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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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