good thing or not, sometimes I do wish the chocolate rain was not crashing through my veins. “Wish real hard it goes away somehow . . . “
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Control Trailer
International version of the trail for Control, the Ian Curtis biopic coming out in September/October (depending on where you live):
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Erin McKeown and Winterpills at the MFA tonight!
[Update date=”8/16/08″] Photos from the show and a brief video (sorry about the point at which it gets cut off): [/Update] Concerts in the Courtyard Erin McKeown with the Winterpills 7:30 pm Wednesday, August 15, 2007 Calderwood Courtyard Related Links: Erin McKeown’s Homepage Erin McKeown on MySpace Winterpills Homepage Winterpills MySpace I’ll try to get…
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Elvis Perkins, Dr. Dog, and Edward Hopper
Updated: See photos at Flickr. Way too hot. Dr. Dog brought out the indie kids dancing in the front row, and the mix seemed off – vocals too low, all a bit muddy. But maybe I’m just being cranky because it was too damn hot. Apparently the lead singer’s quit smoking, which made his performance…
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Pre-order / Sponsor Mieka Pauley’s new album
Go to ElijahDropYourGun for your chance to preorder / sponsor Mieka Pauley’s new album. I first heard Mieka Pauley at a concern on Halloween eve (10/30) 2004 – a campfire festival concert which also featured Antje Duvekot, Dan Blakeslee, Tiger Saw and others – all playing to a small but attentive crowd at the Masonic…
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Sebadoh at the Paradise
Bradley’s Almanac has Sebadoh Live at the Paradise: Overall, great set, nice and long, and not super-tight… but if it was, it wouldn’t have been Sebadoh. Nice to see a few post-Eric songs make it into the setlist (just as Dino Jr. has been doing with a few after-Lou songs). Won’t surprise you to hear…
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Aquarium Drunkard
Another fantastic mp3 blog and podcast which has have been lamely late in recommending (this post has sat in draft mode for over six months now) is Aquarium Drunkard. As the name suggests it is heavily influenced by “alt. country” artists, but with a pretty eclectic mix of classic and indie. The podcasts are sometimes…
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Looking for a new WordPress Plug-in
Anyone know of a decent WordPress plugin for blogging about new music purchases? What I’m looking for is basically something to pull in the CD image and perhaps tracklist (from Amazon, from iTunes, from eMusic, from discogs.org – I don’t care) for a CD based on title/artist, and dump it in to a blog entry.…
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Dinosaur Jr in store – Harvard Square Urban Outfitters, June 11
Update (6/15/07): The always reliable Bradley’s Almanac has mp3s and a description of the show. He also points to (bottom of the article) other places for photos and the like. The folks at Free YR Radio are sponsoring an in-store appearance by Dinosaur Jr. at the Harvard Square Urban Outfitters. Newbury Comics in Harvard Square.…
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Andrew Bird Live at the Paradiso
Fabchannel.com is running a video of Andrew Bird live at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, from May 24th 2007.
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Is Kevin Cole reading my mind?
How else does he know all the music I like, sometimes even before I do? Check out the track list for Music That Matters Volume 43: Cloud Cult – Take Your Medicine Wax Tailor – We Be !!! – Must Be the Moon Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – The Unwanted Things Panda Bear –…
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The Internet Archives
This posting on the Mental Floss blog reminded me of a resource I often forget: the live music archive: The Live Music Archive currently contains nearly 40,000 recordings from over 2,000 performers. Some of my favorites: Mike Doughty, The Weepies, Andrew Bird, The Decemberists. Also check out the overwhelming full list of bands. (Tip: check…
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Oh Nine, Eff Nine
‘Nuf said?
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Je ne te connais pas
So I grabbed the FreeIndie.com web mix of Prototypes back in January, thinking it sounded like fun: Like baguettes and brie, Prototypes give us a reason to like the French. This three piece band from Paris churns out exciting electro-pop dance songs filled with catchy loops and lyrics I don’t understand. I think I listened…
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Milling Gowns Flophouse Sessions
Favorite new, unexpected gem of the week: Flophouse Sessions 51: The Milling Gowns. The Flophouse Sessions is a wonderfully cool show produced by Andy Guthrie and Jen Kelley, podcasters extraordinaire and Somerville residents behind Band in Boston. Band in Boston covers all kinds of music, not just local artists – where the Flophouse Sessions focus…
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More time to call your representatives
(via ars technica) Good news: Internet radio will remain safe and sound, at least through July of this year, on account of a new decision by the US Copyright Royalty Board. This means more time to call your representative and urge them to back HR 2060, the Internet Radio Equality Act.