Shows of the Week

Enjoy!

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Monday:
*Mogwai @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
Les Paul @ Iridium (early/late)
Oz Noy Trio @ Bitter End
Zakir Hussain @ Carnegie Hall
Bowerbirds @ Mercury Lounge
Band of Brotherz, Licorice @ Gramercy Theater

Tuesday:
*Fleck/Hussain/Meyer @ Zankel Hall
Mogwai @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
Jason Crosby Band @ Ace of Clubs
Chris Potter's Underground @ Jazz Standard (early/late)
Band of Brotherz @ Mexicali Blues (Teaneck, NJ)
Chris Barron @ The National Underground
Josh Roseman & The Water Surgeons @ Barbes (Brooklyn) (early)
Salt & Samovar, Howard Fishman et al @ Southpaw (Brooklyn)
Mark O'Connor et al @ Merkin Concert Hall

Wednesday:
Assembly of Dust @ Mercury Lounge (early)
Peter, Bjorn & John @ Webster Hall
El Ten Eleven @ Mercury Lounge (late)
Into the Presence @ Pianos
The Roots @ Highline Ballroom
Band of Brotherz @ Maxwell's (Hoboken) (late)
Jim Campilongo/Steve Cardenas @ Rockwood Music Hall (early)
*Chris Potter's Underground @ Jazz Standard (early/late)
Mogwai @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
Zakir Hussain @ Carnegie Hall
Manchester Orchestra @ Bowery Ballroom

Thursday:
*Wayne Krantz (w/ Socolow/Almond) @ 55 Bar (late)
Hopewell et al @ Union Hall (Brooklyn)
Moonalice @ Sullivan Hall
Chris Potter's Underground @ Jazz Standard (early/late)
Bell Orchestre @ Le Poisson Rouge
Will Hoge @ The Bell House (Brooklyn)
David Bromberg @ Tarrytown Music Hall (Tarrytown, NY)
Peter, Bjorn & John @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
Jefferson Hamer @ Banjo Jim's (late)
Bat for Lashes @ Bowery Ballroom

Friday:
*El Ten Eleven @ Union Hall (Brooklyn)
Bulletproof Lincolns @ Fontana's
Garaj Mahal @ Blue Note (late night)
Howard Fishman @ Nublu
King Khan & the Shrines @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
Chris Potter's Underground @ Jazz Standard (early/late)
Shahzad Ismaily @ The Stone (late)
Third World Love @ Le Poisson Rouge
India.Arie @ Grand Ballroom
Perry Farrell, Iggy Pop, Tom Morello et al @ Nokia Theater (benefit)
Opeth @ Starland Ballroom (Sayreville, NJ)
The Dears et al @ The Bell House (Brooklyn)
King Wilkie @ Living Room (midnight)
Noah & The Whale @ Bowery Ballroom

Saturday:
The Heavy Pets, Consider The Source, Antigone Rising @ Sullivan Hall
*Black Taxi, A BIG YES and a small no @ Mercury Lounge
Bat for Lashes @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
Chris Potter's Underground @ Jazz Standard (early/late)
The Kills @ Webster Hall
Trevor Dunn's Madlove, Thurston Moore et al @ Union Pool (Brooklyn)
King Khan & The Shrines @ Maxwell's (Hoboken)

Sunday:
Jake Shimabukuro @ Joe's Pub (early/late)
Chris Potter's Underground @ Jazz Standard (early/late)
*Feist, The National, Sharon Jones et al @ Radio City Music Hall (benefit)
Stephane Wrembel @ Barbes (Brooklyn) (late)
Pete Seeger 90th Birthday @ Madison Square Garden
Vetiver @ Bowery Ballroom
King Khan & The Shrines @ Santos Party House

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Shows of the Week

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Monday (dude!):
*Tinted Windows et al @ Mercury Lounge
Lily Allen @ Roseland Ballroom
Oz Noy Trio @ Bitter End
Les Paul @ Iridum (early/late)
The Bronx @ Bowery Ballroom

Tuesday:
Ratatat @ Terminal 5
The Jefferson Grisman Project @ BB King's
Jason Crosby Band @ Ace of Clubs
*Tim Lefebvre w/ W. Krantz, Z Danzinger et al @ Bitter End
The Downtown Quartet @ Village Vanguard
Larune @ Living Room (early)
Starfucker @ Mercury Lounge
The Roots @ Highline Ballroom
Tim Fite et al @ Union Hall (Brooklyn)

Wednesday:
Into the Presence @ Pianos
*Sarah Watkins @ Mercury Lougne
The Downtown Quartet @ Village Vanguard
Starfucker et al @ Union Hall (Brooklyn)
Alexi Murdoch @ Bowery Ballroom
Ratatat @ Terminal 5

Thursday:
Lou Reed @ Gramercy Theater
The Downtown Quartet @ Village Vanguard
Paul Weller @ Beacon Theater
Five Peace Band @ Rose Theater
Don Byron @ Jazz Standard (early/late)
*The Mighty Hannibal/The Sweet Devines @ Joe's Pub (early)
Ani Difranco @ Tarrytown Music Hall (Tarrytown)
Luciana Souza w/ C. Baptista @ Allen Room
The Foundry Field Recordings et al @ Union Hall (Brooklyn)
Band of Brotherz @ Mexicali Blues (Teaneck, NJ)
Michael Blake's HellBent @ 55 Bar (late)

Friday:
The Dead @ Nassau Colesium (Uniondale, LI)
Tinariwen @ Le Poisson Rouge
The Downtown Quartet @ Village Vanguard
Tragedy @ Maxwell's (Hoboken)
*Five Peace Band @ Rose Theater
Don Byron @ Jazz Standard (early/late)
Lou Reed @ Gramercy Theater
La Dolce Vita @ Mercury Lounge
Jazz Mandolin Project @ Skirball Center
Paul Weller @ Nokia Theater
Jamie McLean @ National Underground
Luciana Souza w/ C. Baptista @ Allen Room
Kevin Devine @ Bowery Ballroom
Fischerspooner @ The Performing Garage

Saturday:
*The Dead @ Madison Square Garden
Jason Crosby @ Living Room (late)
Jaik Miller Band, BuzzUniverse @ Bitter End (late night)
The Downtown Quartet @ Village Vanguard
The Dirty Pearls @ Bowery Ballroom
Serena Jean @ National Underground (late)
Handsome Family, Marissa Nadler @ Highline Ballroom
Luciana Souza w/ C. Baptista @ Allen Room
GFE @ Sullivan Hall
Fischerspooner @ The Performing Garage
Don Byron @ Jazz Standard (early/late)
Zorn Improv Night @ The Stone (benefit)
Five Peace Band @ Rose Theater
Xylos @ Mercury Lounge
Serena Jean @ Banjo Jim's (midnight)

Sunday:
Don Byron @ Jazz Standard (early/late)
Stephane Wrembel @ Barbes (Brooklyn) (early)
*The Downtown Quartet @ Village Vanguard

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minimix: Songs About Murder

Death and taxes, death and taxes... sometimes more forcefully than you'd like. Hopefully you dealt with the latter on Wednesday, songs about the former for Friday. Barely the tip of the iceberg... which good ones am I missing?

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01 Hey Joe -- Jimi Hendrix: The Ultimate Experience
02 Little Sadie -- Acoustic All Stars: 23 January 1988 Alexandria, VA
03 Bang Bang -- St. Vincent: 6 July 2007 Denton TX
04 Folsom Prison Blues -- Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison
05 Maxwell's Silver Hammer -- The Beatles: Abbey Road
06 Hopscotch Willie -- Stephen Malkmus: 22 March 2008 Indianapolis

Shows of the Week

Pay your taxes... see some music.

Enjoy!

Monday:
*Neko Case (Crooked Fingers open) @ Nokia Theater
Kevn Kinney @ National Undergroudn
Glenn Patscha (CD release) @ Living Room
Les Paul @ Iridium (early/late)
Oz Noy Trio @ Bitter End

Tuesday:
Dave Matthews Band @ Madison Square Garden
Flight of the Conchords @ Radio City Music Hall
*The Roots @ Highline Ballroom
DeJohnette/Perez/Patitucci @ Blue Note (early/late)
Crooked Fingers @ Bell House (Brooklyn)
The Blue Note 7 @ Birdland (early/late)
Chris Barron @ National Underground
Neko Case (Joan as Policewoman opens) @ Nokia Theater
Paul Motian Octet @ Village Vanguard (early/late)

Wednesday:
Dave Matthews Band @ Izod Center (E. Rutherford, NJ)
*Of Montreal @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
Paul Motian Octet @ Village Vanguard (early/late)
Nada Surf @ The Bell House (Brooklyn)
Colin Hay @ The Canal Room
Into the Presence @ Pianos
Courvoisier/Feldman Duo @ The Stone (early)
Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band @ Allen Room
Indigo Girls @ Highline Ballroom
DeJohnette/Perez/Patitucci @ Blue Note (early/late)
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey @ Southpaw (Brooklyn)
The Blue Note 7 @ Birdland (early/late)

Thursday:
*Soulive @ Gramercy Theater
DeJohnette/Perez/Patitucci @ Blue Note (early/late)
Of Montreal @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
Wooden Birds @ Union Hall (Brooklyn)
The Blue Note 7 @ Birdland (early/late)
Colin Hay @ The Canal Room
Your 33 Black Angels et al @ Cake Shop
Paul Motian Octet @ Village Vanguard (early/late)
Twice Told Tales @ The Stone (early/late)

Friday:
*The Felice Brothers @ Webster Hall
Dead Milkmen @ Warsaw (Brooklyn)
Russo/Barr/Deutsch/Goldberger/

Stevenson @ Sullivan Hall
Paul Motian Octet @ Village Vanguard (early/late)
The Blue Note 7 @ Birdland (early/late)
Of Montreal @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
DeJohnette/Perez/Patitucci @ Blue Note (early/late)
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue @ Highline Ballroom
Butch Morris @ Issue Project Room (Brooklyn)
Wolff @ Pianos (late night)
Bill Malchow @ National Underground (late)
The Wooden Birds @ Union Hall (brooklyn)

Saturday:
Steve Kimock's Crazy Engine @ BB King's
Cyril Neville @ Sullivan Hall
*Beatbox Gutiar @ Tea Lounge (Brooklyn)
Paul Motian Octet @ Village Vanguard (early/late)
The Blue Note 7 @ Birdland (early/late)
DeJohnette/Perez/Patitucci @ Blue Note (early/late)
Bernie Williams @ Nokia Theater
Lucinda Black Bear, Winterpills et al @ Bell House (Brooklyn)

Sunday:
Paul Motian Octet @ Village Vanguard (early/late)
DeJohnette/Perez/Patitucci @ Blue Note (early/late)
*The Blue Note 7 @ Birdland (early/late)

While You Were Sleeping...

I can't pretend to be a blogger anymore with the rate of activity here at OTW asymptotically approaching nil, but that doesn't mean I've disappeared. In addition to the still-running Shows of the Week and mostly regular Minimixes, here are some other links and blurbage to keep you up to date with all things Ned:

• First off: concert reviews. I'm still going to see music and writing reviews. Right now I've been enlisted to contribute to The House List which is an in-house Bowery Presents blog. These guys put on pretty much every halfway decent show in the tri-state area, so it's a damn good gig which I'm super happy to have. I've already turned in quite a few reviews, so check 'em out and keep up with me... I've been limited in my verbiage, which is probably a good thing for you, the loyal reader. Check out reviews of Josh Ritter, The New Deal, Les Claypool et al, Clem Snide, Puss 'N Boots, and Elvis Perkins Dearland.
• Besides that blog, the best way to keep up with me in all forms is through Twitter and Google Reader.
• More online reviewage, this time in Nedstalgia form: Remembering Clifford Ball over at Hidden Track.
• I went to Japan back in January. Meant to write something up about that, but alas... check out my photos here if you're interested.
• Been eating burgers at a torrid pace since last I posted around here. Burgerlist updated.
• Minimixes may or may not be posted here. If you are interested in getting the info in your inbox weekly, please let me know and I'll add you to a low-key mailer.
• Ethan Iverson interviewing David King on Phil Collins. Best thing you'll read today.
• Couple other shows I've seen in the last couple weeks. Allmans + Jimmy Herring and JB @ Beacon = awesome. I posted the Les Brers on Friday in the mix and it is sickness. Wow, that was good.
• Lastly, Phish Hampton... I was lucky enough to have good people being all good people on me and made it down for Friday and Saturday. Way down. See if you can find your fearless freak in this photo. I believe those shows were the most documented concerts of our lifetimes, so I'll spare the review. A couple comments. Music aside, the smiles on the faces of the band were enough to make me happy about Phish again. Or more so, at least. I haven't even listened to it again, but the 2nd set on Saturday night was sublime -- perhaps in the conversation for best ever. The Ghost. Yes. Those shows made me feel very old and very young at the same time. My mind and soul felt like it was 1993 again (and the music had that old school air about it), but my body couldn't have taken a third night, although it was there for the taking. Looking forward to a show or two this summer.
  
• By the way, I need Jones Beach tickets!
  

Shows of the Week

So very holy... enjoy!

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Monday:
Mates of State/Black Kids @ Webster Hall
*Rudder (CD release) @ The Slipper Room
The Roots @ Highline Ballroom
Les Paul @ Iridium (early/late)

Tuesday:
*Jenny Scheinman (w/ N. Cline, S. Cardenas) @ Blue Note (early/late)
Tamarindo @ The Stone (early/late)

Wednesday:
*Todd Sickafoose, Eric Deutsch @ Zebulon (Brooklyn)
Jenny Scheinman (w/ N. Cline, S. Cardenas) @ Blue Note (early/late)
Cappelli/Coleman Duo @ The Stone (early)
Sasha Dobson et al @ Rockwood Music Hall
Trevor Dunn's Proofreaders @ Barbes (Brooklyn) (early)
Bob Mould @ Joe's Pub (early)

Thursday:
*North Mississippi All Stars @ Highline Ballroom
Jenny Scheinman (w/ N. Cline, S. Cardenas) @ Blue Note (early/late)
Telepath @ Sullivan Hall
Jeff Beck @ Fillmore
Rachael Yamagata/Dan Wilson @ City Winery
Fly @ Jazz Standard (early/late)
Bob Mould @ Joe's Pub (late)
Superdrag @ Bowery Ballroom
Donny McCaslin @ 55 Bar (late)

Friday:
Umphrey's McGee @ Nokia Theater
U Melt, North Indiana All Stars @ BB King's (late night)
Lotus @ Bowery Ballroom
Jenny Scheinman (w/ N. Cline, S. Cardenas) @ Blue Note (early/late)
The McLovins, Strange Design @ Sullivan Hall
*The Wooden Birds @ Mercury Lounge (early)
Ben Sollee et al @ Le Poisson Rouge
Sex Mob et al @ Glasslands Gallery (Brooklyn) (early)
Fly @ Jazz Standard (early/late)
Kris Kristofferson @ The Concert Hall
Jeff Beck @ Fillmore
Rachael Yamagata/Dan Wilson @ City Winery
Superdrag @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
Reflections @ Mexicali Blues (Teaneck)

Saturday:
*Jorma Kaukonen @ City Winery
Fred Wesley & The New JB's @ Sullivan Hall
Jenny Scheinman (w/ N. Cline, S. Cardenas) @ Blue Note (early/late)
Robyn Hitchcock @ Fillmore
Lotus @ Bowery Ballroom
Nouvellas et al @ Glasslands Gallery (Brooklyn) (late)
H-Alpha, New Mellow Edwards et al @ Bell House (Brooklyn)
Umphrey's McGee @ Nokia Theater
Fly @ Jazz Standard (early/late)

Easter Sunday:
Stephane Wrembel @ Barbes (Brooklyn) (late)
*Fly @ Jazz Standard (early/late)
Jenny Scheinman (w/ N. Cline, S. Cardenas) @ Blue Note (early/late)
Brother Joscephus @ Highline Ballroom (1:30 pm)
Kyp Malone et al @ Glasslands Gallery (Brooklyn)

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minimix: Comes Alive.Winter09

Sorry been remiss in my mix making. Will try to make up for it.

Here are some hot tracks from a sampling of shows I've been lucky
enough to catch in the last couple months. Thanks as always to the
tapers.

Enjoy!

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01 The Stallion Part IV -- Gene Ween Band: Music Hall of Williamsburg, 7 February 2009
02 Black River Killer -- Blitzen Trapper: Bowery Ballroom, 27 February 2009
03 Rowboat -- Medeski Martin & Wood (w/ Cyro Baptista): City Winery, 19 February 2009
04 Les Brers In A Minor -- The Allman Brothers Band (w/ Jimmy Herring): Beacon Theatre, 23 March 2009
05 My Brambles -- Alela Diane: Bowery Ballroom, 27 February 2009
06 D's Diner -- Les Claypool (w/ Saul Williams): Terminal 5, 28 March 2009