Bradley’s Almanac

Boston Tonight: Me, You, + Kevin @ River Gods

Yes, the August installment of the Tourfilter DJ Night is this evening, Thursday the 16th, at River Gods in Cambridge. It marks my return to the monthly song-spinning rotation after taking some much-needed new-dad-time off, and it’s my first pairing with my pal Kevin H., who spends most of his days booking bands over at […]

[Live M3Ps] Beach House at the MFA Boston

Here’s a perfect live set for these hazy mid-August days: A recent performance by Baltimore’s Beach House in the Remis Auditorium at the Museum of Fine Arts here in Boston. It was the final night of their cross-country team-up with the Clientele, and it’d be hard to think up with a more appropriate tourmate match […]

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  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Monday, May 20th
    Echo & the Bunnymen
    @ the House of Blues
    Tuesday, May 21st
    Another Michael
    Tenci
    People Person Puzzle Tree
    @ the Rockwell
    Thursday, May 23th
    Amateur Chops
    Mill Pond Falls
    @ the Burren Back Room
    Friday, May 24th
    Lightheaded
    Little Oso
    @ Union Tavern
    Sunday, May 26th
    Pride Pregame with
    Milahroy, Django James,
    & Linnea’s Garden
    @ Warehouse XI
    Sunday, May 26th
    Sunburned Hand of the Man
    @ the Cut, Gloucester
    Tuesday, May 28th
    Shannon & the Clams
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, May 28th
    Lady Pills
    @ O'Brien's
    Tuesday, May 28th
    Brookline Booksmith presents...
    Kathleen Hanna
    "Rebel Girl" book tour
    @ the Wilbur
    Wednesday, May. 29th
    The Antlers &
    Okkervil River
    (solo & together tour)
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Wednesday, May 29th
    Canceled
    The Alarm
    Jay Aston's Gene Love Jezebel
    Belouis Some
     @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, May 29th
    Madness
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, May 30th
    Camera Obscura
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, May 30th
    Nation Of Language
    @ the Royale
    Sunday, June 2nd
    Laura Gibson
    @ a Boston living room
    Tuesday, June 4th
    Melt-Banana
    The Flying Luttenbachers
    babyaby_explores
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, June 4th
    Joe Jackson
    @ the Wilbur
    Wednesday, June 5th
    Andy Summers (The Police)
    @ Cary Hall, Lexington

    Thursday, June 6th
    Jason Narducy & Alison Chesley
    duo/reunion show
    @ Q Division Studios, Cambridge
    Thursday, June 6th
    Reverend Horton Heat
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, June 7th
    Swansea Sound
    Jeanines
    @ O'Brien's
    Saturday, June 8th
    (a band called) E
    Rong
    Handsy
    Medical Maps
    @ the Midway
    Saturday, June 8th
    Joe Pera
    @ the Wilbur
    Saturday, June 8th
    John Cleese
    Q&A, plus a screening of
    "Monty Python & the Holy Grail"
    @ the Chevalier Theatre, Medford
    Monday, June 10th
    Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade) @ Brighton Music Hall
    Monday, June 10th
    Snarls
    Yasmin Nur
    @ the Rockwell
    Monday, June 10th
    Bleachers
    Samia
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, June 11th
    Protomartyr
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Wednesday, June 12th
    The Trans-Canada Highwaymen
    (mems. of Sloan, Odds, BNL,
    & The Pursuit of Happiness)
    @ City Winery Boston
    Thursday, June 13th
    Jon Langford & the Bright Shiners
    @ the Cut, Gloucester
    Thursday, June 13th
    Quasi playing 'Featuring "Birds"'
    Jeffrey Lewis
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Thursday, June 13th
    Aaron West & the Roaring Twenties
    Future Teens
    Maura Weaver
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Thursday, June 13th
    Comedy Bang! Bang!
    with Scott Aukerman & Paul F Tompkins
    @ The Wilbur
    Friday, June 14th
    The Gentlemen
    (featuring Mike Gent of the Figgs)
    first show in a decade!
    @ the Burren Back Room
    Friday, June 14th
    Baabes
    Silver Screams
    Wire Lines
    Fear is the Mindkiller
    @ Koto in Salem
    Friday, June 14th
    Dylan Earl
    Tiger Saw
    Audrey & Karina
    & one more artist tba
    @ the Loft, Somerville
    Saturday, June 15th The Umbrellas
    Mallcops
    @ 4th Wall
    @ the Capital Theatre, Arlington
    Sunday, June 16th
    Pixies
    Modest Mouse
    Cat Power
    @ Xfinity Center
    Monday, June 17th
    White Reaper
    Spiritual Cramp
    Smirk
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, June 19th
    Future Islands
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, June 20th
    Roger Daltrey
    KT Tunstall
    @ the Pavilion
    Friday, June 21st
    The Church
    The Afghan Whigs
    Ed Harcourt
    @ the Royale
    Friday, June 21st
    Blushing
    Airiel
    Bodywash
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, June 22nd
    Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
    playing "Shake The Sheets"
    with guests
    Ekko Astral
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, June 22nd
    Guided By Voices
    The Moles
    @ the Royale
    Sunday, June 23rd
    Silversun Pickups
    @ House of Blues
    Tuesday, June 25th
    Jon Anderson (of Yes)
    playing “Yes Epics, Classics, and More”
    @ the Shubert Theatre

    Tuesday, June 25th
    Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
    Courtney Marie Andrews
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday, June 26th
    Blue Oyster Cult
    @ the Lynn Auditorium
    Friday, June 28th
    Dry Cleaning
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, June 28th
    A Day To Remember
    The Story So Far
    Four Year Strong
    Pain of Truth
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Friday, June 28th
    Dowsing
    @ Rockwood Music Hall
    Friday, June 28th
    Janet Jackson
    Nelly
    @ TD Garden
    Saturday, June 29th
    Buffalo Tom
    @ Boarding House Park, Lowell
    Sunday, June 30th
    Les Savy Fav
    @ Somerville Armory
    Sunday, June 30th
    Pedro the Lion
    Squirrel Flower (solo)
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Wednesday, July 3rd
    Grails
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, July 5th Mark Sandman Memorial Concert:
    Gone 25 Years But Not Forgotten
    featuring Dana Colley, Jerome Deupree,
    Mike Rivard, Laurie Sargent, Russ Gershon,
    Christian McNeill, Tom Halter, Evan Harriman,
    Jimmy Ryan, Sabine Hrechdakian, & more
    @ the Cut in Gloucester
    Tuesday, July 9th
    Alanis Morissette
    Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
    Morgan Wade
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Thursday, July 11th
    Bad Cop/Bad Cop
    Oceanator
    @ Deep Cuts
    Thursday, July 11th
    Mates of State
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, July 13th
    youbet
    Truth Club
    Clifford
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, July 14th
    Daryl Hall & Elvis Costello
    @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
    Sunday, July 16th
    Los Campesinos!
    @ the Paradise
    Wednesday, July 17th
    Wand
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, July 17th
    The Folk Implosion
    @ the Rockwell
    Monday, July 17th
    Totally Tubular Festival Tour
    with Thomas Dolby,
    Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins),
    Modern English, The Romantics,
    Men Without Hats, & more
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday, July 19th
    Pretenders
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, July 20th
    Oneida
    E
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, July 20th
    Have Heart
    Speed
    Gel
    Initiate
    Eye For An Eye
    Wound Man
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, July 20th
    Lana Del Rey
    @ Fenway Park
    Sunday, July 21st
    Foo Fighters
    The Hives
    Amyl and the Sniffers
    @ Fenway Park
    Thursday, July 25th
    Jah Wobble (PIL)
    "Metal Box: Rebuilt in Dub"
    @ City Winery
    Thursday-Sunday
    July 25th-28th
    NICE, a fest
    many, many bands
    @ Davis Square in Somerville
    Saturday, July 27th
    Red Kross
    Dale Crover
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Saturday, July 27th
    Tinariwen
    @ the Royale
    Monday, July 29th
    Maserati
    Unwed Sailor
    @ Deep Cuts
    Thursday, August 1st
    The Mountain Goats
    Field Medic
    @ the House of Blues
    Friday, August 2nd
    Foreigner
    Styx
    John Waite
    @ Xfinity Center
    Saturday, August 3rd
    Cheap Trick
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Monday, August 5th
    DIIV
    Horse Jumper of Love
    Full Body 2
    @ the Royale
    Monday, August 5th
    Def Leppard
    Journey
    Heart
    @ Fenway Park
    Wednesday, August 7th
    Green Day
    Smashing Pumpkins
    Rancid
    The Linda Lindas
    @ Fenway Park
    Saturday, August 10th
    The Chameleons
    play "Strange Times" in full
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, August 10th
    Missy Elliott
    Ciara
    Busta Rhymes
    Timbaland
    @ the Garden
    Sunday, August 11th
    Wild Nothing
    Peel Dream Magazine
    @ the Sinclair