
Shows I've Seen
At the beginning of 2003, at my friend Elizabeth's suggestion, I
began to write little reviews of pretty much all the rock shows I go
to. I seem to have made a habit of it. Here are all the shows so far
this year. (Here are all the shows in 2004, and
here are the ones from 2003.) There is also a
listing by band. (This is
still sort of a work in progress.)
I welcome
feedback. If you'd like to
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And here is a list of upcoming shows I'm psyched about. Come to some! Say Hi!
And on to my reviews:
NOTE: I've been in sort of a slump about writing these lately, for various reasons, so at the moment a lot of these are just placeholders with no actual review in them. I hope I'll eventually get around to at least putting down a bit of what I remember about each show.
- December 8, 2005: The Collisions, The Irreverends, Kieran Ridge Band, and AM Stereo at Great Scott
- December 7, 2005: Wildlife and The Chocolate Watchband at Great Scott
- December 6, 2005: Akron/Family and Barn Burning at PA's Lounge
- December 1, 2005: Mobius Band, Taxpayer, and Reports at Great Scott
- November 29, 2005: Piles, Calumet-Hecla, Tristan da Cunha, Hands of Fate, and Gabe Plays Drums at the Midway
- November 28, 2005: Dave Cave & The Void, Codetta, and Appomattox at Great Scott
- November 26, 2005: Sound Team and Harris at the Middle East upstairs
- November 22, 2005: Maleblood, Piles, Apple Betty, The Empties, and Mane at the Midway
- November 21, 2005: Leslie & the Ly's, Ouch!, and John John at Great Scott
- November 20, 2005: Devin Davis, Hallelujah the Hills, and King & Country at Great Scott
- November 19, 2005: Ryan Lee & the Mindless, Faces on Film, and Shrinking Islands at the Lizard
- November 16, 2005: Night Rally and Impossible Shapes at PA's Lounge
- November 15, 2005: The Glass Set, Humanwine, Alec K. Redfearn & the Lungs, and The Jumblies at the Abbey
- November 14, 2005: Mad Man Films, Tiny Amps, and Reports at Great Scott
- November 12, 2005: Ho-Ag and Humanwine at the Middle East downstairs
- November 10, 2005: The Joggers, Gogogo Airheart, Faces on Film, and Choo Choo LaRouge at Great Scott
- November 9, 2005: Rooftop Suicide Club, Din, Sometimes Why, School for the Dead, and Girl on Top at the Paradise Lounge
- November 8, 2005: Piles, Paper Thin Stages, Shark & Bear, and Harris at the Midway
- November 5, 2005: Tristan da Cunha, Cinemechanica, and The Hangman's Alphabet at PA's Lounge
- November 4, 2005: Aberdeen City, The Bon Savants, The Plain Janes, and Why Twist the Hair at TT's
- November 3, 2005: Lady of Spain, Badman, Sybris, and Bulletproof Plan at Great Scott
- November 1, 2005: Pink Panic, Piles, The New Dumb, and Con Amore at the Midway
- October 31, 2005: Dresden Dolls, Devotchka, and Faun Fables at Avalon
- October 30, 2005: Big Bear as Weezer, Donna Parker/Jessica Rylan/Angela of Twisted Village as The Andrews Sisters, Reports as The Velvet Underground, Piles as Spinal Tap, and The Rudds as Cheap Trick at Great Scott
- October 28, 2005: Polaris Mine, Badman, Abigail Warchild, and Ketman at PA's Lounge
- October 27, 2005: Miminokoto, Eloe Omoe, Heathen Shame, and Donna Parker at Great Scott
- October 24, 2005: Old Time Relijun and Uptight at Great Scott
- October 22, 2005: Animal Hospital at Planet Aid; then The Rudds, Count Zero, and Baby Ray at the Middle East upstairs
- October 21, 2005: Neptune, Black Ice, Boo Radley Bruises Badly, and Robotvoice at the Midway
- October 19, 2005: Secret Cock at Great Scott
- October 18, 2005: Youth Group at Great Scott
- October 15, 2005: Certainly Sir, Roh Delikat, Piles, and Paper Thin Stages at Great Scott
- October 14, 2005: Harris, Reverse, Junius, and Pants Yell! at the Middle East upstairs
- October 13, 2005: Night Rally at Planet Aid
- October 12, 2005: The Underdogs and Ketman at PA's Lounge
- October 11, 2005: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum at TT's
- October 10, 2005: The Decemberists at Avalon
- October 9, 2005: The Mules, Pleaseeasaur, Joe Jack Talcum, and Tristan da Cunha at Great Scott
- October 8, 2005: Mando Diao, The Luxury, The Appreciation Post, and Aloud at TT's
- October 6, 2005: More Dogs and La Faccia Brutta at O'Briens; plus Baby Boy H and Never Only Once at Great Scott
- October 5, 2005: Crash Midnight at Great Scott
- October 1, 2005: Fluttr Effect and Jaggery at the Middlesex; then The Beatings, Easy Action, and Keys to the Streets of Fear at Great Scott
- September 29, 2005: Lady of Spain, Blanketeer, and Tryst at the Abbey
- September 27, 2005: Shark & Bear, Distinguished Members, Medications, and Capital Radio at the Middle East upstairs
- September 25, 2005: Miniwatt, The Tremula, Tristan da Cunha, and Kalpana at AS220 in Providence
- September 24, 2005: Wack Ass Egyptians, Museum of Science, and Pako at the Middle East upstairs; then Blacktail at O'Brien's
- September 23, 2005: Major Stars and Magic People at O'Brien's
- September 22, 2005: Parts & Labor, Badman, and Mad Man Films at Great Scott
- September 21, 2005: Victory At Sea, The Reputation, Shore Leave, and Piles at Great Scott
- September 20, 2005: Crank Sturgeon, Black Helicopter, Devil Music, and Presley at Great Scott
- September 19, 2005: The Gossip, We Are Wolves, The Mules, and Big Bear at Great Scott
- September 17, 2005: Count Zero and Cirkestra at the Lizard
- September 15, 2005: Heavy Stud, Scamper, and The Montgomerys at the Abbey
- September 13, 2005: The Lot Six, Emergency Music, Night Rally, The Bon Savants, The Chainletter, and Reports at Great Scott
- September 10, 2005: The Bon Savants, The Twenty Twos, Faces on Film, and Ryan Lee & the Mindless at Great Scott
- September 9, 2005: Phantom Planet and Damone at the Paradise
- September 7, 2005: Fe-Mail, 16 Bitch Pileup, Donna Parker & Kate Village, and David Gross at PA's Lounge
- September 6, 2005: Major Stars, The Spacious Mind, and The Lothars at PA's Lounge
- September 2, 2005: The Rudds, The Everyday Visuals, and Peter Moore at TT's
- August 31, 2005: The Volume and Shore Leave at the Middle East upstairs
- August 30, 2005: Commotional Rescue, Amy Miles, Scott Janovitz, and Ad Frank at the Paradise Lounge
- August 28, 2005: Helms, The Creeping Nobodies, and Piles at Great Scott
- August 26, 2005: Count Zero, Auto Interiors, Sparkola, and Holly & Mat from Humanwine at the Lizard Lounge
- August 25, 2005: Aberdeen City, Taxpayer, Faces on Film, and The Plain Janes at the Middle East upstairs
- August 23, 2005: Kinski, Major Stars, and The Invisible Rays at TT's
- August 22, 2005: Lincoln Conspiracy, The Temporary Thing, and Ketman at Great Scott
- August 19, 2005: Sweetthieves, Badman, Polaris Mine, and Brio at the Safari Lounge
- August 18, 2005: Mad Man Films, Polaris Mine, Signal to Trust, and Animal Hospital at Great Scott
- August 17, 2005: Earthen Sea, Insect Factory, Forbes Graham, and Gavin McCarthy at ZuZu!
- August 16, 2005: Kincade, Apse, Leisure, and Shark & Bear at TT's
- August 13, 2005: Mad Man Films, Modelo '78, Dorkbot, Tramps Like Us, Tiny Amps, and Big Bear at the Middle East downstairs; then The Charms and The Rudds at Great Scott
- August 11, 2005: The Stairs, Ketman, and My Dearest Screwtape at O'Brien's
- August 4, 2005: Bambi Lee Savage and some other folks at the Lion's Lair in Denver
- July 31, 2005: Of the Lion, Geoff Hayton, and Bunk 9 at the Abbey; then Brown Recluse, Full Moon Partisans, and Wildlife at Great Scott
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- July 30, 2005: Night Rally, Badman, and The Knee-Hi's at Flattop Johnnie's
- July 29, 2005: Aloud, Scamper, The Silver Lining, and The Volume at the Middle East upstairs
- July 28, 2005: Tristan da Cunha, Piles, Boo Radley Bruises Badly, and The Hound at PA's Lounge
- July 27, 2005: Beatles Tribute: Voodoo Screw Machine, The Buckners, Scamper, and Gene Dante & the Future Starlets at the Abbey
- July 21, 2005: Roh Delikat, Tristan da Cunha, Mad Man Films, and All Combinations at PA's Lounge
- July 20, 2005: Shore Leave, Ellipsis, Shortfilm, and Guillermo Sexo at the Middle East upstairs
- July 19, 2005: ZWA, Cathy Cathodic, and Longknives at Great Scott
- July 18, 2005: Major Stars, Keys to the Streets of Fear, and The Debutantes at Charlie's
- July 16, 2005: The Bon Savants, Summer Lawns, and Protokoll at Great Scott
- July 15, 2005: Dinosaur Jr. and Magic Markers at Avalon
- July 14, 2005: Reports, Tristan da Cunha, Sweetthieves, and Shark & Bear at PA's Lounge
- July 11, 2005: Pinocchio Syndrome, Piles, Daniel Striped Tiger, and The Sanguine at the Middle East upstairs
- July 9, 2005: Crank Sturgeon, Can't, and Neptune at Pan9
- July 8, 2005: Sweetthieves, La Bella Angora, Spheres, and Keys to the Streets of Fear at the Safari Lounge
- July 7, 2005: Shore Leave, Tristan da Cunha, Spheres, and Paper Thin Stages at PA's Lounge
- July 1, 2005: The Charms at TT's
- June 30, 2005: The Nonfamous, Taxpayer, and This Blue Holiday at TT's
- June 26, 2005: Ho-Ag, The Stairs, and Morex Optimo at Great Scott
- June 25, 2005: Fluttr Effect, Count Zero, The Cautions, and Humanwine at the Middle East upstairs
- June 24, 2005: Medications at TT's
- June 23, 2005: Harris, Junius, Shortfilm, and Chromelodeon at the Middle East upstairs; then Of the Lion at ZuZu!
- June 20, 2005: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Sick Guns at Great Scott
- June 19, 2005: Thom Savant at the Abbey; then Tristan da Cunha and Bastille at the Paradise Lounge
- June 18, 2005: Night Rally, Helms, Polaris Mine, and Badman at Great Scott
- June 17, 2005: Keys to the Streets of Fear and Sweetthieves at the Cellar
- June 16, 2005: Bulletproof Plan, Swim Team, The 8mm Fuzz, and La Faccia Brutta at Great Scott
- June 15, 2005: The Pixies and Fifty Foot Wave at the Agganis Arena
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- June 13, 2005: Clickers, Piles, Tristan da Cunha, and Paper Thin Stages at Great Scott
- June 11, 2005: Will Dailey, Lincoln Conspiracy, and Matty Charles at the Middle East upstairs
- June 9, 2005: Valhalla Kittens at the Middle East upstairs; then The Nonfamous at the Abbey
- June 7, 2005: WFNX Best Music Poll Party: Dresden Dolls, The Kaiser Chiefs, and Dear Leader at Avalon
- June 5, 2005: Dresden Dolls at the Paradise (DVD shoot)
- June 4, 2005: Fooled By April, Scamper, and The Redwalls at the Paradise
- June 2, 2005: Fluttr Effect, Count Zero, Humanwine, and Sarah Rabdau at Harper's Ferry
- May 30, 2005: Double-A Cabaret at the Abbey
- May 29, 2005: Jaggery and Noah Maxner at TT's; then Piles at the Paradise Lounge
- May 28, 2005: Young Sexy Assassins, Cheer Accident, Boo Radley Bruises Badly, and Robotvoice at the Midway
- May 27, 2005: Ho-Ag, Shore Leave, Night Rally, and Tristan da Cunha at the Middle East upstairs
- May 22, 2005: Animal Closet, Shortfilm, and Seekonk at the Paradise Lounge
- May 20, 2005: Piles, Calumet-Hecla, and Sah at PA's Lounge
- May 10, 2005: Blitzkriegbliss and Presley at O'Brien's
- May 8, 2005: Harris at the Middle East upstairs
- May 7, 2005: Black Helicopter, The Beatings, and Lady of Spain at Great Scott
- May 6, 2005: Barrence Whitfield & the Savages, The Prime Movers, and Keys to the Streets of Fear at the Overdraught
- May 5, 2005: Tom's Birthday Show: Clickers, Ad Frank & the Fast Easy Women, Donna Parker & Kate Village, Tanya Donelly, and Count Zero at Great Scott
- May 4, 2005: Piles, Paper Thin Stages, Spheres, and Tristan da Cunha at O'Brien's
- April 30, 2005: Big Bear, Helms, Officer May, and Animal Hospital at the Middle East upstairs
- April 29, 2005: The Bon Savants, Max Heinegg & the Nervous, Scamper, and Jetlagger at the Middle East upstairs
- April 27, 2005: The New Dumb, Cory Bantic Band, and 20 Foot Halo at the Abbey
- April 26, 2005: Valhalla Kittens, Midnight Creeps, Drab, and Cotton Ponies at Great Scott
- April 24, 2005: Dresden Dolls, Fluttr Effect, and Thomas Truax at the Paraise
- April 23, 2005: Shipping News, Taxpayer, and Shark & Bear at Great Scott
- April 21, 2005: Humanwine and Ultraplush at the Skybar
- April 20, 2005: Saving Alcatraz, Larry Banilow, and Tremulant at the Abbey
- April 16, 2005: Night Rally, Tristan da Cunha, Assorted Kitchen Utensils, and Nice Goat at the Watertown Knights of Columbus
- April 15, 2005: WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble Semifinals, Night 1: The Hidden, Reverend Glasseye, Furvis, and Fluttr Effect at the Middle East downstairs
- April 14, 2005: Clickers, Night Rally, The Carlisle Sound, and Reports at the Middle East upstairs
- April 13, 2005: Jon Gorey Band, Blitzkriegbliss, and Kite at the Abbey
- April 11, 2005: Young Sexy Assassins and Ketman at Charlie's
- April 10, 2005: Shore Leave, Harris, Paper Thin Stages, Sweetthieves, and Guillermo Sexo at Mass Art
- April 9, 2005: WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble, Night 6: Violet Nine, The Marvels, Sand Machine, and The Hidden at the Middle East upstairs
- April 8, 2005: WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble, Night 5: Aberdeen City, Muck & the Mires, Mass Hysteria, and Rubikon at the Middle East upstairs
- April 7, 2005: WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble, Night 4: Beyond the Embrace, The Turpentine Brothers, Antler, and Sudden Ease at the Middle East upstairs
- April 6, 2005: Swim Team and Static of the Gods at the Abbey
- April 5, 2005: WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble, Night 3: Stray Bullets, Car Crash Show, Reverend Glasseye, and Endway at the Middle East upstairs
- April 4, 2005: WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble, Night 2: Spitzz, Emergency Music, Baby Boy H, and Furvis at the Middle East upstairs
- April 3, 2005: WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble, Night 1: Lock & Key, The Bon Savants, Fluttr Effect, and Robbie Roadsteamer at the Middle East upstairs
- April 2, 2005: Partyline, Ho-Ag, and Young Sexy Assassins at Jacques
- April 1, 2005: John Doe, The Brett Rosenberg Problem, and Nick Luca at TT's
- March 31, 2005: Harris, Tristan da Cunha, Corin Ashley, and Zipper at the Abbey
- March 30, 2005: Raymond, Scamper, and Max Heinegg & the Nervous at the Abbey
- March 29, 2005: Robyn Hitchcock at TT's
- March 27, 2005: Squids, Sweetthieves, Keys to the Streets of Fear, and The Empties at the Midway
- March 26, 2005: The Silver Lining, Ellipsis, Audrey Can't Die, and Tiger Mountain at O'Brien's
- March 24, 2005: Subarachnoid Space, Polly Shang Kuan Band, and Major Stars at Harper's Ferry; plus Humanwine and Van Elk at Great Scott
- March 23, 2005: Harris, Scamper, Fooled By April, and Orange Park at the Abbey
- March 21, 2005: Gold, Hi Red Center, and Barnacled at PA's Lounge
- March 19, 2005: Travis Morrison, Clickers, and Raised by Tigers at Great Scott
- March 18, 2005: Count Zero, IIJ, and Specimen 37 at the Lizard; then Tristan da Cunha at All Asia
- March 17, 2005: Blitzkriegbliss at the Skybar; then Keys to the Streets of Fear in their practice space
- March 16, 2005: The Nonfamous, Scamper, and Spiraling at the Abbey
- March 15, 2005: Yeh/Kolovos, Secret Diary, and Eloe Omoe at the Midway
- March 11, 2005: Night Rally, Clickers, and Paper Thin Stages at the Cambridge YWCA
- March 10, 2005: Ryan Lee, Thom Savant, and Jake Zavracky at the Middle East corner
- March 9, 2005: The Brett Rosenberg Problem, Scamper, The Dents, and Jason Liebman & the Uprising at the Abbey
- March 8, 2005: Ho-Ag, The Watchers, Plunge Into Death, and Boo Radley Bruises Badly at Great Scott
- March 6, 2005: Beep Beep, Medications, Edie Sedgwick, and Shark & Bear at TT's
- March 5, 2005: Humanwine and Sophia from Blitzkriegbliss at the Zeitgeist; then Black Helicopter and La Faccia Brutta at the Overdraught
- March 4, 2005: Faces on Film, The Bon Savants, and The Bocks at the Milky Way
- March 2, 2005: The Halogens, Scamper, Valhalla Kittens, and Furvis at the Abbey
- February 27, 2005: Helms, Lady of Spain, and Piles at Great Scott
- February 24, 2005: The Brett Rosenberg Problem, Emergency Music, and Bleu at the Middle East downstairs
- February 22, 2005: Boy In Static, The Debutantes, Appomattox, and Paper Thin Stages at Great Scott
- February 21, 2005: Clickers, The Panoply Academy, and Spheres at Great Scott
- February 20, 2005: Aloud and The Volume at the Paradise Lounge
- February 19, 2005: The Bon Savants at Great Scott
- February 17, 2005: Count Zero, Raymond, and Pamela Martinez at the Middle East upstairs
- February 16, 2005: The Charms, Caged Heat, and Grand Evolution at Johnny D's
- February 15, 2005: Mascafemuhorne and Laurie Sargent at the Lizard
- February 14, 2005: Spitzz and Triple Thick at Charlie's
- February 12, 2005: Ho-Ag, Big Bear, Parts & Labor, and Shore Leave at Great Scott
- February 10, 2005: Lady of Spain, Reverse, The Nonfamous, and The Gasolines at the Middle East upstairs
- February 8, 2005: The Rudds, The Charms, and The Brett Rosenberg Problem at the Paradise Lounge
- February 7, 2005: ShortFilm, The Consumers, Flyover States, and The Ochmoneks at Great Scott
- February 5, 2005: Shawn & Suzi's Mardi Gras Ball at TT's
- February 4, 2005: Tristan da Cunha, The Winter Pageant, Piles, and The Hangman's Alphabet at PA's Lounge
- February 3, 2005: Pamelia Kurstin and Remora at ZuZu!
- February 1, 2005: World's Greatest Sinners and Eli "Paperboy" Reed at the Lizard Lounge
- January 29, 2005: The Bon Savants and Charlene at TT's
- January 28, 2005: Kristin Hersh at the Paradise; then Tyondai Braxton at Great Scott
- January 27, 2005: New Fire, New Remorse, and Din at O'Brien's
- January 25, 2005: Noll, Kevin Kash, and Blitzkriegbliss at the Midway
- January 21, 2005: The Detroit Cobras, The Sights, and Andrea Gillis at TT's
- January 19, 2005: Sarah Rabdau and Andy Milk at ZuZu!
- January 17, 2005: Pants Yell, Shrinking Islands, Mycroft, and Flyover States at O'Brien's
- January 16, 2005: Laurie Anderson at the Cutler Majestic Theater
- January 15, 2005: The Prime Movers, Din, and The Lonely Guy at the Overdraught
- January 14, 2005: Golden West Motor Lodge, Robbie Roadsteamer, Wack Ass Egyptians, and Harris at TT's
- January 11, 2005: Mascafemuhorne at the Paradise Lounge
- January 9, 2005: Tristan da Cunha, Polyethylene, and The Ferns at TT's
- January 7, 2005: Black Helicopter, Codetta, Lady of Spain, and The Bismarck at Great Scott
- January 6, 2005: Stylex, Night Rally, and Karlheinz at Great Scott
- January 3, 2005: UV Protection, Shore Leave, Fallout Countdown, Bottom of the Hudson, and Piles at the Middle East upstairs