Pulse Extra!!!! August 30, 2008
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Welcome to the last long weekend of the summer!!!!!
Due to the fact that it’s a looooong weekend. This weekend thecitypulse.com will cover Friday thru Monday’s concert listings. Let’s get started shall wee…
The Comcast Center and Bank of America Pavilion are “dark” but there are a lot of other places that you can head out to.
Vince Gill performs an exclusive and special Acoustic Evening up at the Hampton Beach Casino on SATURDAY. TIX are $35, $45 & $55.
FRIDAY: Keb Mo.
SATURDAY: Robert Cray Band. Tickets are $30.
CAPE COD MELODY TENT:
SATURDAY: An Evening With Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companio Featuring Ms. Suzy Bogguss. Tix are $46.25 & $51.25.
SOUTH SHORE MUSIC CIRCUS:
FRIDAY:
A Special Acoustic Evening With Vince Gill Tickets are $42.75.
MONDAY:
An Evening With Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion Featuring Ms. Suzy Bogguss Tickets are $51.25 & $66.25.
OK. Let’s hit the clubs for the weekend…
BOSTON:
FRIDAY & SATURDAY: One of thecitypulses favorite “rock chicks”, Liz Phair is at the Paradise both nights to perform, in its entirety, her debut album “Exile in Guyville.” It’s an 18+ show. Tix are $25.
BILL’S BAR: SATURDAY: MIGHTY MYSTIC / NOMAD-I w/ Black River Sound, Slimpocket (18+)
SUNDAY: Dub Station & Various Artists tba,
FRIDAY: Ernie and the Automatics.
CAMBRIDGE:
The Middle East Upstairs has on FRIDAY: MIGHTY MYSTIC / NOMAD-I w/ Black River Sound, Slimpocket (18+) $13.
SATURDAY: Emrys, Full Tilt, Last Run, Ever Under 18+ $9
SUNDAY: The Bay State, Stay, Aimée Proal – All Ages $10 – NOTE: 1pm Doors!!!!!!
SATURDAY NIGHT: Us Against The Archers (CD release), Drive Like Carson, Shanghai Thrills, The Northwood, Feels Like July - 18+ $10NOTE: 8pm doors
Over at TT’s:
FRIDAY: Self-Righteous Brothers, Hello Echo, Jake & Jesse’s Digital Santa, Ronald Reagan and Dina Varselone. Cover is $10.
SATURDAY: Sexpodm, Thalia Zedek, The Poison Arrows and Thief Thief
Cover $10.
SUNDAY: Herra Terra, Adria and Ghost Ocean $7 gets you in the show.
SUNDAY: Jeremy Lyons 5pm Frank Drake & The Aristocrats
MONDAY: Psychadelic DJ Night
CLUB PASSIM:
FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY: It’s the CAMPFIRE WEEKEND at Passim. A weekend pass is only $35. Very little money to see a lot of great bands. Don’t stay home…get out and have fun. A lot of great local and national acts for very little money.
Over at the lizard lounge check out:
FRIDAY: Damian Israel Shiner. $8 cover
SATURDAY: The Well, Christian McNeill and the Redeemers. Cover $8.
SUNDAY: Poetry Night
MONDAY: Open Mic
in Porter Square.
SATURDAY: Hugh McGowan and THE ZACH HILLYARD BAND
SUNDAY: MISS TESS
MONDAY: SHWANG featuring Anita Suhanin ~ ~ ~ THE TIM GEARAN BAND
SOMERVILLE:
FRIDAY: Booty Vortex $10 cover
SATURDAY: Rubble Bucket Orchestra. $10 cover
SUNDAY: Afternoon Blues Jam and the SalsaDance Party at night.
MONDAY: Trivia and Free Pizza!!!!!!
FRIDAY: Sandy Casey Stan Martin & The Honkytonk Heroes
SATURDAY: Larry Flint & the Road Scholars & Attention Shoppers
SUNDAY: Amber Casares Band
MONDAY: Comedy with MYQ and Low Profile
- SATURDAY: samba lolo
SUNDAY: The Sea Monsters
MONDAY: the mike hastings band
FRIDAY: Acoustic Hot Tuna
ALLSTON:
SATURDAY: INDIGENOUS with: LUKE MULHOLLAND. Tix are $12.
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| Great Scott is busy as well.
FRIDAY: The Pill along with DJs Ken & Michael V. Cover $5. SATURDAY: Basstown, DJ Ghostdad & Ryan Durkin, Kingdom, Vision, DJ Die Young and DJ Volvox $12 gets ya in the door SUNDAY: Does It Offend You, Yeah?, DJ E-Marce and DJ Michael V. $12 cover MONDAY: Kickdrum along with Jett And The Writers $7 cover thecitypulse.com wishes you and yours a very safe and Happy Labor Day Weekend!!! The summer concert season is almost over and the club scene will be picking up. Tell your friends that if they need info about what’s going on around town this is the place to find it. |
Thursday Aug 28, 2008 August 28, 2008
Posted by thecitypulse in : The Daily Pulse , add a comment“It’s Deja Vu all over again” only this time Marc Cohn and Suzanne Vega are at the Cape Cod Melody Tent.
They were at the South Shore Music Circus last night. Tickets are $35.25 & $50.25.
Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks are up in Lowell. Tickets are $20.
The club scene looks like this:
BOSTON:
SUMMER SCHOOL feat. Live Bands (18+)…as opposed to dead bands I guess…Sox are still out of town. Go park on Landsdowne St. and check out those live bands.
CAMBRIDGE:
Middle East Upsairs has Say When, Hollywood Lies, Hello Ninja, A Hero Next Door – 18+ $10 NOTE: 8:30pm doors
At TT’s around the corner it’s The New Collisions, Elsewhere and Nalband $7 cover.
Campfire. 10th Anniversary Party! Is happening at Passim. $10 cover.
The Lizard Lounge has Jen Kearney and the Lost Onion along with Melvern Taylor and his Fabulous Meltones. $5 cover.
in Porter Sq, where there is never a cover, check out The Beatle Butchers and Brendan Hogan
SOMERVILLE:
The Claire Lynch Band is at Johnny D’s
Sugar Snow hits Sally O’s tonite. No Cover!!!
Over at Precinct it’s GRETEL.
ALLSTON:
Great Scott has 4 bands on the bill. Here they is: Planetoid, Hotblack, Easter Bloodhounds and Before Lazers. Cover is $8.
The Loooong Weekend begins tomorrow check back here to see what’s happening all weekend right here at thecitypulse.com
Wednesday Aug 27,2008 August 27, 2008
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90’s hitmakers, Marc Cohn and Suzanne Vega are at the South Shore Music Circus. Tickets are $35.25 & $50.25.
The Club Scene looks like this…
BOSTON:
Xiu Xiu with Carla Bozulich’s Evangelista, Common Eider, King Eider doors at 7 PM; 18+ show Tix are $15.
Bill’s Bar on Landsdowne has Syd in for an 18+ show. $10 cover. The Sox aren’t in town so there’s plenty of parking available.
CAMBRIDGE:
Upstairs at the Middle East check out Windsor for the Derby, Anthems MA (CD Release), Polyethylene – 18+ $10
Around the corner at TT’s it’s Spectator, Grand Army, Creature and Ralph Eats Dynamite cover is $8.
The Plough has the Bad Art Ensemble hitting the stage at $10.
Sara Hickman is at Passim Tix are $15.
The Giant Kings are at the Lizard Lounge. $10 cover. Show is at 9:30.
Toad in Porter Square has Colleen Sexton ad THE KEN CLARK ORGAN TRIO. Never a cover at Toad.
SOMERVILLE:
women in docs(contemporary folk from Australia) w/Bryan McPherson $10 cover.
It’s Free Poker night at Sally O’s.
Precinct has THE REX COMPLEX cd release party!!
ALLSTON:
Check out ZAC BROWN BAND with: KRISTEN PRICE, AMY & THE ELECTRIC. Tix are $7.
The Cold, Beat, Get Laid and Eastern Eyes. It’s an 18+ show with a $7 cover at Great Scott.
See you back here tomorrow at thecitypulse.com.
Tuesday Aug 26, 2008 August 26, 2008
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The Summer Shows are winding down at the Pavilion and Comcast Centers but there are still venues to see great shows. The Newest being in FOXBORO at Patriot Place:
Squeeze is at Showcase Live in Foxboro. Difford and Tilbrook are in the band. “Tempted??” Tickets are $45.
New Hampshire:
Chris Isaak is up at Hampton Beach. Tickets are $26, $39 and $50. Chris puts on a very entertaining show.
Then there’s the clubs:
CAMBRIDGE:
The Middle East upstairs has Blood Mountain, Skull Hammer, Tester - 18+ $8
Around the corner at TT’s it’s Endozo, Sam Calef, Wakey Wakey and Atomictom
Cover is $7.
Up the road on Mass. Ave. Wear your best black outfit because it’s GOTH DJ NIGHT with Mistress Laura of WMBR’s“Bats in the Belfry” at the Plough.
The Lizard Lounge hosts Neil Cleary’s Doozy featuring Amy Allison. $8 cover.
in Porter Sq. has The Town Meeting Jam An extra special night! Plus, VAGABOND VAN greg klyma & tom bianchi - in person! Never a cover.
SOMERVILLE:
Check out EFFI from Greece and Esthema
Spider John Koerner at 8:00. No Cover.
THE JESS TARDY BAND continue their Tuesday residency that will carry on in September.
ALLSTON:
It’s Metal Night at the Ferry. HOWL with: DISAPPEARER, DENIMVENOM. 18+
Math The Band, Teengirl Fantasy, Guatemala City and Birthday Aromas at Great Scott. Cover is $7.
NOW!!! THE NEW MUSIC & MOVIE RELEASES:
The Verve- Forth - They’re baaaaack!! 11 years after their last album. You know, the one that had “Bittersweet Symphony.” I’ll bet you didn’t even know that they broke up.
Blues Traveler - North Hollywood Shootout - They’re back too. But then again, they never went away. This new release contains a song called “Free Willis.” That song includes a free form rant from who the song was written for, Bruce Willis!!! Helloooooo 1988.
Eva Cassidy - Somewhere - This is her 8th posthumous release. Almost the same as Tupac!!! It’s mostly cover tunes, but she does have a beautiful voice.
Little Feat - Join the Band - They cover themselves with a cast of different singers. Dave Matthews, Bob Seger, Chris Robinson and Emmylou Harris just to name a few. Pick of the litter: Sailin’ Shoes.
Moody Blues - Live at The Isle of Wight 1970 - Recorded when they were really good.
Motorhead - Motorizer - 39 minutes of pure, unadulterated METAL!!!
Mott the Hoople - Old records never die: The Mott the Hoople/Ian hunter Anthology. 32 trax?!?!? You mean they were more than “All the Young Dudes” and “All the way to Memphis??” Who knew ????
Slipknot - All Hope is Gone - More metal. Only this time from 9 “nice boys” from Iowa who wear masks.
Three Dog Night - Greatest Hits Live - Now, my collection is complete.
B.B. King - One Kind Favor - His 3rd release this year…ok the other 2 were a live album and a greatest hits. This album was produced by T-Bone Burnett and features Dr. John.
DVD’s:
Entourage: Season 4
Heroes: Season 2
The Shield: Season 6
That’s it for today. See you back here tomorrow at thecitypulse.com
Monday Aug 25th… August 25, 2008
Posted by thecitypulse in : The Daily Pulse , add a commentIt’s Monday and there are a lot of shows happening on the club scene. The big rooms are quiet. Get out and check out these shows…
CAMBRIDGE:
The Middle East has Moniker, Tiny Dylan (Solo), The Silent Years (fr. Detroit), The Red Royal (formerly Mako) – 18+ $8
Downstairs at the Middle East it’s Finntroll, Warbringer, Thy Will Be Done, To The Wolves - 18+ $25
The Other Side Of The Bear Acoustic Series featuring Scarce, Dave Mirabella of The Rationales and Dan Cray. Cover is $3
10pm DJ NIGHT featuring Cigarette Tricks with JoeB and Friends. Always a party.
in Porter Sq. It’s SHWANG featuring Anita Suhanin and THE TIM GEARAN BAND
SOMERVILLE:
Johnny D’s has FREE PIZZA and Trivia!!!!!
Over at Precinct it’s THE MIKE HASTINGS BAND doing their Monday residency
ALLSTON:
LUKAS ROSSI with: FRED SCHAFFER. Lukas was the guy that won “Rockstar” on CBS a couple of years ago. See if he was worth it. Tix are $15.
Great Scott has Destruct-a-thon , Black Tusk , Revocation and Finisher Cover is $8.
That’s it for tonight. Check back tomorrow for more shows and updates including CD and DVD releases right here at thecitypulse.com