Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Some random news and upcoming Boston shows

Here are some random upcoming shows in the Boston area with some small and local bands, which I copied from the Lemmingtrail board. Enjoy. Check 'em out.

3/13/07 - Ratatat/Despot/Ezra Furman @ Tufts University Oxfam Cafe - Medford, MA (free but will be packed, get there early! 8:30pm)

3/17/07 - Positive Reinforcement/Sick Fix/Dustheads/TBA - @ The Cuntree Club (don't know the exact address, sorry) - 7pm $5

3/21/07 -
The Young Knives/Protokoll/TheMainDrag/The Daily Pravda @ Harper's Ferry - Allston, MA - 18+ ($8, 8pm)

3/22/07 - Read Yellow (last show ever)/Planes Mistaken for Stars/Lock and Key @ Middle East Club - Cambridge, MA (this show is going to sell out, get tickets now!)

3/24/07 @ Jamaica Plains Public Library - 12 Sedgwick St, Jamaica Plain, MA - $5 (2pm-5pm)
Kamikaze Noise
Sonorous Gale - On Tour from Buffalo, NY. thunderous Drum and bass duo. very heavy and amazing to watch live.
Scheisse Krieg - On Tour from Buffalo. lightning fast crusty hardcore.
Furnace - Dark and heavy hardcore from Manchester, NH via Allston

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The Silversun Pickups are playing an in-store performance at the Newbury Comics on Newbury Street on March 29th. I'm not sure of the details but I don't think you need a wrist band or anything. More info to come.

Ted Leo will be on WFMU tonight during their pledge drive, sometime between 8-11pm. Listen at WFMU.org

Billboard has a short interview up here with Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse, discussing their new album coming out next week on March 20th.

LiveBonnaroo.com
is offering mp3s and FLAC downloads of past performances from the festival. Whole albums cost $9.95 in MP3 format and $12.95 in the CD-quality lossless FLAC format.

AOL.com is currently hosting the entire Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony that occurred recently. Watch it here to see the induction of REM, Patti Smith, and numerous others.

Sub Pop Records has launched an imprint label, Hardly Art, whose first release will be by Arthur & Yu and will come out June 19th, 2007.

Sub Pop is also offering a scholarship open to high school students from Oregon and Washington for $5750. Details can be found here and entrants are encouraged to have a strong interest in music.

Spin Magazine has a cool new feature called "Spin.com Book Club", which has band members read a book and then write about it each month. Check it out here.

Lastly, Crayola used Animal Collective's "Sweet Road" in their latest commercial. Pretty weird, huh? Watch it here.

some news taken from punknews.org, spin.com, and pitchforkmedia.com

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