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recommended boston area events

tuesday, december 4th

kelly hogan

@ johnny d's


thursday, december 6th

conor oberst

@ converse hall, tremont st.


thursday, december 6th

jason isbell &

the 400 unit

@ the sinclair


friday, december 7th

the weisstronauts 14th

annual holiday jubilee

with guests tsunami of sound

preacher jack, & the derangers

@ the midway cafe, jp


friday, december 7th

caspian

moving mountains

o'brother

@ the sinclair


saturday, december 8th

patrick watson

@ the sinclair


saturday, december 8th

the faint perform

"danse macabre"

trust

icky blossoms

@ the paradise


sunday, december 9th

band of horses

@ house of blues


sunday, december 9th

japandroids

diiv

@ the paradise


wednesday, december 12th

concrete blonde

jim bianco

@ the sinclair


thursday, december 13th

annual boston christmas cavalcade

benefit for the homeless

featuring tons of artists

(see fb event for details)

@ johnny d's


thursday, december 13th

nada surf

eternal summers

@ the paradise


thursday, december 13th

mates of state

in the valley below

@ brighton music hall


friday, december 14th

forgetters (blake from

jawbreaker's band)

& more tba

@ democracy center, harvard square


sunday, december 30th

sufjan stevens

sheila saputo

@ the royale


monday, december 31st

my morning jacket

@ agganis arena


monday, december 31st

deer tick

two gallants

@ the sinclair


monday, january 7th

quicksand

@ the paradise


tuesday, january 8th

hospitality

@ great scott


saturday, january 19th

mission of burma

@ the sinclair


sunday, january 20th

camper van beethoven

cracker

@ the middle east down


sunday, january 20th

soundgarden

@ the orpheum


sunday, january 20th

ra ra riot

@ the paradise


sunday, january 27th

widowspeak

@ great scott


tuesday, january 29th

kathleen edwards

sera cahoone

@ brighton music hall


wednesday, february 13th

yo la tengo

@ the paradise


saturday, march 2nd

unknown mortal orchestra

@ brighton music hall


tuesday, march 12th

tame impala

@ house of blues


thursday, march 14th

jukebox the ghost

matt pond pa

lighthouse and the whaler

@ brighton music hall


tuesday, march 26th

yo la tengo

@ the paradise


wednesday & thursday

april 3rd & 4th

they might be giants

@ the paradise


visit tourfilter for more shows






Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Mp3s: The National live at TTs



I'm a relatively new fan of The National, thanks mostly to a pal's enthusiastic insistance that I pick up their latest album 'Alligator'. Admittedly, it didn't grab me right away, and I briefly worried that ck's perfect recommendation track record was at risk. National singer Matt Berninger has one of those rumbling voices that sits squarely in it's own personal low-toned pocket (think Stephen Merritt or Lambchop's Kurt Wagner), but unlike those guys, he cuts loose when the rock requires it.

It was the music that won me over, though... the songs themselves, the dual guitar interplay (my soft spot), the tasteful, snappy, and energetic drumming. Once it all clicked, the singing style made sense, I suddenly got it. I'm generally not a patient listener... when I love an album I know it immediately, and there's so much out there that I move on when something doesn't. I'm glad I didn't give up on The National, though. The patience paid off.


And so did their performance last Saturday night at TT's in Cambridge. Even if I didn't like 'em before, that show would no doubt have converted me. A fifteen song set pulled from their four releases, and here it is...
The National

live at TT the Bears
Cambridge, MA
June 4th, 2005

(files removed on 9/1/2005)

All the Wine
Murder Me Rachael
Driver
Lit Up
Cherry Tree
Baby We'll Be Fine
Geese
Wasp Nest
Secret Meeting
Abel
Daughters of the Soho Riots
Mr. November
About Today
Available
Slipping Husband
I took a couple of photos (including openers Pela & Charlene) which are up here. For far better pics from the show, check out Bob Sanderson's gallery right here.

Grab a few mp3s from The National's site here, one from Insound right here, and a few from the Brassland label site here. And finally, for last week's complete live set from the Khyber in Philly, go here, but hurry as they'll supposedly be removed sometime soon.

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