Bradley's Almanac

[Nac Tracks] September 2015 New Music Playlist

Another month starts, another streaming Soundcloud playlist wraps up. Many of these 49 tracks were part of my first New Music Night DJ set at the ONCE Lounge a couple weeks back, and I’ll be sharing that list up shortly. Keep an eye/ear on the just-started October playlist for a preview of the next NMN, […]

[Nac Tracks] April 2015 New Music Playlist

File under: Better eventually then not at all. With blogging time at a premium (i.e. non-existent), I’m always looking for song-sharing shortcuts, so throwing new Soundcloud tracks that grab me into a monthly playlist is a no-brainer. Here’s the first one: My 35-song April 2015 “Nac Tracks” Soundcloud playlist, embedded for your listening pleasure… The […]

[Tonight in Allston] Exit/Verse, Thalia Zedek Band, & Andrew Sadoway at Great Scott

A rare non-Facebook/non-Twitter heads up for a special show worthy of getting your arse out to Allston on a chilly Monday night (no small task, I know): Exit/Verse plays Great Scott tonight. It’s their first-ever Boston show, and they’ve got special ties to this place, what with Mr. Geoff Farina on guitar & vocals. If […]

[Words & Music] The Boston Book Festival Is Here (& MP3s from 2010 Book Revue)

With last night’s Herbie Hancock Keynote kickoff, the annual Boston Book Festival is officially underway in and around Copley Square. As much as I appreciate (and mutilate) the written word, my favorite parts of the fest always end up being those that throw music in the mix. The BBF never fails to incorporate at least […]

[50 Years of Boston Rock] WMBR’s Pipeline! Announces Anniversary Lineups

WMBR‘s venerable live local music show Pipeline! is marking their 25th year on the airwaves by throwing a 5-weekend party at 5 Boston-area venues this fall, and the lineups have just been let loose. It’s crammed with legends, also-rans, familiar names, and obscure oldsters – reuniting a ridiculous number of bands from throughout, and I […]

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  • About the ‘Nac

    This is Bradley's Almanac. I'm your host, Brad. Barely holding it together since February 2000.

    "I love this song. It's so true. I wish this song was a whole day long. Man, I would have the best day that day."
    - The Kids In The Hall

  • Almanac Archives

  • Boston-Area Action

    Wednesday, July 19th
    RIDE
    Froth
    @ the Royale

    Thursday, July 20th
    Thurston Moore Group
    Taiwan Housing Project
    @ the Sinclair

    Thursday, July 20th
    Tom Petty &
    the Heartbreakers
    Peter Wolf
    @ TD Garden

    Friday, July 21st
    Tristen
    @ The Rockwell

    Friday, July 21st
    The Alarm
    Goddamn Draculas
    Big City Rockers
    @ ONCE Somerville

    Friday, July 21st
    Ultimate Painting
    @ Sonia

    Friday, July 21st
    Spoon
    The New Pornographers
    @ the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Friday, July 21st
    Toad the Wet Sprocket
    @ the Wilbur

    Friday, July 21st
    Conor Oberst
    Hop Along
    @ the House of Blues

    Saturday, July 22nd
    Ghost Box Orchestra (final show)
    Somewhere in Somerville

    Saturday, July 22nd
    Thalia Zedek Band
    Mr. Airplane Man
    @ the Lilypad

    Saturday, July 22nd
    Out of the Blue Too benefit
    with The Spookfish, Petridisch
    Cryostasium, Skyjelly
    And Then There Was One
    Lightning Pill, & Idle Threat
    6pm @ OotB Too

    Sunday, July 23rd
    Primus
    Clutch
    @ the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, July 25th
    Slayer
    Lamb of God
    Behemoth
    @ the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Friday, July 28th
    Alt-J
    @ the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Saturday, July 29th
    The Head and the Heart
    Big Thief
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Sunday, July 30th
    Blondie
    Garbage
    Deap Vally
    @ the Blue Hills Pavilion

    Wednesday, August 2nd
    The Shins
    Tennis
    @ House of Blues Boston

    Wednesday, August 2nd
    Melvins
    Spotlights
    @ the Paradise

    Wednesday, August 2nd
    Belle & Sebastian
    Andrew Bird
    Porches
    @ Blue Hills Pavilion

    Thursday, August 3rd
    The Rationales,
    The Curtis Mayflower,
    Oldjack,
    Red Red Rockit,
    Nate Rogers &
    the Unreliable Narrators
    @ the Middle East Downstairs

    Friday, August 4th
    Alabama Shakes
    Emily King
    @ the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Tuesday, August 8th
    Mew
    @ the Sinclair

    Tuesday, August 8th
    Poptone
    (mems of Bauhaus, Tones
    on Tail, Love & Rockets)
    with Pow!
    @ the Paradise

    Friday, August 11th
    LO TOM
    (Bazan, Walsh, Many, & Martin)
    TW Walsh
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Sunday, August 13th
    Slothrust
    Tancred
    @ Great Scott

    Sunday, August 13th
    BC65!
    Bob Colby’s 65th Birthday Bash
    (and *final* BCP show!)
    with Thalia Zedek Band, Viva Gina,
    Dyr Faser, Land of Enchantment,
    Kingdom of Love, Carissa Johnson,
    The Very, Cold Expectations,
    Randy Black & the Heathcroppers,
    and The Wrong Shapes
    @ ONCE Somerville

    Tuesday, August 15th
    Goo Goo Dolls
    Phillip Phillips
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Thursday, August 17th
    Hallelujah the Hills
    @ Charles Hayden Planetarium
    @ Museum of Science, Boston

    Saturday, August 19th
    Waxahatchee (full band!)
    @ the Royale

    Saturday, August 19th
    Mark Lanegan Band
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Monday, August 28th
    Green Day
    Catfish & the Bottlemen
    @ the Xfinity Center

    Monday, August 28th
    Washed Out
    @ the Royale

    Friday, September 1st
    Duck & Cover
    Silver Screams
    The Runouts
    @ Koto in Salem

    Tuesday, September 5th
    Pallbearer
    @     Brighton Music Hall

    Tuesday, September 5th
    Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble
    (of Stereolab)
    @ Great Scott

    Wednesday, September 6th
    Warpaint
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Wednesday, September 6th
    Kevin Morby
    Shannon Lay
    @ The Sinclair

    Thursday, September 7th
    The Novel Ideas
    @ Red Room at Cafe 939

    Friday, September 8th
    Widowspeak
    Clearance
    @ Great Scott

    Friday, September 8th
    Weakened Friends
    @ O’Brien’s

    Saturday, September 9th
    Swervedriver
    playing “Raise” & “Mezcal Head”
    DJ Carbo
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Saturday, September 9th
    The Brian Jonestown Massacre
    @ the Paradise

    Saturday, September 9th
    Buffalo Tom
    “Let Me Come Over”
    25th Anniversary
    @ the Royale

    Sunday, September 10th
    GBH
    The Casualties
    Down With Rent
    Panzerbastard
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Monday, September 11th
    Roky Erickson
    Death Valley Girls
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Wednesday, September 13th
    Father John Misty
    Phosphorescent
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Wednesday, September 13th
    Thee Oh Sees
    @ the Sinclair

    Wednesday, September 13th
    Mount Eerie
    @ Arts at the Armory

    Wednesday, September 13th
    Alison Moyet
    @ the Royale

    Thursday, September 14th
    The Afghan Whigs
    Har Mar Superstar
    @ the Paradise

    Thursday, September 14th
    Bob Seger & The
    Silver Bullet Band with
    Nancy Wilson (Heart)
    @ the TD Garden

    Friday, September 15th
    Arcade Fire
    Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    @ TD Garden

    Friday, September 15th
    Wild Belle
    Fred Thomas
    @ the ONCE Ballroom

    Friday, September 15th
    Middle Kids
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Saturday, September 16th
    Matthew Sweet
    Tommy Keene
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Saturday, September 16th
    Kasabian
    @ the Royale

    Saturday, September 16th
    Sturgill Simpson
    @ the Blue Hills Pavilion

    Saturday, September 16th
    Chameleons Vox (featuring
    Mark Burgess of Chameleons UK)
    with Soft Kill & Way Out
    @ the Middle East Downstairs

    Monday, September 18th
    Liars
    @ The Sinclair

    Wednesday & Thursday
    September 20th & 21st
    Gogol Bordello
    Lucky Chops
    @ the Paradise

    Wednesday, September 20th
    The Cribs
    @ the Middle East Downstairs

    Wednesday, September 20th
    X (40th anniversary tour)
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Thursday, September 21st
    The Cranberries
    @ House of Blues

    Friday, September 22nd
    Brian Wilson does “Pet Sounds”
    @ the Orpheum

    Friday, September 22nd
    Alison Krauss
    David Gray
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Friday, September 22nd
    The Ataris
    The Queers
    @ the Middle East Downstairs

    Saturday, September 23rd
    The War On Drugs
    @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

    Saturday, September 23rd
    Wire
    @ The Sinclair

    Sunday, September 24th
    Saint Etienne
    @ the Once Ballroom

    Thursday, September 28th
    Stiff Little Fingers
    Death By Unga Bunga
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Friday, September 29th
    The Church
    The Helio Sequence
    @ City Winery Boston

    Monday, October 2nd
    METZ
    Uniform
    @ The Sinclair

    Monday & Tuesday
    October 2nd & 3rd
    Pinback
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Tuesday, October 3rd
    Alvvays
    Birthing Hips
    @ the Paradise

    Wednesday & Thursday
    October 4th & 5th
    Dinosaur Jr.
    Easy Action
    @ The Sinclair

    Wednesday, October 4th
    Yes
    (including Jon Anderson,
    Trevor Rabin, & Rick Wakeman)
    @ the Orpheum

    Thursday, October 5th
    The National
    @ the Wang Theatre

    Thursday, October 5th
    Hundred Waters
    Kelsey Lu
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Friday, October 6th
    Paul Weller
    @ House of Blues

    Saturday, October 7th
    Sun Kil Moon
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, October 7th
    Paramore
    Best Coast
    @ Boston Opera House

    Saturday, October 7th
    Broken Social Scene
    Frightened Rabbit
    @ House Of Blues

    Saturday, October 7th
    Front 242
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Sunday, October 8th
    KMFDM
    OHGR
    Lord of the Lost
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Monday, October 9th
    Future Islands
    @ the Orpheum

    Tuesday, October 10th
    Against Me!
    Bleached
    The Dirty Nil
    @ the Paradise

    Wednesday, October 11th
    Japanese Breakfast
    Mannequin Pussy
    The Spirit Of The Beehive
    @ The Sinclair

    Thursday, October 12th
    Beach Fossils
    Snail Mail
    Raener
    @ the Sinclair

    Saturday, October 14th
    Andrew W.K.
    @     Brighton Music Hall

    Saturday, October 14th
    The Psychedelic Furs
    “The Singles Tour”
    @ the Paradise

    Tuesday, October 17th
    Pickwick
    @ Great Scott

    Friday, October 20th
    Janeane Garofalo
    @ ONCE Somerville

    Saturday, October 21st
    Queens of the Stone Age
    Royal Blood
    @ Agganis Arena

    Wednesday, November 1st
    Grizzly Bear
    @ the House of Blues

    Wednesday, November 1st
    Elbow
    @ the Paradise

    Thursday, November 2nd
    The Dears
    @ Great Scott

    Friday, November 3rd
    The Breeders
    @ the Sinclair

    Friday, November 3rd
    Human Sexual Response
    Unnatural Axe
    @ House of Blues

    Saturday, November 4th
    Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
    and the Sea Lice
    @ the Orpheum Theatre

    Saturday, November 4th
    Shout Out Louds
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Thursday, November 9th
    Bruce Cockburn
    @ the Wilbur

    Thursday, November 9th
    Tegan and Sara
    The Con X: Tour
    @ the Orpheum

    Saturday, November 11th
    Iron & Wine
    @ Berklee Performance Center

    Monday, November 13th
    The Mountain Goats
    Mothers
    @ the House of Blues

    Tuesday, November 14th
    Slowdive
    @ the Paradise

    Tuesday, November 14th
    The Black Heart Procession
    Sam Coomes
    @ ONCE Somerville

    Tuesday, November 14th
    The Drums
    @     the Sinclair

    Friday, November 17th
    Hot Water Music
    Big Jesus
    @ the Sinclair

    Tuesday, November 21st
    American Football
    Pure Bathing Culture
    @ the Royale

    Thursday, November 30th
    St. Vincent
    @ House of Blues

    Friday, December 1st
    Maximo Park
    @ Brighton Music Hall

    Thursday, December 7th
    Mogwai
    @ the Royale

    Friday, December 8th
    LCD Soundsystem
    @ Agganis Arena

    Saturday, April 28th, 2018
    Peter Hook & the Light
    performing both of the
    “Substance” collections by
    Joy Division & New Order
    @ the Paradise