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Seattle-based Sub Pop signees Grand Archives are in the final week of North American tour that took them across the northern U.S. and into Canada before hitting Boston a couple weeks back. The show previous saw them in my hometown of Burlington, Vermont, making the most of a very tiny audience at Higher Ground (such is the risk of weeknight shows in college towns), so I, and they, didn't know

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Well, as far as corporate marketing synergy goes, socialnet site Going.com and the upstart Miller Brewing Company have got it figured out: Team up a much-heralded national band who are back in the spotlight with an almost-out new album (that'd be The Hold Steady, who release "Stay Positive" on July 15th), and a local act whose debut disc caught enough receptive ears to get people hankering for

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Well, last week's string of 4 rock shows in 4 days took a toll, and I've been pretty much out of commission since. The ol' constitution she ain't what she used to be, so lack of sleep and exposure to hundreds of fellow music fans left me with a nasty virus that I've been trying hard to kick. And I'd better kick it soon, because tonight is the big Sleepyhead / Thalia Zedek Band / Retribution

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It all comes back to The Big Four: The Cure, U2, R.E.M., and The Smiths. Sure, some lesser-known (and arguably more interesting) bands rounded out my teenage top ten, but as a Vermont high schooler in the late 80s, that was the quartet that truly helped shape my musical tastes. While the break-up of The Smiths set their legacy in stone, time and the ongoing musical output of the other three

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This Friday, June 20th, Shearwater brings their "Rook" tour to the Boston area for a show at TT the Bears in Cambridge's Central Square with openers Frog Eyes, Evangelicals, and a solo set from Carter Tanton of Tulsa. When Matador signed the Austin-based band and re-released their gorgeous "Palo Santo", I'm sure they expected a solid follow-up, but to my ears they went and surpassed any

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The reinvigorated Breeders are winding up a nearly two-month North American tour that started on the Coachella stage in April and will finish at the Loft in Atlanta this Friday. The five piece -- which puts Fear bassist Mando Lopez, drummer Jose Medeles, and the multi-instrumental (and Craigslist-recruited?) Cheryl Lindsey alongside Deal twins -- stopped by a sold out Paradise here in Boston

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The men from Mission of Burma are halfway through a hectic couple of weeks, as they've just returned from a short European tour with Shellac to treat Boston and New York fans to some very special performances. Over two nights in each city, the seminal Boston band will perform the entirety of their 1981 debut EP, "Signals, Calls, and Marches", along with their 1982 full-lengther, "vs.". Each set

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Life is blurring by lately... if you've glanced at my Flickr pics you may have noticed I've recently seen the Thalia Zedek Band, Glorytellers, Drew O'Doherty, Ida, Michael Hurley, and a lecture with writer Neil Gaiman honoring Julie Schwartz at MIT, traveled up to Vermont for some family time where I caught James Kochalka Superstar, Missy Bly, and some Koolaoke, and headed out to Newburyport for

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This coming Thursday, June 5th, the Breeders return to Kim's old stomping ground of Boston for a show at the Paradise. The sisters Deal are out in support of their excellent (and more Pod-esque than Splash-y) new album, "Mountain Battles", with rhythm section and tour openers Montana Boys in tow. By now, you may know the drill: I've got a couple guest list spots to offer up to one 'Nac reader,

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There's nothing like the pure-pop one-two punch of a shared Ladybug Transistor / Lucksmiths performance. Well, 'punch' could be an unsuitable word... 'one-two hug', maybe? This September 2007 show was at least the second time the two bands had teamed up for a Boston area gig, and like the first, warm vibes and big smiles abounded. Boston's own One Happy Island eased us nicely into the evening,

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This Saturday, May 31st, the team-up tour of former Sunny Day Real Estate / Fire Theft frontman Jeremy Enigk and his pal Damien Jurado will hit Allston's Great Scott as part of another fine evening brought to you by Fenway Recordings. Sydney Wayser opens up the show, and Fenway's own DJ Crispus Attucks will rock his personal playlist throughout. If you can make it to the show, and would like a

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Been a little while since I've done one of these info-blasts, and as usual I've got lots to share... Touch & Go has shared the track listing for The New Year's upcoming self-titled 3rd album, due out on September 9th. The ten track disc will include: "Folios", "The Company I Can Get", "X Off Days", "The Door Opens", "MMV", "Seven Days and Seven Nights", "Wages of Sleep", "Body and Soul", "My

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As promised, here's the full set from last week's Cure show here in Boston. Rather than a long-winded write-up, I'll just run through some personal highlights from the night...The opening "Plainsong" chimes still get me, every time. I spent too much time with that album for it not to. When they started with it, I knew I'd love the show. Porl Thompson is such a brilliant guitarist, and his

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Another 3rd Thursday of the month, another Tourfilter DJ Night at good ol' River Gods in Cambridge, during which Chris from TF and I play songs from bands who are playing in the Boston area within the next month or two. Here's what I played, along with show details for each artist... 01. Styrofoam - "Front to Back"        playing Friday, June 6th @ The Middle East 02. M83 - "Graveyard Girl"

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I've got many thoughts rolling around in my brain about last night's Cure show here in Boston at BU's Agganis Arena, nearly all good ones, but I'll let them settle in before I write up a proper post to go with the full live recording. Regular 'Nac visitors know that it can take me awhile to edit down and share up sets, and given that the now-four-piece band played for nearly 3 hours, this one's

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It's been awhile since Atlanta's Snowden hit town, and they return to the Great Scott stage this Sunday, where played an entrancing set a couple years back for their Boston debut. I was blown away then by the tight-as-hell quartet; their remarkable collective stage presence, a totally locked-in rhythm section, artfully angular songs that are as involving as the vocal delivery is detached.

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Well, this week brings a recording that has sat unedited and unshared for far too long, but with the recent announcement of a bunch of new U.S. summer headlining dates for Bloc Party, I figured now was as good a time as any to post this live set from last year here in Boston. There are a couple reasons the urge to share this up evaded me for so very long: 1) The sound mix at the Orpheum during

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While Shearwater doesn't release "Rook" (their Matador-released follow-up to 2006's brilliant "Palo Santo") until June 3rd, they'll undoubtedly be playing songs from it at the Paradise in Boston this Friday night, May the 9th. The band (who are fronted by the golden-throated Jonathan Meiberg, himself on leave from keyboard duties in Okkervil River) is opening for Liverpool's Clinic, who

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Happy Free Comic Book Day, everyone. Even if you're not a regular patron of fine graphical storytelling (well, especially if you're not), try to take some time out today and swing by your local comic shop for a stack of freebies. For Bostonians, I recommend stopping into New England Comics on Harvard Ave if you're in Allston, Comicopia in Kenmore if you're going to see the Sox game, or check

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The televisual version of seminal NPR radio show This American Life returns this Sunday, May 4th, for a second season on Showtime. Live audiences got a taste of how the first season would translate when Ira Glass and his TAL crew took the show on the road for a tour entitled "What I Learned from Television". Regular contributors Sarah Vowell, David Rakoff, and Dan Savage told stories, and

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This coming Sunday night, on the 4th of May, Baltimore duo Wye Oak returns to Boston for their second show here this year, but this time they'll have copies of their debut disc in hand, the wonderful "If Children", recently (re)released on Merge. The four-band Great Scott bill includes personal fave Drew O'Doherty along with locals Hands and Knees and Providence's Barn Burning. I've got a

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film school Just a quick reminder to brave the late-April showers tonight and head down to TT the Bears in Central Square, Cambridge, where I'm happy to present a three-band bill headlined by San Francisco quintet Film School. Up first is personal faves The Broken River Prophet followed by a long-awaited return to the stage of The Douglas Fir. I've made some special mix discs to play between

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In just a few days, on Monday night, April 28th, I'm seriously proud to be part of the first-ever "Bradley's Almanac presents..." show at TT the Bears in Cambridge. The three-band bill is headlined by San Francisco quintet Film School, who released one of my favorite discs of last year in "Hideout". Joining them are a couple of my favorite Boston bands: my pals in The Broken River Prophet (

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As regular attendees know, the Independent Film Festival of Boston has made no small effort to incorporate music-related aspects over the past few years, either with band-centric documentaries or films scored by excellent musicians. 2006 was a boon, as that year the fest gave us both the Pixies documentary "loudQUIETloud" and the Mission of Burma "Not A Photograph" doc, as well as "The

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Minneapolis quartet Tapes 'n Tapes returns to Boston tomorrow night (4/17) for a show at the Paradise with support from Austin tourmates White Denim. I've got a couple guest list spots to offer up courtesy of Beggars Banquet for one fortunate 'Nac reader and a friend. I'll keep it simple: Drop an email to giveaways (at) bradleysalmanac (dot) com titled "Tapes!", letting me know your full name

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