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Boston Bands This Week (12/28/09)…

On December 28, 2009

So I thought there might just be a handful of New Year’s Eve shows this week, but alas, there are tons of Boston-area bands playing. Trying to get this up and out, so my apologies if I miss stuff (and feel free to let me know if I do). We got everything from hardcore to synth pop to soul to a Bim Skala Bim NYE’s bash at the Middle East (sold out, but maybe there’ll be a ticket or two outside). Quirky folkies (and I just love quirky folkies) at PA’s Lounge. And a shockingly cool line up with The Boston Pops this year. Wow, Amanda Palmer?! Really?? Happy 2010, and more Boston bands in the new year.

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Boston Bands This Week (12/21/09)…

By julie

On December 21, 2009

In Boston Bands, Gigs, Indie Music

Happy Winter Solstice. Now go out, freeze your ass off, and see some bands.

With snow on the ground (about 8″ on the North Shore; less I think in Boston?), we officially welcome the season of braving the elements and navigating around snow mounds for parking spaces to support our local bands.

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Boston Bands This Week…

By julie

On December 16, 2009

In Boston Bands, Gigs

The Elevator Drops, Cassavettes, Your Favorite Ex, Harry & The Potters

Well, I guess this isn’t going to be a weekly feature, but here’s some Boston-area bands playing this week anyway.

You can see The Secret Sea at Great Scott on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, Supa Dupa! plays T.T. The Bear’s. On Thursday, Hallelujah The Hills is at the Middle East (downstairs). On Friday, Monique Ortiz performs at Toad, and Elevator Drops plays at the Middle East (downstairs) for, apparently, a one-time-only reunion. On Saturday, Your Favorite Ex does an afternoon show at the Middle East (upstairs) as part of a “Boston Music Spotlight”, and Street Dogs play the Paradise. At Toad on Saturday, folk-rock/Americana group Cassavettes are performing with the rootsy Don’t Kill Antz. There’s a cool show on Sunday at the Middle East (downstairs) – The 5th Annual Yule Ball, a Harry Potter-inspired extravaganza featuring Harry and the Potters, Draco and the Malfoys, Whomping Willows, MC Kreacher, and more. And Street Dogs are at the Paradise again.

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Show Preview: An Evening With Switchfoot ~ Paradise Rock Club, Boston ~ Wednesday, December 9, 2009

By julie

On December 3, 2009

In Gigs, Show Previews

An Evening With Switchfoot
at the Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
Wednesday, December 9
buy tickets (doors at 7pm; all ages show)

In his interview with JesusFreakHideout.com back in 2000, Jon Foreman, lead singer/guitarist of Switchfoot explained the origin of their name: “Switchfoot is a surfing term. We all love to surf and have been surfing all our lives so to us, the name made sense. To switch your feet means to take a new stance facing the opposite direction. It’s about change and movement, a different way of approaching life and music.”

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Boston Music Spotlight’s Toys For Tots benefit concert – Dec. 3, 2009 @ Hennessy’s Hooley House

By julie

On November 29, 2009

In Boston Bands, Boston-area news, Gigs, Indie Music

This benefit concert presented by Boston Music Spotlight will take place on Thursday, December 3 at Hennessy’s Hooley House (25 Union St., Boston) and will feature Boston bands Cassavettes, Shadwell, Three Day Threshold and Taste. All proceeds will be donated to the national Marine Toys for Tots Foundation benefiting needy children in the Greater Boston area this holiday season. Tickets for the 21+ show are $10 or $5 with an unwrapped toy and can be purchased in advance online at TicketLeap.com. Live Nation and Straight Stitch Custom Embroidery & Silkscreen will co-sponsor the benefit concert.

Read the press release from Boston Music Spotlight.

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Happy Hollows at T.T. The Bear’s Place, Cambridge MA, Oct. 18, 2009

By julie

On November 2, 2009

In Gigs, Indie Music, Reviews

Sarah Negahdari, Chris Hernandez, and Charles Mahoney of The Happy Hollows

Toward the end of my ‘Silverlake East Coast Revue’, there was this marvelous miracle of an appearance by highly regarded (and rightly justified!) eastside L.A. band, The Happy Hollows, at our lovely little dive, T.T. The Bear’s Place in Central Square. I don’t know how on earth they got plunked onto a bill that sandwiched them between two swampy Southern rock bands, but bless all the pagan gods that they did. [as Sarah said to me afterward, “we were the odd ducks in the middle”. Odd and immensely talented ducks, I’d say!]

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Show Preview: Andrew Hoover & Sister Hazel at the Paradise Rock Club, 10/21/09

By julie

On October 21, 2009

In Gigs, Indie Music, Show Previews

Andrew Hoover, Sister Hazel (headliners)
at the Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
Wednesday, October 21 7pm, $25
967 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA
(doors at 7pm; 18+ show)

Singer-songwriter Andrew Hoover

Better late than never; that’s what I always say. Especially this past week and a half.

Singer-songwriter Andrew Hoover will be opening for Sister Hazel at the Paradise Rock Club on October 21 (that’s tonight, in a few hours from now). Bluesy and soulful with pop influences; a nice sound that probably transfers very well live. Have a listen.

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Parson Red Heads October East Coast Tour Dates (but not Boston, bummer!)

By julie

On October 9, 2009

In Band Profiles, Gigs, Indie Music, Road Trips

Ok, so technically this isn’t a show preview, because they’re not coming to Boston, and the closest they’ll be is a 2+ hour drive away near Albany (I’ll let you know what it ends up being). But I thought I would mention The Parson Red Heads and their East Coast visit, as they’re a great band I’ve been enjoying for a little while now. They have a lovely psychedelic and folky, upbeat sound with delightful harmonies, reminiscent of bands such as The Byrds, Big Star, CSN&Y, The Kinks, Fairport Convention, and Wilco.

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Show Preview: Youth Group, The States, The Honors, Leo Blais ~ T.T. The Bear’s Place, Cambridge ~ Friday, October 16, 2009

By julie

On October 9, 2009

In Gigs, Indie Music, Show Previews

Youth Group (midnight), The States (CD Release, 11:00 pm), The Honors (10:00 pm), Leo Blais (9:00 pm)
at the T.T. The Bear’s Place, Cambridge, MA
Friday, October 16
(doors at 8pm; 18+ show)

Youth Group, at their show @ TT's last April

I had the pleasure seeing Sydney-based Youth Group at T.T.’s back in April. Very impressive. With a strong focus on the considerable songwriting and vocal abilities of Toby Martin (who also plays guitar), he’s joined by Danny Allen (drums), Cameron Emerson-Elliott (guitar) and Patrick Matthews (bass). They’ve been performing together since the late nineties, with a big following in Australia, having supported such artists as Elliott Smith and The Strokes. They became better known here in the U.S. when they toured with Death Cab For Cutie. Their music has been compared to Teenage Fanclub, Pavement, Matthew Sweet, and the aforementioned Death Cab. Toby Martin cites Teenage Fanclub as a strong influence.

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Show Preview: The Happy Hollows, Dark Martini & The Dirty Olives, The Wrecking Coast ~ T. T. The Bear’s Place, Cambridge ~ Sunday, October 18, 2009

By julie

On October 7, 2009

In Gigs, Indie Music, Show Previews

The Wrecking Coast (9:15 p.m.), The Happy Hollows (10:15 p.m.), Dark Martini & The Dirty Olives (11:15 p.m.)
at the T.T. The Bear’s Place, Cambridge, MA
Sunday, October 18
(18+ show)

Photo by Dan Monick

The big and exciting news of this show is the first Boston appearance of The Happy Hollows. Having just been proclaimed by Radio Free Silver Lake as “the best band playing regularly in Los Angeles right now”, they’ve just released their debut album Spells, and will be performing a few shows here on the East Coast along with an appearance at CMJ.

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Show Preview: An Evening With Switchfoot ~ Paradise Rock Club, Boston ~ Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Boston Music Spotlight’s Toys For Tots benefit concert – Dec. 3, 2009 @ Hennessy’s Hooley House

Happy Hollows at T.T. The Bear’s Place, Cambridge MA, Oct. 18, 2009

Show Preview: Andrew Hoover & Sister Hazel at the Paradise Rock Club, 10/21/09

Parson Red Heads October East Coast Tour Dates (but not Boston, bummer!)

Show Preview: Youth Group, The States, The Honors, Leo Blais ~ T.T. The Bear’s Place, Cambridge ~ Friday, October 16, 2009

Show Preview: The Happy Hollows, Dark Martini & The Dirty Olives, The Wrecking Coast ~ T. T. The Bear’s Place, Cambridge ~ Sunday, October 18, 2009