Bradley’s Almanac

Mp3(s) of the Week: Live Sloan Action

By request, another set from the 1992 Sub Pop Vermonstress Festival, this one from the Canadian boys of Sloan, one of the few fest bands that is still alive and rockin’ today. When they hit the stage at Vermonstress, Sloan had just released their first full-length, Smeared, so they played mostly stuff from that record. […]

Ultra-Violet Rays Wash Over…

An indian summer sky shines brightly, a perfect weather week continues here in Boston. “Don’t you just love the sun, doesn’t it make you feel good all over?” Yes, Mr. Bazan, it surely does. Warning: this post is all over the subject-matter map… Time to set the TiVo: Interpol will be appearing on the Tonight […]

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  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    June 10th & 11th
    Queens of the Stone Age
    The Kills
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday
    June 10th, 12th, & 13th
    Paul Simon
    @ the Wang
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    June 10th & 11th
    Queens of the Stone Age
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Wednesday, June 11th
    Turnover
    "Peripheral Vision" tour
    with Balance & Composure
    & Citizen
    @ the House of Blues
    Thursday, June 12th
    Morning Is Rising
    (LP release show!)
    with Field Day
    @ the Lizard Lounge
    Thursday, June 12th
    Clutch
    @ Lynn Auditorium
    Friday, June 13th
    Lovina Falls
    (single release party!)
    with the Daylilies
    & Roser
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, June 14th
    Shawn Colvin
    Rodney Crowell
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Sunday, June 15th
    Simple Minds
    Soft Cell
    Modern English
    @ Xfinity Center
    Sunday, June 15th
    Karate
    Hilken Mancini Band
    @ The Sinclair
    Tuesday, June 17th
    EARFULL Series
    Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    Michael Farris Smith
    & Ernest Thompson
    and musicians
    Michael Farris Smith
    & Samantha Farrell
    @ Branch Line
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    June 17th & 18th
    Passion Pit
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Friday, July 18th
    Whirr
    Nothing
    @ the Royale
    Thursday, June 19th
    Tanya Donelly & friends
    with Danielle Miraglia
    @ the Burren Back Room
    Thursday, June 19th
    Blondshell
    Daffo
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, June 19th
    This Will Destroy You
    Jesse Beaman
    @ Sonia
    Saturday, June 21st
    BRADLEY'S ALMANAC
    (that's me) presents...
    SAVAK
    Lupo Citta
    The Whimbrels
    Andy Cohen (of Silkworm)
    @ O'Brien's
    Saturday, Jun 21st
    Hallelujah the Hills
    DECK release show
    with Bongwish and
    Choo Choo La Rouge
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, June 21st
    Lipsmear
    Silver Screams
    The Long Wait
    Doom Fatigue
    @ Koto in Salem
    Saturday, June 21st
    Filthy Formal:
    John Waters Tribute
    & Trash talent show
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Saturday, June 21st
    Outloud Music Festival
    with Kim Petras, Trixie Mattel (DJ set),
    Flo Milli, Rebecca Black, G Flip,
    Frankie Grande, Oompa, Hannah Rad,
    Big Body Kweeng, MATH3CA
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Sunday, Jun 22nd
    Todd Rundgren
    @ Cary Memorial Hall, Lexington
    Tuesday, June 24th
    EARFULL Series
    Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    Jessica Berger Gross
    & Jessica Shattuck
    and musicians
    Tenzin Chopak
    & The Starlings
    @ Branch Line
    Tuesday, June 24th
    Colleen Green
    backed by Rozwell Kid
    performs "I Want To Grow Up!"
    to mark the 10th anniversary
    @ the Rockwell
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    June 24th & 25th
    Passion Pit
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, June 25th
    Deerhoof
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Wednesday, June 25th
    BABYMETAL
    Black Veil Brides
    Bloodywood
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, June 26th
    Faster Pussycat
    The Supersuckers
    The Rumours
    The Lonely Ones
    @ Koto in Lowell
    Thursday, June 26th
    Benmont Tench
    @ City Winery Boston
    Thursday, June 26th
    Counting Crows
    The Gaslight Anthem
    @MGM Music Hall
    Friday, June 27th
    Khruangbin
    John Carroll Kirby
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Friday, June 27th
    FKA Twigs
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, June 28th
    Friendship
    2nd Grade
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, June 28th
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    Marissa Anderson
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, June 28th
    Tree
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Sunday, June 29th
    Preoccupations
    @ the Middle East
    Tuesday, July 1st
    Julie Doiron
    Caged Animals
    @ the Middle East
    Sunday, July 6th
    Greg Norton & Büddies
    Celebrate 40 Years of Hüsker Dü
    @ Faces Brewing
    Monday, July 7th
    OMD
    @ House of Blues
    Tuesday, July 8th
    Lifeguard
    @ Deep Cuts
    Thursday, July 10th
    Wavves
    Beach Goons
    chokecherry
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, July 11th
    The Zombies film
    "Hung Up on A Dream" with
    Colin Blunstone playing live
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, July 11th
    Winona Fighter
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, July 11th
    Cap'n Jazz
    Coffin Prick
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, July 11th
    Wu-Tang Clan (final tour)
    with Run the Jewels
    @ the Garden
    Saturday, July 12th
    Walter Sickert & the
    Army of Broken Toys
    with Eight Foot Manchild
    & Lovina Falls
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, July 15th
    Weird Al Yankovic
    @ the Wang
    Tuesday, July 15th
    Daryl Hall
    Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze)
    @ Lowell Memorial Auditorium
    Tuesday, July 15th
    Authors Stephen Weiner
    and Dan Mazur present their book
    "Will Eisner: A Comics Biography"
    @ Brookline Booksmith
    Wednesday, July 16th
    Shakey Graves
    Hovvdy
    @ the House of Blues Boston
    Wednesday, July 16th
    Kyle Mooney
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, July 16th
    Tripping Daisy
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, July 16th
    Mekons
    Johnny Dowd
    @ City Winery
    Thursday, July 17th
    Cyndi Lauper's
    Farewell Tour
    with Jake Wesley Rogers
    @ Xfinity Center
    Thursday & Friday
    July 17th & 18th
    The Lumineers
    Young the Giant (on the 17th)
    St. Vincent (on the 18th)
    Hippo Campus
    @ Fenway Park
    Friday, July 18th
    Samantha Crain
    @ Warehouse XI
    Friday, July 18th
    Dinosaur Jr.
    Snail Mail
    Easy Action
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday & Saturday
    July 18th & 19th
    PIXIES
    performing "Bossanova"
    & "Trompe Le Monde" (18th)
    with Momma opening
    and a set of classics (19th)
    with Kurt Vile & the Violators
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, July 19th
    Middle Aged Dad Jam Band
    with Ken Marino, David Wain, & more
    @ City Winery
    Saturday, July 19th
    Michael McColgan
    & the Bomb Squad
    with Badterms and
    Nick & the Adversaries
    @ the Middle East
    Saturday, July 19th
    Bad Moves (farewell tour)
    Theo Grizol (of Nana Grizol)
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, July 19th &
    Friday, September 5th
    Men I Trust
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, July 20th
    Thus Love
    Lahnah
    @ O'Brien's
    Monday, July 21st
    Ghost
    @ TD Garden
    Wednesday, July 23rd
    Ben Folds & a Piano
    @ Shalin Liu, Rockport
    Wednesday, July 23rd
    Cloudbelly
    Lost Film
    @ Bellforge Arts Center
    Thursday, July 24th
    Kesha
    Rose Gray
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Saturday, July 26th
    Toto
    Christopher Cross
    Men At Work
    @ Leader Bank Pavilion
    Saturday, July 26th
    The Dogmatics
    (record release party!)
    with Black Cheers,
    Jay Allen & The Archcriminals
    Last Stand, Gypsy Moths
    Tom Baker & The Double Down
    Stop Calling Me Frank, Band 19
    3:30pm @ the French American
    Victory Club in Waltham
    Saturday, July 26th
    Rod Stewart
    Cheap Trick
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Saturday & Sunday
    July 26th & 27th
    GRUB SWEAT & BEERS
    So many metal bands
    @ O'Brien's
    Tuesday, July 29th
    Goo Goo Dolls
    Dashboard Confessional
    @ the Pavilion
    Wednesday, July 30th
    TV on the Radio
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, July 30th
    The "Happy Together" Tour
    featuring The Turtles,
    Jay & the Americans,
    Little Anthony, Mark Lindsay
    (of Paul Revere & the Raiders),
    The Vogues, & the Cowsills
    @ Lynn Auditorium
    Wednesday, July 30th
    The Offspring
    Jimmy Eat World
    New Found Glory
    @ Xfinity Center
    Thursday, July 31st
    New Bob Turks
    The Drowns
    Static Friction
    @ Sonia
    Friday, August 1st
    LOST 80's LIVE
    with A Flock of Seagulls,
    Big Country, General Public,
    The Vapors, Belouis Some,
    The Icicle Works, China Crisis,
    Josie Cotton, Polecats,
    and more
    @ the Wang
    Friday, August 1st
    The Church
    @ the Somerville Theatre
    Friday, August 1st
    Sharpie Smile
    @ the Rockwell
    Saturday, August 2nd
    Chicago
    @ the Pavilion
    Saturday, August 2nd
    Pantera
    Amon Amarth
    @ Great Woods
    Sunday, August 3rd
    Clipse
    EarthGang
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
    August 7th, 8th, & 9th
    SOMERGLOOM V
    with Sumac, Body Void,
    The Keening, Morne, Chepang,
    Moths, Cowardice, Slow Quit,
    Vudu Sister, Guhts, Lepra,
    Lesotho, A Monolithic Dome,
    Main Era, Chainlacing, &
    Tears From A Grieving Heart
    @ Deep Cuts &
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, August 8th
    Stevie Nicks
    @ TD Garden
    Tuesday, August 12th
    John Moreland
    Jared Hart
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, August 13th
    Clipping.
    @ The Sinclair
    Wednesday, August 13th
    Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets
    @ The Center for Arts, Natick
    Wednesday, August 13th
    Open Mike Eagle
    Oceanator
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Thursday, August 14th
    The Armed
    Prostitute
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, August 15th
    The Doobie Brothers
    The Coral Reefer Band
    @ Xfinity Center
    Saturday, August 16th
    The Black Keys
    Gary Clark Jr.
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, August 16th
    Architects
    Erra
    Holy Water
    @ House of Blues
    Saturday, August 16th
    Toad the Wet Sprocket
    KT Tunstall
    Six Pence None the Richer
    @ the Chevalier Theatre
    Wednesday, August 20th
    The Joe Perry Project
    @ the Wang Theatre
    Wednesday, August 20th
    Viruette
    Mallcops
    @ Bellforge Arts Center
    Thursday, August 21st
    The Smiths Tribute (NYC)
    Staring at the Sea (Cure tribute)
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, August 22nd
    Cave In
    "Jupiter" 25th Anniversary show
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, August 23rd
    Tugboat Annie
    Vic Firecracker
    Forevers
    @ the Burren Back Room
    Sunday, August 24th
    "Twin Peaks: A Conversation
    With The Stars" featuring
    Ray Wise, Harry Goaz,
    Kimmy Robertson, &
    Executive Producer
    Sabrina S. Sutherland
    @ the Wilbur
    Tuesday, August 26th
    The Who
    @ Fenway Park
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    August 26th & 27th
    James Taylor
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, August 28th
    Hotline TNT
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, August 29th
    Nine Inch Nails
    @ the Garden
    Saturday, August 30th
    Coheed & Cambria
    Taking Back Sunday
    Foxing
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday & Saturday
    September 5th & 6th
    TOUGH LUCK FEST 2025
    day one: Slow Joy, Trophy Wife,
    Actor Observer, Exit 18, 5ever,
    & Sophie's Body
    day two: Great American Ghost,
    Move, Euclid, Blood Tithe,
    Survive the Sun, & Sevalynn
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Saturday, Sept. 6th
    The 13th Annual JP Music Festival!
    @ Pinebank Field in JP
    Saturday, Sept. 6th
    Slow Crush
    Faetooth
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday & Sunday
    September 6th & 7th
    "Seisiún: a two-day Irish
    music & cultural gathering"
    6th: Dropkick Murphys,
    the Hold Steady, Stiff Little Fingers,
    The Scratch, The Rumjacks,
    Holy Locuts, & more
    7th: The Pogues, The Waterboys,
    Cardinals, Just Mustard,
    Lisa O'Neill, Mairead,
    John Francis Flynn, & more
    @ the Stage at Suffolk Downs
    Sunday, September 7th
    The Outlaw Music Festival
    10th Anniversary Tour
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Sunday, September 7th
    Rilo Kiley
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, September 7th
    My Chemical Romance
    Idles
    @ Fenway Park
    Tuesday, September 9th
    James plays "Laid"
    @ the House of Blues
    Tuesday, September 9th
    Mac DeMarco
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, September 10th
    Alex G
    Nilüfer Yanya
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, September 10th
    Robbie Fulks
    @ Club Passim
    Thursday, Sept. 11th
    Sparks
    @ Berklee Performance Center
    Thursday, September 11th
    Alex G
    Nilüfer Yanya
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, September 11th
    Bruce Dickinson
    (Iron Maiden)
    @ the House of Blues
    Friday, September 12th
    Superchunk
    Tee Vee Repairmann
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, September 12th
    The Brian's Jonestown Massacre
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, September 12th
    Ethel Cain
    9million
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, September 12th
    Supergrass
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday, September 12th
    Greg Hawkes with Eddie Japan
    performing the music of The Cars
    @ the Spire Center, Plymouth
    Friday, September 12th
    Saturday, September 13th
    Black Moth Super Rainbow
    Ricky Eat Acid
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, September 13th
    The Del Fuegos
    @ Bellforge Arts Center
    Saturday, September 13th
    Dwight Yoakam
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, September 13th
    Pulp
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Sunday, Sept 14th
    Alabama Shakes
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, September 14th
    Wet Leg
    Mary In The Junkyard
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, September 15th
    PUP
    Jeff Rosenstock
    Ekko Astral
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, September 15th
    Steve Winwood
    @ The Cabot
    Tuesday, September 16th
    Molly Tuttle
    Cecelia Castleman
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, September 17th
    Alison Krauss & Union Station
    Willie Watson
    @ the Pavilion
    Thursday, September 18th
    The Bouncing Souls
    H2O
    Smoking Popes
    Jer
    @ the Royale
    Thursday, September 18th
    Garbage
    Starcrawler
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, September 19th
    Soccer Mommy
    Dummy
    @ House of Blues
    Friday, September 19th
    George Thorogood
    & the Destroyers
    @ Lynn Auditorium
    Saturday, September 20th
    Weakened Friends
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, September 20th
    Turnstile
    Mannequin Pussy
    SPEED
    Jane Remover
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Saturday, September 20th
    Morrissey
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, September 20th
    Wolf Alice
    @ House of Blues
    Sunday, September 21st
    Sebadoh
    @ the Middle East Downstairs
    Sunday, September 21st
    Marina
    Mallrat
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, September 21st
    Múm
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Sunday, September 21st
    Nation of Language
    Greet Death
    @ the Royale
    Sunday, September 21st
    Shonen Knife
    @ Sonia
    Monday, September 22nd
    Elvis Costello & the Imposters
    "Radio Soul!" tour
    with Charlie Sexton
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, September 23rd
    The Minus 5
    The Baseball Project
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Tuesday, September 23rd
    Viagra Boys
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, September 24th
    The Beaches
    Debbii Dawson
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, September 25th
    Cowboy Junkies
    @ the Shubert Theatre
    Thursday, September 25th
    Iggy Pop
    Sex Pistols
    The Molotovs
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Thursday through Sunday
    Sept. 25th, 26th, 27th, & 28th
    John Mulaney
    "Mister Whatever" tour
    @ the Wang Theatre
    Friday, September 26th
    The Front Bottoms
    Sincere Engineer
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, September 26th
    Lorde
    Blood Orange
    The Japanese House
    @ TD Garden
    Friday, September 26th
    Stereolab
    The Memorials
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, September 27th
    Car Seat Headrest
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, September 28th
    An Evening with author
    Samin Nosrat discussing
    her cookbook "Good Things"
    with Hrishikesh Hirway
    @ Emerson Colonial Theatre
    Monday, September 29th
    Melvins
    Red Kross
    @ Fete in Providence
    Wednesday, October 1st
    Bad Suns
    Yot Club
    @ the Royale
    Thursday, October 2nd
    Amy Millan (Stars/BSS)
    @ the Middle East
    Thursday, October 2nd
    Elbow
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, October 3rd
    Home Is Where
    Forests
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday & Saturday
    October 3rd & 4th
    David Byrne
    @ the Wang
    Saturday & Sunday
    October 4th & 5th
    An Inconceivable Evening
    with Cary Elwes
    & a screening of
    The Princess Bride
    @ the Wilbur
    Monday, October 6th
    Swans
    Little Annie
    Paul Wallfisch
    @ the Paradise
    Monday, October 6th
    Yusuf/Cat Stevens
    "An Evening Of Tales,
    Tunes And Other Mysteries"
    Book Tour show
    @ the Wang Theatre
    Wednesday, October 8th
    Anamanaguchi
    Ovlov
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, October 8th
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    'Howl' 20th Anniversary Tour
    with Humanist
    @ House of Blues
    Wednesday, October 8th
    Water From Your Eyes
    Her New Knife
    Editrix
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, October 8th
    The Murder Capital
    @ Sonia
    Thursday, October 9th
    Team Dresch
    Vitapup
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, October 10th
    Jukebox the Ghost
    Boys Go To Jupiter
    @ the Royale
    Friday, October 10th
    Destroyer
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, October 11th
    Pile
    Nnamdï
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, October 11th
    Kneecap
    @ the House of Blues
    Sunday, October 12th
    The Miki Berenyi Trio
    (that's Miki from Lush)
    Gina Birch
    The Unreasonables
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, October 13th
    My Morning Jacket
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, October 14th
    Grandaddy
    celebrating the 25th anniversary
    of "The Sophtware Slump"
    with Greg Freeman
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, October 15th
    Modest Mouse
    Built to Spill
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Wednesday, October 15th
    Disclosure (Live)
    Fcukers
    Villager
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, October 17th
    The Psychedelic Furs
    Gary Numan
    @ MGM Musis Hall
    Saturday, October 18th
    Patty Griffin &
    Rickie Lee Jones
    @ the Chevalier
    Sunday, October 19th
    Ruston Kelly
    Sam MacPherson
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, October 20th
    Leisure
    @ the Royale
    Tuesday, October 21st
    Big Thief
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, October 21st
    Everclear
    Local H
    Sponge
    @ Big Night Live
    Thursday, October 23rd
    Neko Case
    Des Demonas
    @ The Wilbur
    Thursday, October 23rd
    Belly
    "King" 30th Anniversary Tour!
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, October 25th
    Rufus Wainwright
    @ City Winery
    Saturday, October 25th
    Ezra Furman
    The Golden Dregs
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, October 25th
    Minus The Bear
    @ the House of Blues
    Monday, October 27th
    Laufey
    Suki Waterhouse
    @ TD Garden
    Monday, October 27th
    Autechre
    Mark Broom
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, October 29th
    Herbie Hancock
    @ the Wang Theatre
    Wednesday, October 29th
    The Beta Band
    @ the Royale
    Friday, October 31st
    Fleshwater
    Chat Pile
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, November 6th
    Colin Hay (Men at Work)
    @ the Chevalier Theatre
    Thursday & Friday
    November 6th & 7th
    The Lone Bellow
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday & Saturday
    November 7th & 8th
    Steve Martin & Martin Short
    three shows @ the Wang
    Saturday, November 8th
    The Mars Volta
    @ House of Blues
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    November 11th & 12th
    Micky Dolenz (the Monkees)
    Songs & Stories
    @ City Winery
    Thursday, November 13th
    Janeane Garofalo
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Saturday, November 15th
    Beach Fossils
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, November 20th
    Weakened Friends
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, November 22nd
    Couch
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, November 24th
    Patti Smith
    Horses 50th Anniversary Tour
    @ the Orpheum
    Monday, December 1st
    (second show added)
    The Beths
    Phoebe Rings
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, December 13th
    A John Waters Christmas
    @ Berklee Performance Center
    Thursday, January 15th
    Cate Le Bon
    @ the Sinclair