Tag: Live

Dire Straits, Alchemy – Dire Straits Live, 1984 on Warner Brothers

Wonderful 2xLP live album of early 80s Dire Straits. Recorded in London at the Hammersmith Odeon over two nights in July 1983. Great versions of “Romeo and Juliet”…

Simon & Garfunkel, The Concert In Central Park, 1982 on Warner Bros

One of the best live albums from one of my favorite duos. Good variety of tempos and tunes, enough stage banter to feel live but no so much…

Tinsley Ellis at Shalin Liu, Rockport

If you’ve never been to the Shalin Liu performing arts center in Rockport, it’s a fantastic venue, with a large scale window backing up to Rockport Harbor. Last…

Bob Dylan / The Band, Before the Flood, 1974 on Asylum

This was the first released live album by Dylan, though of course since then many earlier live recordings have been released. After this came out Dylan went back…

Ratboys / Decemberists, at Roadruner, May 2nd 2024

Last night I went to see The Decemberists with Ratboys at Roadrunner. It was my first show at the venue, which lived up to all the hype in…

Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden, March 28th 2024

A bit delayed in getting this post up – but a few weeks back I got the chance (thanks to some stellar partners at work) to see Billy…

Depeche Mode, Live at Crocs Night Club Rayleigh Essex 27th June 1981, unlabelled bootleg, 2018

Per discogs, this seems to be a 2018 Spanish pressing of a bootleg that first appeared in the UK in 2006. Track A6 is listed just as “Boys”…

The Suburbs at the Icehouse, November 3rd 2023

While I was in town for my mother’s 80th birthday, I was able to pick up tickets to see The Suburbs at Icehouse. (I guess this is the…

U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere in Las Vegas (10/18)

I’m not really a Las Vegas person. I don’t gamble, I don’t love the desert, and I’m not in to high-end shopping, strip clubs, or whatever else Sin…

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…

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…

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…

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.

Ben Gibbard live in Somerville

Bradley’s Almanac has mp3s of Ben Gibbard at the Somerville Theater, from last Monday. Setlist includes Nirvana’s All Apologies (on Piano, nonetheless) as well as 10 Death Cab…

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…

Under Byen

As I’ve said before, KEXP rocks. Latest find, courtesy of KEXP’s live performances podcast, which recorded them at SXSW, is a Danish band called Under Byen. They remind…