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Concert Report for May 7 – 18, 2008

 

Please Note:  We review all submissions for accuracy, but mistakes and changes do occur, so please check with the individual venue for up-to-the-minute information.  Please send additions or corrections to zbcpromo [at] gmail [dot] com.

 

T.T. the Bears

Middle East

Great Scott

P.A.’s Lounge

 

Coolidge Corner Theatre

Brattle Theatre

Harvard Film Archive

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, May 7, 2008

 

T.T. the Bears

LeftHand Does, The Daily Pravda, Those Wolves Actually Happened, 6Cheek

 

Middle East Upstairs

Ladyhawk, Neva Dinova, Quixote

 

Middle East Downstairs

Teitur, Newton Faulkner, Jessie Baylin

 

Great Scott

The Acorn, You Can Be A Wesley

 

P.A.’s Lounge

The Protomen, Tristan Da Cunha, Keith Fullerton Whitman

 

 

 

THURSDAY, May 8, 2008

 

T.T. the Bears

The Motion Sick, Semi Precious Weapons, Vivian Darkbloom, Sidewalk Driver

 

Middle East Upstairs

The Night Marchers, CPC Gangbangs, The Dynamiters

 

Middle East Downstairs

Banger! with XO Skeletons, Innerpartysystem, Time Machine, DJ Michael Savant, DJ E-Marce

 

Great Scott

Bread & Roses, Yoni Gordon And The Goods, George Lewis, Jr., Where The Land Meets The Sea

 

P.A.’s Lounge

Red Thread, Waste Management, Libyans, Weapons Grade

 

 

 

FRIDAY, May 9, 2008

 

T.T. the Bears

Xmortis pres. Dead Man’s Chest: DJ Chris Ewen Spins goth & more

 

Middle East Upstairs

El Perro Del Mar & Lykke Li with Special Guest Anna Ternheim

 

Middle East Downstairs

Pharoahe Monch, Awkward Landing, Tru Indeed, Oak Lonetree & Egadz, M.Dot

 

Great Scott

The Pill: DJs Ken & Michael V.

 

P.A.’s Lounge

Drug Rug, Carter Tanton, The Tony the Bookie Orchestra, Marc Pinansky, George Lewis Jr., Chris Warren

 

Paradise

Clinic with Shearwater

 

Test Pattern on WZBC 90.3FM, 6-7pm

 

Roy Wood/Wizzard (Patrick)

 

 

SATURDAY, May 10, 2008

 

T.T. the Bears

"Heroes" 80's Dance Night: DJ Chris Ewen spins 80's new wave

 

Middle East Upstairs

The Mystery Tramps (CD Rel), The Sterns, The Insiders – All Ages - 1pm Doors

 

Mess With The Bull, Hackman, GOZU (CD Rel), Cortez – 18+

 

Middle East Downstairs

The Pietasters, Westbound Train, Have Nots

 

Great Scott

Campaign For Real Time, Fantasy Mirrors, DJ Die Young, DJ Ian Michael Jackson

 

P.A.’s Lounge

The Double Stops, B for Brontosaurus, The Oh! My Gods,  Erin of So+So

 

 

 

SUNDAY, May 11, 2008

 

T.T. the Bears

Roland High Life, This Is How Rumors Get Started, Mr. Sister

 

Middle East Upstairs

Lymbyc Systym, Doomstar, Tiny Whales, Jeff Bujak

 

Middle East Downstairs

El-P with DJ Mr. Dibbs and The Mighty Quinn, Dizzee Rascal, with special guest DJ Aaron LaCrate, Busdriver

 

Great Scott

Robby Roadsteamer - 9pm

 

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School Cabaret Life Drawing Class - 2:30pm

 

 

 

MONDAY, May 12, 2008

 

T.T. the Bears

The Other Side of the Bear Acoustic Series: Ette, Stephen MacDonald, Chris Albert

 

Middle East Upstairs

Happy Anarchy, These Modern Socks

 

Great Scott

Hoof, Easter Bloodhounds, Feigned, Slugpuncher

 

Paradise

Cut Copy/Black Kids with Mobius Band

 

 

 

TUESDAY, May 13, 2008

 

T.T. the Bears

Merrily James & the Bucket of Soul, Brad Byrd, Charile Superfly

 

Middle East Downstairs

Tiger Army, The Unseen, War Tapes – All Ages – 7pm Doors

Great Scott

Love In Stockholm, Trees on Fire, This Blue Heaven, Bearstronaut

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2008

 

T.T. the Bears

54 Seconds, Spitzer Space Telescope, TonyBear

 

Middle East Upstairs

{{{Sunset}}}, Harriet Street, Jared Scharff and the Royals

 

Great Scott

Bad Ash, Beantown Boozehounds, The Thickness, Faulty Conscience

 

P.A.’s Lounge

Demons, Sick Llama, Helicopter Sanglante, Moshi Moshi I Am the Decider

 

 

 

THURSDAY, May 15, 2008

 

T.T. the Bears

Beat Circus, Alec K. Redfearn & the Eyesores, Tigersaw, Micah Blue Smaldone

 

Middle East Upstairs

Nightmare of You, Paper Rival, Edison Glass, The Minus Scale

 

Middle East Downstairs

Bishop Allen, The War On Drugs, The Self Righteous Brothers

 

Great Scott

Township, Handsome Jack

 

P.A.’s Lounge

Muy Cansado, Ladies & Gentlemen

 

Middlesex Lounge

Non-Event, Basstown, and the Goethe Institute of Boston presents Signal, Alva Noto, Frank Bretschneider, and Byetone

 

 

 

FRIDAY, May 16, 2008

 

T.T. the Bears

Aloud, Murder Mystery, Miss Fairchild, Scuba

 

Middle East Upstairs

Constants, Irepress, Battlefields, The Vital Might

 

Middle East Downstairs

Onebigmess, Northern Pike, Trucker Mouth, Poor Boys Reason

 

Great Scott

The Pill: Taxpayer, DJs Ken & Michael V.

 

P.A.’s Lounge

The Gondoliers, Campaign for Real Time, DJ K-Ho

 

Test Pattern on WZBC 90.3FM, 6-7pm

 

Peter Hammill (Rob)

 

 

SATURDAY, May 17, 2008

 

T.T. the Bears

The Great Bandini, The Luxury, Status Green, The Bleedin’ Bleedings

 

Middle East Upstairs

NE PGM Fest auditions – All Ages – 11:30am Doors

 

Big Bear, We Versus The Shark, Ho-Ag (CD Rel), Shore Leave - 18+

 

Middle East Downstairs

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band

 

Great Scott

WZBC's Flyweight presents 28 Degrees Taurus, The December Sound, Screen Vinyl Image, Static Of The Gods

 

P.A.’s Lounge

Thrones, Ocrilim, VVLTVRE, Animal Hospital

 

 

 

SUNDAY, May 18, 2008

 

T.T. the Bears

Plants & Animals, Rock Plaza Central, Ryan Walsh of Hallelujah the Hills, These United States

 

Middle East Upstairs

Blood on the Wall, Viva Viva, Headband

 

Middle East Downstairs

The Sword, Torche, Stinking Lizaveta, Never Got Caught

 

Great Scott

Snowden, Colour Revolt, The Epochs, Age Rings

 

P.A.’s Lounge

Clan of the Cave Bear, Thunderhold, The Empties, The Great Burriers

 

 

 

Upcoming/Ongoing

 

Paradise

Tuesday, May 20: X with the Detroit Cobras

 

Great Scott

Thursday, May 22: The Helio Sequence, Pattern is Movement, Pretty & Nice

 

Middle East Upstairs

Friday, May 23: Joe Lally, Glorytellers, Thalia Zedek, Drew O'Doherty

 

MFA

Saturday, May 24: Son Volt

 

Middle East Downstairs

Monday, June 2: M83, Berg Sans Nipple, Matters & Dunaway

 

Paradise

Thursday, June 5: The Breeders with the Montana Boys

 

Middle East Downstairs

Friday, June 6: Mudhoney, The Cynics, The Men

 

Great Scott

Saturday, June 7: The Field

 

MFA

Wednesday, June 11: Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters) with Marissa Nadler

 

T.T. the Bears

Thursday, June 12: Damon & Naomi, Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh

 

Paradise

Thursday, June 12: Mission of Burma, performing the album Signals, Calls, and Marches

 

Paradise

Friday, June 13: Mission of Burma, performing the album Vs.

 

MFA

Wednesday, June 18: Jose Gonzalez

 

T.T. the Bears

Friday, June 20: Frog Eyes, Evangelicals

 

Middle East Upstairs

Friday, June 20: Lyres, The Black Hollies, Traveling Circle, The Time Beings

 

P.A.’s Lounge

Saturday, June 28: Windy Smiles

 

Great Scott

Sunday, June 29: Times New Viking, Hallelujah the Hills, Titus Andronicus

 

Paradise

Monday, June 30: Ladytron with Datarock

 

Middle East Downstairs

Thursday, July 17: !!!, Dragons of Zynth

 

Abbey Lounge

Monday, July 21: Reports, Sic Alps, Heathen Shame, Black Clouds

 

Brainwaves 2008

November 21 – 23 at the Regent Theatre in Arlington. With Meat Beat Manifesto, Matmos, Stars of the Lid, A Place to Bury Strangers, Little Annie, The Reformed Faction (of Zoviet France), Andrew Liles and Jonathan Coleclough, Nmperign feat. Jason Lescalleet, Marissa Nadler, Glenn Jones, His Name Is Alive, Gary Wilson, Rivulets, Strategy, Nudge, Boduf Songs, Charalambides, To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie, Baby Dee, Lichens