The front room at the House of Blues on Lansdowne Street is going to start presenting live music five nights a week starting in May. And the best part, IT’S FREE!
The May line up looks pretty sweet. Here’s the entire schedule and continue scrolling below to see some pictures of the inside if you’ve never been. See you on Lansdowne this Summer.
Here’s what the inside of the venue looks like.
Few bands have survived my exodus from the jam band world. One in particular whose members have a lot of musicianship cred – The Slip – also have a side project band called Surprise Me Mr. Davis with the Shenandoah Valley singer / songwriter, Nathan Moore.
As my musical tastes have evolved, my respect for unique and pleasing to the ear vocalists has grown. Brad Barr, The Slip’s primary vocalist, has never been one to blow me away with his pipes. So the addition of Nathan, who’s vocals remind me of an early day Tom Waits, adds a lot of color to their music.
You’re bound to hear great banter from Nathan during a Surprise Me Mr. Davis show and I don’t think you could have picked a better venue to see them at then Club Passim. My last show here was Dawn Landes, and it was also one of my firsts. I’m excited to return and if you really want to make a night out of it, head early and grab a bit at the attached Veggie Planet. I’m told their flatbread pizza is some of the best around.
This is also the same day that they release a seven song EP, That Man Eats Morning For Breakfast, which you can buy in iTunes today.
The online sale for tonights show has stopped so you must go to the door and get them for $20.
Leave it to Wilco to walk out to the theme song from the Price Is Right. The analogy isn’t too far off with Tweedy’s Bob Barker like banter throughout the show – somewhat condenscending at times but always cunning. They also gave away two “dinner for two” gift certificates to the great Central Square based restaurant, Craigie on Main, so the game show experience is perhaps a good way to describe a Wilco show.
While the Price Is Right is a seasoned game show, the band on display this very night is the epitome of seasoned professionals. From the band members to the crew, Wilco have their concert performance down to the minute details. But I can’t kid myself as to who was truly on display this very night. For some, the single note from Miles Davis’s trumpet makes them cry while for others it’s the sound of Yo-Yo Ma’s cello. For me, the guitar has always been my go to instrument and when played to perfection it moves me like no other.
I was already aware of Nels Cline’s talent before this night. The album Sky Blue Sky basically nailed that notion into the coffin. But seeing this mad genius live takes it up a notch. And there’s no better song then “Impossible Germany” that puts this into full perspective. I couldn’t find a video of this song from the Boston show but here’s a good quality live version. Wait till about 2:45 minutes into the song and let Nels take you on a ride for a little more then three minutes. It may be the best three minutes you’ll spend all day.
What’s really amazing about this band is their endurance. Playing for over three hours straight, a total of forty-one songs on this night, will put just about any man or woman into submission but these guys are doing it every night they take the stage this tour. As a fan, you’re bound to here your favorite song whether it’s an oldie from albums like A.M., Being There or Summerteeth, or off their critically acclaimed album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco is prepared to show just about every type of fan why they’re one of the best bands around today.
Full Set List:
Wilco (Wilco the Album)
Blue Black Nova (Wilco the Album)
You Are My Face (sky blue sky)
I am trying to break your heart (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)
One Wing (Wilco the Album)
Shot in the arm (Kicking Television)
Either Way (Sky Blue Sky)
Company in my back (A Ghost is Born)
Sonny Feeling (Wilco the Album)
Handshake drugs (A Ghost is Born)
Impossible Germany (Sky Blue Sky)
It’s Just That Simple (AM)
California Stars (Mermaid Ave.)
Poor Places (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)
Acoustic Set:
Spiders (Kidsmoke)
How to Fight Lonliness (Wilco the Album)
You and I (Wilco the Album)
Forget the Flowers (Being There))
Someday, Some Morning, Sometimes (Mermaid Ave.)
Laminated Cat (Originally called Not For The Season until Tweedy reworked it for the Loose Fur album)
When You Wake Up Feeling Old (Summerteeth)
War on war (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)
Passenger Side (AM)
I Must Be High (Summerteeth)
Airline to Heaven (Mermaid Ave)
- Segued right back into the electric set -
Via Chicago (Summerteeth)
Theologians (A Ghost is Born)
You Never Know (Wilco the Album)
Jesus etc (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)
Hate it Here (Sky Blue Sky)
Heavy metal drummer (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)
I’m Always in Love (Summerteeth)
Walken (Sky Blue Sky)
I’m the man who loves you (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)
Thank You Friends (Big Star cover)
Encore:
Dreamer in My Dreams (Being There)
Casino Queen (AM)
Outtasite (Outta Mind) (Being There)
For you Bitorrent people, here’s the recording of the Boston Show.
More pictures of this Boston show can be found at baumannphoto’s Flickr page.
They play just two more shows in the states – tonight in Philly (4/10) and then in Pittsburgh the following night – before they head to the far east, starting in Japan then heading to New Zealand. See the rest of their tour dates. They announced at this show their curated festival later this summer here in Massachusetts (North Adams), the Solid Sound Festival @ Mass Moca on August 13th.
Well, if this video isn’t the most lyrically tied in video I’ve ever seen then I don’t know what is. The trippy intertwining of landscapes and living creatures matches perfectly with the songs theme – God’s creations “compliment” each other every single day. Good song too. Looking forward to their new album, Infinite Arms (Brown / Fat Possum / Columbia), due out on May 18th.
Pretty extensive tour schedule so far:
April 8th – Paris, France – La Fleche D’or
April 9th – Brussels, Belgium – Orangerie
April 10th – Rotterdam, Netherlands- Motel Mozaique, Schouwburg
April 12th – London, UK – Koko
April 14th – Koln, Germany – Kulturkirche
April 16th – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
April 17th – Gothenburg, Sweden – Tradgarn
April 18th – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
April 23rd – Raleigh, NC – Walnut Creek Amphitheater (with Widespread Panic)
April 24th – Raleigh, NC – Walnut Creek Amphitheater (with Widespread Panic)
April 26th – Athens, GA – 40 Watt
April 28th – Miami, FL – Fillmore
April 29th – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
May 1st – New Orleans, LA – Jazzfest
May 2nd – Memphis, TN – Beale St. Music Festival
May 3rd – Kansas City, MO –Sprint Center (with Pearl Jam)
May 4th – St. Louis, MO – Scottrade Center (with Pearl Jam)
May 6th – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena (with Pearl Jam)
May 7th – Noblesville, IN – Verizon Wireless Center (with Pearl Jam)
May 9th – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena (with Pearl Jam)
May 10th – Buffalo, NY – HSBC Arena (with Pearl Jam)
May 13th – Washington, DC – Verizon Center (with Pearl Jam)
May 15th – Hartford, CT – XL Center (with Pearl Jam)
May 17th – Boston, MA – TD Garden (with Pearl Jam)
May 21st – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden (with Pearl Jam)
May 27th – Davis, CA – UC Davis Freeborn Hall
May 30th – Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheater (with She & Him)
May 31st – George, WA – Sasquatch Festival
June 4th – Dublin, IE – Academy
June 5th – Bangor, IE – Ward Park (with Snow Patrol)
June 7th – Cambridge, UK – Junction
June 8th – Manchester, UK – Ritz
June 9th – London, UK – Roundhouse
June 11th – Oxford, UK – Academy
June 12th – Glasgow, Scotland – Bellahouston Park (with Snow Patrol)
June 19th – Toronto, ONT – Olympic Island Concert (with Pavement and Broken Social Scene)
September 25th – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theater
