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Great Scott

Great Scott is home to a wide range of live acts with a focus on local and national indie/rock and DJ based dance nights. Landmark residencies include The Pill (Fridays) a legendary long-running dance night for Anglophiles, Basstown and THROWED.

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    Great Scott

    1222 Commonwealth Avenue
    Allston, MA 02134

    Phone: 617-566-9014

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    09/23/10

    Mice Parade | Les Shelleys Great Scott Mice Parade | Les Shelleys Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott September 23, 2010 Mice Parade was originally the solo project of New Yorker Adam Pierce, who has also played in Swirlies, The Dylan Group, HiM, múm, and Philistines Jr. From its outset, Mice Parade showed a boldly inventive, highly individual take on post-rock / electronica. Following 1998's Bubble Core album, 'The True Meaning Of BoddleyBaye', their first FatCat album, 'Ramda' (‘99), forged a distinctive, immersive audio space of piled-up percussion and atmospheric, hook-laden melodics. Les...

    10/04/10

    Tim Kasher of Cursive and The Good Life Great Scott Tim Kasher of Cursive and The Good Life Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott October 4, 2010 Tim Kasher is set to release his debut solo album, The Game Of Monogamy, on October 5th, 2010 via Saddle Creek. Recorded this past January in Whitefish, MT, at SnowGhost Music and in his rental home in the small town, the album marks the first time Kasher – frontman for celebrated acts Cursive and The Good Life – has written, recorded, and produced an album under his own name. The Game Of Monogamy is more of an arranged record than any of Kasher’s past releases, filled...

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    08/31/10	The Wooden Birds | Dan Mangan | St. Claire Great Scott The Wooden Birds | Dan Mangan | St. Claire Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott August 31, 2010 Andrew Kenny is a native Texan who after nearly six years in Brooklyn, NY has returned to beautiful Austin, TX. He's best known as the singer/songwriter behind mellow indie favorites the American Analog Set. However, he's also performed as a guest artist with the Album Leaf, Her Space Holiday, Styrofoam, Ola Podrida, Arthur & Yu, and most recently the Broken Social Scene. His latest project is called the Wooden Birds and is his best effort to date. The Wooden Birds' first album,...
    08/13/10	Biffy Clyro Great Scott Biffy Clyro Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott August 13, 2010 Biffy Clyro are an alternative music trio, hailing from Ayrshire in Scotland. Formed in 1995, Simon Neil, James and Ben Johnston originally went by the name of Screwfish, but later changed to the unique Biffy Clyro... for reasons unknown (although many believe it came from a Cliff Richard bio - the "Cliffy Biro"). Biffy have a incredibly devoted fanbase, much praise from their peers, and a reputation for tantalizing live shows. from Sputnik Music
    06/26/10- 06/10/10	Wheat | The Beatings | Foredoes Me Quite | Joe Touchette III Great Scott Wheat | The Beatings | Foredoes Me Quite | Joe Touchette III Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott June 26-June 10, 2010 WHEAT “WHITE INK, BLACK INK” Summer 2009 (THE REBEL GROUP) "changes is... the better part of me... boom! boom! i'm getting out of here" While experiencing life's highs and lows both professionally and personally, the Taunton, MA duo have strived to do just this with their most straightforward and hard-hitting album to date, “White Ink, Black Ink” (The Rebel Group), which is set for release on July 21, 2009. “White Ink, Black Ink” was the...
    06/22/10- 06/23/10	Wavves | The Cloud Nothings | Young Adults Great Scott Wavves | The Cloud Nothings | Young Adults Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott June 22-June 23, 2010 Wavves are a Lo-fi/punk/noise pop band based in San Diego, California. They released their self-titled debut LP in 2008 and drew the attention of Pitchfork Media. They are currently signed to Fat Possum Records and released their second full-length album, Wavvves, on February 3, 2009.
    06/19/10- 06/20/10	HEALTH | Indian Jewelry | The Death Set | Gold Panda Great Scott HEALTH | Indian Jewelry | The Death Set | Gold Panda Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott June 19-June 20, 2010 HEALTH have been described as having "artfully crafted noise and raw synth, haunting monotone vocals, and drum skills that are borderline insane". Guardian Unlimited writer, Louis Pattison, chose the Crystal Castles version of "Crimewave" as the pick of the week, describing the song as "melancholy electro-pop built from pixelated synths and depressed vocals that hint at a past programme of busy and sustained serotonin depletion".
    06/10/10- 07/17/10	Joe Pug | Rayland Baxter Great Scott Joe Pug | Rayland Baxter Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott June 10-July 17, 2010 For the moment, Joe Pug has it figured out, career if not life: Just write the songs that have to be written, play them for anybody who will listen, tour as if you had no home. Oh, and give your music away. Which isn’t to say he won’t be selling his debut full-length offering, Messenger ( Released 2/16/2010 on Lightning Rod). But free is how he came to make it, more or less. It worked like this, for Joe Pug anyhow: The day before his senior year as a playwright student at the...
    06/01/10	Alberta Cross | 22-20's | The Postelles Great Scott Alberta Cross | 22-20's | The Postelles Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott June 1, 2010 "Although they hail from London, the members of Alberta Cross have clearly spent their lives soaking up the sounds of American rock music. Whether with thunderous blues guitar or more subdued, rootsy Americana sounds, they produce songs that sound at once contemporary and knowledgeable of the past. Given their decidedly American sound, it's fitting that Alberta Cross recently relocated to Brooklyn. The band wasn't there for long, however, before it de-camped to Austin for the recording...
    05/23/10	Arbouretum | Pontiak | high aura'd | Night Fruit Great Scott Arbouretum | Pontiak | high aura'd | Night Fruit Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott May 23, 2010 Arbouretum first began in late 2002 as a vehicle for singer/guitarist David Heumann's songwriting. Since their debut album, Long Live the Well-Doer, there have been several lineup changes that have included musicians such as Ned Oldham (Anomoanon), Walker Teret (Cass McCombs' band), and Jennifer Hutt, as well as drummers Mitchell Feldstein (Lungfish) and David Bergander (Celebration). The sweeping, atmospheric textures of the first record soon gave way to a more visceral, elemental approach....
    05/20/10	Eluvium | Julianna Barwick Great Scott Eluvium | Julianna Barwick Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott May 20, 2010 Eluvium is the moniker of ambient recording artist Matthew Cooper, who currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Cooper, who was born in Tennessee and raised in Louisville, Kentucky before relocating to the Northwest, is known for blending various genres of experimental music including shoegaze, electronic, minimalist and piano.
    05/18/10	Tim Fite | The Wailing Wall | Vikesh Kapoor Great Scott Tim Fite | The Wailing Wall | Vikesh Kapoor Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott May 18, 2010 "A lo-fi lone wolf from Brooklyn, Tim Fite is somewhere between folk and hip-hop, and with his latest album — a harsh indictment of consumerism and the American dream of selling out — he has made himself into a cultural gadfly." -THE NEW YORK TIMES
    05/11/10	Everybody Was In The French Resistance... Now! | The Grates | The Okay Win Great Scott Everybody Was In The French Resistance... Now! | The Grates | The Okay Win Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott May 11, 2010 Everybody Was In The French Resistance…Now are comprised of Eddie Argos from Art Brut and Dyan Valdés from The Blood Arm. The band (also a couple) formed on a car journey home from San Francisco to Los Angeles. “Jimmy Mack” by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas was playing on the radio - Eddie has always had a problem with this song, as it is cruel to sing a song to your boyfriend telling him you are planning to cheat on him – so Eddie told Dyan that someone...
    05/10/10	MMOSS | Sore Eros | Mind Yeti | DJ Coralcola Great Scott MMOSS | Sore Eros | Mind Yeti | DJ Coralcola Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott May 10, 2010 MMOSS is "straight up classic pysch rock. The formula is simple and familiar – Big Muff fuzz guitars, tambourine rhythm, liberal use of flute, light tremolo, and sugary vocal harmonies. This group channels the spirit of Love and The Zombies so well that they’re impossible not to love. Now that the BJM’s Anton Newcombe is no longer living on our planet, I could see artists like Strangers Family Band and Mmoss picking up that torch. They’ve offered their entire...
    12/10/09	Todd Barry Great Scott Todd Barry Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott December 10, 2009 Todd Barry live at Great Scott.
    10/25/09	We Have Band (UK) Great Scott We Have Band (UK) Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott October 25, 2009 We Have Band is a classic disco-rock trio from the UK. They mesh simple beats with brilliant back tones in a completely original way. They will be joined on stage by local electro-bands Herra Terra (www.myspace.com/herraterra) and Bearstronaut, who will be releasing their new CD.
    10/21/09	Headlights | The Shaky Hands | Pomegranates Great Scott Headlights | The Shaky Hands | Pomegranates Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott October 21, 2009 Following the demise of the acclaimed pop band Absinthe Blind (Parasol Records), Erin Fein and Brett Sanderson formed the short-lived guitarless band Orphans, which provided Fein a developmental first outlet as principle songwriter. Soon, Tristan Wraight returned to Champaign, Illinois from a stint on the road as touring guitarist for Maserati and joined the band, invoking a startling change as he and Fein began a prolific period of songwriting together. The band changed completely, and in...
    10/17/09	Digable Planets: Butterfly & Doodlebug Great Scott Digable Planets: Butterfly & Doodlebug Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott October 17, 2009 Grammy award winning Digable Planets presents: > > > Cee Knowledge the "DoodleBug" > and Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler > performing the hit songs > "Rebirth of Slick"(Cool like dat) and > "Nicklebag of funk" and more. > > Tour Support will feature Butterfly's Band "Cherrywine" and Cee knowledge's band "C.F.O." > > When hip-hop trio Digable Planets emerged in the early 90s, their memorable moniker raised...
    10/10/09	Grand Archives | The Most Serene Republic Great Scott Grand Archives | The Most Serene Republic Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott October 10, 2009 It came from the North night with Seattle's Grand Archives and Ontario, Canada's The Most Serene Republic come to the stage.
    10/06/09	Thee Oh Sees | The Fresh And Onlys Great Scott Thee Oh Sees | The Fresh And Onlys Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott October 6, 2009 San Francisco bands Thee Oh Sees (www.myspace.com/ohsees) and The Fresh & Onlys (www.thefreshandonlys.com) are joined on the East Coast by Boston's Reports and Hospital Rats.
    10/05/09	Japandroids Great Scott Japandroids Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott October 5, 2009 Vancouver duo Japandroids are joined by Atlanta's all girl power-pop/punk band The Coathangers and Boston's own Earthquake Party!
    10/03/09	Wax Tailor Great Scott Wax Tailor Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott October 3, 2009 Wax Tailor is the alias of French trip hop/hip hop producer, Jean-Christophe Le Saoût. He started in 2004 with two EP's (Lost The Way and Que Sera / Where My Heart's At). The first album Tales of the Forgotten Melodies he released in March 2005, mixing hip-hop, downtempo and trip-hop. This album became one of the best selling electronic releases of the year. The second album Hope & Sorrow released in April 2007 was also very well received by audiences. It was nominated for the...
    10/01/09	Kid Koala presents: The Slew Great Scott Kid Koala presents: The Slew Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott October 1, 2009 A couple of years back Eric San (aka Kid Koala) and Dylan J. Frombach (aka Dynomite D) were approached to soundtrack a new documentary feature film that was in production. Koala was already well known for his uncanny turntable manipulation, whilst Dylan had remixed Money Mark and collaborated with the Beastie Boys, amongst others. The duo worked for a long time on the psych rock-influenced score, only for the filming to collapse and any release to be canned. Although the film may never see...
    09/29/09	Mayer Hawthorne & The Country Great Scott Mayer Hawthorne & The Country Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott September 29, 2009 Mayor Hawthorne is kind of like Michigan's version of our very own Eli "Paperboy" Reed, and like Reed's ghosting to New York earlier this year, Hawthorne left behind his home base and sauntered off to Los Angeles. Fame awaits. Taking "inspiration from the music of (his) local heroes such as Smokey Robinson and the legendary songwriting and production trio of Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, and Eddie Holland Jr." According to recordstore.co.uk, Hawthorne continues the...
    09/23/09	The Rifles Great Scott The Rifles Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott September 23, 2009 Fenway Records brings another amazing UK band to our stage. The Rifles (www.therifles.com) are touring the US in support of their full length album "The Great Escape". Dj Carbo will spin DJ sets before, after and during to continue the party. Sponsored by Victory Brewing.
    09/22/09	SubArachnoid Space | OvO | Ehnahre Great Scott SubArachnoid Space | OvO | Ehnahre Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott September 22, 2009 SubArachnoid Space (Relapse), known for instrumental mind-expanding heavy rock and drone, are joined by equally awe inspiring OvO (Milan) and Ehnahre (Boston).
    09/18/09	God's Pottery preseted by Anderson Comedy & Brookline Booksmith Great Scott God's Pottery preseted by Anderson Comedy & Brookline Booksmith Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott September 18, 2009 Avg. Event Rating (5.0 Stars): It's a very special edition of Anderson Comedy Group's weekly show "The Gas" as they are joined by Comedy Central Records' God's Pottery. The duo of Gideon Lamb & Jeremiah Smallchild share their special devotion to their evangelical Christian youth group. Comics Rick Canavan, Gary Petersen, Drew Mayer and Sarah Heegan will also preform.
    09/15/09	Ramona Falls Great Scott Ramona Falls Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott September 15, 2009 Ramona Falls is the new music project by Brent Knopf. Brent, a Portland Oregon native, is also one-third of the band Menomena. The debut Ramona Falls album is called "Intuit" released on Barsuk Records. Brooklyn's Brian Bonz And The Dot Hongs joins as support.
    09/13/09	Telefon Tel Aviv Great Scott Telefon Tel Aviv Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott September 13, 2009 Telefon Tel Aviv comes to Boston is support of their third album "Immolate Yourself" released earlier this year on German label BPitch.

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    • Event Name: God's Pottery preseted by Anderson Comedy & Brookline Booksmith
      "God's Pottery Live in Chicago!!!"
      Review posted by: Dannah Weaver from Chicago IL USA, Nov 18, 2009
      

      God's Pottery is coming live to Chicago's Lakeshore Theater. Performing this Thursday, November 19th, at 8:00pm. Check out www.lakeshoretheater.com for all the info you need!

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      God's Pottery is coming live to Chicago's Lakeshore Theater. Performing this Thursday, November 19th, at 8:00pm. Check out www.lakeshoretheater.com for all the info you need!

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