Bradley’s Almanac

[Live MP3s] James Kochalka Superstar in Cambridge – October 2006

I believe it’s safe to say that there’s no creative career out there quite like the one that James Kochalka has fashioned for himself. I can’t think of another artist/writer who jumps back and forth so easily between vulgarity and innocence, between the mundane and magical. For isntance, his 2007 brought us not only the […]

This Weekend: Boston Rock Documentary Premieres

Well, this is a very welcome surprise. Just found out that tonight in Asbury Park, NJ, and tomorrow evening right here in Cambridge, MA, the very-long-awaited Boston rock documentary “Counting Backwards” (which pulls its title from a 1991 Throwing Muses song) will make its debut U.S. screenings. From MySpace, here’s a description of the film… […]

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  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Tuesday, November 3rd
    Imperial Teen
    Gay Meat
    @ Warehouse XI
    Wednesday, November 4th
    Michelle Branch
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, November 5th
    Air Supply
    @ the Chevalier
    Thursday, November 5th
    Unmade Bed
    Arto Vaun
    Shadow Monster
    Dyr Faser
    @ O'Brien's
    Thursday, November 5th
    Daniel Lanois Trio
    @ City Winery
    Thursday & Friday
    November 5th & 6th
    Sweeping Promises
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, November 6th
    Betty Goo
    The Weisstronauts
    @ the Midway
    Friday, November 6th
    Hovvdy
    Christian Lee Hutson
    @ the Royale
    Friday, November 6th
    The Northern Line
    (EP release show!)
    with Devil Love
    & The Cocteau
    @ the Square Root
    Friday, November 6th
    BEAT performs the music of
    King Crimson
    featuring Adrian Belew, Steve Vai,
    Tony Levin, & Terry Bozzio
    @ the Wang
    Friday, November 6th
    Deerhoof
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, November 6th
    Marc Maron
    @ the Chevalier
    Friday, November 6th
    A Place To Bury Strangers
    Adult.
    Lane
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, November 7th
    Fruit Bats
    Sarah Klang
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, November 7th
    Monterey Mountain
    Paul McMahon
    Free Agent
    @ the Square Root
    Saturday, November 7th
    Really Great
    Miss Bones
    Bird Bath
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, November 7th
    Blondshell
    Prewn
    @ House of Blues
    Saturday, November 7th
    Jimmy Webb
    @ City Winery Boston
    Sunday, November 8th
    Chris Brokaw (solo)
    Kass Richards & band
    @ the Lilypad
    Sunday, November 8th
    An Evening with
    Rhiannon Giddens as part
    of B.U.'s Conversations
    in the Arts & Ideas
    @ Tsai Performance Center
    Sunday, November 8th
    Joanie's Birthday Bash
    Crow Follow
    American Ocelot
    Galaxy Cake
    4pm @ Worthern Attic
    Sunday, November 8th
    Identical Cousins presents:
    A Twin Peaks Tribute
    with Julee Cruise Director,
    BLK LDG, Celia Smokinbutts,
    & much more
    @ Myrtle, Providence
    Monday, November 9th
    The Blasting Company plays
    "Over the Garden Wall"
    @ the Royale
    Monday, November 9th
    Jessica Lee Mayfield
    Rachel Bobbitt
    @ Deep Cuts
    Monday, November 9th
    Hiss Golden Messenger
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, November 10th
    Geese
    Gwenifer Raymond
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, November 10th
    Journey
    @ TD Garden
    Tuesday, November 10th
    Protomartyr
    J.R.C.G.
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Tuesday, November 10th
    Shady Bug
    7-11 Jesus
    Night Moth
    @ Deep Cuts
    Tuesday, November 10th
    Pokey LaFarge
    Cicada Rhythm
    @ the Somerville Amory
    Wednesday, November 11th
    The Bad Plus
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, November 11th
    P.E.E.
    Gapyear
    The Ritornello Form
    Summers In Autumn
    @ Sonia
    Wednesday, November 11th
    Lee Bains III
    @ Faces
    Wednesday, November 11th
    Brody Price
    Tiberius
    Clifford (solo)
    @ O'Brien's
    Wednesday, November 11th
    Marshall Crenshaw
    @ City Winery Boston
    Wednesday, November 11th
    Hamilton Leithauser
    Rotsam
    @ the Somerville Theatre
    Wednesday, November 11th
    Brookline Booksmith presents
    Rachel Maddow
    @ the Orpheum
    Thursday, November 12th
    Rachael Yamagata
    @ City Winery
    Thursday, November 12th
    Silver Screams
    Black Helicopter
    Osis
    @ the Square Root
    Thursday, November 12th
    Sleep
    Zombi
    The Schizophonics
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, November 12th
    Die Spitz
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, November 13th
    Colleen Green
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, November 13th
    Madeon
    Anamanaguchi
    @ Big Night Live
    Friday, November 13th
    Andrea Gibson's "Love
    Letter From the Afterlife"
    with Megan Falley,
    the Goosebump Orchestra,
    & special guests
    @ Somerville Theatre
    Friday, November 13th
    Basement
    Fiddlehead
    High Vis
    Big Boy
    First Day Back
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, November 13th
    Dweezil Zappa
    @ the Chevalier
    Saturday, November 14th
    18th Annual RiverFeast Benefit
    for Greater Boston Food Bank
    with Shawn Colvin
    & Liam St. John
    @ Blue Ocean Music Hall
    in Salisbury, MA
    Saturday, November 14th
    Small Brown Bike
    The Casket Lottery
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, November 14th
    Girl With A Hawk
    Glowbox
    @ Underbones
    Saturday, November 14th
    Aaron Lee Tasjan
    @ Warehouse XI
    Saturday, November 14th
    Carbon Leaf
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, November 14th
    Slow Pulp
    Her New Knife
    Ivy
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, November 14th
    BoDeans
    @ City Winery Boston
    Saturday, November 14th
    Buffalo Tom
    3rd Annual Charity Show
    for Marblehead SEPAC
    with
    Sarah Swain & the Oh Boys
    @ Abbot Hall, Marblehead
    Sunday, November 15th
    Leechfoot
    Hot Slander
    Divine Angel Awakening
    @ State Park
    Sunday, November 15th
    Trophy Wife
    Exit 18
    Sophie's Body
    @ Sonia
    Sunday, November 15th
    Senses Fail
    Koyo
    Initiate
    @ Big Night Live
    Sunday, November 15th
    Gnarls Barkley
    @ the House of Blues
    Sunday, November 15th
    Freak Slug
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, November 16th
    The War and Treaty
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, November 17th
    ONCE presents...
    Ms Ezra Furman
    Doing What She Wants
    @ the Rockwell
    Tuesday, November 17th
    Caroline
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, November 18th
    The EARFULL series
    writers reading,
    songwriters performing.
    with authors
    M.L. Rio & Wally Lamb
    and musicians
    Amy Fairchild & Thomas Juliano
    Morning Camera
    (mems of Treat Her Right,
    Either/Orchestra, and
    Session Americana)
    @ the Regattabar
    Wednesday, November 18th
    Low Cut Connie
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, November 18th
    Why?
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Wednesday, November 18th
    Tune-Yards
    Rituals of Mine
    @ the Paradise
    Wednesday, November 18th
    Sombr
    Dove Cameron
    Hannah Jadagu
    @ TD Garden
    Thursday, November 19th
    Gollylagging (record release!)
    Jonny Tex
    Bus Crush
    King's Evil
    @ Deep Cuts
    Thursday, November 19th
    Angine de Poitrine
    @ the Roadrunner
    Thursday, November 19th
    Cowboy Junkies
    @ the Cabot
    Friday, November 20th
    Minibeast
    Thalia Zedek Band
    Flying Vipers
    @ O'Brien's
    Friday, November 20th
    Dead Gowns
    Nova One
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, November 20th
    Julia Jacklin
    @ the Royale
    Friday & Saturday
    November 20th & 21st
    The Dambuilders
    with Sleepyhead (on the 20th)
    & the Hilken/Melissa Band (21st)
    @ the Burren
    Saturday, November 21st
    John Davis (Folk Implosion, etc)
    Peter Peter Hughes
    @ Underbones/Redbones
    Saturday, November 21st
    Lunch Mother
    Forest Floor
    Kass Richards
    Whistle Jacket
    @ the Loft
    Saturday, November 21st
    Guillermo Sexo
    Harsh Foxing
    Tequila Sirens
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, November 21st
    The Menzingers
    Hot Water Music
    Weakened Friends
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, November 21st
    Martin Sexton
    @ City Winery
    Saturday, November 21st
    Orville Peck
    Abbie Callahan
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday & Saturday
    November 21st & 22nd
    Letters to Cleo
    The Sheila Divine
    @ the Paradise Rock Club
    Sunday, November 22nd
    Ted Leo
    @ Deep Cuts
    Sunday, November 22nd
    "Hollow Harvest"
    a benefit for Pair Project
    with Autumn Hollow,
    Nate Perry & Ragged Company,
    & the Jamie Walker Band
    @ the Burren
    Sunday, November 22nd
    TRANS DAY OF RESISTANCE
    with Ted Leo, Ezra Furman,
    Evan Greer, Grace Givertz,
    Hazel Afrodite, Blame Shifters,
    and Flight or Visibility
    3pm @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, November 27th
    Judy Collins
    @ Cary Memorial Hall
    November 28th
    Bim Skala Bim
    The Chip Rockers
    @ the Cut
    Saturday, November 28th
    Peter Wolf
    & the Midnight Travelers
    @ the Shubert Theatre
    Saturday, November 28th
    K.C.U.F. (release show!)
    Unseemlier
    Today Junior
    Grub Lordnew
    @ Deep Cuts
    Sunday, November 29th
    The Temptations
    @ the Cabot
    Sunday, November 29th
    Jason Bonham's
    Led Zeppelin Evening
    @ Lynn Auditorium
    Sunday, November 29th
    Shaun Cassidy
    Holiday Show
    @ Cary Memorial Hall
    Wednesday, December 2nd
    Wild Pink
    Hiding Places
    @ Deep Cuts
    Wednesday, December 2nd
    We Are Scientists
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, December 3rd
    Lily Seabird
    Eliza Niemi
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, December 4th
    Caspian
    Pile
    The Infinity Ring
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, December 4th
    The Pills (reunited!)
    The Extra Virgin
    & another band tba
    @ Sonia
    Friday, December 4th
    A Holiday Show with
    The Daylilies
    Lovina Falls
    Girl With A Hawk
    American Ocelot
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday & Saturday
    December 4th & 5th
    The Dresden Dolls
    @ the Colonial Theatre
    Saturday, December 5th
    Q Division Studios' 40th (!)
    Anniversary Holiday Party
    @ Sonia
    Sunday, December 6th
    Advance Base
    Karima Walker
    Jake McKelvie
    @ Deep Cuts
    Sunday, December 6th
    Jim James
    (My Morning Jacket)
    @ the Wilbur Theatre
    Sunday, December 6th
    Brett Goldstein
    "Sex, Death, & Small Talk"
    @ the Wang Theatre
    Sunday, December 6th
    A Celebration of the Life
    & Times of Bruce K. Tull
    with Scud Mountain Boys
    & more friends of Bruce
    @ the Iron Horse
    Monday, December 7th
    Alfred Be Loud
    Bangwell Putt
    Cnt Muscle (debut!)
    Daphne Blue Underworld
    @ O'Brien's
    Monday, December 7th
    The Temptations
    @ Cary Memorial Hall
    in Lexington
    Wednesday, December 9th
    Porcelain
    My Wife's An Angel
    @ Deep Cuts
    Thursday, December 10th
    Shakey Graves
    Jobi Riccio
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, December 11th
    The LeeVees
    @ Off Cabot, Beverly
    Friday, December 11th
    Doomriders
    Whores.
    Waxed
    Severed Boy
    @ Garage B, Brighton
    Friday, December 11th
    Jon Langford
    (Mekons/Waco Bros)
    @ the Parlor, Dorchester
    (ask an old punk)
    Friday, December 11th
    Old Crow Medicine Show
    @ the Cabot
    Friday, December 11th
    Let's Rock Cancer
    A Dana-Farber Benefit
    dedicated to Linda Pardee
    hosted by Henry Santoro
    featuring
    Jeffrey Robbins (Orbit)
    Vapors of Morphine
    Muck & the Mires
    The Ray Liriano Experience
    ... go! (and guests)
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Saturday, December 12th
    Emma Ruth Rundle
    Cinder Well
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday & Sunday
    December 12th & 13th
    CONVERGE presents
    "Saddest Day 2026"
    with Saturday guests:
    Converge, Cave In,
    Emma Ruth Rundle, Pig Pen,
    Deaf Club, Final Gasp,
    & more TBA
    and Sunday guests:
    Converge, Chat Pile, Baroness,
    Agriculture, Reveral of Man,
    Habak, & Fuming Mouth
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, December 13th
    Lord Huron
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, December 17th
    Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
    @ the Cabot
    Friday, December 18th
    Trace Mountains
    Mallory Hawk
    @ Warehouse XI
    Saturday, December 19th
    The Del Fuegos
    "Home For The Holidays 2026"
    two shows @ City Winery
    Saturday, December 19th
    Showcase Showdown
    New Bomb Turks
    The Konks
    & WMBR DJ Sara J.
    @ the Paradise
    Monday, December 21st
    Sweet Petunia
    @ Club Passim
    Tuesday, December 29th
    Juliana Hatfield
    @ City Winery
    Thursday, December 31st
    Gov't Mule
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, January 7th, 2027
    Kiwi Jr.
    Hallelujah the Hills
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, January 8th
    Portugal. The Man
    Anthony Green
    @ the Royale
    Sunday, January 10th
    Lisa Walker (Wussy)
    Chris Brokaw (Come/Codeine/MVFs)
    two shows in a nearby
    Allston living room
    Saturday, January 16th
    Robin Lane
    @ Club Passim
    Sunday, January 17th
    @ (at)
    @ the Rockwell
    Thursday, January 21st
    Dead Pioneers
    @ Sonia
    Thursday, January 21st
    Brian Vander Ark (Verve Pipe)
    Tony Scalzo (Fastball)
    John Hapson (Nine Days)
    Luke Esterkyn (Stroke 9)
    @ City Winery
    Sunday, January 24th
    Richard Thompson & his band
    Clayton Linthicum
    Quinn Bachand
    @ the Wilbur
    Wednesday, January 27th
    Star Moles
    @ Warehouse XI
    Friday, January 29th
    Spirit Ghost
    Black Beach
    Justin Schaefers
    @ Deep Cuts
    Tuesday, February 2nd
    feeble little horse
    Snuggle
    @ the Royale
    Tuesday, February 2nd
    La Roux
    @ Paradise Rock Club
    Wednesday, February 3rd
    Tara Clerkin Trio
    @ Deep Cuts
    Wednesday, February 3rd
    Crooked Fingers
    Julia Barfield
    @ City Winery
    Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
    February 4th, 5th, & 6th
    Something In The Way Fest
    with
    The Jesus and Mary Chain,
    Turnover, Wednesday, Trapped
    Under Ice, Meat Puppets,
    This Is Lorelei, Incendiary,
    Jejune, Nothing, Model/Actriz,
    Gouge Away, YHWH Nailgun,
    Armlock, Knumears, Trauma Ray,
    Wellness, Racecourse, Krill,
    Holder, & Dream Fatigue
    @ Roadrunner
    plus a pre-show with
    Bren Lukens, Wicca Phase Springs
    Eternal (acoustic), & Georgia Maq
    @ the Sinclair
    & a to-be-announced after-show
    Saturday, February 6th
    Alan Cumming: Uncut
    @ the Chevalier Theatre
    Saturday, February 6th
    "On A Winter's Night" Reunion
    with Patty Larkin, Cliff Eberhardt,
    Lucy Kaplansky, & John Gorka
    @ the Regent Theatre
    Wednesday, February 10th
    The Lemonheads
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Friday, February 12th, 2027
    Letterkenny Live
    @ Agganis Arena
    Saturday, February 20th
    Dan Reeder
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Sunday, February 21st
    Styx
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Wednesday, February 24th
    Hans Zimmer
    @ TD Garden
    Thursday, February 25th
    Thao
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, February 25th
    Shapiro Celebrity Lectures
    series presents an evening
    with Rachel Dratch
    @ the MFA's Remis Auditorium
    Friday, February 26th
    Fai Laci
    @ the Sinclair
    Saturday, February 27th
    The Grownup Noise
    @ Deep Cuts
    Monday & Tuesday
    March 1st & 2nd
    Gracie Abrams
    Grace Ives
    @ TD Garden
    Wednesday, March 3rd
    Death From Above 1979
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Saturday, March 6th
    Michael Shannon,
    Jason Narducy, & friends
    play REM’s “Document"
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, March 6th
    Meshuggah
    Testament
    Black Incantation
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday, March 12th
    Dropkick Murphys
    Fiddlehead
    Wisdom in Chains
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, March 13th
    Nick Heyward
    @ City Winery Boston
    Saturday, March 13th
    Dinosaur Jr.
    @ the House of Blues
    Saturday, March 13th
    Dropkick Murphys
    “For The Kids” Mini-Concert
    2pm @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, March 13th
    Dropkick Murphys
    Home Front
    Spiritual Cramp
    Cittizins
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, March 14th
    Dropkick Murphys
    “In The Round” show
    with Brian Fallon,
    Ben Nichols, & Jesse Ahern
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, March 16th
    Anna Shoemaker
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Wednesday, March 17th
    Dropkick Murphys
    The Amazing Royal Crowns
    Red Rockers
    Liberty and Justice
    Restraining Order
    @ the House of Blues
    Wednesday, March 24th
    Caroline Rose
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, March 25th
    This Is The Kit
    @ Warehouse XI
    Friday, March 26th
    Lambrini Girls
    Sprints
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, March 27th
    Red Baraat
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Monday, March 29th
    Destroy Boys
    Illuminati Hotties
    The Rat Utopia Experiment
    @ the Royale
    Tuesday, March 30th
    Hayley Thompson-King
    @ David Friend Recital Hall
    Sunday, April 4th
    Haywire
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, April 5th
    Beirut
    @ Roadrunner
    Wednesday & Thursday
    April 7th & 8th
    Death Cab for Cutie
    MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, April 11th
    Roger Waters presents
    (but is not performing in)
    "LEGACY - A Pink Floyd Show"
    @ the Chevalier
    Tuesday, April 13th
    Cornelius
    @ the Somerville Theatre
    Thursday, April 15th
    DIIV
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, April 16th
    Eric Andre
    @ the Chevalier
    Tuesday, April 20th
    The Growlers
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, April 21st
    Roger McGuinn
    @ Cary Hall, Lexington
    Tuesday, April 27th
    A Perfect Circle
    The Cult
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Wednesday, April 28th
    Tinashe
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, May 2nd
    The Amy Winehouse Band
    @ the Wilbur
    Monday, May 3rd
    Shygirl
    @ the Royale
    Monday, May 3rd
    Angine de Poitrine
    @ MGM Music Hall
    May 13th & 14th
    Frank Turner
    & the Sleeping Souls
    Skinny Lister
    Beans on Toast
    @ House of Blues
    Friday, May 14th
    Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
    @ the Sinclair
    Sunday, May 23rd
    Hum
    Pelican
    The Life & Times
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, May 24th
    Queens of the Stone Age
    Pixies
    Wheelchair Sports Camp
    @ TD Garden
    Saturday, Sunday,
    Tuesday, & Wednesday
    May 29th & 30th,
    June 1st & 2nd
    Noah Kahan
    @ Fenway Park
    Tuesday, June 1st
    She Past Away
    @ the Royale
    Wednesday, June 2nd
    Papa Roach
    @ the Pavilion
    Thursday to Sunday
    June 10th to 13th
    Providence Popfest!
    mark it down.
    Friday, June 18th
    comedian Jimmy Carr
    @ the Wang
    Friday to Sunday
    June 18th to 20th
    Green River Festival
    @ Franklin County
    Fairgrounds, Greenfield
    Sunday, June 20th
    Lizzy McAlpine
    Searows
    Post Animal
    @ Agganis Arena
    Monday, July 26th
    Donny Osmond
    @ the Shubert Theatre
    Wednesday, July 28th
    Bon Jovi
    @ Gillette Stadium
    Saturday, July 10th
    Matchbox 20
    David Gray
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Saturday, July 24th
    Leon Bridges
    Kororoko
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, July 31st
    Slipknot
    Bring Me The Horizon
    Lorna Shore
    @ Fenway Park
    Tuesday, Friday, & Saturday
    August 10th, 13th, & 14th
    Oasis
    Richard Ashcroft
    @ Gillette Stadium
    Sunday, August 15th
    Sienna Spiro
    @ MGM Music Hall