Bradley’s Almanac

And so a glorious 3 day weekend begins. Two shows tonight: Mary Timony and Le Tigre at the Roxy, then over to the Middle East for Wheat, Emetrex, and Jr. Corduroy. That’s a whole lot of rock for one evening. I think I can handle it. I leave you with a just-finished page of photos […]

Down in the Dig… Spent some time last Sunday walking through the new Central Artery Tunnel with Amie, her dad, Lynn, and a mere 600,000 others. The lines were so very long, but it was indeed worth the wait. When the tunnel opens in December (so they say), I’ll have a completely different perspective and […]

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  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Wednesday, February 11th
    The EARFULL series
    writers reading,
    songwriters performing.
    with authors
    Thomas Beller & John Sayles
    and musicians
    The Lo-I & Chris Smither
    @ the Regattabar
    Thursday, February 12th
    Brandi Carlile
    The Head and the Heart
    @ TD Garden
    Friday, February 13th
    Nine Inch Nails
    Boys Noize
    @ TD Garden
    Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
    February 13th, 14th, & 15th
    Marcello Hernandez
    @ the Wilbur
    Sunday, February 15th
    The Black Heart Procession
    Chris Brokaw (solo electric)
    @ Sonia
    Tuesday, February 17th
    The Runarounds
    Astrea
    Hey I'm Outside
    @ the House of Blues
    Tuesday, February 17th
    Which Side Are You On?:
    A Protest Music Teach Out
    This month's edition includes...
    Dennis Brennan, The Dogmatics,
    The Flying Vipers ft. Kellee Webb,
    Stephen Fredette, Dwayne Haggins,
    and Jim Infantino
    @ the Burren Backroom
    Thursday, February 19th
    A Benefit for LUCE Hotline
    with Dino Gala,
    Babybaby_explores,
    and Rick Maguire of Pile
    @ the Lilypad
    Friday, February 20th
    Puppy Problems
    Emi McSwain
    Hey, I'm Outside
    Tiberiusnew
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, February 20th
    Marissa Nadler
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Saturday, February 21st
    Todd Barry
    @ the Comedy Studio
    Saturday, February 21st
    Margo Price
    @ the Royale
    Sunday, February 22nd
    Tracy Bonham
    Spring Residency night 1
    @ the Burren Backroom
    Friday, February 27th
    Hilken & Melissa Band,
    Cujo with Jen Trynin,
    and Magen Tracy &
    the Missed Connections
    Early Show @ the Middle East Up
    Friday, February 27th
    Moviola
    Sleepyhead
    Thalia Zedek
    @ the Lilypad
    Friday, February 27th
    Winterpills
    @ the Charles River Museum
    of Industry & Innovation
    Saturday, February 28th
    A Night of Rock n Roll
    for the Armory on the Assobet
    A Fundraiser featuring...
    The Haymakers, Louder Than Milk,
    Andrea Gillis, Chris Warren,
    and Royal Pines
    @ Clover Road Brewery
    in Hudson, Massachusetts
    Saturday, February 28th
    Minibeast
    Tell
    @ Thirsty First, Lowell
    Saturday, February 28th
    Ratboys
    Florry
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, March 3rd
    Spiritual Cramp
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, March 4th
    Lucid Express
    High
    Sophie's Bodie
    @ O'Brien's
    Wednesday, March 4th
    Cat Power
    "The Greatest 2026" tour
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, March 6th
    Michael Shannon,
    Jason Narducy,
    & friends play REM's
    "Life's Rich Pageant"
    with opener
    Eugene Mirman
    @ the Royale
    Tuesday, March 10th
    Trace Mountains
    Coma Cinema
    Elvis Depressedly
    @ the Rockwell
    Tuesday, March 10th
    Lights
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, March 13th
    Quarters
    Paper Lady
    @ the Royale
    Friday, March 13th
    Bedroom Eyes
    Vivid Bloom
    Unmade Bed
    @ Faces Brewing
    Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
    March 13th, 14th, & 15th
    Dropkick Murphys
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, March 14th
    Some Velvet Sidewalk
    Minibeast
    Lupo Cittá
    @ Deep Cuts
    Tuesday, March 17th
    Dropkick Murphys
    @ House of Blues
    Thursday, March 19th
    Julianna Barwick
    & Mary Lattimore
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Friday, March 20th
    The Hives
    The Chats
    @ House of Blues
    Saturday, March 21st
    Black Beach
    Pinklids
    Nice Guys
    Dinos
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, March 21st
    Cass McCombs
    Chris Cohen
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Saturday, March 21st
    Joyce Manor
    Militarie Gun
    Teen Mortgage
    Combat
    @ House of Blues
    Sunday, March 22nd
    Maria Somerville
    @ the ICA Boston
    Sunday, March 22nd
    Tracy Bonham
    Spring Residency night 2
    @ the Burren Backroom
    Monday, March 23rd
    Matt Berninger
    Ronboy
    @ the Royale
    Monday, March 23rd
    Westerman
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, March 26th
    The Format
    Piebald
    Adult Mom
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, March 27th Mike Gordon (Phish) & his band
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, March 27th
    Downtown Boys
    Whyte Lipstick
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, March 27th
    Old 97s
    Lizzie No
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, March 27th
    Slomosa
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Friday, March 27th
    Gwar
    Soulfly
    King Parrot
    @ the House of Blues
    Sunday, March 29th
    Ladysmith Black Mambazo
    @ Sanders Theatre
    Monday, March 30th
    Tigers Jaw
    Hot Flash Heat Wave
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, April 1st
    Wednesday (the band)
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, April 2nd
    On Cinema Live! with
    Tim Heidecker
    & Gregg Turkington
    @ the Wilbur
    Friday, April 3rd
    Patrick Watson
    @ Somerville Theatre
    Friday & Saturday
    April 3rd & 4th
    Hayley Williams
    Water From Your Eyes
    @ House of Blues
    Saturday, April 4th
    Throwing Muses
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, April 4th
    The Dirty Three
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, April 4th
    Puscifer
    Dave Hill
    @ the Wang Theatre
    Wednesday, April 8th
    The Wedding Present
    Mark Robinson
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, April 8th
    Mclusky
    Pile
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, April 9th
    Circle Jerks
    Gorilla Biscuits
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, April 10th
    Band of Horses
    @ the Cabot in Beverly
    Friday, April 10th
    TAKAAT
    Major Stars
    KO Queen
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, April 11th
    DARK SPRING BOSTON
    @ Sonia
    Saturday, April 11th
    Hot Stove Cool Music returns!
    with Fountains of Wayne,
    Kay Hanley, Peter Gammons,
    Will Dailey, Hot Stove All-Stars,
    and more!
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, April 11th
    A benefit for Dana Farber!
    Sidewalk Driver
    Silver Screams
    The Wynotts
    Duck & Cover
    @ Faces
    Sunday, April 12th
    Holy Fuck
    @ the Rockwell
    Sunday, April 12th
    Bush
    Mammoth
    James and the Cold Gun
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, April 14th
    The Chameleons
    The Veldt
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Tuesday, April 14th
    Fantastic Cat
    @ The Middle East Up
    Thursday, April 16th
    Rhiannon Giddens
    @ the Orpheum
    Friday, April 17th
    Snail Mail
    Swirlies
    Sharp Pins
    @ Big Night Live
    Friday, April 17th
    Pallbearer
    @ Widowmaker, Braintree
    Saturday, April 18th
    The Last Dinner Party
    Florence Road
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, April 18th
    Nick Offerman
    "Big Woodchuck" tour
    @ the Chevalier Theatre
    Sunday, April 19th
    Heavenly
    Swansea Sound
    Jeanines
    @ the Sinclair
    Sunday, April 19th
    Tracy Bonham
    Spring Residency night 3
    @ the Burren Backroom
    Monday, April 20th
    The Antlers
    Tōth
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Monday, April 20th
    Broncho
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, April 21st
    José González
    Abby Sage
    @ the Royale
    Thursday, April 23rd
    Weedeater
    Conan
    @ Sonia
    Saturday, April 25th
    Robin Pecknold
    (of Fleet Foxes)
    Allegra Krieger
    @ Shalin Liu Performance Ctr.
    in Rockport, MA
    Monday, April 27th
    The Afghan Whigs
    Mercury Rev
    @ the Royale
    Monday, April 27th
    Fishbone
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, April 30th
    Oklou
    @ the Royale
    Thursday, April 30th
    through Sunday, May 3rd
    The Hold Steady
    celebrate 30 years of
    "Boys and Girls in America"
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, April 30th
    through Saturday, May 2nd
    The full lineup has been shared for...
    The Town and the City Festival
    featuring
    John Doe (from X) & David Lowery
    (from Camper Van Beethoven & Cracker)
    The Felice Brothers, Vundabar, Copilot,
    Tanya Donelly & Chris Brokaw,
    Future Teens, GA-20, Steve Wynn,
    John Lanford & Friends, Kris Delmhorst,
    Christana Vane, The Wolff Sisters, JVK,
    Megan From Work, Tysk Tysk Task,
    The Ghouls (performing Black Sabbath),
    Burp. (performing the Beatles),
    The Deliriants (reunion), Toluca Lake,
    Western Education, Dom the Composer,
    Dee Tension & the Secrets, Abby Moskow,
    Stay At Home Dads, Other Brother Darryl,
    The Evolutionists, Nigel Wearne, Tell,
    Poorhouse Records Allstars, Krixus,
    Dead Vapor, Mike's Carwash, Sinnet,
    Grave Givertz, Joshua Theodore,
    Losing Side, Phantom Ocean, Ron's Car,
    Weatherman, Makeshift Kings,
    Charming Arson, The Darlin', Make It So,
    Josh McKelvie, Ruby Red, Beagle Dog,
    Marcy the Baptist, Your Friends,
    Jazz Criminals, Ava Sophia,
    and Everly Estelle, plus comedians
    Tony V, Kristin O'Brien, Jen Howell,
    Jacques Lambert, & James Hamilton
    along with a reading of
    "Fenway Punk" by Chris Wrenn
    @ many venues through Lowell, MA
    Friday, May 1st
    Tanya Donelly
    & Chris Brokaw
    @ First Church, Cambridge
    Monday, May 4th
    Yumi Zouma
    Ducks Ltd.
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, May 5th
    Dry Cleaning
    YHWH Nailgun
    @ the Paradise
    Tuesday, May 5th
    The Messthetics
    and James Brandon Lewis
    @ City Winery Boston
    Tuesday, May 5th
    Gladie
    Noun
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, May 9th
    Remember Sports
    Cusp
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Saturday, May 9th
    Somerville Porchfest
    all around Somerville
    Sunday, May 10th
    The Cribs
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, May 13th
    Courtney Barnett
    Momma
    Truman Sinclair
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, May 14th
    (moved from March 5th)
    The Joy Formidable
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Thursday, May 14th
    Melody's Echo Chamber
    @ the Royale
    Friday, May 15th
    Nova One (LP release show!)
    Bong Wish
    Winkler
    @ Deep Cuts
    Sunday, May 17th
    Tracy Bonham
    Spring Residency night 4
    @ the Burren Backroom
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    May 19th & 20th
    Belle and Sebastian
    play "Tigermilk" (19th) and
    "If You're Feeling Sinister" (20th)
    @ the Orpheum
    Friday, May 22nd
    The Sheila Divine
    "The Middle Ages" LP release show!
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Friday, May 22nd
    King Tuff
    Mod Lang
    @ the Middle East Up
    Friday, May 22nd
    The Black Angels
    L.A. Witch
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, May 23th
    Robber Robber
    @ Deep Cuts
    Sunday, May 24th
    David Lee Roth
    @ the House of Blues
    Saturday, May 30th
    Napalm Death
    Acid Bath
    Pig Destroyer
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, June 4th
    St. Vincent
    @ Boston Symphony Hall
    Friday, June 5th
    Freddie Gibbs
    Geordie Greep
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday & Saturday
    June 5th & 6th
    They Might Be Giants
    @ the House of Blues
    Wednesday, June 10th
    The Avett Brothers
    and Mike Patton
    present AVTT/PTTN
    @ the Wang
    Wednesday, June 10th
    Primus
    Les Claypool's Frog Brigade
    The Lennon Delirium
    @ the Pavilion
    Thursday, June 11th
    Echo & the Bunnymen
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, June 12th
    Dave Matthews Band
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Saturday, June 20th
    Jimmy Eat World
    "Bleed American" 25th Anniversary
    Thrice
    Girls Against Boys
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, June 23rd
    Wolfmother
    @ House of Blues
    Wednesday, June 24th
    The Church
    The Singles Tour
    (rescheduled from 8/1/25)
    @ Somerville Theatre
    Wednesday, June 24th
    Sammy Hagar & his band
    Rick Springfield
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Friday, June 26th
    Souled American
    @ Deep Cuts
    Sunday, June 28th
    Weird Nightmare
    @ Deep Cuts
    Tuesday, July 14th
    Joe Jackson
    @ the Chevalier
    Sunday, July 26th
    Men At Work
    Toad the Wet Sprocket
    Shonen Knife
    @ South Shore Music Circus
    Friday, June 27th
    The Human League
    Soft Cell
    Alison Moyet
    @ the Wang
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    June 30th & July 1st
    Goose
    @ the Pavilion
    Thursday, July 2nd
    Godsmack
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Dorothy
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Tuesday, July 7th
    Black Country, New Road
    Horsegirl
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, July 8th
    American Football
    Ian Sweet
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, July 8th
    Lionel Richie
    Earth, Wind & Fire
    @ the TD Garden
    Thursday, July 9th
    Stewart Copeland
    spoken word tour
    @ City Winery Boston
    Saturday, July 11th
    Noah Kahan
    @ Fenway Park
    Tuesday, July 21st
    Billy Strings
    @ Agganis Arena
    Monday, July 27th
    Metric
    Broken Social Scene
    Stars
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday, July 31st
    Tori Amos
    @ the Pavilion
    Wednesday, August 5th
    Buddy Guy
    @ Lynn Auditorium
    Friday, August 14th
    Blues Traveler
    Gin Blossoms
    Spin Doctors
    @ the Pavilion
    Friday, September 4th
    Peter Hook & the Light
    play New Order's "Get Ready"
    @ House of Blues
    Saturday, September 12th
    Rush
    @ TD Garden
    Saturday, September 12th
    Devotchka
    plays "Little Miss Sunshine"
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, September 14th
    Aldous Harding
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, September 22nd
    Bikini Kill
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, September 23rd
    Armand Hammer
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Wednesday, September 23rd
    UB40
    @ the Wilbur
    Friday & Saturday
    October 9th & 10th
    Superdrag
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Saturday, October 17th
    Sugar
    J. Robbins
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, November 9th
    Hiss Golden Messenger
    @ the Sinclair